EQUIP - Alpha Course 2023 #5
2023-03-11 13:30 - 15:30 (Asia/Singapore)
What is Alpha?
Alpha is a series of group conversations that explore life, spirituality and faith through a Christian lens. We create a non-judgmental and open environment where it’s easy for anyone who is curious about faith to explore questions of life with new friends.
On-site: Saturday (pm), 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Online: Saturday (pm), 1.30pm – 3.30pm

Financial Education for Migrant Workers Session #2
2023-03-12 13:00 - 14:00 | Oldham Hall Chapel
Do you know or employ any Indonesians?
Invite them along to this practical 8-module money management programme.
* Conducted in Bahasa Indonesia on every 2nd Sunday of the month.
No registration is needed.

Date:
Session:
Title:

12 Feb
1
Benefits and negative impacts of migration

12 Mar
2
Achieving your migration goal

14 May
3
Managing your family income

11 Jun
4
Saving and investing

13 Aug
5
Protecting yourself

10 Sep
6
Borrowing and getting out of debt

8 Oct
7
Addressing family issues

12 Nov
8
Returning home

Singles Coffee & Conversation Night
2023-03-16 20:00 - 21:30 | L2 Training Room
Let’s talk over coffee. Forge meaningful friendships. Build lasting relationships.
Join this bi-monthly get-together organised by the Singles Ministry.
Sign up here

Church School (Youth) - 123 Camp 2023
2023-03-17 - 2023-03-20 | Barker Road Methodist Church
Students in Years 1, 2 and 3 are invited to join us in this residential camp.
Theme: Identity Christ Is
Dates: 17 – 19 Mar 2023
Venue: Barker Road Methodist Church
Sign up here
Closing date for registration: 1 Mar 2023

Youth Connect Group
2023-03-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Wesley Hall
The Youth Connect Group meets weekly on Friday evenings (except on the Fridays before Holy Communion Sundays).
Time: 8pm- 10pm
Venue: Wesley Hall

CONNECT- Emmaus Walk Men’s Fellowship
2023-03-18 06:00 - 08:30
Emmaus Walk Men’s Fellowship meets Saturdays* to encourage men, whether singles, husbands or fathers, to truly be men after God’s own heart.
Men’s Prayer Sessions
Saturdays, 6am-7am, Wesley Hall
Men’s Fellowship Sessions
Saturdays, 7am-8.30am, Wesley Hall
Ewalk Bible Study ~ Gospel of Luke 7:18-35
Find out more

EQUIP - Alpha Course 2023 #6
2023-03-18 13:30 - 15:30

EQUIP- Singles' Zoom Talk on Self-Compassion
2023-03-22 20:00 - 21:30 | via Zoom
Feeling alone? No one cares for you?
Grow as a Christian and enjoy singlehood along with other participants at our Zoom talk.
Sign up now to connect with other singles and learn about self-compassion together.
Event and sign up details
Closing date for registration: 21 Mar 2023

Youth Connect Group
2023-03-24 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-04-07 20:00 - 22:00 | Wesley Hall
The Youth Connect Group meets weekly on Friday evenings (except on the Fridays before Holy Communion Sundays).
Time: 8pm – 10pm
Venue: Wesley Hall

CONNECT- Emmaus Walk Men’s Fellowship
2023-03-25 06:00 - 08:30
Emmaus Walk Men’s Fellowship meets Saturdays* to encourage men, whether singles, husbands or fathers, to truly be men after God’s own heart.
Men’s Prayer Sessions
Saturdays, 6am-7am, Wesley Hall
Men’s Fellowship Sessions
Saturdays, 7am-8.30am, Wesley Hall
Ewalk Bible Study ~ Gospel of Luke 7:36-50
Find out more

Confirmation and Reception into Membership (CARIM) Service
2023-03-25 - 2023-03-26
Please visit our FAQs for the criteria and other details.
BMC Easter 2023 Schedule

Item
Dates

Registration opens
1 Jan 2023 (Sun)

Registration closes
15 Jan 2023 (Sun)

BMC session 1
4 Feb 2023 (Sat), 130-330pm

BMC session 2
11 Feb 2023 (Sat), 130-330pm

BMC session 3
18 Feb 2023 (Sat), 130-330pm

BMC session 4
25 Feb 2023 (Sat), 130-330pm

BMC session 5 (for parents)
4 Mar 2023 (Sat), 130-330pm

Pastoral Conversations
18 Feb to 18 Mar 2023 (4 weeks)

Admin Briefing
11 Mar 2023 (Sat), 130-330pm

Baptism Service
25 Mar 2023 (Sat), 10am-12pm

Confirmation and Reception into Membership (CARIM) Service
25 Mar 2023 (Sat) and 26 Mar 2023 (Sun)

EQUIP - Lectio Divina Retreat (Part 1/2)
2023-03-25 09:00 - 12:00
Desiring to encounter Christ more deeply in His Word?
Looking for a guided experience in how to meditate on the Scriptures?
Experience the gentle movements of a contemplative way of reading the Scriptures. We will slow down to listen more deeply and be present to hear and encounter Christ in the Scriptures. Don’t worry if you have never done this before. You will be guided through the ancient rhythms of Lectio
Divina to encounter the embrace of God through His Word.
Date: Saturdays, 25 Mar and 1 Apr 2023
Time: 9am – 12pm
Venue: OMF, Cluny Road
Cost: $10
Sign up here

Baptism Celebration Service (Easter season)
2023-03-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Concert Hall
Time: 10am-12pm
Venue: Concert Hall
Baptism is an outward testimony of an inward transformation.
Come along and celebrate with our brothers- and sisters-in-Christ taking this step of obedience as disciples of Christ.
Find out more about baptism

EQUIP - Alpha Course 2023 #7
2023-03-25 13:30 - 15:30

CARIM (Easter season)
2023-03-26

Blossoms of Friendship with Migrant Workers Ministry
2023-03-26 16:30 - 22:00
The Migrant Workers ministry invites you to explore the lush greenery of Gardens by the Bay with our Bangladeshi friends.
Visit Avatar – an immersive walk-through experience at the Cloud Forest.
Volunteers are needed to assist in this event.
There will be a briefing for volunteers over Zoom on 18 March at 2.30pm.
REGISTER AS VOLUNTEER

EQUIP - Essentials of Parenting: The Power of Love #1
2023-03-31 09:30 - 11:30 | L1 Conference Room
Bringing up your child is a love project. Sharpen the tools in your parenting toolbox now.
Learn how to pass down your faith and values to your family through this series brought to you by the Heart2Heart Mothers’ Fellowship.

Date:
Session:
Title:

31 Mar
1
Not Just a Project

14 Apr
2
Mirrors and Buckets: Mom’s Unique Role

21 Apr
3
The 2 Faces of Love: Affirmation

28 Apr
4
The 2 Faces of Love: Discipline

5 May
5
Preparing Your Heart to Parent

Sign up now

Kairos Corporate Worship
2023-03-31 19:30 - 21:30 | Sanctuary
Let’s come together and pray with one mind and one voice so that we glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

CONNECT- Emmaus Walk Men’s Fellowship
2023-04-01 06:00 - 08:30, 2023-04-08 06:00 - 08:30
Emmaus Walk Men’s Fellowship meets on Saturdays to encourage men, whether singles, husbands or fathers, to be men after God’s heart.
Men’s Prayer Sessions

Saturdays, 6am-7am, Wesley Hall

Men’s Fellowship Sessions

Saturdays, 7am-8.30am, Wesley Hall

Join us for the upcoming line-up for April 2023:

Date
Event

1 Apr
Sharing from Pastor Kirk Tan

8 Apr
Quarterly Worship Saturday

15 Apr
Monthly Sat Prayer Session

22 Apr
Ewalk Bible Study ~ Gospel of Luke 8:1-21

29 Apr
Ewalk Bible Study ~ Gospel of Luke 8:22-39

FIND OUT MORE

EQUIP - Lectio Divina Retreat (Part 2/2)
2023-04-01 09:00 - 12:30

EQUIP - Alpha Course 2023 #8
2023-04-01 09:00 - 17:00
What is Alpha?
Alpha is a series of group conversations that explore life, spirituality and faith through a Christian lens. We create a non-judgmental and open environment where it’s easy for anyone who is curious about faith to explore questions of life with new friends.
* 1st Apr (Onsite: 9am – 5pm)

Call for Volunteers: Prison Ministry's Dinner Outing
2023-04-01 16:00 - 21:00 | Yoon’s Social Kitchen
BRMC together with Salvation Army – Kids in Play will be hosting families of the incarcerated for a dinner event on Saturday, 1 Apr 2023 at Lagun Sari in Joo Chiat from 4 to 9pm.
Volunteers are needed to be ushers, table hosts, drivers, game masters and emcees.
REGISTER AS VOLUNTEER
Programme
4:00pm – Event briefing and set up location
4:30pm – Registration of families
5:00pm – Welcome by Emcee
5:15pm – Card/Badge making activity
6:15pm – Sharing by “Kids in Play”
6:45pm – Families to collect food
7:15pm – Dinner together as one community.
8:15pm – Presentation of completed badges/cards
8:20pm – Speeches by BRMC and SA
8:40pm- Home Sweet Home
8:45pm – Volunteers Debrief
9.00pm – Home Sweet Home
Come join us for a wonderful time to bless and get to know the families.

Palm Sunday
2023-04-02 - 2023-04-03
WHAT IS IT?
A commemoration of how Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem in triumph, signalling the start of the week leading to his death and resurrection.
WHY DO WE CELEBRATE IT?
Palm Sunday demonstrates that glory and suffering are sides of the same coin; we cannot have one without the other. We glorify Jesus as the true king, and yet also see how the road to glory must pass through suffering. This is the same road he calls us to follow him on.
THE SUBVERSIVENESS OF PALM LEAVES
Palm leaves were originally associated with the Feast of Booths (Leviticus 23:40) as a symbol of thanksgiving for God’s provision. 150 years before Jesus came, it evolved into a subversive symbol when Jerusalem welcomed Judas Maccabaeus with palm branches after he liberated the city from their pagan overlords. We wave it in the same
subversive spirit, recognising that Jesus brings a new Kingdom.
WHAT DO WE DO?
Palm branches are waved as a re-enactment of the people responding to Jesus’ triumphant entry. We reflect on the contrast between the earthly and heavenly kingdoms.
White is used to signify the blood of Christ.
Some churches keep the branches until the next Ash Wednesday, burning them to prepare the ash.
BY ANOTHER NAME
Palm Sunday is sometimes celebrated as “Passion Sunday”, when the the sufferings of Jesus (known as the “passion”), and the events leading to the Crucifixion, are recounted. This is often done in churches that do not observe Maundy Thursday or Good Friday with services.
REFERENCES

United Methodist Church. The United Methodist Book of Worship.
Nashville, TN: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1992.
Wright, Tom. Matthew for Everyone, Part 2: Chapters 16-28. London:
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 2004.

Maundy Thursday
2023-04-06
WHAT IS IT?
Maundy Thursday is marked by a service in the evening, which itself initiates the great three-day long liturgy (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) known as the Easter Triduum.
WHY DO WE CELEBRATE IT?
Maundy Thursday gets its name from the Latin “mandatum”, meaning “commandment”. We remember Jesus’ new commandment to love and serve one another, a posture necessary for communion at his table. Fittingly, Maundy Thursday also commemorates the institution of Holy Communion
THE WASHING OF FEET
Unlike Holy Communion, foot washing is not a sacrament since it is not an act commanded by Jesus. Rather, we wash each other’s feet in imitation of what Jesus did at the Last Supper, enacting humble servanthood as a response to the command to love one another.
WHAT DO WE DO?
We retell the Gospel accounts of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples, and instituting the sacrament of Holy Communion. There is no benediction, and the people depart in meditative silence, since the liturgy continues the next day.
Purple is used to signify repentance and royalty.
Foot washing is sometimes re-enacted.
We celebrate Holy Communion
THE STRIPPING OF THE SANCTUARY
At the end of the service, the altar cloth (on the communion table) and parament (hanging on the pulpit) is removed, along with the altar cross, altar Bible, and other decorations. The Sanctuary remains bare to symbolise the desolation and abandonment of Jesus in Gethsemane and in the suffering that follows.
REFERENCES

Frank C. Senn, Introduction to Christian Liturgy (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2012).
United Methodist Church, The United Methodist Book of Worship (Nashville, TN: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1992).

Good Friday
2023-04-07
WHAT IS IT?
We 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.
WHY DO WE CELEBRATE IT?
We 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.
A PENSIVE CELEBRATION
Because 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.
WHAT DO WE DO?
No 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.
No liturgical colours are used, because the Sanctuary is stripped
A large standing wooden cross is used instead of the brass altar cross.
RE-ENACTING THE CRUCIFIXION
Christians 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.
REFERENCES

J. Neil Alexander, Celebrating Liturgical Time: Days, Weeks, and Seasons, 2014.
Jeffrey A. Truscott, Worship: A Practical Guide (Singapore: Armour Publishing, 2011).
United Methodist Church. The United Methodist Book of Worship. Nashville, TN: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1992.

Maundy Thursday Service
2023-04-07 04:00 - 05:00
Maundy Thursday Service will be held at 8pm at the Sanctuary.
All are invited.
Pulpit Calendar

Good Friday Services
2023-04-07 08:30 - 11:30
Good Friday Services will be held at 8.30am and 10.30am at the Auditorium.
The services will be livestreamed as well.
All are invited to join us on site.
Livestream link
Pulpit Calendar
