1.  Repent of self-sufficiency and pride on behalf of our nation and acknowledge that it is God who established us as a sovereign nation and has blessed us.

2.  God’s people unite in Christ Jesus, to rise up in prayer, be an example and lead our nation to bless, love and serve the nations around us.

3.  Transform Singapore to be a nation where joy abounds and her people will love the Lord, serve and care for others in practical ways.

4.  The Church in Singapore will embrace and fulfill her destiny as a centre of Christian witness to the nations, especially in Asia. Hearts to be filled with compassion for the lost.

5.  Churches in Singapore will be united in praying for and reaching the nations for Christ through growth in God’s Word and obedience to the Holy Spirit’s leading.

6.  God-fearing leaders to govern with godly principles and lead with God’s wisdom.

7.  God’s people to rise up and pray regularly for our Government & Leadership.

8.  Salvation of our leaders, and faith and courage to do the LORD’s bidding for those who are God’s children.

-         Pray that all the cell members will make their way there and be ready to unlearn old ways and learn new ways.

-         Ps Chua and Ps Kenny and all cell leaders as they meet weekly for 10 weeks

-         Grace on the cells to change; and corporate morale and hope to rise.

CHRISTIANITY EXPLORED

-         For pre believers to come and be saved when invited by our young adults

-         That it will increase sense of identity among young adults and strengthen the bonds of fellowship among them.

-         For Agnes and team

LEADERSHIP

-Continued unity and focus and integrity among Board members and pastors

-For all the pastors and missionaries

-For all cell leaders: juggling work, family and faith.

WORSHIP SERVICE

-new musicians and singers and sound/visual techies needed

-growth in technical and spiritual areas for on stage and off stage volunteers

-the preaching of the Word and the people to be ready to respond

-transformation of lives, marriages, families, healing and wholeness, revival

S.T.A.R. PROGRAM

-Pray for David, Marcus, Sarah, Mingze as they undergo the 6 week spiritual training program for those in between semesters in their studies. Pastor Chua to impart Word and life and to bond with them.

YOUTH CELLS

-For special bonding and friendships and spiritual growth and discipleship in the newly arranged cells

-For cell leaders to have the wisdom, patience, knowledge and love for the young cell members and to disciple them

-For identity as youth to be strong and healthy, and inter-generational learning to take place in integrated services

-For young people to to experience God’s unconditional love, and grow in love for one another and for the lost.

Pray for pre=-believers eyes to be opened as Gospel is taught and the Holy Spirit to fill them.

Pray for our missionaries and their families: Siau and family, Salome Wong, Stephen Tay, Pastor John. Also our associates: Ken and Valerie. Also our SOFM missions trainee- Jude Ng.

REVIVAL : For the fruit of the Spirit: love joy peace patience kindness goodness faithfulness gentleness and self control; and the gifts of the Spirit to be evident in our community life.

For Holy Spirit to fall upon worship services and cell groups . Open Heaven.

PRAYER : For our parents and young people to be prayerful; intimate with God, deep trust and confidence in God, intercessory prayer.

FELLOWSHIP: For the AGM: election of elders, unity and smooth meeting.

For cell groups to be honest in sharing, deeply caring in practical ways. For church to grow beyond cliques to welcome all visitors and members of different status, race or nationality.

For the sick; Tony (cancer spread to spine and liver); Mabel (rectal cancer)

1. The congregation of English adults and youths will be very clear about the kind of disciple that we want to build: Evangelism and Missions (World), the Work of the Spirit (Revival), Prayer (Prayer), Discipleship in community (Fellowship), and will desire to work together in unity on making such disciples.

2. The evangelistic awareness and action program by Bill Hybels, which is called, JUST WALK ACROSS THE ROOM, will be a great impetus in the church for winning the lost to Christ, and inculcating in members the approach of friendship evangelism.

3. The Alpha Course that will be run in March to May will again see many souls saved for the kingdom of God.

4. For Pastor Newman and his family, and Stephen Tay as they close on chapter in their life and open a new one.

5. For the spate of fire bombings of Malaysian churches to cease and for the high court ruling enforcing the use of Allah in the Alkitab Bible and church services.

The prayer for church administrator has been answered and we have found one! Praise the Lord. That the economy in Singapore is mending quickly.

PRAY FOR….

1. HOPE cell outreach/harvest:

a) for loved ones and friends to be positive and responsive during Christmas to attend the cell harvest event and to received Christ as Savior.

b) that the cells will be prepared and in expectancy of faith to see what God will do when they act in faith and obedience to the great commission.

c) that the spiritual forces of evil will cease all operations against the salvation of lost and precious souls and cell cohesion and unity.

2. For the recruitment of Children’s pastor for the Good News Kids. We have tried Malaysian contacts, Singaporean contacts, and not a single application has arrived. Pray the Lord of the harvest will send a labourer to us.

3. For all the pastors and missionaries as they go through changes and transitions in their lives and do the detailed planning resulting from the consultancy and strategic planning retreat at Batam. Pray especially for Pastor Newman and family as they move on into a new chapter in his life, and for Stephen Tay as he process his term in Turkey and seek the Lord about the future.

4. For all the families and folks to be blessed in their “going out and coming in” during the vacation period. That family ties will be strengthened and deepened and tired minds and bodies refreshed.

5. For Simon and Rinda in their retreat ministry in Chiangmai, usually one of their busier periods, that the Lord will meet with many of the retreatants “face to face”.

6. For Judith Chia and the GNK core group, as she takes over the leadership from Salome Wong.

7. For the Board of Elders who have completed half the year of service. Another six months of serving and loving and leading God’s people. Pray especially for the President Alvin Lim.

8. For the Worship Ministry: the musicians, the worship leaders and singers, the AV helpers. That the Lord will refresh the teams and they will serve with faith, skill, zeal and love for the Lord.

9. For the pastors and leaders of ministry as they plan ministry for the year and implement a new budgetting process: zero and narrative budgetting process.

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The consultancy work was completed and the Board, Pastors and senior leaders had a good strategic planning meeting in Batam.

Sam Ng’s father’s medical condition showed “much improvement; his PSA has further reduce to 0.09 (from 13.6 in Apr 09, to 0.26 in July 09); the only black spot (cancer) in his bone also has become smaller”.

Siau is stronger and may start his work soon albeit at a slow pace.

We have short-listed a Church Administrator candidate.

PRAY:

1. For the final examinations that young people are going through this period: O and A levels, Poly and Universities, etc. Grace and peace to cope with the stress, and a strong trust in the Lord not just for exams but for their whole future.

2. For the missions trips to Myanmar: a youth group and an adult family cell group(Angela Lim’s cell). For anointing to make a difference in the peoples lives; and for God to touch and teach all the participants. For protection, healt and wonderful learning experience. For the leaders to serve and lead well.

1st Team: 28 Nov – 4 Dec: Pastor Mary, Pastor Thomas, Lim Zheng En, Zephaniah Tan, Dione Ling, Raina Lim Jasper Lim, Simone Wong, Rebekah Chua and Marshall Teo.

2nd Team: 3 December 09 – 9 December 09: Lee Khin Thern, Ruby Tan, Samuel Lee, Adeline Low, Angela Pang, Madeline Wong and Matthew Wong.

3. For the recruitment of Children’s pastor for the Good News Kids. We have tried Malaysian contacts, Singaporean contacts, and not a single application has arrived. Pray the Lord of the harvest will send a labourer to us.

4. For all the pastors and missionaries as they go through changes and transitions in their lives and do the detailed planning resulting from the consultancy and strategic planning retreat at Batam.

5. For all the families and folks to be blessed in their “going out and coming in” during the vacation period.

6. For Simon and Rinda in their retreat ministry in Chiangmai, usually one of their busier periods, that the Lord will meet with many of the retreatants “face to face”.

7. For the Board of Elders who have completed half the year of service. Another six months of serving and loving and leading God’s people. Pray especially for the President Alvin Lim.

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Prayer Points:

1. India. For peace after the general election and wisdom for leaders in ruling this nation. Poverty is still a major concern in various parts of North India particularly.
2. Spiritual preparation + protection. As the date draws closer, I am aware of the spiritual warfare that is taking place. Please pray for our walk with God to be fervent and disciplined, and for our hearts to be prepared for the unexpected.
3. Finances. We came to a realisation yesterday that our expenses have exceeded our initial budget, with more to come. We believe that God will provide, and will continue to trust in His perfect timing.
4. Itinerary. We are still awaiting news from the other side of India with regards to our trip’s itinerary. We have been told to be spontaneous and prepared for whatever plans they have organized for us but it would be good to have a rough idea of the projects that we’ll be involved in.

Sam Chan

PRAY……….

1. That the Lord, in the church’s 38th year, will empower us to set forth on the path of progress and growth in our mission. Thank God the church has not sunk as some said it would, but is on even keel. Now the course for the coming years have been drawn out by the navigators. Its time for all hands on deck, each doing his part, to move the ship onward. Pray for cohesiveness and sustained application and implementation.

2. For the board of elders to be strong and courageous as it works with the pastors to move the church in the direction set out during the excellent planning retreat.

3. For the Lord to help us find suitable candidates to fill two positions: Church Administrator and Children’s Pastor.

4. For the Lord to have mercy and the international aid agencies and donor countries to be quick in showing up to help the Philippines, Samoa, and Indonesia. The devastation was caused by typhoon, underwater earthquake and land earthquake.

5. For Mahal our Filippino member whose family house was badly affected. Also for her church in Manila, especially the poorer members who need help. Pray that more help will come to them besides what our church will do.

6. Pray for Stephen Tay as he prays about his future; for Simeon Siau to gain new strength and divine health; and our other missionaries in sensitive countries. Pray also for Jude Ng as he has decided to take a further step by applying to take the next step in the missions track of our church. This entails attending the School of Foreign Missions, YWAM.

7. Pray for the youth exco headed by Dr Sharon Sim and team as they pray and plan and plough on. And also for Pastor Mary who is currently resting for two months.

8. Pray for the pastoral staff as they do detailed planning and calendering for 2010 before they submit them to the BOE and the head of depts to guide their budgetting.

1. Pray for God’s grace to be upon the church as we go through many changes, but especially hold up the pastoral staff and board of elders in love and prayer.

2. The church consultant has practically finished his work. Pray for the Board of Elders, pastoral staff and key persons as they go on retreat to pray and plan the church direction for the next several years.

3. Pray for the recruitment of a church administrator and pastor (children ministry). The right person would be found and he or she would be a blessing and be blessed in the service of the Lord.

4.  For our partner Pastor John in Yangon, Myanmar. Pastor Thomas has just gone there to encourage and refresh him, train leaders using MLM, and also to see the progress of the church building project(Look oout for the pictorial report which will be posted soon).

5.  Pray for our young people preparing themselves for major exams. Its easy to be discouraged, distracted and feel like giving up. They need our prayers as they fulfill their responsibilities before God in studies. For parents to be encouraging, sensitive and supportive during this time.

6. For all who attended and completed Alpha Course, that they will build on the solid foundation they have received and will grow in grace and in the knowledge of God and be salt and light to other non-Christians.

7. For all cell group leaders to be revitalized even as they feel weary at times. Pray for unity and faithful and supportive cell members to use their gifts and abilities to serve one another in the cell groups.