Worship Services
Worship Services on Sundays (see details in the Announcements)
| 08:00am | English Worship Service 1 (EWS1): Onsite |
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| 10:30am | English Worship Service 2 (EWS2): Onsite |
| 01:45pm | Chinese (Mandarin) Worship Service |
Sunday Schools (see details in the Announcements)
| Morning (English) | |
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| 10:30am-11.30am | Junior Sunday School (on-site) |
| 11.45am-1.15pm | Youth Sunday School (on-site) |
| Afternoon (Mandarin) | |
| 1.45pm | Junior Sunday School: Classes via Zoom |
| 3.30pm | Sunday School for youths and adults (2nd & 4th Sundays): Classes via Zoom |
| 3.30pm | Chinese Congregation Prayer Meeting (1st & 3rd Sundays) |
The Water Baptism and the Holy Communion are two ordinances that we celebrate. They are instituted by Christ and are bound to His promises.
The elements of our Worship Service are:
| Hymns & Spiritual Songs | To magnify and praise God |
| To remember what Jesus had done at Calvary | |
| Holy Communion | To recognize Jesus in the emblems of the bread and cup |
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| Offerings | To give thanks to God for His daily provisions |
| Preaching of God’s Word | To be admonished by God’s Word for life application |
In Bethesda Chapel, baptised believers in the Lord Jesus Christ can partake of the Holy Communion.
The Centrality of the Lord’s Table in the Worship Service
We model after the early church practice which focuses on remembering what the emblems on the Lord’s Table mean:
“Do this in remembrance of Me” (Lk 22:19; 1Cor 11:24-25)
We remember also that the risen Lord meets with us in the Person of the Holy Spirit when we assemble, whether at the Lord’s Supper or at any gathering of believers:
“When He was at table with them, He took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him. And He vanished from their sight” (Luke 24:30-31).
The bread and the wine in the cup of the Lord’s Table are powerful symbols of His body and His blood. They carry with them His promises of victory over sin and death, His promise of resurrection and power to live the new life in-Christ (Jn 6:53-58; 11:25; 2 Cor 5:17; Gal 2:20).
The Blood of the New Covenant
“This is the blood of the covenant which is poured out for many” (Matt 26:28; Mk 14:24; 1 Cor 11:25; Heb 12:24).
Moses ratified the old covenant between God and Israel by offering animal’s blood (Exod 24:6-8). Jeremiah prophesied of the new covenant (Jer 31:31-34). The new covenant will be written on human hearts. So when we take of the cup, we are reminded of the great price that God has paid to redeem us from sin, death and doom. The blood of the new covenant is costly and precious (1 Pet 1:19). By partaking of the Lord’s Supper, we commit ourselves to love and obey God and be living witnesses for Christ in the world. God’s Holy Spirit empowers us to live a new life in Christ (Jer 31:33; Ezek 36:26; Jn 1:12-13; 3:3,7).