Global Day of Prayer 2006

Met Joy, Heather, Meifong, Nathaniel at Kallang MRT around 5.30pm. Took the shuttle bus with 1st batch, Filipino members, sat at center right column facing the stage. Each of us were given a GDOP pack containing a nation flag, water, biscuits and prayer booklet. It was a good time of worshipping and praying to the Lord, as the pastors led us through different segments of prayer for nations, country, youth, etc. 11 of us from our 2 CGs attended, all in all about 25-30 Bartleyans. Let us continue to intercede and stand in the gap for our nation and the nations!

A reflection by Rev Edmund Chan
http://www.freewebtown.com/bccyacg/Gdop.doc
Some pictures and clips (use QuickTime):
http://tmotp.multiply.com/photos/album/25

May schedule

Fri 5 May - Prayer & Praise
Fri 12 May - CG Outing (Guys/Girls)
Fri 19 May - CG Beta Session 7
Fri 26 May - CG Prayer & Praise

Sun 7 May - When God says "No" (Deut 1:42-46)
Sun 14 May - Intergenerational service
Sun 21 May - Desperately seeking God (Deut 4:29)
Sun 28 May - Help! I forgot the commandments (Deut 5:1-6:25)

*Sermon messages can be downloaded at www.bartley.org.sg.

CG Prayer & Praise

Tim's group had prayer & praise tonight, as the group was small, and some were attending "Exploring the Da Vinci Code" organised by TM412 in church. Good extended time just worshipping and praying. Claimed upon Ps 27:4, reflecting on what is worship, and what is meant by dwelling in God's courts, gazing upon His beauty, and seeking Him in His temple. Pray for Xinhong as she takes a short break in Hanoi this Sunday for a week with her boss. Blessed birthday to Lois (26th) and Joy (30th)!

CG Beta Session 7

Tonight's topic was "The Battle for the Mind" (Eph 6:11-13). Prayed for wisdom as the Da Vinci Code movie begins next week.

Da Vinci Code resources

Below is a 2-page article on the Da Vinci Code (DVC) by Dr Rick Griffith, OT lecturer at Singapore Bible College. Please feel free to distribute to your friends who have questions. http://www.freewebtown.com/bccyacg/dvc0001.pdf

Here is a list of good website resources on how Christians can and should respond to the DVC book and movie:
S'pore Campus Crusade for Christ web resources & links
http://www.sccc.org.sg/modules/paper/?page=Beneath_That_Smile
DVC Project (compilation of resources by Covenant EFC)
http://www.davincicode.org.sg
Josh McDowell's "DVC: Quest for Answers" (MP3 downloads)
http://pcgmedia.org/davincianswers.html

CG Outing

The girls from Tim/Xinhong's group met at Xinhong's place for lunch fellowship, whilst Wenxing/Nat's group met at Nat's place for Breaking the Da Vinci Code video, and discussion.

Sin Ming: Greetings from Down Under

Hi everyone,

Well, thanks for your prayers. I am doing well so far. The weather has been good for the past week. Actually managed to get quite a couple of things done including buying furnitures and settling some of my administrative stuffs. Now waiting for furnitures to come in and in the mean time trying to buy a car. Hiring one at the moment.

Many blessings to count actually. Firstly, how I got around Perth safely and how I got to church safely on Sunday. My church has moved house thus was going round and round looking for it. Finally decided that this is too much of a hassle and parked my car and started walking to church instead. It is nice indeed to meet up with my church mates again although many things seems to have changed...

On the whole, I am doing fine and well. Work is starting only next week. Will keep you guys updated.

Sun - prayer for Lifen

Lifen arrived last night about 10pm, and joined us for 1st service on Sunday. After service, we spent some time to pray for her as she transitions back to work life here in Singapore, adjusting to 2 new summer interns and new colleague. Pray for full recovery of health as well, as she was sick over the weekend.

April schedule

Fri 07 Apr - Prayer & Praise
Fri 14 Apr - Good Friday outing (Picnic/Treetop Walk)
Fri 21 Apr - CG Beta Session 5
Fri 28 Apr - CG Beta Session 6

Sat 8 Apr - YA Great Bowling Friendly @ Planet Bowl

Sun 09 Apr - "Conquering our mountains" - Deut 1:6-8
Sun 16 Apr - Easter message + Baptism
Sun 23 Apr - "Waiting upon God" - Ps 27
Sun 30 Apr - "Fear does not factor when God is the factor" - Deut 1:19-33

*Sermon messages can be downloaded at www.bartley.org.sg.

CG Beta Session 6

Prayed for Xinmin as a CG tonight. She shared about her final preparations (esp. admin), and the 1st 2 weeks there before she would start work, to settle housing, phone, bank, etc. Pray for God's protection and safety as she travels by car for work, and smooth transition into the work life and integration into the church life too. Pray for God to refresh and grow her as she seeks to spend more time reading and learning from His Word. Flight details: QA32, Tue 9.30am.

CG Beta Session 5

Spent some time to give thanks to God for Kevin who got baptised and Heather who transferred membership to Bartley on Easter Sunday. Also prayed for Church Camp fund-raising the coming Sunday, where some of our members set up a sandwich stall, to raise funds for camp subsidies.

We will take up an offering (on last week of May) for church camp, for those who are not going, to bless those who are intending to go, but have financial difficulties.

Easter + Baptism Sunday

2 of our CG members got baptised today, Lynnett and Kevin. Also, Jason and Heather transferred their membership to Bartley as well. Many friends and family were present to witness their baptism, and hear the gospel message as well. Welcome to the Bartley family!

Pics and video clip links here:
http://edify001.multiply.com/photos/album/19

CG Good Friday (Picnic/Treetop Walk)

Praise God for holding off the monsoon rains that hit some parts of Singapore to the point of 77cm of flooding. Our 2 groups met at MacRitchie and Botanic Gardens for a tree-top walk and picnic. Thank God for the new friends that joined us, Shu Hui, Calvin and Grace.

http://edify001.multiply.com/photos/album/17
http://tmotp.multiply.com/photos/album/20

YA "Great Bowling Friendly"

Praise God for a great night of bowling fun. We had a total of 25 new friends from TF (Tertiary) and YA CGs that joined us. Praise the Lord! Also had the chance to challenge them on the truths about Christ, and invited them for our Good Friday and Easter events.

Here are the pics.
http://tmotp.multiply.com/photos/album/19
http://edify001.multiply.com/photos/album/16

Thanks to Wenxing and team for an excellent job organising. Thanks to all our friends who could join us too. Hope you enjoyed yourselves!

YA Bowling Flyer