13 September 2020 - Calvary Baptist Church Singapore

13 September 2020

Welcome to Church!
Calvary Baptist Church is a gospel-centred, Spirit-enabled,
disciple-making, multi-generational church and we welcome
everyone to experience God’s love and grace today.
May you be blessed as we worship God together!

             Sunday Worship Service
                     13 September 2020

WORSHIP
                       Chew Kim Yong & Worship Team
 TEAM

                 FAMILY-LIFE SERIES – EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY
                                  FAMILIES
MESSAGE                    #2 The Depressed Saint
                          Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-18
                         Speaker: Dr Ko Soo Meng

This Month’s Focus

But trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your
own understanding.
                                                 Proverbs 3:5 (ESV)

      Next Sunday’s Service – 20 September 2020

                 FAMILY-LIFE SERIES – EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY
                                  FAMILIES
MESSAGE               #3 Emotionally Healthy Families
                         Speaker: Ps John YK Wong

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Important Member Information

CBC Updates on Safe Re-Opening Phase 2
With Singapore’s Safe Re-Opening currently at Phase 2, the church
office is now open during office hours (9.00am – 5.00pm, Mondays
to Fridays).

During Phase 2,
- Admin staff will be rostered to man the church office, while non-
    rostered admin, pastoral and ministry staff will continue to work
    from home.
- All visitors to the church office are by appointments-only.
- Please contact the church office to make bookings for use of
    church facilities; of no more than 5 persons.
- Church services and other activities will continue online.

Should you require assistance or pastoral care, the staff contact list
is listed below:

 Pastoral Staff                        Ministry Staff
 Rev. Koh Kok Chuan     9628 0872      Dr. Wong Siew Yuet    9628 0873
 Rev. Tony Chia         9697 7296      Sally Koon            9739 9505
 Ps John YK Wong        9299 3111      Priscilla Ng          9736 5152
 Ps Elijah-James Ke     8818 7001      Angel Lim             8518 9647
                                       So Say Yin            9229 9412
 Church Administrator
 Peter Gan              9066 3928

Are you in need of prayer and/or church support?
If you are facing a difficulty or know of anyone in such a
situation, please contact any of the church pastors for prayer,
email them at prayer@calvary.org.sg or submit a response form
at www.calvary.org.sg/response.

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Announcements
Sunday worship services, all ministries & ‘meetings’ are
online
Our English, Mandarin and Hokkien services will be uploaded by
8.00am Sunday on our website
(http://www.calvary.org.sg/online-service). Do join our online
worship at your regular worship timing of 8.45am or 11.15am.

Introducing Our Guest Speaker
Dr Ko Soo Meng is a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist in private
practice. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor with the
Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of
Singapore and Adjunct Lecturer with the School of Counselling,
Singapore Bible College. He is married to Helen and they have
four children Moses, Noel, Judith and Matthias. They worship at
Bartley Christian Church.

Talk on “Caring for One Another Emotionally”
In line with this month’s focus on Family Life, brother
Peter Lim will be sharing (via Zoom) how we all can
care for each other emotionally on Saturday 26
September, 2.30 - 4.00pm. Please email Ps John
at ykwong@calvary.org.sg or message him at this
QR code for Zoom details.

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Women reaching Women
             A gathering together for all women, to love God and to love
             others
             Teach me O Lord, How to Rest in You
             WrW is meeting via Zoom on Saturday 19 September,
2.30 - 4.00pm.
Please email Juniper at chua.juniper@gmail.com for Zoom
details. Let’s come together to learn how to rest in the Lord.

Baptism and Membership Transfer
Our next Baptism Service will be held on Sunday, 20 September
at 4pm. The 4 baptism candidates are the Lim Family: Brian Lim,
Jocelyn Lim, Zaccheus Lim & Zoie Lim.

There will be another baptism scheduled for Sunday, 20
December. All interested are invited to join our Foundations F104
zoom classes to be held on Sundays, 11, 18 & 25 October & 1
November, 1.30pm. Please register with Siew Yuet by emailing
her at sywong@calvary.org.sg.

September Family Business Meeting (FBM)
FBM will be held on Sunday 20 September at 12.30pm (via
Zoom).

September Prayer & Praise
Prayer and Praise will be held on Thursday 24 September @
8.00pm (via Zoom). The meeting link will be sent out via the
church broadcast channels (email, WhatsApp and Telegram)
nearer to date.

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Members Resources
Information on regular Calvary Bible Classes, as well as the
preaching schedule, can found on the Members page in CBC
website (www.calvary.org.sg/members). The code to access the
page is GIFT.

Online Giving
Online giving is available via Internet Banking & PayNow:
          Tithes or Offerings                     Mission Fund

     PayNow: UEN - S60SS0016C             PayNow: UEN - S60SS0016C025
    iBanking: UOB 956-341-989-6            iBanking: DBS 025-010-158-8
   (please state “Tithe” or “Offering”)

For cheques, please write payable to “Calvary Baptist Church”
and mail crossed cheque to: Calvary Baptist Church, 48 Wan
Tho Avenue, Singapore 347592

Donate to Calvary Community Care (C3) via digital platforms
to double your impact today. Scan QR code or
go to https://calvary.sg/donate/ to do so! As part
of the Fortitude Budget, the government is
matching donations to charities dollar -for-dollar
till 31 March 2021 (terms apply).

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Connect With Us
The church office will be sending updates on church meetings,
Sunday service links and other information via various broadcast
channels. Join us on either:

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EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY FAMILIES

Title: The Depressed Saint                       Text: 1 Kings 19:1-18

Dr Ko Soo Meng                                   13 September 2020

Summary Statement: Depression is an emotion and experience that we can benefit from,
rather than wasted.

Introduction:
      Depression affects more than 350 million people worldwide (WHO)
      Response to Depression: Fight or Flight

Causes of Elijah’s Depression:
    i. Fear (1 Kings 19:3)          – Negative views of the present and future

    ii. Failure (1 Kings 19:4)      – Negative of self

    iii. Fatigue (1 Kings 19:5)

    iv. Futility: (1 kings 19:10)   – Negative view of the future.

Cognitive Triad of Depression:
      Negative view of self: vs 4b

      Negative of the world, vs 10a

Negative view of the future: Vs 10b

Management:
      Physical/Biological (vs 6-8)

      Spiritual (vs 9 -13)

      Psychological (vs 10-14,19)
          -   Catharsis – Let in out!

          -   Cognitions: Check your thoughts – Focus on facts and not only feelings.

          -   Compare not with others

      Social (vs 15-18)

Conclusion: (Isaiah 43:1-3a)

Gospel of the Cross: Gospel of the Crucifixion, Gospel of the Resurrection.