Today’s Sermon
Rev Tan-Yeo Lay Suan
Order of Service
Gathering
+ Call to Worship
+ Songs of Praise & Worship
+ Opening Prayer
Proclamation
Scripture Reading
Sermon
Response
+ Affirmation of Faith/Response Song
Offertory
+ Doxology
+ Sacrament of Holy Communion
Church Concerns & Announcements
Intercessory Prayer
Sending Forth
+ Song of Sending Forth
+ Benediction
+ 3-Fold Amen
+ Indicates invitation to stand (for those who are able to)
Thanksgiving, Events, and Announcements
Pulpit Calendar for May
The month of May holds special significance for Methodists because we remember and celebrate John Wesley’s Aldersgate experience. It is also a time to reflect on John Wesley’s spiritual awakening and the profound impact it had on the Methodist movement.
In response to our call and identity as Christians and a community of believers, at pulpit and pastoral teaching, we shall embark on a new series on Methodism – We are a connectional church.
We shall study the framework for understanding and practising our faith; it reflects John Wesley’s belief that we are “a community where Christians are taught by scripture, instructed by tradition, enriched by reason and affirmed by the corporate experience of the followers of Christ.”
28 April (Sun) #1 Scripture
9 May (Thu) #2 Reason (Pastoral Teaching)
12 May (Sun) #3 Tradition
19 May (Sun) #4 Experience
25 May (Sun) Aldersgate Sunday
Pentecost Baptism cum Membership Reception Service
Date: 19 May 2024
Time: 8.45 am (E) | 11am (C)
Join us on site as we witness our brothers and sisters in their baptism and welcome them into the SKMC family!
Do note that there will be no Holy Communion Pentecost Sunday.
SKMC Chiang Mai Missions Team
SKMC will be sending a team of 10 people to Chiang Mai on 23 – 30 May 2024. We ask that you join us in prayer as they prepare to go on this trip:
- Their hearts and spirits will be sensitive and open to see and participate in the work that God is doing in Chiang Mai
- That they will draw closer to each other, with the Thais, and with God as we spend time in ministry together
- That God will grant them wisdom, courage, and humility to carry out our plans in accordance with His good and pleasing will
MCS response to UMC’s repeal of the ban on gay clergy
Last week, the United Methodist Church (based in the United States) lifted its long-standing ban on gay clergy, which had already begun in practice. What does this mean for Methodists in Singapore? Click here to read the statement from The Methodist Church in Singapore to the Methodist community.
AldersgateSG 2024 Celebration Service & Lectures
AldersgateSG is here again and it’s time to celebrate our Wesleyan heritage!
John Wesley’s encounter with the Holy Spirit, where he felt “strangely warmed”,
marked a new conviction of his sonship in God. Our founder’s emphasis on a believer’s personal and social holiness continues to be an important aspect of our Methodist tradition and guiding principles. Let us not forget our roots as we celebrate AldersgateSG 2024, and remember our Lord’s commandment in Matthew 22, which also covers Bishop Dr Gordon Wong’s quadrennium message of “Loving God by Loving Our Neighbours”.
Lecture: The End of Methodism?
23 May | Thursday | 7.30pm to 9pm | Faith Methodist Church
Speaker: Rev Dr Chiang Ming Shun
*This session will be held on-site in English, and also livestreamed
Aldersgate Celebration Service
24 May | Friday | 8pm | Faith Methodist Church
Sermon: Love God by Doing Good to our Neighbours (Ephesians 2:10)
Speaker: Bishop Dr Gordon Wong
Dinner begins at 6pm
*This service will be held on-site only. Chinese translation will be available through headsets.
*Registration required as dinner will be provided
For more information, please click here.
Lift Weight Limitation Update
For the safety and comfort of everyone, please be advised that our lift has a maximum capacity limit of no more than 7 persons or up to 500kg load capacity. This revised limitation is crucial to ensure operational safety and prevent any potential risks.
We kindly ask for your cooperation and patience in adhering to this capacity limit and urge everyone to prioritise the use of the lift for needy or elderly persons whenever possible.
2nd Offering for WSCS Sunday
We will be collecting a second offering today for Women’s Society of Christian Service (WSCS) Sunday.
The offering is for supporting the following projects and ministries related to women, children, families and those who are in need of help:
- MWS Girls’ Residence
- CAC Counselling Service
- WE (West-East) Malaysian Fellowship
- Prison Fellowship Singapore – Women’s Support Group
- Foreign Workers’ Ministry
SKMC Pastoral CARE-Net
In such a trying time as this, we need to care for one another in Christ even more than ever. We encourage all to join the SKMC Pastoral CARE-Net (a WhatsApp Business Group Chat) to receive messages from the pastoral team. Click here to join.
Pastoral Care
These are troubled times, and the stresses we face are many. If you are in need of pastoral care and counselling, the pastors would love to come alongside you. Please make an appointment with the pastoral team member directly.
Rev Andy Goh: 9655 1978
Sebastian Gopal: 9650 9064
Lek Kai Wen: 9223 4711
Gifts and Attendance
For last week
Number of e-Offering Givers: 195
e-offering @ SKMC
PayNow via the QR Code or UEN
UEN No.: T00CC1467C