Announcements – Sunday, 15 Apr

Posted on April 13, 2012 by RHC Admin

1. Church Camp 2012 – Save the date! Registration opens today!

When: 18 – 20 Aug
Where: Pulai Springs Resort, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

We are going away as a church family this August and would love for you to join us! Do save the date for a wonderful time away and watch this space for more information. Registration opens today – please look out for the Church Camp registration booth or drop off a registration card in any of our Tithes & Offering boxes!

Jacob & Yvonne Ng are still looking for some extra hands to form the planning team for our up-coming church camp! If you are keen to get on board and be a part of pulling the event together, please contact Yvonne ([email protected] / 8161 4626) or Rachel ([email protected] / 8133 3129). Continue reading →

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Reading the Bible together – 11 Apr

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Raimy

Judges

The book is named after the title given to the 12 leaders (“judges”) of Israel during the period between Joshua and Samuel. The judges came from various tribes and regions of Israel, and they likely held varying degrees of influence over their neighboring regions and tribes. It consists of various blocks of material about different judges. The events in Judges took place in the period between Joshua’s death (either mid-14th or late-13th century b.c.) and the rise of Samuel and Saul (mid-11th century).

Judges depicts the downward spiral of Israel’s national and spiritual life into chaos and apostasy, showing the need for a godly king to lead it (17:6; 21:25). It was written to show the consequences of religious apostasy and to point the way to a king who would lead the people to God. The book of Judges shows that Israel began to disobey God even during the time of Joshua. This disobedience continued and grew more serious throughout the period of the judges. Time and again Israel turned its back on God and embraced other gods. Israel’s history unfolded in this period in a cyclical or repetitive way: each cycle took Israel further downward in its debasement and apostasy. By the end of the book, Israel had violated its covenant with God in almost every way imaginable. Continue reading →

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Announcements – Sunday, 8 Apr

Posted on April 10, 2012 by RHC Admin

 1. Church Camp 2012 – Save the date! Registration opens 15 Apr!

When: 18 – 20 Aug
Where: Pulai Springs Resort, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

We are going away as a church family this August and would love for you to join us! Do save the date for a wonderful time away and watch this space for more information. Registration opens next week – please look out for the Church Camp registration booth!

Jacob & Yvonne Ng are still looking for some extra hands to form the planning team for our up-coming church camp! If you are keen to get on board and be a part of pulling the event together, please contact Yvonne ([email protected] / 8161 4626) or Rachel ([email protected] / 8133 3129).

Continue reading →

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RHC Community News – 4 Apr 2012

Posted on April 4, 2012 by RHC Admin

Dear RHC

It’s amazing to think that the Easter weekend is only 2 days away!

I wanted to write to encourage you to use Easter as a time to meditate on the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus as recorded in the gospels. Why not read each gospel’s account of these events one day at a time, starting with Matthew’s account tomorrow (Thursday) and finishing up with John’s account on resurrection Sunday? Continue reading →

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Marriage Conference with Paul Tripp

Posted on April 4, 2012 by RHC Admin

When: Friday, 18 May 7:30 – 10pm & Saturday, 19 May, 9am – 12:30pm 
Where: Adam Road Presbyterian Church, 25 Adam Road
Registration Fee: $20 (registration is open to non-ARPC members from 8 Apr)

Paul Tripp is an insightful pastor, author and writer and will be in Singapore this May! What are the differences between good enriching marriages and bad destructive marriages? We would like to encourage couples (and singles) to attend and to find out how we can grow God-glorifying marriages. If you would like to sign up, please contact Tim Mak (9825 3557, [email protected]). He will be at the Welcome Desk between services where you can hand him the registration fee – we’ll be doing a group registration for RHC. Conference pamphlets and registration forms can be picked up at the Welcome Desk this Sunday or downloaded here!

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Reading the Bible together – 1 Apr

Posted on March 30, 2012 by RHC Admin

Mark 

The early church fathers affirm that the Apostle Peter passed on reports of the words and deeds of Jesus to his attendant and writer, John Mark, who wrote this Gospel. Although John Mark was not an eyewitness of Jesus, he was Peter’s writer, who wrote down accurately what he could remember of Peter’s words.

Internal evidence also supports the testimony that Peter stands behind Mark’s Gospel. Mark’s account is especially vivid when recounting incidents involving Peter. It has also been observed that is a structural proximity between Peter’s Caesarea speech (Acts 10:34–43) and the Gospel of Mark.

The Gospel was most likely written in in the mid- to late-50s AD. The ultimate purpose and theme of Mark is to present and defend Jesus’ universal call to discipleship. This fact implies that discipleship for Mark is essentially a relationship with Jesus, not merely following a certain code of conduct. Continue reading →

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Announcements – Sunday, 1 April

Posted on March 29, 2012 by RHC Admin

1.     Christian Education Classes Cycle 2 – Registration closes this Sunday!

Last chance to sign up! We will be starting our second cycle of adult Christian Education Classes next week! Classes will be held mainly on weeknights and Saturdays at the RHC offices. Get more details from the leaflets at the Christian Education booth outside the auditorium! You can sign up at the Welcome Desk on Sunday or by emailing us ([email protected]).

2.     Good Friday & Easter Sunday Services

Good Friday: Friday, 6 Apr, 5:30pm
Easter Sunday: Sunday, 8 Apr, 9:15 & 11:30am
Where: 3rd Floor Auditorium, Oriental Plaza

Join us this next week and hear about the penalty that was paid for our sins and how death was conqured! We encourage you to be bold in inviting friends and family – please make use of the Good Friday and Easter Sunday invites available at church on Sunday!

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RHC Community News – 29 Mar 2012

Posted on March 29, 2012 by RHC Admin


“The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is pray.” S.D. Gordon

Dear RHC

Tomorrow night we are praying. We do it once a month as a church. It’s possibly the most important thing that we do together as a community and it won’t be the same without you. Please join us for prayer from 8-9pm in our auditorium and for a potluck dinner from 7pm if you can make it.

I’d also like to encourage you to sign up for our Christian Education cycle that starts next week. This weekend will be the last opportunity to register, so please do so on Sunday at the Welcome Desk or by emailing [email protected]

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Announcements – Sunday, 25th Mar

Posted on March 22, 2012 by RHC Admin

1. RHC Mums’ Room – A reminder

The Mums’ Room is specially for parents who are looking for a quiet place to participate in the worship service while caring for their babies. It is important that we keep the atmosphere as conducive as possible for worship. If you’re not a parent with a baby, please refrain from entering the Mums’ Room. Please also keep conversation to a minimum as you would in the main auditorium. Continue reading →

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Good Friday & Easter Sunday Services

Posted on March 20, 2012 by RHC Admin

Good Friday: Friday, 6 Apr, 5:30pm
Easter Sunday: Sunday, 8 Apr, 9:15 & 11:30am
Where: 3rd Floor Auditorium, Oriental Plaza

Join us next week and hear about the penalty that was paid for our sins and how death was conqured! We encourage you to be bold in inviting friends and family – please make use of the Good Friday and Easter Sunday postcards handed out on Sunday.

We will be doing things slightly differently at our Good Friday service. There will be no Kids’ Ministry programme so as to encourage families to attend the worship service together. Please also come dressed comfortably as we will be sitting on the floor in the auditorium! Easter Sunday will be similar to our usual Sunday services but with a little twist!

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