WELCOME TO HWC ENGLISH SERVICE (16 APRIL 2023)

Chairperson: Fung Lam

Speaker: Pastor Jonathan Chow

Singspiration: Shirley Ho

Committee on Duty: Nixon Fong

Proclamation
”You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created and have their being”
(Revelation 4:11)

Opening Prayer

Singspiration

The Apostles Creed

Scripture Reading
Joshua 6:1-27

Sermon
Jesus our Victory

Response Hymn

Closing Prayer

Doxology

Benediction

Threefold Amen


Announcements

  1. A warm welcome to everyone who joined us this morning. We are delighted to see you all.

  2. A free community seminar will be held on Saturday, 6th May at 10am-12pm. The topic is “What is it?”. It is about how to use the food scraps bins introduced and distributed to local residents by the Auckland City Council. The speaker is Ms YanLing LI, President of Chinese Environmental Education Trust Foundation. The talk will be conducted in Cantonese. It is suitable for all ages and a refreshment will provide after the seminar. All brothers and sisters are welcome to invite family members, relatives, friends, colleagues and neighbours to join. Please refer to the poster for details or contact Fanny Yeung for queries.

  3. Pastor ET is away preaching at Auckland Christian Mandarin Church Henderson this morning.

  4. Overseas Missionary and Hardship Fund March 2023 Financial Report:

Overseas Missionary Hardship Fund
Opening Balance 01 March 2023 $8,417.00 $10,386.42
Offering Income $4,945.00 $0.00
Interest Income $12.57 $15.28
Closing Balance 31 March 2023 $7,374.57** $10,401.60
** Note: Overseas Missionary Trust has donated: 1) $2,000 to Taiwan Christian International Holistic Care Missionary Association; 2) $2,000 to Chinese Christian Mission Australia Inc; 3) $2,000 to China Evangelistic Mission Ltd. Total donation is $6,000.

Mission News

  1. Praise the Lord! The Lanka short-term mission team has preached to more than 30 non-believers, and more than 10 of them accepted Jesus as their Saviour. Most of them have left their phone numbers which are all given to Pastor Tam to follow up. May all those believers be blessed by the Lord, and May Pastor Tam be given strength and wisdom to follow up.

  2. Let us continue to remember the 30-day prayer campaign for the Muslim world, asking God to have mercy on this community and save them.

  3. There were 10 members got baptised in Tanzania last Sunday 9th April. May the Lord strengthen their hearts and protect them as well as grow in the love of Christ.


Prayer Items for the Week

  1. The Deacon Nominee letters have been sent out to the deacon nominees. Pray for the nominees, may they seek God’s will and respond to serve according to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

  2. Pray for the gospel needs of the North Shore as more Cantonese-speaking people move there. The mission fields are vast, let's seek God's guidance together and help us see what is needed.

  3. Pray for everyone to strive to practice the theme of the year,: Love as He Loved • Love with His Love.

  4. Pray for everyone’s physical and spiritual health. The weather is also getting colder so may God strengthen our body against the flu.


Last Week's Sunday Service Attendance (2 April 2023)

Combined
Sunday Service 23
Prayer Meeting 7
Children Sunday School 20

Next Week's Roster (23 April 2023)

Chairperson: Jason Chow

Speaker: William HC

Singspiration: Charlie Mak

Committee on Duty: Daniel Ho