Chairperson: Jason Chow
Speaker: Pastor E Ting Wong
Singspiration: Violet Y, Kenny P, Shirley H, Steve G, Daniel H
Proclamation
How lovely is your dwelling place,
LORD Almighty!
My soul yearns, even faints,
for the courts of the LORD;
my heart and my flesh cry out
for the living God.
(Psalm 84:1-2)
Opening Prayer
Singspiration
The Lord’s Prayer
Scripture Reading
Sermon
The Faith of a Disciple
Response Hymn
Closing Prayer
Doxology
Benediction
Threefold Amen
Announcements
A warm welcome to everyone who's joining us for the first time this morning. We are delighted to have you here.
HWC Arrangements under various Covid-19 Alert Levels:
Please refer to the link below for the arrangements of Holy Word Church meetings at different COVID-19 alert levels.
Sunday Services will remain online due to uncertain development of the pandemic. The Deacon Board has decided that the date of resuming physical Sunday Service will only be announced when the alert level goes down to Level 1 per the government’s regulations. Online attendance will be recorded until further notice.
The 52nd Baptism originally planned to be held on 3rd October will be cancelled due to COVID alert level. If there are any urgent baptism applications, we will make special arrangements.
Instead of a combined service as originally planned for the day, the three congregations will worship separately as usual.The Sacred Music Service for the Cantonese congregation will be postponed from 16th October to 16th January next year per the decision of the Music Ministry Department because choir practice has not been resumed to date due to the current COVID outbreak.
Church Camp: We are excited to announce that the church camp this year will be held at the Peter Snell Youth Campsite from Friday 3rd December to Sunday 5th December. Put it in your calendars and diaries and more information on the theme and registration will be coming out shortly. Please pray for the camp theme development process, that the theme developed would be applicable to us and our hearts can be engaged to respond to the work of the Holy Spirit.
Equip conference 2022 is now open for registration. It is a 5 day conference where people gather in small groups to be trained to understand and teach the word of God. Fellow brothers and sisters that attended in the past have gained a deeper understanding of God and his word and our congregation is encouraged to attend. For more information visit https://www.equipconference.org.nz/about or have a chat with Sunny Ha.
#AskPastorET TNT is on from 11 am to 12 noon today. Please join using the following link:
https://meet.google.com/kpt-dmqm-cfn
Mission Information
The Mission Department has published a report for this year’s mission month. It contains a summary of the sermon messages for this month, updates from our missionaries and financial reports. You can find a copy of this here: https://holywordchurch.online/en/mission
The budget of this year’s M4 mission is $24,500. Pledge offering for Aug 2021 to Mar 2022 can be submitted to the offering box, or on our website at www.holywordchurch.online/mission-pledge. Online submission deadline extends to 30th September 2021.
Missionary News:
Remember S&C in your prayers. Please pray that the new government policies in their mission field will have minimal impact on their ministry.
Remember H&P in your prayers, due to the local policies, their family have temporarily been separated from each other and will likely need to move to another mission field to be re-united. Please pray for the local pandemic situation and that the curfew may be lifted soon.
Remember James and Jessica’s ministry in Tanzania. Pray that God will strengthen them and give them good health to expand God’s kingdom.
Prayer Items for the Week
Thank God that Auckland has moved to alert level 3. Pray for the current COVID-19 situation in New Zealand and those affected by the lockdown.
The deacon board for the next term has been elected. May the Lord strengthen their heart, to serve the Lord and the church in His will.
The motto for this year will remain the same as previous year. Pray that brothers and sisters can live out the church motto this year - "Renew our lives, become His disciples."
Pray for pastoral recruitment for the Senior Pastor and English service pastor.
A new pastor has been hired for the Cantonese service. Please pray for her application of the work visa. May God give her peace in her wait.
Last Week's Sunday Service Attendance
Service: 55 (English), 130 (Cantonese), 44 (Mandarin)
Prayer meeting: 26 (Cantonese), 15 (Mandarin)
Next Week's Roster
Chairperson: Nixon Fong
Speaker: Pastor E Ting Wong
Singspiration: Herman Y, Charlie M, Kinson L, Sharon C, Johnny P, Justin L, Lillian W