WELCOME TO HWC ENGLISH SERVICE (19 June 2022)

Chairperson: Nixon Fong

Speaker: Dr. John Tucker

Singspiration: Herman Yeung

Proclamation
Praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD, you his servants;
    praise the name of the LORD.
Let the name of the LORD be praised,
    both now and forevermore.
From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
    the name of the LORD is to be praised.
(Psalm 113:1-3)

Opening Prayer

Singspiration

The Ten Commandments

Scripture Reading

Matthew 11:25-30

Sermon

Rest for the Weary

Response Hymn

Closing Prayer

Doxology

Benediction

Threefold Amen


Announcements

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

  2. Pastor ET is preaching at CACC this morning.

  3. Prayer meeting is held in the upstairs hall after Sunday service. Please join our prayer meeting to share and pray together.

  4. Psalm Reading: Join us in the psalm reading project, started 1st June. We will be reading and meditating on one psalm a day, for 150 days. This will complement our study of Psalms this year. The reading calendar for June can be downloaded here: http://u.pc.cd/MFx7

  5. English Service Live Stream is currently operated by a small team of volunteers. The church is looking for more brothers and sisters to join the team. You will only need the heart to serve as training will be provided. Please contact Daniel or Herman for more details.

  6. Offering Receipts: The Finance Department has sent out offering receipts for financial year 2021-2022 via email (only to those who have registered their e-mail addresses). Please take note as the email may be directed to the junk mailbox. Members who do not have e-mail addresses may obtain their offering receipts from Jenny Ip. If you have any queries, please get in touch with the Finance Department. For members who complete offering online, please enter personal information accurately when making online payments. You will need to include your registered name with IRD, and the service you attend. If you have updated your e-mail addresses, please notify the Finance Department.

  7. Market Day: Praise the Lord, for allowing us to hold the Market Day held on 4th June in the midst of the pandemic. We are able to raise funds of $3,508.60 which have now been donated to the Salvation Army food bank to provide for those in need.

  8. Auditor for church accounts: This notice is to notify church members of an error in the previous year’s AGM documents. The auditor for the church accounts was listed as Integrity Financial Audits at the AGM last year. However, the auditors had changed their name to Charity Integrity Audits and the audit issued for last year’s accounts was already under the name Charity Integrity Audits. The auditor conducting the audit remains the same.

  9. Usage of church venue under COVID-19 Traffic Light System:

Traffic Light Orange
Sunday Service and Small Group Gatherings
Physical gathering
and online
Capacity Limits Main hall + Side hall: 300 people
New hall: 100 people
Upstairs hall: 100 people
Sanitise Hands Required
Masks Encouraged
Use of Equipment Sanitise after use

8. Financial Report for April 2022:

April Actual Year-to-Date Actual Year-to-Date Budget Full Year Budget Actual/Full Year Budget %
Total Income $31,776 $31,776
Total Expense $25,670 $25,670
Net Surplus/(Deficit) $6,106 $6,106

*Budget is pending approval hence blank.


Mission News

  1. Pray for the brothers and sister’s heart on M4 mission.

  2. Pray for S&C for God to give them strength, so that they can nurture the workers, students and parents.

  3. Pray for H& P’s visa application. They plan to depart in July. May God bless that everything will go smoothly.

  4. Pray for Rev Janet Tam’s vision to build church in the south of the country.

  5. Pray for the leaders of the Tanzanian church and the purchasing of land for their church building.


Prayer Items for the Week

  1. The Church Theme for the next two years is: Love as He Loved • Love with His Love

  2. A new pastor has been hired for the Cantonese service. Please pray for her work visa application.

  3. Pray for pastoral recruitment for the Senior Pastor, English Service Pastor and Mandarin Service Pastor.

  4. Pray for our “servicing requirement review group and deacon nomination process group”. Pray that this group can help deacon board in this area.

  5. Pray for the Psalm reading plan. May God give us the determination to follow the plan and let us learn about Him more deeply so we will worship and praise Him more.

  6. Pray for New Zealand’s pandemic situation. May God remember those affected by the pandemic.


Last Week's Sunday Service Attendance (12 June 2022)

English Cantonese Mandarin
Service 42 64 + 79 online 33 + 11 online
Prayer Meeting before Service - 9 2 + 2 online
Prayer Meeting after Service - 33 + 19 online -
Children Sunday School 15 - 17

Next Week's Roster

Chairperson: Amy Tong

Speaker: Rev. ET Wong

Singspiration: Shirley Ho

WELCOME TO HWC ENGLISH SERVICE (12 June 2022)

Chairperson: Jason Chow

Speaker: Rev. ET Wong

Singspiration: Kinson Lau

Proclamation
Praise the LORD.
I will extol the LORD with all my heart
    in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
Great are the works of the LORD;
    they are pondered by all who delight in them.
Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
    and his righteousness endures forever.
(Psalm 111:1-3)

Opening Prayer

Singspiration

The Ten Commandments

Scripture Reading

Psalm 15:1-3

Sermon

The Way We Speak

Response Hymn

Doxology

Benediction

Threefold Amen


Announcements

  1. A warm welcome to everyone who's at church this cold morning. We are delighted to see all your lovely faces.

  2. Prayer meeting is held in the upstairs hall after Sunday service. Please join our prayer meeting to share and pray together.

  3. Psalm Reading: Join us in the psalm reading project, started 1st June. We will be reading and meditating on one psalm a day, for 150 days. This will complement our study of Psalms this year. The reading calendar for June can be downloaded here: http://u.pc.cd/MFx7

  4. English Service Live Stream is currently operated by a small team of volunteers. The church is looking for more brothers and sisters to join the team. You will only need the heart to serve as training will be provided. Please contact Daniel or Herman for more details.

  5. Covid update: A member who attended last week’s Cantonese service has caught Covid. Let’s keep him or her in our prayers. Take care, but also take heart; let’s gather, worship and encourage each other in person.

  6. Offering Receipts: The Finance Department has sent out offering receipts for financial year 2021-2022 via email (only to those who have registered their e-mail addresses). Please take note as the email may be directed to the junk mailbox. Members who do not have e-mail addresses may obtain their offering receipts from Jenny Ip. If you have any queries, please get in touch with the Finance Department. For members who complete offering online, please enter personal information accurately when making online payments. You will need to include your registered name with IRD, and the service you attend. If you have updated your e-mail addresses, please notify the Finance Department.

  7. Usage of church venue under COVID-19 Traffic Light System

Traffic Light Orange
Sunday Service and Small Group Gatherings
Physical gathering
and online
Capacity Limits Main hall + Side hall: 300 people
New hall: 100 people
Upstairs hall: 100 people
Sanitise Hands Required
Masks Encouraged
Use of Equipment Sanitise after use

8. Overseas Mission and Hardship Fund May 2022 Financial Report

Overseas Mission Hardship Fund
Opening Balance $7,198.48 $13,511.74
Donations received $916.00 -
Interest Income $0.79 $1.47
Bank Balance at 31/5/2022 $6,115.27 $13,513.21

Note: In May, a special donation of $2000 was made to a missionary couple who will serve in the Islam mission field.


Mission News

  1. Pray for the missionaries that the Mission Department has found this year to support in their mission to the Muslim countries.

  2. Pray for the learning and growth environemnt of S&C’s children.

  3. Pray for students who attend H & P online courses. They leave their careers and will be flying to Muslim community for mid and long-term missions.

  4. It’s greatful that the situation in Sri Lanka has stablised, the local Baptist Church has sent another missionary to assist Rev Janet Tam’s missions in the south of the country.

  5. Pray for the leaders of the Tanzanian church and the purchasing of land for their church building.



Prayer Items for the Week

  1. The Church Theme for the next two years is: Love as He Loved • Love with His Love

  2. A new pastor has been hired for the Cantonese service. Please pray for her work visa application.

  3. Pray for pastoral recruitment for the Senior Pastor, English Service Pastor and Mandarin Service Pastor.

  4. Pray for our “servicing requirement review group and deacon nomination process group”. Pray that this group can help deacon board in this area.

  5. Pray for the Psalm reading plan. May God give us the determination to follow the plan and let us learn about Him more deeply so we will worship and praise Him more.

  6. Pray for New Zealand’s pandemic situation. May God remember those affected by the pandemic.


Last Week's Sunday Service Attendance (05 June 2022)

English Cantonese Mandarin
Service 43 + 11 online 79 + 62 online 33 + 9 online
Prayer Meeting 16 7 2 + 1 online
Children Sunday School 18 - 16

Next Week's Roster

Chairperson: Nixon Fong

Speaker: Dr John Tucker

Singspiration: Herman Yeung