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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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SUMMARY:EQUIP - Growing as Disciples of Christ (GDIC Module 1)
DESCRIPTION:The Growing as Disciples In Christ (GDIC) programme is made up of three modules\, based on the established 2:7 series by The Navigators\, starting in February 2025. \nModule 1 – “Growing Strong in God’s Family” – provides the building blocks for inculcating important spiritual habits for every disciple including: \n\nMemorising key Scripture verses\nSpending daily quiet time with God\nPraying to communicate with our Heavenly Father\n\nSession Format  \nExperienced GDIC facilitators will encourage and engage each group in lively and open conversations every week\, whereby participants will share key reflections from spending quiet time\, review memory verses and discuss Bible content. It will be a journey of discipleship and mutual encouragement with like-minded brothers and sisters \nModule 1\, themed “Growing Strong in God’s Family”\, will begin in the 2nd week of February 2025 and runs over a period of 12 weeks (see schedule below). \nThere are three sessions available for Module 1 \n\nTuesday AM Group (10am-12pm)\nSaturday AM Group (10am-12pm)\nSaturday PM Group (3-5pm)\n\nMeetings will mostly be conducted via Zoom\, with a few onsite meetings – these typically were the highlight for our past participants. \n\n\n\nSESSION\nTUE (10AM-12PM)\nSAT (10AM – 12PM) \nSAT (3-5PM)\n\n\n1\n11 Feb 2025 (onsite)\n15 Feb 2025 (onsite)\n15 Feb 2025 (onsite)\n\n\n2\n18 Feb 2025\n22 Feb 2025\n22 Feb 2025\n\n\n3\n25 Feb 2025\n1 Mar 2025\n1 Mar 2025\n\n\n4\n4 Mar 2025 (onsite)\n8 Mar 2025 (onsite)\n8 Mar 2025 (onsite)\n\n\n5\n11 Mar 2025\n15 Mar 2025\n15 Mar 2025\n\n\n6\n18 Mar 2025\n22 Mar 2025\n22 Mar 2025\n\n\n7\n25 Mar 2025\n29 Mar 2025\n29 Mar 2025\n\n\n8\n1 Apr 2025\n5 Apr 2025\n5 Apr 2025\n\n\n9\n8 Mar 2025\n12 Apr 2025\n12 Apr 2025\n\n\nHOLY WEEK\n\n\n10\n22 Apr 2025\n26 Apr 2025\n26 Apr 2025\n\n\n11\n29 Apr 2025\n3 May 2025\n3 May 2025\n\n\n12\n6 May 2025 (onsite)\n10 May 2025 (onsite)\n10 May 2025 (onsite)\n\n\n\n  \nSubsequent modules \nAfter Module 1\, you are strongly encouraged to continue on with Module 2 ‘Growing Your Roots in Christ’ and Module 3 ‘Bearing Fruit in Christ’\, which will run for 11 weeks each. \nTo register
URL:https://www.brmc.org.sg/event/equip-growing-as-disciples-of-christ-gdic-module-1/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250305
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250420
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SUMMARY:Season of Lent
DESCRIPTION:WHAT IS IT?\nLent (from the Old German for “lengthen”) is a time of preparation for the celebration of Easter. In the Early Church\, new believers prepared for their baptism at Easter through an extended time of fasting and reflection\, imitating the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. \nWHY DO WE CELEBRATE IT?\nWe repent of our sins as we meditate on the price Jesus paid for us and our salvation. In penitence we learn to deny ourselves through fasting\, that we may carry our cross and follow Jesus to Calvary. \nTHE CULMINATION AT HOLY WEEK\nThe climax of Lent is in its final week\, known as Holy Week\, when we journey with Jesus to the Cross and grave. Palm Sunday marks the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Maundy Thursday is when we remember how the Passover Lamb calls us to serve one another. Good Friday is when we remember the death of Christ on the cross. \nWHAT DO WE DO?\nLent begins with Ash Wednesday\, when a service is usually conducted\, and ash is imposed on our foreheads as a visible sign of repentance. Throughout Lent we meditate on the suffering and death of Christ. \nPurple is used to signify repentance and royalty. \nAsh is imposed on our foreheads as a sign of repentance \nWe practice self-denial through fasting. \nFASTING AND SELF-DENIAL\nFasting is traditionally a fast from food\, either a complete fast from eating within certain hours of the day\, or restricted to a simple diet such as bread and water. In recent times fasting can take the form of an abstinence from luxuries that our heart craves. All these forms seek to help us learn to deny ourselves and keep our eyes on Jesus. \nREFERENCES \nThe United Methodist Book of Worship. Nashville\, TN: The United Methodist Publishing House\, 1992.\nSenn\, Frank C. Introduction to Christian Liturgy. Minneapolis\, MN: Fortress Press\, 2012.\nTruscott\, Jeffrey A. Worship: A Practical Guide. Singapore: Armour Publishing\, 2011.
URL:https://www.brmc.org.sg/event/season-of-lent-3/
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SUMMARY:Good Friday
DESCRIPTION:WHAT IS IT?\nWe remember the Crucifixion of Jesus. Worship across Friday\, Saturday\, and Sunday form the Easter Triduum\, a three-day long liturgy marking in turn the suffering\, death\, and resurrection of Jesus. \nWHY DO WE CELEBRATE IT?\nWe reflect on how God embraced suffering and death for us and for our salvation. We comes to terms with the total depravity of the human heart and the depth of love God has demonstrated in redeeming it. \nA PENSIVE CELEBRATION\nBecause it is part of a larger liturgy that climaxes with the joy of Easter\, Good Friday services are sombre and penitential in nature. Despite knowing that the victory is already won\, we linger in deeper reflection on how God’s generous grace that has saved us from our sin. \nWHAT DO WE DO?\nNo vestments adorn the Sanctuary\, and the pastors are dressed simply with no stoles or pectoral crosses. The cross is partially veiled\, drawing attention to this holy mystery. A crown of thorns is hung on the cross as a visible reminder of the price Jesus paid. The liturgy continues through Saturday and Sunday\, and so the people depart in meditative silence with no benediction pronounced. \nNo liturgical colours are used\, because the Sanctuary is stripped \nA large standing wooden cross is used instead of the brass altar cross. \nRE-ENACTING THE CRUCIFIXION\nChristians re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus in many ways. Most commonly the Crucifixion is read and preached from the Gospels. The Tre Ore is a worship service based on the seven last words of Jesus on the cross. The Stations of the Cross is a devotional tool that guides us in walking with Jesus to the cross. \nREFERENCES \nJ. Neil Alexander\, Celebrating Liturgical Time: Days\, Weeks\, and Seasons\, 2014.\nJeffrey A. Truscott\, Worship: A Practical Guide (Singapore: Armour Publishing\, 2011).\nUnited Methodist Church. The United Methodist Book of Worship. Nashville\, TN: The United Methodist Publishing House\, 1992.
URL:https://www.brmc.org.sg/event/good-friday-3/
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SUMMARY:Good Friday Services 2025
DESCRIPTION:Good Friday Services will be held at 8.30am and 10.30am at the Auditorium. \nThe services will be livestreamed as well. \nAll are invited to join us on site. \nLearn more about Good Friday \nPulpit Calendar
URL:https://www.brmc.org.sg/event/good-friday-services-2025/
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