Zion Church Online Bulletin

Week No. 21 | 23 May 2021 Pentecost Lord's Day (Whitsunday)

LORD’S DAY SERVICE ORDER

ANNOUNCER: Elder Steve Yoon
*Silent Prayer
*Confession of Faith
Hymn 57
Responsive Reading:
63. Whitsunday (63. 圣灵降临节)
Prayer by Elder Steve Yoon
Scripture Reading:
Romans 8:5-17
(罗马书 8:5-17)
Choir Anthem by Sharon Choir
(pre-recorded):
Somebody Loves Me
(有人爱着我)
Sermon by Pastor Samuel Kim
Those who receive the Spirit of God
(接受到圣灵的人)
Hymn 172
Offering Prayer by Elder Steve Yoon
Offering Song
(pre-recorded):
Through It All
(我身旁)

(Bernard Dinata)
Announcements
*Hymn 6
*Benediction by Pastor Samuel Kim

*Congregation Standing

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • Let us continue to pray for the growth of our church and for the work of evangelism.
  • Please refer to the following for our online service times and locations:

    • Wed service @ 7:40pm – *On YouTube
    • Saturday Dawn prayer service @ 6am – Special study series *On Zoom
    • Lord’s Day service @ 10:45am – *On YouTube
    • Lord’s Day bible study @ 4pm – *On Zoom

    *YouTube link: http://live.zionchurch.sg
    *Zoom link: http://zoom.zionchurch.sg

  • 2021 Online Proclaim Conference will take place from 10-12 June (Thu-Sat).
    More details and registration at https://proclaim2021.rsvpify.com
  • Month of May is ‘The Month of Family’. Let us remember to appreciate and honor our family members as well as our church family.
  • As part of our missions work to proclaim God’s Word and to support the publication of the 6th book in the series, “The Eternal High Priest of the Covenantal Oath,” Zion Church will be doing a BOOK DRIVE .

    Your missions offering given for BOOK DRIVE will be used to purchase History of Redemption Series books and Bibles (where needed) to be sent to schools, institutions, and individuals who otherwise cannot buy them to read.

    You may participate by indicating “book drive” on the offering envelopes or sending direct bank transfers to:
    HORA Ministries – DBS Bank Account 072-037508-4.
    Account Type: Corporate Multi Currency Account.

  • In view of the Phase 2-Heightened Alert announcement by our government on 15 May 2021, Zion Church has decided to revert to online services for both Lord’s Days and Wednesdays starting 16 May (Lord’s Day) as a precautionary measure in support of the government’s efforts for the next few weeks. There will be no on-site physical church service, departmental meetings or cell group meetings. All will be online until further notice. Please continue to pray that all services will be able to resume soon.

    Zion Church has implemented the TraceTogether ONLY SafeEntry check-in system as of 9 May 2021 in compliance with the Government’s latest mandate for places of worship. We will also be introducing the SafeEntry Gateway in a week’s time. Only the TraceTogether App and Token are accepted for SafeEntry.

UPCOMING PRAYER DUTY

Wednesday 26 May (VOD): Pastor Sam

Lord’s Day 30 May: Elder William Ng

OFFERING & TITHE

Via Internet Banking

You can give an offering electronically by transferring to the following account:

1. For regular, tithes, thanksgiving, special, and missions offerings ONLY
OCBC Bank Account: ZION CHURCH
Account#: 621835867001
PayNow UEN#: T00SS0141D

NOTE: Please specify Name, Purpose and Date (ddmmmyy) of the offering in the MEMO or Bill Reference Number section. See Example 1.

2. For Building Offerings ONLY
DBS Bank Account: ZION CHURCH
Account#: 047-903777-2

NOTE: Please specify Name, Purpose and Date (ddmmmyy) of the offering in the MEMO or Bill Reference Number section. See Example 2.

Use the following acronyms to indicate Purpose (offering type):

  • RO = Regular Offering
  • TH = Tithes
  • TG = Thanksgiving
  • SP = Special Offering
  • MO = Missions Offering
  • BO = Building Offering

Example 1:
JohnDoe TH 05APR20
SamMiller TG 05Mar20
JaneSmith RO 03May20

Example 2:
JohnDoe BO 05APR20

By Mail

You may mail your offering cheques to Zion Church to below address:
“Finance Department”.
2 Gambas Crescent, Nordcom 2 Tower 2 #10-13. Siangapore 757044.

By ATM

You may transfer via ATM:
BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO SPECIFY TYPE OF OFFERING if you use this option.
Please inform any Finance Team member if want your offering to be recorded.

  • Eldress May Ling
  • Deaconess Leh Tieng
  • Elder Steve
  • Living Manna

    Sermon Summary
    What will I pass down?

    Scripture: Psalm 112:1-10

    Today’s sermon is about parenting. According to Psalm 112, it says that the person who fears the Lord will have descendants who are blessed. Are our children happy? If not, why? We want them to have lives that are happy, so let us think about the conditions for happiness.

    Children must not ignore the experience of their parents. The parents have lived longer and know more. But the parents must also know that the times have changed. Both parents and children need to understand that only the truth of the Bible does not change. The Bible thus gives both parents and children a platform for communication. One important task that we need to fulfil as parents is to pass down the blessing of eternity to our children: to allow them to grow up in the covenant. We must not pass down the faith not only in words, but in joy, happiness, and all the blessings of the covenant through our lives. Unless we have that joy, that blessing, we cannot pass it down.

    What kind of people do we want our children to be? Rich and successful? Good at socializing? Tenacious through difficulties? Humble and kind? Or having good faith in God? Which would we choose if we could only choose one? Sometimes the choice is not ours. We need to first change ourselves and let our children see the characteristics of their parents. If the parents’ words in the church do not match with their behaviour at home, the children will learn that Christianity is all about hypocrisy.

    We need to change our language

    We need to first change our language and words. As people who receive the living Word of God, we need to speak living words and words that give life. This doesn’t just apply to parenting, but to evangelism and discipleship as well. Our words have the power to heal and to give life. When we speak living and positive words from our heart, our children can be empowered to change in a positive way. We need to speak words that show how much we understand our children. The most useless words are nagging words. Without our nagging, what else is left in our conversations with our children? Parents have a God-given task to tell their children to do things, but we need to trust them as well without too much nagging. Nagging is rarely effective, so let us try to change our words into positive words rather than imperatives.

    Head language is purely cognitive and emotionless. We give lectures on what we know, and that’s it. Heart language is more powerful because it touches on four basic feelings, happiness, sadness, anger, and fear. We shouldn’t try to override the feelings of our children even though it seems insignificant to us. We need to empathize and feel the feelings of our children. How do we respond when our children accomplish something good? Do we play down their achievements? Or do we celebrate along with them? The first step to opening up and unlocking our children’s hearts and abilities is trusting them, believing them, rejoicing together in times of happiness, and crying together in times of sadness.

    Body language is extremely important as well. Eye contact, eye level, posture, and facial expression communicate sincerity. When we lean forward in conversation, it shows that we are fully giving our attention. When the children realize that the parent is not paying attention, they will disconnect as well. Jesus Christ came in the flesh so that He could empathize with us and receive us in His heart (Hebrews 4:16). He came so that we could come nearer to Him. And so we need to step forward first in improving our relationship with our children.

    The way we parent our children has a huge and lasting effect on our future generations. It all depends on how we live our lives from today, rather than up to today. Things can change. The Bible talks about passing down the Word of the Lord to future generations, with all the fullness of blessings that accompanies each generation.

    We need to repent and seek forgiveness

    Finally, we need to repent and seek forgiveness. Things can be fixed when there’s repentance and forgiveness. When we receive the love of Jesus, we can forgive our children and our parents. Both the parents and children need to seek the others’ forgiveness and show thankfulness to each other. When our direction changes, that is true repentance.

    Conclusion

    In conclusion, our children are people of God. The Bible tells fathers ‘do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord’ (Ephesians 6:4). How do we do that? The Bible doesn’t tell us to be afraid of our children or to spoil them, but to teach them. ‘He who withholds his rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently. The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the stomach of the wicked is in need’ (Proverbs 13:24-25). God says to teach your children and to raise them to be able to do two things, love God, and love their neighbour. Do not discipline your children in anger. Speak to them with respect, even when you are disciplining them. We need to pray to God every moment when we are speaking with our children. Rather than forcing them to do what we think is right, we need to teach them the Word of God. The problems our children have reflects our own personal problems. Trust that God is raising them and see yourself as God’s tool for raising your children.

    Amen

    Pastor Samuel Kim

    2021-05-22T16:25:26+00:00
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