HIGHLIGHTS
MARCH CORPORATE PRAYER MEETING
(Wednesday, 2 Mar)
1 Thess 5:16-18 exhorts us to “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing….”
We encourage you to register for the March Corporate Prayer meeting on Wednesday 2 March. A new feature is that you will be able to register as a group to pray as a PART of a group of FIVE people during BREAKOUT ROOM time. Please get permission and info details from your intended group members before registering as a group (2 to 5 people max). You can still register as individuals as before.
Please register at this link by 1 Mar, 6pm
PLMC MISSIONS PRAYER MEETING
Come join us in God's global work on Zoom! Hear from a Mongolian Pastor who will be sharing about his country and ministry. Let's pray together for Mongolia and its unreached peoples!
Date & Time: Saturday; 5 March 2022, 2.30 to 4.30 PM | Online via ZOOM
Register @ tinyurl.com/mar2022prayer
THE SPIRIT IN THE GOSPEL: JESUS AND THE SPIRIT, ORALLY SPEAKING (Closing Date: 13 Mar)
The story of Jesus Christ has enormous impact upon the earliest Christians. It had become a narrative of self-identity among many other storytelling. It is important to understand how this story has been retold by the earliest Christians with unity and vibrant variations, even as the Spirit as a topic has been through versions of telling.
Join us to understand how the story of the Holy Spirit in the oral telling of the earliest church could help us to live in this changing world, the crucible of our current world journey. Come and learn about the Holy Spirit with Dr Yee Tet-Lim as we continue to grow deeper in the Spirit.
Topics include:
1. Spirit-and-Fire Baptism and its aftermath in the Gospel of Mark
2. Churchianity, the Spirit and the Kingdom of God
3. Herbs/Drugs, (De)toxication, and "Exorcism" in Contemporary Christian Practice of Everyday Life.
Date: 19 March 2022
Time: 10am – 12noon
Venue: ZOOM
Speaker: Dr Yee tet-Lim
Register before 13 March 2022 at Bit.ly/33iQcvP or scan the QR Code. For enquires, email to Kwang Meng at kwangmeng@plmc.org
About our speaker:
Rev. Tet-Lim N. Yee, PhD (Durham University, UK); former Head of Department (English) at Southern University College, Malaysia. His earlier work, Jews, Gentiles and Ethnic Reconciliation has been published by Cambridge University Press. He currently writes a monograph on the Gospel of Mark (in Mandarin Chinese) and teaches Greek and Critical Thinking Skills to a group of young Christians from Asia (Train the Trainers Project) . Dr Yee's work-base is in Kuala Lumpur. He and his wife Dr Kok JK have two children and 4+ grandchildren.
COLLECTION OF LET’S EAT TOGETHER BLESSING GIFT (SUN, 27 FEB & 6 MAR)
“Let’s Eat Together – Don’t Say Bo Jio!” starts on Tuesday 1 Mar!
If you have registered, please collect your blessing gift(s) this Sunday 27 Feb Room Ephesus from 10am to 2pm.
If you haven’t, you can register on the spot and collect the gifts.
There will be another gift distribution next Sun 6 Mar at the same time and venue.
At 90, let’s demonstrate our faithfulness and resilience, as we continue to bless our community and the nations by living out our vision to be “A Family Blessed to Bless The Community and The Nations.”
In line with the theme of weaving a tapestry of power and love, “Let’s Eat Together – Don’t Say Bo Jio!”. This provides us with an initial platform and acts as a springboard for each of us to build deeper relationships with all whom our Lord Jesus loves. It also gives us a creative space to connect with family and/or friends, to celebrate and do life with one another.
Please read the details here.
Step-by-step Guide here.
HOLY COMMUNION COLLECTION
We will be celebrating Holy Communion in Mar & Apr (including Maundy Thursday). Please collect the Holy Communion elements on Sat 26 Feb, 2pm to 4pm and Sun 27 Feb, 8am to 1pm, at the Fellowship Hall.
You do NOT need to register.
ROAD BIBLE READING PLAN (MAR-APR 2022)
We continue with our ROAD Bible Reading Plan for March and April 2022 starting Tuesday 1 March.
Download Bible Reading Plan for Mar-Apr 2022
OTHERS
WORSHIP & MUSIC AND CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS RECRUITMENT
As our worship services grow to included online and on-site services, we need more volunteers and musicians to support the worship ministry for the Sanctuary, Contemporary and Filipino Services.
We invite those with music training and experience to join us in our growing family of Levitical musicians. Come and be a part of this powerful and fulfilling ministry of leading people into God’s Presence to worship.
Sign up HERE
Paya Lebar Methodist Church is featured in this issue of Methodist Message on pages 4 & 5.
THE CHRISTIAN CALENDAR - EPIPHANY
Have you ever wondered why the pulpit cloth changes colours and has different symbols on it each time it is changed? Do the words “Advent”, “Epiphany” and “Kingdomtime” mean anything to you?
The Liturgical or Church Year is broken into seasons, starting from Advent and ending with Kingdomtide. It is a traditional way to remember and observe the various aspects of the life of Christ and His Church that has been used since the early days of Christianity. Each season has its own colour and symbols that serve as visual mnemonics.
The season of Epiphany in the Church Calendar follows after Christmastide. Epiphany, meaning “revelation” or “manifested”, refers to the revelation of the Christ to the Gentiles as symbolised by the Magi, and, therefore, to all the peoples of the Earth. Epiphany focuses on Jesus’ early life, His baptism, and the wedding feast at Cana. The themes are on renewal and missions. The season’s colour is green, the symbol of growth, spring and new life. Epiphany is from 6 January to Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent.