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“The Spirit's Help”

CHAIRMAN: CECIL MAR
SPEAKER: PASTOR IAIN DAVIS
SCRIPTURES: ROMANS 8:18-27

Sermon Notes:

• We worship a God who has a plan to deal with suffering for good.
• His plan is to deal with not only human suffering but the suffering of all creation.
• Why do we suffer? Because of Sin in the world. We endure it waiting and hoping for the time of God’s return.

News & Events:

• Both PGC Membership Meeting and Joint Graduation Sunday Service will take place on 6/23.  Due to special arrangements on that day, Cantonese Sunday School, English Prayer Meeting, Nursery and PGCKIDS Ministries will be suspended for a week.  Please see more details below:

(a) PGC Membership Meeting (09:30-10:45) @PCA Small Gym
All PGC members are requested to join the meeting, and non-members are welcome as well to know about development of different church ministries and be aware of
our church’s needs and various serving opportunities.  Meeting agenda has already been distributed to PGC members.  Please reserve time to attend, pray for the meeting agenda and seek God’s guidance together.

(b) PGC Joint Graduation Sunday Service (11:15-12:30) @ PCA Big Gym    

PGC as a big family in Christ will come together for a joint worship to witness God's wonderful blessing on our church. He has given us many next generation who need our prayers and support to build them up in Christ.    We will be worshipping, celebrating as Christ's body together with all graduates of different ages (SK, Gr8, Gr12 & College/ University students).   We look forward to having all congregations and all of you joyously giving thanks as a strong family in Christ.  Let us all come, invite people esp. parent and relatives of gradates to worship together on this day. May God be glorified through this.

• All are welcome to join the English Fellowship Lunch today 11:15-12:30 after service. Feel free to bring your own food and join together.  Worship Matters Sunday School will follow after until 2pm today at Cafetorium.  It is mandatory for those serving in music but opens for everyone interested.
• Sports Night will take place for the last time at All Saints Catholic Elementary School on Jun/12 (Wed). Please stay tuned on updates about the arrangement in September.
• 2024 PGC Baptism is scheduled on 8/11 . Invite you to apply for baptism, if you have already accepted Jesus Christ as savior.  Deadline of baptism application will be on 6/30: https://peoplesgospelchurch.org/baptism/.  English baptismal class will take place 11:15—12:30 on 6/16, 6/30 & 7/7.  Please contact your Cell leaders or Pastors for enquiries.  Let’s also pray for and encourage the potential candidates.
• PGC Women’s Retreat with the theme of “Draw Close to God” (in English) will take place on Jul/6, 9am-4pm at the Meadows of Aurora (440 William Graham Drive). With Pastor Gloria Luk as the guest speaker, this one-day retreat hopes to gather women together, encourage one another to grow and be revived in the Lord.  Please register before Jun/22 (https://forms.gle/aQ8n4AHy9QxRcyWH9)  and pay the cost of $25 (incl. light breakfast & lunch) by cash/cheque to Diana.

Prayer & Praise Items:

** Encourage use of PGC’s Prayer Card and be quiet, humble, turn back, seek and wait for God together (https://peoplesgospelchurch.org/files/2023prayercard.pdf) **

• Pray for God’s sovereignty and mercy over the world now with global political
  instability, and many places suffering from armed conflicts and natural disasters.
• Pray for baptism this year that brothers and sisters yet to get baptised will take the chance to witness God’s change of their life and glorify His name.
• Pray for the 3 summer interns (Pansy, Edison & Cynthia) to serve with a joyful heart and have spiritual growth in Christ. Pray for all organization works of summer camp.
• Pray for God’s peace and comfort to Vika’s family in Ukraine as her grandfather in Ukraine has recently passed away.
• Pray for PGC’s supporting missionaries and their families who are serving faithfully to extend God’s Kingdom in their respective missionary fields under this era of instability.

Offering:

^“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.”

- Malachi 3:10 (NIV)

PGC needs sufficient capital every year for development of church ministries. Encourage b/s to make financial offering based on bible's teaching  & God's provision.