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SUMMARY:GIVE and Feast: Support Epworth Community Services
DESCRIPTION:Support Epworth Community Services’ work with disadvantaged children and youths at risk. \nFrom 1st Nov to 31st Dec\, donors who donate $5\,000 or more\, will be invited to First Gourmet at RELC for an Appreciation Dinner on Sat\, 18 Jan 2025. The Peranakan Dinner is curated by Epworth Executive Director\, Tan Khye Suan. \nFind out more \ntinyurl.com/partnerepworth
URL:https://www.brmc.org.sg/event/give-and-feast-2024-support-epworth-community-services/
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SUMMARY:Season of Advent
DESCRIPTION:WHAT IS IT?\n“Advent” refers to a “coming”. As the start of the Christian calendar\, it is a time of expectation. We anticipate the Christmas celebration of the Incarnation of Jesus\, while looking forward to his second advent. \nWHY DO WE CELEBRATE IT?\nEven though the work of the cross is complete\, all Creation (including ourselves) is still in the process of being perfected. We learn to groan with Creation amidst the pains of life\, looking to the day when Jesus will come again in final victory\, making all things new. \nTHE FOUR SUNDAYS OF ADVENT\nDifferent themes are assigned to each of the four Sundays: Christ Coming in Final Victory (1st Sunday)\, John the Baptist (2nd and 3rd Sundays) and the events preceding the birth of Jesus (4th Sunday). \nWHAT DO WE DO?\nAdvent is a time of preparing ourselves\, through reflecting on how Israel anticipated the coming of the Messiah. We practise self-denial\, imitating the example of Jesus in his first Incarnation. \nPurple is used to signify repentance and royalty. Blue is sometimes used to signify hope. \nFour candles are lit over the four Sundays\, each representing Christ our Hope\, the Way\, our Joy\, and our Peace. \nCHRISTMAS CAROLS\nJust as we do not sing of resurrection on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday\, it is not usually appropriate to sing Christmas carols during Advent. It is about waiting with longing and anticipation\, rather than the joy of Jesus’ birth. This can be hard in modern culture\, with malls playing carols as early as November\, but it teaches us to wait in the imperfection where the world downplays it. Waiting amplifies our joy on Christmas and its twelve days\, when we finally sing these carols. \nREFERENCES \nThe United Methodist Book of Worship. Nashville\, TN: The United Methodist Publishing House\, 1992.\nTruscott\, Jeffrey A. Worship: A Practical Guide. Singapore: Armour Publishing\, 2011.
URL:https://www.brmc.org.sg/event/season-of-advent-3/
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SUMMARY:Connect Experience (18 Jan - 20 Apr 2025)
DESCRIPTION:The Connect Experience (CE) exercise will run again from this January to encourage everyone to commit\, or re-commit\, to a Connect Group (CG). \nCE’25 will happen concurrently with the sermon series – “Who is Worthy of our Worship?” – based on Revelation from 18 Jan to 20 Apr 2025.  \nIf you missed the CE’25 registration deadline (14 Jan 2025)\, you are still very welcome to join a Connect Group anytime throughout the year.  \nJoin a Connect Group \nSee: Announcement and more information about CE’25
URL:https://www.brmc.org.sg/event/connect-experience-19-jan-20-apr-2025/
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