Newsletter 2018/5/13

Newsletter for Church in Sydney   May 13, 2018

 

 

Message: Acts 3

The Lame Beggar Healed

¹ Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. ² And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. ³ Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. ⁴ And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” ⁵ And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶ But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” ⁷ And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. ⁸ And leaping up he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. ⁹ And all the people saw him walking and praising God, ¹⁰ and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Portico

¹¹ While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s. ¹² And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk? ¹³ The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him. ¹⁴ But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, ¹⁵ and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. ¹⁶ And his name–by faith in his name–has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.

¹⁷ “And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. ¹⁸ But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. ¹⁹ Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, ²⁰ that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, ²¹ whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago. ²² Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. ²³ And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.’ ²⁴ And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days. ²⁵ You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ ²⁶ God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.”

Message Outline:

1. Peter healed the lame person

• Peter’s healing: I have no silver and gold, but what I have I give to you
• The healed person: walking, leaping and praising God

2. Peter’s message

• Who healed this person? Not by the power and piety of the apostles, but by the name of Jesus and the faith He gave
• Jesus: the servant of God, the Holy and Righteous One, and the Author of life
• The response of a sinner: repent and turn that your sins may be blotted out and then listen to Jesus

Questions for Group Discussion

1. When Peter preached the gospel, what was he referring to when he said “what I do have”? Today when we preach the gospel, what do we have?
2. What was the response of the lame person when he was healed? What kind of similar responses should we, as saved people, have today?

Message Next Week:      Acts 4

Church Meetings/Time/Place

Home Meetings

Chinese Speaking Young People: 14/5 Mon. 7:00pm, Richard Cui  (w/ dinner)

@ Kingsgrove: 15/5 Tue. 10:30am, Shanwon Chow (w/lunch)

@ Chatswood: 17/5 Thu. 8:00pm, Ming Pan

@ North Region: 19/5 Sat. 7:30pm, Patrick & Lily

Gospel Group: 12/5 Mon. 7:00pm, cancelled

Pursuing of Uni Students:

15/5 Tue. 7:00pm, Yulin (w/ dinner)

Sisters Meeting: 16/5 Wed. 10:00am, Pauline

Prayer Meeting: 16/5 Wed. 7:45pm,

Ming Pan (Chatswood), Olsen (Warrawee)

High Schooler Meeting: 18/5 Fri. 7:30pm, Yulin’s

Pursuing for Ministering: 18/5 Fri. 8:00pm, David Tan’s

Announcements:

1. We welcome all the new ones who are joining us today. May God bless you and lead you into this family of God.
2. After meeting, sister Jean Hu is going to be baptized into the name of the Lord. May all the brothers and sisters come to support her testimony and to praise God and bless our sister in the prayer.
3. Today is Mother’s Day. May God bless every mother and every family with His presence and care.

Lunch is catered today. Please remember the need and offer in the Lord. We also ask all the young people and brothers to do the cleaning after the meal.

4. 20/5 the Lord’s Day afternoon there will be a meeting for the food service. If you are serving, please come to the meeting.

27/5 the Lord’s Day afternoon we will fellowship on the service of breaking bread and cleaning.

5. The dates of the US trip for the Cleveland training: 23-28/7 (1^st week), 30/7-3/8 (2^nd week). If you are willing to go, you can choose to go for the first week or join for the entire two weeks. Please fellowship with Brother Yulin Wang for details.

Intercession:

1. May the Lord bless the gospel meeting next week and may the Spirit touch people, leading them to know how precious the Lord is and become willing to believe in Him.
2. Pray for the new believers (4 brothers: Stephen, William, Yuan Liu and Yuan-Pei Zhao as well as 13 sisters: Vanessa Lu, Lili Chen, Jenny Zhu, Yun-Yue Lin, Li-Qin Wu, Yun Zhu, Joies, Ariel Chen, Lu Gan, Lan-Xiu Zhang, Li-Fang Ge, Kelie Wei and Li-Yuan Xu. May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their growth in life.
3. Pray for the brothers and sisters or their relatives who are weak in body or spirit. May the Lord care for them and give them sufficient grace.
4. May the Lord bless those year 12 students (Holly, Crystal and Zylen etc.), give them wisdom and guide their future steps.

Serving This Week: (May 13)

1. Message: Yulin Wang (Downstairs)

Thomas Wu (Upstairs)

2. Breaking the Bread: Richard Chen & Chuan Ma
3. Serving Bread and Cup: Jason Wang, Richard Cui, Ash Li & Patrick Li
4. Cleaning: Young people & all brothers
5. Kitchen: Lili & Mandy
6. Children: Supervisor – Hannah

Singing & teaching – Christine & Priscilla

Serving Next Week: (May 20)

1. Message: Yulin Wang (Downstairs)

Ben Lim (Upstairs)

2. Breaking the Bread: David Tan & Richard Cui
3. Serving Bread and Cup: Richard Cui, Sam Li, Jason Wang & Sean Dong
4. Cleaning: Sam & Hannah Family, Tina & Fiona Jiang, Hannah Dong & Vic, Patrick & Lily Family, BaoLin Lei, Vanessa Lu
5. Kitchen: Hannah & YuRong
6. Children: Supervisor – Lydia

Singing & teaching – Sarah & Angela

 

 

Church Activities in 2018

July 23 – Aug. 3.: Training in US Cleveland (Chinese Speaking)

Aug. Gospel Odyssey (visiting of US young people)

Oct.: Spring Conference

Dec.: Gospel Meeting with hymns

Conference in US (English Speaking)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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