Missionaries' Sharing: Yap Kim Meng and Goh Beow Kheng
At our May prayer meeting, Yap Kim Meng shared about his and his wife, Goh Beow Kheng's work with the Navigators. ...
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Upcoming Fire Drill (10 Dec 2023)
A mandatory fire drill will be held after the English Congregation’s worship service on 10 December 2023. Here are some instructions to all who will be present that day. ...
Short-Term Ministry in Pua as Long-Term Relational Ministry
Clarice Cheong reflects on her first trip to Kathy's Home in Pua in Northern Thailand, where GBC conducts an English camp every quarter for the Hmong and Mien children staying at the home. ...
Sermon Schedule: A Son is Given (Advent 2023)
We will end the year with our Advent series based on passages in Matthew. The series is titled "A Son is Given"....
Help Wanted! (November-December 2023)
As we end the year, some of our ministries are planning for the next year and are looking for volunteers. If you are available and keen, we encourage you to contact the ministry, and see how you can build up the church in these practical ways!...
The Local Church and Building Healthy Churches
On 20 and 21 October, we hosted two conferences with Mark Dever, pastor of Capital Hill Baptist Church and from 9Marks ministry. The first conference was targeted at leaders ("Building Healthy Churches"). The other, which was jointly organised with Adam Road Presbyterian Church (ARPC) was for church members ("The Local Church"). One of our members, Ryan Ang, attended both conferences, and shares with us his experience and reflections here. ...
Church Picnic (13 Nov 2023)
On 13 November 2023, we held a church picnic at Fort Canning Park. Many from GBC came to spend a morning together. ...
The Ministry of Women: Discipleship
Carrie, one of our ministry support workers for women's ministry, reflects on her time in ministry. She shares her heart and hope that women will continue to minister to one another with the word and also be equipped to handle the word. ...
Meditating on the New Creation
What gets you through difficult circumstances? Samuel reflects on how Hebrews 11 can be applied in life, as we learn to hope in what is yet to come and eternal....
Family Dedication (October 2023)
Two families participated in the Family Dedication at our 29 October 2023 service....
Church Picnic on 13 Nov 2023
As 2023 draws to a close, we're also holding another picnic on 13 November 2023. ...
Ministry Trainees 2023
The Ministry Traineeship, formerly known as the Ministry Internship, runs from July to November this year. For this cycle, we have four trainees joining us -- Melissa Fam, Clarice Cheong, Roy Lam and Joshua Shoo....
Confessing Our Sins Using The Beautitudes
Deacon Bryan Tan led us in a exemplary prayer of confession on the Lord's Day (22 Oct) based on the Beautitudes from Matthew 5:3-10....
Cambodia Mission Trip—October 2023
Chng Eng Ching give thanks for how God has given her a bird's eye view of doing mission work through His lenses as she reflects on her first mission trip with GBC to Cambodia....
Installation of Elders (October 2023)
At our 8 October 2023 service, we installed our new elders Jeremy Lee and Beh Soo Hee. ...
Hebrews 12 and Discipline
Last Sunday, Elder Caleb exhorts us to consider the call from Hebrews to regard suffering and pain as part of God’s purposeful discipline in our lives. Here, Joshua Lowe draws on his recent discipline of his child to encourage us to be open and willing to receive discipline from God and our church community....
Growing in the Gospel: A Women of Grace Event
On 18 November 2023, our women will be looking to gather for a morning of learning together as they build relationships and get to know once another. The title of this event is "Growing in the Gospel", and the focus is on how women can continue to hold fast to the gospel through all seasons of life. ...
Recap of 4Q23 QCM
On 1 October 2023, we had our final Quarterly Congregational Meeting of the year. It has been quite a busy and encouraging quarter and year, and our pastors and lay elders shared various updates about our life together as a church....
Upcoming Christmas Outreach 2023
Believers remember and rejoice in the birth of Jesus Christ. This good news of great joy is what we celebrate at Christmas. This year, we hope to invite our neighbours at MacPherson to celebrate Christmas with us at a brunch on 16 December from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. ...
Running the Race With One Another
Reflecting on last Sunday's sermon, Ps Thian Chye suggests five practical ways we can help one another in running and finishing the spiritual race well....
Baptisms and Transfers—September 2023
We had the joy of welcoming 23 new members in the month of September over two Sundays. Five joined us by baptism while the other nineteen joined us by transfer. ...
Bless the Lord, O My Soul (Psalm 103)
Our worship team recently introduced this new song, "Bless the Lord, O My Soul (Psalm 103)", by Sovereign Grace Music. Based on Psalm 103, this song walks us through the many reasons that believers have to bless the Lord with our entire beings and soul....
Pua Mission Trip – Sep 2023
From 14–18 September, a team of 10 conducted an English camp at Kathy’s Home in Pua. Read how the camp went and sign up for the next trip from 16–20 November 23! ...
Does Science Disprove Christianity?
At their 16 September 2023 youth session, Joshua led the youths to think about this topic that's quite relevant to our youths....
Upcoming Conferences in October 2023
We are excited to be hosting two conferences with Mark Dever on 20 and 21 October....
Quarterly Congregational Meeting (QCM) 1 October 2023
Our next Quarterly Congregational Meeting will be held on 1 October 2023 from 11.15am 12.30pm. ...
How Important are Studies?
Our youths explored this topic at their recent youth session on 2 September 2023. Samuel Ho helped them to see rightly, the value of studying. ...
Run to Jesus, Not Google
Bibianna reflects on how the recent Hebrews series has been encouraging, and calls us to turn to Jesus regardless of how we're feeling or the circumstances we are in....
Gifts or Liabilities?
Do we struggle to see all that God has provided us with, or circumstances that we are in as His gifts to us? Pastor Mark acknowledges this struggle, and also encourages us to move from seeing God's provisions as liabilities to gifts. ...
The Art of Parenting: Part 2 (Sep-Nov 23)
Pastor Mark will be conducting this upcoming EQUIP series from September to November 2023. ...
Is It Okay If I Watch This?
This was explored and taught by Joshua Lowe at a youth session on 19 August 2023. Though targeted at youths, some of the principles and considerations are also relevant to all of us. ...
Help Wanted! (September 2023)
At our recent Prayer Meetings, different members have been sharing about ministry opportunities as well as needs that have arisen. Here, we highlight three ministries that are looking for volunteers....
Praying for Presidential Election
In a week's time, we'll be electing the ninth president for Singapore. Elder Caleb shares five ways we can pray for the upcoming election. ...
Combined Thanksgiving Service 2023
On 12 August 2023, we held a Thanksgiving Service to celebrate 64 years of God's faithfulness to Grace Baptist Church. This was held together with our Chinese-language congregation, and was the first one held since the pandemic restrictions were lifted. ...
Jesus the Priest, Better Than Whom?
Yanadi attests to Jesus' superior priesthood as he looks back at the former priests whom Israel had; and exhorts us to draw near to this great high priest who always lives to intercede for us....
We Are Gospel People
Pastor Eugene shared this exhortation from Isaiah 40:1-11 at the Combined Thanksgiving Service on 12 August 2023. ...
Four Signs of Spiritual Immaturity
In our sermon from Hebrews 5:11-6:12, Pastor Eugene explained how these verses highlight four signs of immaturity. It helps us to also consider what maturity looks like. Here's an extract from this sermon. ...
Testimony of Beh Soo Hee
Beh Soo Hee shares with us how he came to faith, how he came to be a part of Grace Baptist Church, and how he has been trusting God as a member of this church even as he served in various ministries. This sharing was originally provided as a part of the Elders' elections at the English Congregational Meeting. ...
Calling of New Elders
At our recent Quarterly Congregational Meeting (QCM) held on 2 July 2023, our pastors and elders shared some updates pertaining to staffing matters. ...
Jesus, Strong and Kind
Samuel Ho asks us to consider Jesus, the merciful and faithful high priest who has made us clean with His blood, and encourages us to draw near to God through Him....
Upcoming Combined Thanksgiving Service
To remember God’s faithfulness to GBC over the past 64 years, we will be having a combined thanksgiving service for both the English and Chinese-language congregations....
Family Dedication (July 2023)
We had the joy of holding Family Dedication at our 30 July 2023 service. A total of four families participated in this....
Knowing God Together
Joshua shares with us his experience of reading a good Christian book with the youth, and how it is a way we can do spiritual good to one another. ...
Recap of 3Q23 QCM
We held our third Quarterly Congregational Meeting (QCM) of 2023 on 2 July 2023. The Fellowship Hall was full as members, and even some visitors, stayed to hear of updates in the life of the church, and to participate in prayer....
Mental Health and the Church
Pastor Eugene encourages us to intentionally care for those among us who face mental health struggles....
Sermon Schedule—Hebrews: Jesus is Better
For the rest of 2023, we will be in the book of Hebrews, in a series titled, "Jesus is better". ...
Pua Mission Trip – Jun/Jul 2023
This is the 18th year that we have been partnering Kathy's Home in the Lord's work and we thank God for such a great privilege!...
Introducing Two New Initiatives
At our recent church camp, we held a workshop called "In Our Golden Years" that focused on issues and challenges that seniors might face in life. It focused on some practical considerations especially on the medical front, but also touched on ways to be caring for one's spiritual growth too. ...
Let’s Not Deceive Ourselves!
Pastor Thian Chye shares the ways that our church camp encouraged him personally, and exhorts us to continue to persevere in doing spiritual good to one another. ...
Baptisms and Transfers—18 June 2023
On 18 June 2023, we welcomed nine members at our service. Six members joined us by baptism, and the three joined us by transfer....
Having Beautiful Feet by Doing Good
Various members wrote the daily devotional for our recent church camp. This meditation on Romans 10:13-15 and Isaiah 52:7 was written by Jonathan Yao. ...
Help Wanted! (June 2023)
At our recent church camp, we talked about how we could do spiritual good to one another. In the corporate life of the church too, with different formal ministries in place, there are also needs and opportunities for service. ...
One-to-One Bible Reading
At our recent Church Camp, Pastor Mark walked us through how we can do one-to-one Bible reading. He introduced this tool taken from the book "One to One Bible Reading" by David Helm, and encouraged us to use it as a simple way to interact with another over Scripture....
Quarterly Congregational Meeting (QCM) 2 July 2023
Our next Quarterly Congregational Meeting will be held on 2 July 2023 after service from 11am to about 12.30pm....
Gospel Opportunities
Yanadi prays that we will start seeing sharing of lives as gospel opportunities and actively pursue them....
God Has Equipped Us to Do Good Works
Various members wrote the daily devotional for our recent church camp. This meditation on Ephesians 2:10 was written by Yap Kim Meng. ...
Precept: Studying the Book of Zechariah
The Precept class has just completed their study on the book of Zechariah. Veronica Lee and Jan Lai introduce and reflect on the study. ...
The Big 60
Carrie recently turned 60 and reflects on God's grace for her all this while, while being assured of His continued faithfulness for the days ahead. ...
God Designed for Us to Do Spiritual Good
Various members wrote the daily devotional for our recent church camp. This devotional on Genesis 1:26-27 was written by Matthew Seah....
Opportunity to Pray with the Collins
At our 28 May 2023 service, Pastor Mark Collins gave an update to the church regarding his recent visit abroad and shared ways we could keep him and his family in prayer....
Christ Enables Us to Do Spiritual Good
Various members wrote the daily devotion for our recent church camp. This meditation on Philippians 2:1-11 was written by Fiona Teong. ...
Preparing for Church Camp
We're days away from our church camp, which begins this Sunday, 28 May. Close to 300 church members will be spending time together at Forest City Golf Hotel in nearby Johor Bahru to learn what it means to do spiritual good to one another....
Introducing 2 New Care Groups
Every few months, we introduce new Care Groups (CG) that get started up at Grace. On 14 May 2023, we had the joy of introducing new Care Group leaders. ...
Family Dedication (April 2023)
We continue to thank God for the young families in our church and the children He has blessed us with. We held family dedication at our 30 April 2023 service to celebrate some of these new lives....
Rest for the Distressed, Weary and Poor
What are you struggling with today? Bibianna meditates on 1 Samuel 22 and encourages us to lay all our needs before the Lord of Sabbath and He will grant us rest....
"Press On": Church Camp Theme Song
Our church camp is happening at the end of May 2023 with the camp theme of “Doing Spiritual Good”! To help us reflect deeply on our theme, our worship team has picked “Press On” by songwriters Keith and Kristyn Getty as our camp theme song....
Telling All the Lord Had Done
Pastor Oliver reminds us that we who have received deliverance ought to tell others of all the good that God has done in our lives, and shares with us how we can do so....
Serving the Littlest Ones
Our nursery service for children below the age of 3 has been burgeoning, both with children and helpers! Darius Ng, one of the teachers, shares what the ministry is about....
Ollie’s Time at Acts Baptist Church (2H23)
Pastor Eugene announced at the 30 April 2023 service that Pastor Oliver would be sent temporarily to Acts Baptist Church to pastor for six months as part of GBC’s gospel partnership with a sister church. Pastor Oliver’s time at Acts Baptist Church will span from 1 July to 31 December 2023....
Good Friday and Easter 2023
Every year, our Good Friday and Easter Sunday services help us to remember the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Frederick Chua reflects on how the sermons at both services helped us to go back to the precious truths and foundations of the Christian's life. ...
Practical Help for Christian Friendships
Samuel follows up on the topic of Christian friendships and offers us practical ways we can live it out. He offers us some ideas and questions that we can ask of each other to deepen and strengthen our friendships. ...
Recap of 2Q23 QCM
On 2 April 2023, we held our second Quarterly Congregational Meeting of the year. Our pastors and elders took us through what went on in the past quarter, and also some new and exciting developments. ...
Update on Missions (April 2023)
Elder Jonathan is our elder serving with the Missions Committee and at our recent QCM, he took the chance to update the church on our vision for missions. Our vision guides and affects what we do, and he encouraged us to consider how we too, as members can participate in the work. ...
10 Things to Thank God For from Q1 2023
At our QCM on 2 April 2023, Elder Caleb walked us through 10 things that we can be thankful for in the first quarter of 2023. We list them out here and we hope that it will be an encouragement to you! ...
Christian Friendships: God's Good Gift
Bibianna reflects on Christian friendships—its origin and importance in the Christian's life, as well as the encouragements that we can get from it. ...
Life of Henry Martyn
Inspired and encouraged by the life of Henry Martyn, Eric Lui shares excerpts from Sarah J Rhea's book, "Life of Henry Martyn, Missionary to India and Persia, 1781 to 1812", highlighting the thoughts and struggles the missionary had with his antagonists in India and Persia, and how he persevered despite ill-health....
Our Easter Commission
Pastor Mark reflects on the death and resurrection of Jesus. Drawing from John 20, we see how Jesus tells his disciples that Easter Sunday is not primarily about commemoration, but commission....
Installation of Elders (March 2023)
At our 26 March 2023 service, our elders who were recently re-elected reaffirmed their vows to serve God's flock. It was also a time for the congregation to commit to supporting and working together with them for the good of the gospel....
Together in the Truth (Part 2)
Pastor Eugene shares reasons why we corporately recite creeds and confessions, and offers examples of how we use our statement of faith as a church....
Partnership with First Baptist Church of Bandung
One of our aspirations as a church is to establish gospel partnerships with fellow like-minded Christians for the advance of the gospel. Our Missions Committee has also been exploring similar opportunities with churches and organizations overseas, and one such visit was to First Baptist Church of Bandung. ...
Quarterly Congregational Meeting (QCM) 2 April 2023
Our second Quarterly Congregational Meeting of the year will be held on 2 April 2023 after service from 11am to about 12.30pm. ...
Congregational Singing Seminar with Matt Merker
We had the joy of hosting a seminar with Matt Merker on Congregational Singing on 25 February 2023. Matt was in Texas but he was able to share with us via Zoom. ...
Is God a Killjoy?
Joshua reflects on the ways we are all tempted to pursue joy apart from God, why that is futile, and how true joy is only found in Christ alone. ...
Remembering the Creator When Our Memory Fails Us
Jim Tan, one of our members, wrote this article which was first published in Salt&Light. He shares reflections on Ecclesiastes 12 on how we can continue to remember our Creator when we face the struggle with dementia, and how caregivers can also encourage this memory. ...
Pua Mission Trip: VBS 2023
From 3–7 March, a team of 19 headed to Kathy's Home to conduct a Vacation Bible School. We thank God for the team and the fruitful trip....
Church Camp Again?
Pastor Thian Chye has been working with the Church Camp Committee to prepare for this year's camp! He shares with us a personal reflection on why the camp is important, and helpful for us as a church. ...
Baptisms and Transfers -- 26 February 2023
On 26 February 2023, we had the joy of welcoming new members at our service! That morning, we welcomed 12 new members – 4 by baptism, while the other 8 joined us by transfer. ...
Elders' Election at the English Congregational Meeting
Our English Congregation Leadership (ECL) have unanimously reaffirmed the calling of Jonathan Tan and Nehemiah Chong as elders. The ECL are thankful to God for their faithful service and their willingness to continue serving for another term of three years....
Testimony of Jonathan Tan
Jonathan Tan shares with us how he came to faith and also his heart for Grace Baptist Church. This sharing was originally provided as a part of the Elders' elections at the English Congregational Meeting....
Testimony of Nehemiah Chong
Nehemiah Chong shares how he came to faith and also his heart for the church, as he stands for reelection. This sharing was originally provided as a part of the Elders' elections at the English Congregational Meeting. ...
Together in the Truth (Part 1)
Pastor Eugene explains what is a statement of faith and its place in our life together as a church. ...
Prayer Walk Around MacPherson
One cool Thursday evening in February, a group from GBC and Redemption Hill Church (RHC) went around our neighbourhood for a prayer walk. It was the first walk that was organised for 2023....
When We Fear We're Not Good Enough
Bibianna asks if we are covering ourselves with fig leaves and points us to Christ, whose robes of righteousness we can rest secure in. ...
Obeying and Following God in Missions
Obedience to God happens in both the big and small decisions in life and certainly, Christians are called to obey Him every day. For some of us, the call to obey God can take the form of obeying Him to go into full-time missions. So, what prompted our missionary, Esther, to consider becoming a missionary? She shares more about this journey here. ...
Into God's Presence With Joy
Pastor Oliver meditates on the grace that has been granted to us to be in the presence of a holy God. We may not always feel this way, but the reality of this truth grounds us and changes the way we live....
God’s Plan, God’s Way
Pastor Eugene preached this sermon on Exodus 2:11-25 on 29 January 2023, where we were reminded that God is never late. He works in his time, not ours. The faithful God will keep his promise to redeem His people in His time. ...
Reflecting on Truth #32
Reflections on the New City Catechism #32 What do justification and sanctification mean? Justification means our declared righteousness before God, made possible by Christ’s death and resurrection for us. Sanctification means our gradual, growing righteousness, made possible by the Spirit’s work in us. ...
Book Spotlights: Genesis and Jesus (and Us)
Samuel Ho shares with us some helpful books available for all ages to accompany our Genesis sermon series....
Welcome One Another
We interview four members from the Welcome Ministry on how serving in this ministry has been an encouragement to them....
Lent: A Time of Personal Reflection
Carrie encourages us to dwell in the presence of God and feast on Him in His Word as we prepare to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ....
Encouraging by Understanding
Samuel shares how his interactions with our elders during the internship have given him a better glimpse into the lives of our elders and how we can encourage them....
Book Review: "Side by Side"
"Side by Side" is a book by Edward Welch that a group of GBC members have been reading together for the past few months. Koon Han, who has been involved in this reading group, shares some key points from the book. ...
Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Church
Our intern, Ryan, answers the question that he's been asked most these days, “How has the internship been?"...
Watchnight Service 2021
Despite the ongoing pandemic, the current restrictions allowed us to hold our annual Watchnight service in 2021. It was held both in-person and livestreamed, and many GBC worshippers gathered together in the sanctuary or in homes to reflect on the past year. The theme of the service was, "waiting for the fulfilment of God’s promised hope", and the testimonies, songs o...
Keep ReadingWatch Night 2020
Nicholas Quek reflects on 2020's Watch Night Service, a wonderful time of giving thanks for His grace and mercy, as well as a powerful reminder that Jesus is our one and only hope. ...
Keep ReadingAdoring the Almighty
Pastor Ian reminds us that our God is El Shaddai, and shares with us the adoration and prayers that the church gathered to lift up to this God Almighty last Friday....
Keep ReadingPraying Together
Pastor Eugene shares the prayer requests from last week’s monthly prayer meeting and invites us to unite our hearts to ask God to grow the gospel. ...
Keep ReadingKnowing and Praying for One Another
Pastor Eugene encourages us to use the church’s membership directory to know and pray for one another. ...
Keep ReadingWhy Lament?
What do we do when life hurts? Pastor Oliver encourages us to turn to God in lamentation and let His Word comfort and strengthen us....
Keep ReadingPraying Together
Pastor Eugene expresses what a blessing it is to be able to gather with God's people for prayer as he shares with us what the church prayed for during last Friday's prayer meeting under the sky. ...
Keep ReadingThe Goal of Our Prayers
Why pray? Pastor Oliver explains the goal of our prayers and shares the thanksgivings and prayers from last Friday's prayer meeting. Do join in prayer as a church....
Keep ReadingWatching and Waiting -- GBC’s Watchnight Service 2019
Neo Yi Ling shares with us how members of GBC gathered on the last day of 2019 to look back on the year that had come to an end and to look forward together to what God has in store in the coming year. ...
Keep ReadingMonthly Prayer Meeting: For the Father Loves the Son
Did you miss last Friday's Prayer Meeting? Pastor Ian shares with us how God has been working in our lives and how He intends to do even greater things among us!...
Keep ReadingOctober Monthly Prayer Meeting
Pastor Oliver shares with us the the thanksgiving and prayer requests shared during last Friday's prayer meeting. Let's join together as one church to give thanks and pray for one another. ...
Keep ReadingHelping and Being Helped in the Body of Christ
Often times, we are more willing to help than to ask for help. Pastor Eugene explains why acknowledging our need for help to one another is one way of putting the truths of the gospel into practice....
Keep ReadingGrace Together in Prayer (27 Sep 2019)
TOGETHER FOR MAKING DISCIPLE CHILDREN'S MINISTRY God has blessed us with a growing brood both in the nursery in Children's Church. As we look to open more classes please pray for members' hearts to be moved to join the ministry as teachers (we need about 16 new teachers for Children's Church and always need more hands for the nursery). YOUNG ADULTS MINISTRY Than...
Keep ReadingGrace Together in Prayer (30 Aug 2019)
TOGETHER FOR MAKING DISCIPLES WORSHIP MINISTRY We thank God for the recent 60th Anniversary Thanksgiving service for: How God allowed the musicians, choir and various people from both EC and CC to work together in unity to give Him glory for His faithfulness to GBC over the last 60 years. How the service reflected the goodness mercy of God to GBC in spite of human w...
Keep ReadingGrace Together in Prayer (26 July 2019)
TOGETHER FOR MAKING DISCIPLES WORSHIP MINISTRY Please continue to pray for the worship team and choir from both the EC and CC as they prepare to lead the congregation in the upcoming 60th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service. Preparations are now in full swing. Please pray: For unity to be displayed among our choir members from both congregations, so that the aroma of C...
Keep ReadingGrace Together in Prayer (28 June 2019)
WORSHIP MINISTRY Pray for the 60th Anniversary Thanksgiving service. Thank God that plans are underway for the service and that both the EC and CC choirs are joining their hearts and voices together. Please pray for: Unity between both congregation choirs as they prepare and rehearse together. Joyful hearts as we serve together to celebrate God's faithfulness to GBC...
Keep ReadingGrace Together in Prayer (31 May 2019)
GRACE TOGETHER IN PRAYER (31 May 2019) TOGETHER FOR MAKING DISCIPLESWORSHIP MINISTRY AV Sound Training We thank God for the recent AV sound training where AV team members from both EC and CC benefited greatly from the professional training on sound adjustment, equalization SOPs for running the worship services every week. Pray that the skills picked up will be use...
Keep ReadingGrace Together in Prayer (26 April 2019)
GRACE TOGETHER IN PRAYER 26 April 2019 TOGETHER FOR MAKING DISCIPLES WORSHIP MINISTRY We thank God for the recent Good Friday and Easter services where: The message of Jesus' death and resurrection was proclaimed both in word and song. The 30-strong choir presented 2 anthems, acknowledging Jesus' death on the cross and proclaiming His resurrection. The joy of se...
Keep ReadingGrace Together in Prayer for 29 March 2019
GRACE TOGETHER IN PRAYER 29 March 2019 TOGETHER FOR MAKING DISCIPLES WORSHIP MINISTRY Pray for the WORSHIP TEAM as they prepare for the upcoming Good Friday and Easter services. Pray for the choir as they continue to meet over the next few weeks to rehearse prepare for the anthems they will be singing for both Good Friday and Easter services. Pray for the song l...
Keep ReadingGrace Together in Prayer for 22 February 2019
GRACE TOGETHER IN PRAYER 22 February 2019 TOGETHER FOR MAKING DISCIPLES Thank God for the NEW ELDERS AND DEACONS. Pray for God to strengthen the elders and deacons to be faithful in their lives and ministry, as they serve the body of Christ. Thank God for the fruitful time at the WORSHIP MINISTRY'S recent meeting with the worship, AV, projection, choir teams where we...
Keep ReadingGrace Together in Prayer
GRACE TOGETHER IN PRAYER 25 January 2019 TOGETHER FOR MAKING DISCIPLES We thank God for His grace and mercy in 2018 for the WORSHIP MINISTRY. For how He has guided us in the Reformation concert. For the various new members of the worship ministry, including those in sound, AV, musicians song leaders. For the choir who has been faithfully serving us through the r...
Keep ReadingWatchnight Service 2018
Four whole hours together in church to end 2018 and usher in 2019 struck many as odd, and even more as far too long. Yet as watchnight came, the hours flew by as the 100 members or so of GBC came together to share with each other how God has been so good to us the past year....
Keep ReadingGrace Together in Prayer
GRACE TOGETHER IN PRAYER 30 November 2018 TOGETHER FOR MAKING DISCIPLES GBC's theme for 2019 is GRACE TOGETHER. Let's give thanks for how God has made us one, and pray that we will be obedient in living out the unity that we enjoy in Christ. Pray that our life together will be "worthy of the gospel", as we "with one mind strive side by side for the faith of the gosp...
Keep ReadingGrace Together in Prayer (26 October 2018)
GRACE TOGETHER IN PRAYER 26 October 2018 TOGETHER FOR MAKING DISCIPLES Pray for tomorrow (Oct 27)'s REFORMATION CONCERT PSALMS GRACE THAT SINGS. Thank God for the hard work of the choir and musicians since the end of July. Thank God for the many opportunities to get to know other members in this church. Thank God for the concert preview last Sunday. Pray for t...
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GRACE TOGETHER IN PRAYER Prayer Meeting: 28 September 2018 TOGETHER AS THE CHURCH Pray for our SUNDAY SERVICES, as we gather as a church. May God use these regular gatherings to encourage and build up His church in His word. Pray also that we will continue to be actively welcoming visitors. We thank God for bringing newcomers to us! We praise and thank God fo...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 31 August 2018
Prayer Meeting (31 August 2018) Prayer Points I. YOUNG ADULTS - Praise God for the baptisms of some young adults last Sunday. We thank God for their testimonies of God's work in their lives. Pray for these YAs that their faith will remain rooted in Christ, and they will continue to grow in community. - Pray for the YAs that just started school or are heading abroad ...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting (27 July 2018)
Prayer Meeting (27 July 2018) Prayer Points I.EVANGELISM Gracehaven - Thanksgiving for outing on 14 Jul at Fort Canning organised by the YAs. Although only 7 kids from Gracehaven joined us in the outing we outnumbered them 4 to 1, we had great interaction fun. The kids were attentive to the Bible story were able to give the correct answers during the amazing race w...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 29 June 2018
Prayer Meeting (29 June 2018) Prayer Points I. EVANGELISM Gracehaven - Thank God that everything went well forthe outreach activity on 19 May despite a number of initialhiccups miscommunication. -Grateful for the volunteers from GBC, as well as thefine weather, great fun, fellowship learning from God's word through the message shared. Pray for: -TheYAs who will be...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting (25 May 2018)
Prayer Meeting (25 May 2018) Prayer Points 1.EVANGELISM a) Gracehaven Outreach Thanksgiving for a beautiful Saturday morningon 19 May at the outdoor frisbee game withthe Gracehaven children GBC volunteers. Pray that Song Huat's sharing on Abraham'sfaith and Psalm 23 will land on good soil. May God use the little gestures interactions of our volunteers to touch the c...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 27 April 2018
Prayer Meeting (27 April 2018) Prayer Points I. Grace News - Grateful for the time, gifts and love that the Lord has given the teamto work togetheron the latest print issue despite busier than usualschedules for quite a number of ourteam members, as well as some design/layout challenges.We are amazed once again athow theissue managed tofall into place. - Grateful for ...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 23 February 2018
Prayer Meeting (23 February 2018) Prayer Points I.YOUNG ADULTS Prayer Praise: - Pray for our young adults to fall in love with God's word - to see it as beautiful, attractive, worthy and necessary, and to form lifelong habits of reading the word both alone and together. - Pray for our students overseas that they will find churches to be plugged in. - Prayer for t...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 26 January 2018
Prayer Meeting (26 January 2018) Prayer Points I.YOUTH MINISTRY Prayer Praise: - Pray for the youth who are transiting to a new school, that they would trust God as their school postings are confirmed that they would be able to find an environment they can grow and thrive in. - Pray for the youth as they navigate the various challenges of identity, school famil...
Keep ReadingWhy Pray?
Every last Friday of the month we meet to pray for our church, community, nation and world. Pastor Ian shares with us why we pray and encourages us to join in this elder-led prayer service. ...
Keep ReadingWatchnight 2017: All Glory Be To Christ!
Our Watchnight Service 2017, planned by the YA Ministry, was a time of special blessing and encouragement. Read about it and view some of the videos here....
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting for 24 November 2017
Prayer Meeting (24 November 2017) Prayer Points I.YOUTH MINISTRY Prayer Praise: - Thanksgiving for bringing the 'O' level folks through their exams, and prayer for the 'A' level folks for their remaining papers. - Prayer for our upcoming youth camp that youth would grow spiritually as well as in their relationships with one another. - Thanksgiving for all the CG...
Keep ReadingThe Spiritual Barometer of God’s Church
What does it mean to 'steward God's voice with our vote, not our agenda'? Pastor Ian shares with us how we can prepare ourselves for the Members' Meeting on 24 Nov. ...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 27 October 2017
Prayer Meeting (27 October 2017) Prayer Points I. YOUNG ADULTS Prayer Praise: - Thanksgiving for the good turn of approximately 60 people at our documentary screening on the life and times of Martin Luther on 28 Oct. - Thanksgiving for the wonderful evangelistic event we had on the 21 Oct -- the strong turn-out of about 45, and the 2 people who accepted Christ tha...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting (29 September 2017)
Prayer Meeting (29 September 2017) Prayer Points I.GRACE NEWS Prayer Praise: - We are now in the final stages of getting the lastprint issue for 2017ready. Wethank God for those who have agreed to be interviewed, written, illustrated and taken photos. We are also very thankful for the time creativity that God has given the team in terms of edit layout. It has been ...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 25 August 2017
Prayer Meeting (25 August 2017) Prayer Points I. YA MINISTRY Prayer Praise: - Pray for our YAs as they go overseas / return for university to Ireland, England, the US and the coming school year. Pray that God will cause their hearts to be holy and devoted to Him, and for a fruitful year of study ahead. - Pray that all our university students will make God and the...
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Ps Ian shares with us why prayer ought to be a primary pursuit for everyone who desires to grow deeper in Christ....
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 28 July 2017
Prayer Meeting (28 July 2017) Prayer Points I.YA MINISTRY Prayer Praise: - We praise God for the growth of the ministry with new members, others seeking baptism new leaders discipling others. - Thank God for the successful outing with the Gracehaven children on 15 July the opportunity to serve others with Christ's love. - Pray for YAs who are struggling with prac...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting (30 June 2017)
Prayer Meeting (30 June 2017) Prayer Points I. EVANGELISM Prayer Praise: Grace Haven Thankful for the partnership of young adults in organizing conducting the cycling activity for the children on 15 July. Pray for: - the planning, admin logistics of the excursion to go smoothly. - Glen Ng that his sharing of God's word will encourage impact the children to t...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 26 May 2017
Prayer Meeting (26 May 2017) Prayer Points I.DISCIPLESHIP SEMINARS (DS) Prayer Praise: - Please pray with us as we plan the study at DS for the second half of the year. - Pray for us as we consider how to better serve the needs of the church body configure DS to serve those needs. - Pray for our teachers to rest well during this recess continue to draw close to...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 28 April 2017
Prayer Meeting(28 April 2017)Prayer Points I. YOUNG ADULT MINISTRYPrayer Praise:- We praise God for the recent baptisms membership transfer of our 6 young adults. We give thanks for the encouragement they received how the body of Christ was edified.- Thank God for the recent monthly social the four GBC families/couples that we visited on 22/4 and 29/4 respectively. ...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 31 March 2017
Prayer Meeting(31 March 2017)Prayer Points I. DISCIPLESHIP SEMINARS (DS)Prayer Praise:- We praise God for the recently concluded 1 Chronicles teaching series. Please pray for us as we continue now to the book of 2 Chronicles.- Thank God for a more conducive environment for teaching at the Fellowship hall after the Youth Ministry shifted to Fridays for their youth group m...
Keep ReadingPrayer Points for February 2017
Prayer Meeting 24 February 2017 Prayer Points I. YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY Prayer Praise: - We give thanks for the 24 GBC young adults who attended the Project Timothy conference on 14th Feb 2017, as well as the many others. Pray that they will ponder over what an authentic Christian ministry looks like and grow in their confidence of the Gospel message. - We give tha...
Keep ReadingPrayer Points for January 2017
PRAYER POINTS (JANUARY 2017) I. YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY Prayer Praise: - We give thanks for the testimonies we heard in Dec when we reviewed 2016 as a ministry: members like J felt more integrated into the community in 2016, B who appreciated getting to know older church members. Young adults like C expressed appreciation for the leaders discipling her shared how she...
Keep ReadingWatchnight Service 2016: Much to Give Thanks For
On 31 December 2016, GBC faithfully gathered for its traditional watchnight service, knowing that we have much to give thanks for....
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting (25 November 2016)
Let's remember to continually uphold the various needs of our ministries in prayer to God. ...
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Prayer Meeting (26 October 2016) Prayer Points I. Youth Ministry Prayer Praise: - We thank God for Jane's faithful service in the Youth Ministry pray for her Steven as they enter a new chapter in India. - Continued prayer for the youths who are going through their exams and for those who will be commencing their O levels. - Prayer for the youth camp organising ...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 30 September 2016
Prayer Meeting (30 September 2016) Prayer Points I. Young Adult Ministry Prayer Praise: THANKSGIVING (1)We praise God for the 37 people who attended our recent YA retreat 'Underneath the Skin: The Christian's Inner Life' in JB Malaysia 9-12 Sep. We are thankful for: - the spiritual work of the planning team, preachers, workshop leaders, lunchtime talk speakers, dev...
Keep ReadingFriday Prayer Meeting for 26 August 2016
Prayer Meeting (26 August 2016) Prayer Points I. Ladies Ministry Prayer Praise: - Thank God for the ladies who lead faithfully at our ladies Bible classes. Please pray for God's continuing favour, wisdom guidance upon them, granting them the joy to serve Him as well. - Pray for our upcoming floral arrangement event on 27 August. Pray for Winnie, Belinda Pang Yok...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 29 July 2016
Prayer Meeting (29 July 2016) Prayer Points I. Young Adult Ministry Prayer Praise: - We give thanks for the conclusion of ministry activities in the first half of the year, including our evangelism events, service projects, Bible studies discipleship trainings. Praise God for all the hours spent in ministry pray for fruit from it. - Pray for the ongoing YA retreat...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting for 24 June 2016
Prayer Meeting (24 June 2016) Prayer Points I. Great Commission Month (July) Prayer Praise: - Praise God that about 50% of the campers in the June church retreat indicated that they are praying for the salvation of someone. May God answer their prayers and bring joy to heaven and earth. - God to protect the health and time of our 5 speakers: Pastor Arnold, Pastor Ol...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting - 27 May 2016
Prayer Meeting (27 May 2016) Prayer Points I. Youth Ministry Prayer Praise: - Thanksgiving for the recent completion of the studies on Mark up to Mark 4:34. Please pray for fruit amongst the youths. - Thanksgiving for the youths who have completed their mid-year exams. Please pray for the youths who will be taking their 'O' Level Chinese examinations. Please pray th...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting for 29 April 2016
Prayer Meeting (29 April 2016) Prayer Points I. Young Adult Ministry Prayer Praise: - We are overwhelmed by the good response for the "Risen" film screening and talk by Prof Lockhart on a historian's perspective of the resurrection. 120 people attended the movie and about 45 persons came for the talk. Please continue to pray that the seeds sown and questions raised w...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting on 25 March 2016
Prayer Meeting (25 March 2016) Prayer Points I. Young Adult Ministry Prayer Praise: - Pray for students who are anxious about places in university - that God would give them a sense of peace trust Him for the future. - Pray for NSFs engaged in physical training are tempted to live without God in the world - Pray for their holiness encouragement. - Pray for our...
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Prayer Meeting (26 February 2016) Prayer Points I. Discipleship Seminars Ministry Prayer Praise: - We thank God for the effort of the elders DS teachers in teaching in the "Essentials of Discipleship" module and the "Lord, How I Love Your Torah!" module. Please pray that the teachers will continue to journey closely with God continue to live out what they teach i...
Keep ReadingPrayer Meeting for 29 January 2016
Prayer Meeting (29 January 2016) Prayer Points I. Young Adult Ministry Prayer Praise: - Young adults who are still not plugged in to the church community. - Pray that they will find a community to practice the "one another" passages of the New Testament. - YAs who have taken recent steps in baptism - Pray that God would deepen their roots and help them grow more. -...
Keep ReadingWatchnight Service 2015
At Watchnight Service 2015, we saw a good mix of members, the young and "not-so-old", coming together to testify of God's goodness and grace in their lives. ...
Keep ReadingPrayer Points for Friday Prayer Meeting
Prayer Meeting (27 November 2015) Prayer Points I. Young Adults Ministry Prayer Praise: - Thanksgiving for the good sign ups attendance at the Grill-A-Christian event- God has answered our prayers and we want to give Him praise. - Pray for the YAs helping out as camp commandant committee members for the youth camp in December. Pray for wisdom, cheer effective lea...
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Prayer Meeting (30 October 2015) Prayer Points I. Church Camp 2016 Prayer Praise: Church Camp Organising Committee Formation This Ministry is for people who serve because they enjoy working towards a camp, a fixed destination, and the fellowship from working with other members of the church. Ours is a flow through concept whereby anyone who has served in any role au...
Keep ReadingThe Blessings of Praying Together
Pastor Arnold Wong talks about how praying together can change lives....
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