November 30, 2022
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Weekly Worship , Weekly Worship
| Tags: catechism, newcitycatechism, speakingthetruth
Reflections on the New City Catechism #48
What is the church? God chooses and preserves for himself a community elected for eternal life and united by faith, who love, follow, learn from, and worship God together. God sends out this community to proclaim the gospel and prefigure Christ’s kingdom by the quality of their life together and their love for one another....
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November 29, 2022
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For Disciples
| Tags: books, women
The recent Women of Grace event had a theme of "Bearing Burdens". The women had a chance to focus on their own relationship with God, as well as care for and love others by praying for one another. At this event, books were also given out that were related to this theme. Here are the books that were carefully selected for this event. ...
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November 29, 2022
by Bibianna Yeo
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Events
| Tags: community, women
"Bearing Burdens" is a women's ministry event that we are looking to hold on 19 November 2022. This is a follow up from the first Women of Grace event in May where the ladies had a time to get to know one another and meet after a period of COVID separation. ...
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November 29, 2022
by Bibianna Yeo
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Ministry
| Tags: devotion, women, psalms
This was originally shared by Bibianna at the Women of Grace event titled, "Bearing Burdens", which was held on 19 November 2022. Psalm 63 shows us that when we’re in the wilderness, let us behold our God and hope in Christ.
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November 28, 2022
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Events
| Tags: Events, reformation concert, galatians, refcon22
Clara Lim reflects on how the Reformation Concert has shown her the beauty of singing together with one voice to the glory of God. ...
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November 26, 2022
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Book reviews
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Eric Lui reflects on Richard Sibbes' book on the encounter between Jesus and Mary Magadalene at the empty tomb on the first Easter Sunday....
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November 24, 2022
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Articles
| Tags: discipleship, devotions, Grace eNews, women, psalms
Do you know that a group of ladies meet regularly on Friday mornings to study the Bible? Carrie has been a part of this group that have been meeting for years now, even before COVID. She shares some of the lessons and encouragments from reading the Psalms together. ...
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November 23, 2022
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For Disciples
| Tags: catechism, newcitycatechism, speakingthetruth
Reflections on the New City Catechism #47
Does the Lord’s supper add anything to Christ’s atoning work? No, Christ died once for all. The Lord’s Supper is a covenant meal celebrating Christ’s atoning work; as it is also a means of strengthening our faith as we look to him, and a foretaste of the future feast. But those who take part with unrepentant hearts eat a...
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November 21, 2022
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Sermon Schedule
| Tags: advent, psalms
We end this year with our Advent series in the book of Psalms which will take us through Psalm 96 to Psalm 100. These psalms of praise call God’s people to rejoice, for the Lord has come to save. He rules as King over all the earth. He is holy and worthy of all praise and glory. ...
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November 17, 2022
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Care Group
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At our service on 13 November 2022, we were introduced to three new care groups (CGs) that groups meet around Singapore and on different days and times in the week. ...
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November 17, 2022
by Thian Chye Ngo
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Articles
| Tags: church community, galatians
What does it mean to bear someone else's burdens? Pastor Thian Chye reflects on how we can apply the sermon practically. ...
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November 16, 2022
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For Disciples
| Tags: catechism, newcitycatechism, speakingthetruth
Reflections on the New City Catechism #46
What is the Lord’s Supper? Christ commanded all Christians to eat bread and to drink from the cup in thankful remembrance of him and his death. The Lord’s Supper is a celebration of the presence of God in our midst; bringing us into communion with God and with one another; feeding and nourishing our souls. It also anticipate...
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November 15, 2022
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Events
| Tags: reformation concert, refcon22
On the 29 October 2022 at 8pm we commemorated the Protestant Reformation in GBC's fourth Reformation Concert. ...
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November 10, 2022
by Joshua Lowe
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Articles
Joshua shares what the youth leaders have been learning about how the world thinks of identity, and how it contrasts with what we have been reading in Galatians. This important topic is also the theme for the youth camp this year. ...
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November 9, 2022
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For Disciples
| Tags: newcitycatechism, catechism, speakingthetruth
Reflections on the New City Catechism #45
Is baptism with water the washing away of sin itself? No, only the blood of Christ and the renewal of the Holy Spirit can cleanse us from sin....
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November 8, 2022
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Missions
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Esther is one of our missionaries and she was recently in Singapore on her Home Assignment. We sat down with her to chat more about her experiences and lessons that God has taught her and we will be sharing it in a series of articles. ...
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November 3, 2022
by Yanadi Tan Ivory
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Articles
| Tags: Evangelism, gospel, Grace eNews, galatians, articles
Yanadi shares how reading Galatians has prompted him to reflect on and share his faith struggles with fellow Christians. Learning about the centrality of the gospel in Galatians also encourages us to speak to those beyond the church....
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November 3, 2022
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For Disciples
| Tags: catechism, newcitycatechism, speakingthetruth
Reflections on the New City Catechism #44
What is baptism? Baptism is the washing with water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; it signifies and seals our adoption into Christ, our cleansing from sin, and our commitment to belong to the Lord and to his church....
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November 2, 2022
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Category:
Ministry
| Tags: social media, youth
On 8 October 2022, the Youth Ministry organised a panel event for our youths on the topic of the Christian's social media life. The event sought to provide glimpses into how Christians strive to live out Christ in their lives online through their own flawed but faithful ways....
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