LCS – ONE IN PRAYER for our church – NOVEMBER 2024

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LCS – ONE IN PRAYER for our Church

Items for NOVEMBER 2024 – YCCL

For November 2024, let us all be one in prayer for Yishun Christian Church (Lutheran).

Please cover YCCL in the Prayers of the Church, as well as in your Prayer Meeting and small group meetings. Do encourage your members to pray for our churches during their family or personal prayer times.

Pastors have the option to cover the items in a single Sunday or over any number of Sundays for the month. Pastors should also feel free to contact each other for more details and clarifications regarding the items listed, so as to pray with better understanding.

Prayer pointers for YCCL

English Section

  1. Pray for the newcomers to our Youth Service, that they will grow in their faith through consistent follow-up by Youth Care Group (CG) Leaders. Also pray for God to call forth a suitable candidate for Youth Worker to oversee and run the Youth Ministry with the lay leaders, and to equip and raise more leaders for the youths. Also uphold the Young Adults’ Ministry as 1 group is preparing to multiply into 2 next year among their 3 CGs. Pray for the further equipping of all adult CG Leaders through monthly Zoom meetings with Rev Dr William Chang and Preacher Allan Ng and other training plans in the pipeline.
  2. Uphold the year-end outreaches in prayer, namely, the Christmas Carnival on 30 November with St Luke’s Eldercare at Block 115, the BB Sharity Gift Box in mid-December as well as the Christmas Evangelistic Service on 25 December. Pray for a mighty harvest and labourers to answer God’s call to befriend and follow up pre-believing visitors and guests, besides helping in the outreach events.
  3. Pray for Furen International School Renewal Christian Club held every Thursday afternoon whereby YCCL, QLC and LCOR partner together. Ask God for more volunteer facilitators and to use the Christian programme to touch the hearts of students, attract new ones to join and that they would be touched by the Gospel. We thank God for a new student believer who responded after only 3 months upon joining, and we pray for his follow-up to strengthen his faith.

Chinese Section

  1. Pray for Preacher Chew Lee Kim’s ministry. Thank God for leading her to complete her theological training at Trinity Theological College and for her assignment to replace the retired Bro. Chong Fu Kiong as a preacher at the Chinese Ministry of Yishun Christian Church (Lutheran) in July this year. Pray that her one-year probation which started in July this year will be successful. Pray that she and her husband, former Council Chairman Bro. David Ng can serve together in YCCL and be a blessing to many.
  2. At present, there is no administrative staff in the Chinese office, and Preacher Chew has to cover banking duties. Pray that a new Admin Staff who can also assist with ministry work can be called soon, and begin service in January 2025.
  3. Pray for the coordination between the pastors and deacons of the Chinese ministry (we currently have five deacons working with the pastors). The deacons share the administrative duties and also take charge of different ministries, including serving as the ministry chairpersons. This year, the deacons and pastors were actively involved in the Alpha Course. Pray that God will keep our deacons in good harmony with the pastors and shoulder the work of the church.

Dialect Section

  1. The Dialect ministry will organise a one-day tour of West Malaysia on 16 November (Saturday) and will visit Yongping for sightseeing. Thank God that we have brothers and sisters from the Dialect Service, the English Service, and the Chinese Service who have signed up to participate in the program, which has given us the opportunity to get to know each other in fellowship. Please pray for a safe trip especially for the elderly who join us.
  2. In addition to encouraging our brothers and sisters in the Dialect Service to attend this year’s Reformation Day Celebration at our church YCCL, we will also present two Hokkien songs – “Hold My Hand” and “Jehovah Blesses Fully.” Young people from our Youth Service and also members from our English Service will also be participating. Praise God and continue to pray for unity among our different congregations.
  3. Please continue to pray for our Dialect Service Ministry, we currently have an average of more than 100 people attending our Hokkien and Cantonese speaking Dialect Service at 11:15 p.m. every Sunday, and the attendance will be more during our Communion Sundays. We also have more than 30 leaders and volunteers to help us to do our ministry. Pray for Rev David Ng and his wife Angela that the Lord will bless them as they continue to serve the Dialect group and reach their 20th year of ministry with YCCL Dialect Service in 2025.

2024年11月LCS为YCCL祷告事项

英文部

  1. 为新来的青少年事工成员祷告，求神带领他们通过青少年关怀小组 (CG)领袖的持续跟进，能在信仰上有所成长。同时，也祈求神呼召合适的青少年工人候选人，能与平信徒领袖们一同带领并管理青少年事工，并装备和培养更多青少年领袖。也为年轻成人事工祷告，他们的其中一个小组正在准备明年分成两个小组。求神通过每月与张牧师博士和吴传道的Zoom会议，以及其他培训计划，进一步装备所有成人小组领袖。
  2. 为年底的传福音活动祷告，特别是11月30日与圣路加乐龄中心在115座举办的圣诞嘉年华会，12月中旬的BB圣诞礼物盒活动，以及12月25日的圣诞布道会。祈求有丰收，并呼召工人回应神的召唤，与尚未信主的访客建立友谊并跟进，除此之外也在这些外展活动中提供帮助。
  3. 为每周四下午举行的福仁国际学校更新社团祷告，YCCL、QLC和LCOR合作参与其中。求神赐予更多志愿者带领者，并使用基督教课程感动学生的心，吸引新的学生加入，让他们被福音触动。感谢神，有一位新信徒学生在加入3个月后就回应了福音，为他的跟进祈祷，使他的信心得以坚固。

中文部

  1. 为周利金传道的事奉祷告；感谢神带领她完成了三一神学院的神学训练，并于今年七月接替退休的张富强传道，成为义顺基督信义教会华文部的传道。她的试用期从今年七月开始，持续一年。她的丈夫黄敬众兄弟也在YC华文部服事，曾担任教会执事会主席。祈祷他们能在教会同心服事。
  2. 目前华文部没有行政人员，周传道每周需前往银行存入奉献，因此需要聘请一位同工协助教会行政事务。我们也希望这名同工能协助一些事工。目前尚未找到合适的人选，盼望明年一月能开始就职。
  3. 为华文部教牧与执事之间的协调祷告；目前我们有五位执事与牧者一起进行教会事工。执事们除了分担行政职责，也负责不同的事工，担任各事工的主席。今年，执事和同工们积极参与了启发课程。祈求神保守我们的执事与牧者共同承担教会的工作。

方言部

  1. 方言事工将于十一月十六日（星期六）组织一日游，前往马来西亚西部的永平观光。感谢神，有来自方言部、英文部和华文部的弟兄姐妹报名参加该活动，使我们在团契中彼此认识。特别为参加的年长者祈祷，求主保守他们的旅途平安。
  2. 除了鼓励方言事工的弟兄姐妹参加今年在义顺基督信义教会举行的改教日聚会外，我们还将献上两首福建诗歌 ——《牵我的手》和《耶和华祝福满满》。除了方言部，还有来自青年部的年轻人，以及英文部的成员参与。
  3. 请继续为我们的方言部祷告，目前每周日上午十一点十五分的福建话和广东话礼拜平均有超过一百多人参加，而在第一个主日的圣餐日出席人数会更多。我们也有超过三十名领袖和志愿者在事工中协助。为黄德成牧师和他的妻子王湘贤传道祷告。明年二零二五年将是他们在义顺信义会方言部服事的第二十年。