Chairperson: Nixon Fong
Speaker: Pr. ET Wong
Worship: Steve G, Rebecca H, Enoch M, Fay O, Kenny P, Kinson L, Violet Y
Proclamation
Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song,
his praise in the assembly of his faithful people.
Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
let the people of Zion be glad in their King.
Psalm 149:1-2
Opening Prayer
Singspiration
The Apostles Creed
Scripture Reading
Sermon
Title: Everything Happens for a Reason?
Response Hymn
Doxology
Benediction
Threefold Amen
Announcements
- English and Cantonese Service will be combined on 22 April at 10 am because of the English and Cantonese congregation camps from 21 to 23 April.
- The Caring Department is organising an outing on Sunday 6 May at 2:30 pm at Roger Park, Eastern Beach. You may gather with us at church at 2 pm on the day or meet us directly at Roger Park at 2:30 pm. Brothers and sisters are welcomed to join. Please contact Yvonne Pau, Alex Ma or Cannas Ng for further information.
- Next year is the 25th anniversary of Holy Word Church. A special anniversary magazine will be published in July next year, with the theme "Be the salt and light". We are now calling for articles or messages from brothers and sisters. The word limit for each contribution is 1,000 words and the deadline is 30 September 2018. Articles may be written in English or Chinese and need to be sent to the church e-mail address at hwc@holywordchurch.org.nz. Please contact Mance Chan for further information.
- The church will be rented out to Creative Journeys from Monday to Thursday next week for a children music camp.
- Congregation news:
Praise the LORD, Kevin Choy and Amy Tong welcomed their new-born son Aidan Choy into the world on Wednesday. Both mum and baby are doing well. Please pray for Amy's recovery and baby's physical and spiritual growth.
Mission Prayer Items
- Pray for Holy Word Church: that God will give us a heart of mission and love, and to have an urge to evangelise to lost souls who haven't believed in God yet.
Praying for Cambodia
Cambodia was devastated as she went through the prolonged warfare. The current government of Cambodia was formed via democratic election under the supervision of the United Nation in 1993.
However, Cambodia is the least economically developed country in Asia. There is prevalent corruption amongst the officials together with blanket community violence such as thievery, looting, human trafficking, youth prostitution and abduction in the land.
1. To pray that God would reveal His might as to bless His beloved people with justice in bringing forth leaders with integrity so as to overcome corruption and that His word of truth would be authoritative in this land.
2. To pray for His church to attend to the devastation of the orphans so as to rescue them from slavery and to bring forth shalom.
3. To pray for the monarchy of Cambodia that she would take counsel with Him to govern the nation.
4. To pray for the blessing of workers -mature pastors and leaders for His churches in Cambodia particularly for rural Cambodia. To pray for the Lord of the Harvest to bring more workers to Cambodia for service.
5. There is an increase in restriction for the opportunities for foreigners to serve in Cambodia. We pray that the churches and para-church organisations would be blessed in the eyes of the local government that this would not impede the stay of the missionaries and the growth of church organisations.
Prayer Items for the Week
Pray for brothers and sisters’ heart to apply the church motto in their life – Having the same mind as Christ.
Pray for a smooth resource consent application process for our church expansion project.
Pray for the preparation work for the upcoming church camps.
Please pray for Michael Kwok from the Cantonese congregation. He is now into the fourth week of targeted chemotherapy and is feeling very exhausted physically. Please pray for strength from God to sustain him for two more months of chemotherapy.
Last Week's Service Attendance
- English - Service: 79, Children Sunday School: 25
- Cantonese - Service: 129, Prayer Meeting: (Pre-worship) 10 + (Post) 60
- Mandarin - Service: 49, Prayer Meeting: 7, Children Sunday School: 11
Next Week's Roster
Combined with Cantonese Service