What a great Sunday we had last week: the rededication of brother Martin, baptism of brother Joseph Chang, son of sister Bee Lee, the Victor Sohs and Ting Yen Pengs placing membership... and a wonderful crowd who returned to thank God for a wonderful 2008.
More than 130 members were present at the annual church Planning Day - see photos on the cover and back. It was a great way to begin the new year with the installation of elder Winston, exciting plans and challenging lessons from our leaders.
There will be no Bible classes at 9:30am today. Instead all members will meet at the auditorium for the annual 'Welcome New Members' session. Light snacks (generously contributed by members) will be served after the half-hour event to provide an opportunity to get to know our 40 new members better.
Elder Adrian Teo will kick off 2009 with his usual ‘first Sunday’ message at our morning services. Come back at 6pm when our guest speaker, Brian McCumsey, son of the Ken McCumseys will speak on the subject, “Breathe”.
Members who have not picked up your 2009 membership directory at our Church Planning Day can do so at the lobby after the services today. Each member who has been active during the past 12 months are entitled to a copy. Please check with our minister if you have any queries.
Please note that the shepherding zone has been totally reorganized under postal codes instead of geographically. Many members will find themselves in another zone. This is done so that every member will be accounted by an elder and a deacon. On the other hand, Care teams are no longer zoned under elders but according to geography as indicated on the bookmark. An updated Care team listing will be published next week in the Focus.
At 7:30pm on 7th January, SPC will start off the new year with a 11-week series on "Leadership, Jesus' Style" by brother Charles Cook.
It is great to have elder Eric back in Singapore. He has been keeping office hours with the church staff since his return and will leave for Xian on Monday.
SIBI NEWS: The long anticipated SIBI internship programme begins tomorrow. Check out the posters or with the SIBI faculty for more information... This Wednesday, the SIBI Open Bible Study will resume at 10am. Bring your friends...The first SIBI course for 2009 starts this Friday. Dr. Nat Cooper will teach the ‘Life of Christ’ course. Use the attendance card to sign up, or email brother Tom Goracke at sibi@ppcoc.org.
Please use these email addresses to reach the church:
All matters - ppcoc@pacific.net.sg
Henry Kong - henry@ppcoc.org
Patrick Ong - patrick@ppcoc.org
Annie Cheng - anniecheng@pacific.net.sg
Barnabas Thng - tbthng@hotmail.com
Chinese Congregation - chinese@ppcoc.org
Singapore International Bible Institute - sibi@ppcoc.org