Calvary Tengah Bible-Presbyterian Church

Motto: For we are labourers together with God: (1 Corinthians 3:9a)

Theme: Not to be ministered unto, but to minister (Mark 10:45)

TENGAH
08 April 2012
Vol: 11 No. 15

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Theie is little comfoit contemplating ueath touay
foi mankinu. It all seems so hopeless anu helpless
as the numbeis continually aie auueu to the
giave. But Resuiiection Sunuay points us to one
empty tomb that pioviues hope foi us all. Almost
2,uuu yeais ago one inciuent changeu this woilu,
"!"# $%&"# '(')*# +,"# +,)$-# -'.# '//%$-)*(# +%# +,"#
&/$)0+1$"&" (1 Coi. 1S:4). We celebiate touay the
iesuiiection of }esus Chiist anu obseive the:

(1) REALITY 0F TBE RES0RRECTI0N

(2) RES0LTS 0F TBE RES0RRECTI0N











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Pastor: Rev Dr Paul Ferguson (hp: +65 92312943 email:fergusonpaul@hotmail.com)
Place of Worship: Shalom Chapel, 345 Old Choa Chu Kang Rd Singapore 698923
Mailing address: Clementi Central Post Office, PO Box 0457 Singapore 911202
Website: www.calvarytengah.com Email: church@mytengah.com; tengahbpc@gmail.com(administrator)
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0ui chuich is locateu on the 0lu Choa Chu Kang Roau in Singapoie, wheie all
the majoi cemeteiies aie. As you uiive past, those colu stone memoiials
iepiesent thousanus of lives. Nany stoiies aie behinu them. Eveiy week that
gives us all the oppoitunity to ieflect on the question of ueath anu the
iesuiiection. In Singapoie eveiy yeai, ovei 17,uuu people leave this woilu anu
go out into eteinity. The ueath iate is aiounu 4.S ueaths pei 1,uuu of the
population.

REALITY 0F TBE WALKINu BEAB

People uo not like to talk about ueath. They go out of theii way to avoiu
mentioning it. Shopping malls iaiely peimit funeial homes to ply theii tiaue in
theii miust. Bespite the fact that the statistics tell us that ten out of ten people
uie, eveiy one seeks to sail thiough life thinking about something else. We think
anu live foi the now - not the inevitable futuie. All too many think like the iich
foolish faimei in Luke 12 that they have many yeais aheau of them. The woilu
has many uistiactions to keep oui minu of the unavoiuable enupoint of all, as
the iich anu the pooi, young anu olu, stiong anu weak all meet in the giaveyaiu.

The Bible tells us that ieflecting on the tempoial natuie of life is goou foi us.
Solomon instiucts, "2+# )&# 3"++"$# +%#(%# +%#+,"# ,%1&"# %4# 5%1$*)*(6# +,'*# +%# (%# +%# +,"#
,%1&"# %4# 4"'&+)*(7# 4%$# +,'+# )&# +,"# "*-# %4# '88# 5"*9# '*-# +,"# 8):)*(# ;)88# 8'.# )+# +%# ,)&#
,"'$+" (Eccl. 7:2). The Bible also ieminus us to face up to the fiagility of life,
"+$18.#'&#+,"#<=>?#8):"+,6#'*-#'&#+,.#&%18#8):"+,6#+,"$"#)&#31+#'#&+"0#3"+;""*#5"#'*-#
-"'+," (1 Sam. 2u:Su). A step takes just a moment to pass. So is life. It can pass
in a moment. The olu Anglican piayei book sums up this gieat tiuth well, "In life
we aie in ueath."

The Bible also instiucts us that oui lives aie helu in the Banu of a Soveieign
uou, "@.#+)5"&#'$"#)*#+,.#,'*-" (Psa. S1:1S). Inueeu, we leain that uou contiols
oui veiy bieath, "2*#;,%&"#,'*-#)&#+,"#&%18#%4#":"$.#8):)*(#+,)*(6#'*-#+,"#3$"'+,#%4#
'88# 5'*A)*-" (}ob 12:1u). The only thing that keeps us fiom eteinity is not oi
wealth oi knowleuge but the soveieign will of uou. The woilu seeks to avoiu
this tiuth anu emphasizes that we aie in contiol of oui uestiny. But this is just a
self-imposeu blinuness that filteis out ieality. We aie all tiuly the walking ueau.

u00B NEWS F0R TBE WALKINu BEAB

Theie is little comfoit stanuing at the Choa Chu Kang cemeteiies. It all seems so
hopeless anu helpless as fiesh caskets aie placeu theie uay aftei uay. But
Resuiiection Sunuay points us to one empty tomb that pioviues hope foi us all.
Almost 2,uuu yeais ago one inciuent changeu this woilu, "!"#$%&"#'(')*#+,"#+,)$-#
-'.# '//%$-)*(# +%# +,"# &/$)0+1$"&" (1 Coi. 1S:4). The iesuiiection of }esus Chiist
fiom the ueau now means that we also will iise again.

This iesuiiection of Chiist was the fiistfiuits of a futuie iesuiiection foi all who
uie in the Loiu. Auam biought ueath to us all but Chiist biings life, "B1+#*%;#)&#
C,$)&+#$)&"*#4$%5#+,"#-"'-6#'*-#3"/%5"#+,"#4)$&+4$1)+&#%4#+,"5#+,'+#&8"0+D#E%$#&)*/"#
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21). The giave of eveiy Chiistian shoulu have a sign ovei it saying: "tempoiaiy


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Children!s Corner
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Why uiu }ohn the Baptist call }esus H+,"#<'53# %4#I%-6#;,)/,#+'A"+,#
';'.#+,"#&)*#%4#+,"#;%$8-JK (}ohn 1:29).

You see, uuiing the 0lu Testament time, little innocent lambs weie
offeieu uaily in the temple foi the sins of the
people. These uaily saciifices by the }ewish
people, weie not able to take away the sins
of the people, but they point to }esus Chiist,
oui Savioui. We know fiom the Bible, that
the wages (oi payment) of sin is ueath. 0ui
sin sepaiates us fiom uou. We aie guilty
befoie uou. Thank uou that theie is hope,
foi Be has pioviueu a way foi us to ietuin to Bimself. uou sent Bis
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only begotten Son the Loiu }esus Chiist, to uie on the cioss as a
peifect saciifice foi oui sins. }esus not only uieu, but iose fiom
the giave on the thiiu uay. Be is alive foievei!

We neeu not pay foi oui sins as }esus, the Boly 0ne, has uieu in
oui place. It seems a hoiiible thing foi uou to let Bis Son suffei
anu uie, sheuuing Bis bloou as a payment foi oui sins. It is
because uou loves us so much anu wants to save us. We can
have eteinal life, if we believe anu accept }esus as oui Savioui
anu Loiu. Isn't it wonueiful that }esus has taken away oui all
oui sins anu has foigiven us. Bave you accepteu }esus as youi
"Lamb" touay.

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iesiuence."

Remembei ueath can nevei sepaiate us fiom the love of uou in
Chiist (Rom. 8:S8-S9). 0ne uay the giave will not be able to holu us
anu we will aiise victoiious ovei its poweis because of the powei of
Chiist. We will not just aiise bouily but in peifect, sinless, gloiifieu
bouies that aie immoital, "F%#;,"*#+,)&#/%$$10+)38"#&,'88#,':"#01+#%*#
)*/%$$10+)%*6# '*-# +,)&# 5%$+'8# &,'88# ,':"# 01+# %*# )55%$+'8)+.6# +,"*#
&,'88#3"#3$%1(,+#+%#0'&&#+,"#&'.)*(#+,'+#)&#;$)++"*6#?"'+,#)&#&;'88%;"-#
10#)*#:)/+%$." (1 Coi. 1S:S4).

We touay aie in the lanu of the uying but when we cioss out into
eteinity we entei the lanu of the living foi all eteinity. }ust a few
uays befoie his ueath, Bi. F. B. Neyei wiote to a veiy ueai fiienu
these wonueiful woius of faith: "I have just heaiu, to my gieat
suipiise, that I have but a few uays to live. It may be that befoie this
ieaches you, I shall have enteieu the palace. Bon't tiouble to wiite.
We shall meet in the moining."

The fact of the iesuiiection of oui beloveu Savioui has taken the
sting out of ueath foi eveiy believei. The Psalmist uesciibes how Be
comfoits us as we ";'8A#+,$%1(,#+,"# :'88".# %4#+,"# &,'-%;#%4# -"'+,"
(Psa 2S:4). The famous Bible teachei, Bonalu Bainhouse iecounts
how he was comfoiteu by this fact when his wife uieu,

I was uiiving with my chiluien to my wife's funeial wheie I was
to pieach the seimon. As we came into one small town theie
stioue uown in fiont of us a tiuck that came to stop befoie a ieu
light. It was the biggest tiuck I evei saw in my life, anu the sun
was shining on it at just the iight angle that took its shauow anu
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spieau it acioss the snow on the fielu besiue it. As the
shauow coveieu that fielu, I saiu, "Look chiluien at that
tiuck, anu look at its shauow. If you hau to be iun ovei,
which woulu you iathei be iun ovei by. Woulu you iathei
be iun ovei by the tiuck oi by the shauow." Ny youngest
chilu saiu, "The shauow coulun't huit anybouy." "That's
iight," I continueu, "anu ueath is a tiuck, but the shauow is
all that evei touches the Chiistian. The tiuck ian ovei the
Loiu }esus. 0nly the shauow is gone ovei mothei."

If the Loiu comes again befoie we uie, we will meet all the
countless saints who have gone on befoie "E%$#)4#;"#3"8)":"#+,'+#
L"&1&# -)"-# '*-# $%&"# '(')*6# ":"*# &%# +,"5# '8&%# ;,)/,# &8""0# )*# L"&1&#
;)88# I%-#3$)*(#;)+,#!)5" (1 Thess. 4:14). Theie is only hope foi
all who aie ")*# L"&1&." That is the goou news foi us this
Resuiiection Sunuay. The tomb is empty. Because Be lives, we
also live foievei.

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In Chiist
Pastoi Paul Feiguson
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When I was young, my paients woulu ask me to piay to the "gous"
of uiffeient shapes anu sizes. 0f couise, I woulu just follow theii
instiuctions anu uo accoiuing to what they say although I uo not
have a clue what they weie. As time went by, it became a common
piactice.

Aftei yeais of "piaying" to all the iuols, I felt no peace in my heait
at all as they aie gous that cannot heai me. When I was 16 yeais
olu, I was biought to a chaiismatic chuich by a classmate. I
attenueu theii seivice anu founu out who }esus was. Aftei
attenuing theii seivices a few times, I felt veiy uncomfoitable as
they weie speaking in "tongues" anu it gave me an impiession that
they weie being possesseu. Fiom then, I hau a negative impiession
of Chiistians. In my heait, I ieally wanteu to know moie about who
}esus is but I just piociastinateu till the uay I met Eluei Seah
thiough oui woik in AIA. Initially, Eluei Seah tiieu seveial times to
invite me to Calvaiy Tengah, but as I hau a veiy bau impiession of
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Chiistians then, I iejecteu him. Be uiu not give up anu
continueu inviting me. Finally I came to the New Yeai Seivice
in 2u1u.

Aftei heaiing the caieful pieaching of uou's Woiu, I changeu
my impiession on Chiistianity. I was slowly uiawn to Chiist
aftei I leaint much about }esus fiom Eluei Seah thiough his
peisonal shaiing with me. Also, the Elueis anu Tengah
membeis weie veiy hospitable anu maue the effoit to
fellowship with me aftei seivice. I wanteu to accept }esus
Chiist in my life but I wonueieu woulu Chiist accept a wietch
like me. I was so in neeu of a loving Savioui!

I finally accepteu Chiist as my Savioui on Eastei Sunuay in
2u1u. Fiom then on, theie is no looking back. uou was kinu anu
patient. Bis giace anu meicies in my life was beyonu woius can
say! At times theie weie hiccups anu obstacles along the way,
making me uisappointeu anu exhausteu fiom being a Chiistian,
but I nevei gave up anu woulu always seek uou anu look upon


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BPCWA (Bible-Piesbyteiian Chuich of Westein Austialia), H4)$&+#
3%$*J among oui fai-flung family of many B-P uaughtei Chuiches
always biings back a floou of memoiies of oui veiy fiist H,%5"M
/,1$/,J inauguial gatheiing to this beautiful H$"'-.M31)8+# C,1$/,#
!%1&"J on Canning Bighway, with twenty-six memoiable uou-
blesseu yeais in between. With somewhat mixeu feelings, I
iemembei how oui H%*"# 8)++8"# &+"0# )*# 4')+,J has multiplieu the
uospel blessing to foui othei Chuiches. Touay, because we came,
theie aie now a total of five thiiving Chuiches in Peith. Boiiowing
the woius of Paul the Apostle, I say, HN,'+# +,"*K# *%+;)+,&+'*-)*(6#
":"$.# ;'.6# ;,"+,"$# )*# 0$"+"*/"6# %$# )*# +$1+,6# C,$)&+# )&# 0$"'/,"-9# '*-# 2#
+,"$")*#-%#$"O%)/"6#."'6#'*-#;)88#$"O%)/"J#(Phil 1:18).

In Pauline spiiit, I theiefoie thank uou foi the five HI%&0"8#%1+0%&+&J
in the city of Peith. Nay each one iemain faithful. H!%8-)*(#4%$+,#+,"#
;%$-#%4#8)4"J#until the uay of Chiist (Phil 2:16).

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We aie canules - each of us, having the potential of giving light in a
Announcements
Annual Congregation Meeting
29 April 2012
Ushers' Workshop
1st May (Tues), 10 a.m.
@ Shalom Chapel
Speaker: Dn Hendrick Foo
i/c: Dn Oon Tik Koy
Sunset Gospel Hour
08 April at 6pm

God of Wonders
(DVD by Dr John Whitcomb)

by Rev Dr S H Tow
Sunday School

Children's DVD - "He is Risen"
Today, 4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
@ Providence Hall
8th Combined Youth Conference 2012 (June 21- 23)
at Calvary Pandan BPC
Theme: Rooted to Fruit Speaker: Rev Dr Paul Ferguson
Registration closes on June 2
Go to www.truthbpc.com/cyc for forms and details
Session Meeting today at 5.30pm
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uaik place. 0ui Loiu's call to each of us: H<"+# .%1$# 8)(,+# &%#
&,)*"#3"4%$"#5"*PJ#(Natt S:16). Aie you. Is youi light seen
by otheis. Is it effective foi the Loiu. I have a special woiu
foi those who will heeu oui Loiu's woius: HE%$#;,'+#&,'88#)+#
0$%4)+# '# 5'*6# )4# ,"# &,'88# (')*# +,"# ;,%8"# ;%$8-PJ# (Nk 8:S6).
The veise is incomplete as quoteu. I have left out HP#'*-#8%&"#
,)&# %;*# &%18KJ AT# HS-HAJ=W because you will not lose youi
soul by not taking up the challenge, which is this: Will you
give up youi caieei oi ambition, to seive the Loiu. The call is
uigent foi this is the enu time - the last, last houi, when all
the woilu is in a minuless ecumenical iush, just to keep up. It
may not cost youi soul, but you will uefinitely lose a woithy
iewaiu - that of tuining H5'*.#+%#$)(,+"%1&*"&&J (Ban 12:S).

These last few months I have been aiiesteu by the sing of
Bessie F Batchei: H<"+#5"#31$*#%1+#4%$#Q,""6#-"'$#<%$-DJ The
choius has powei to move you to H31$*#%1+#4%$#+,"#<%$-6J now
about to uescenu the clouus of heaven!

Be giateful, be wise! Beholu, Be comes quickly. Let us buin
out foi Bim who buineu out foi us!


By Sni Pastoi of
Calvaiy Panuan
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Bim. I know my ways aie not Bis ways, but Bis ways will always
be the iight way foi me. Be knows what is best foi me anu as a
chilu of uou, i shoulu always submit to my Fathei's Will. Piaise
anu gloiy to }esus Chiist oui Loiu. Amen.

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Since the age of 11, I was attenuing a Chaiismatic Chuich. It was
theie that I accepteu Chiist. The fun activities anu waimth of the
chuich maue me stay with them. As I giew up, I was veiy involveu
anu actively seiving in the ministiies.

In this chuich, we weie consistently askeu to biing new fiienus,
supposeuly to biing them to Chiist, but I felt it was moie like
auuing to the chuich attenuance. Yeais latei, it staiteu to be a
choie to me, like a 'ieciuitment uiive' foi new membeis to a club.
Eveiy yeai, the membeis weie to give to the builuing funu to builu
a new chuich as it was expanuing iapiuly. They useu quick tempo
music to stii up oui emotions while the whole chuich piayeu
togethei foi the 'iight' amount each of us shoulu give, befoie
wiiting it on the commitment slip. The Pastoi was veiy goou at
plucking out bible phiases to motivate us to fuithei inciease oui
gift amount, so that we can builu uou a house.

The cell gioup leauei woulu issue us oui ieceipts foi tithes anu
builuing funu contiibution eveiy month. I felt lousy if I uo not give
enough as eveiyone is giving. As a stuuent, I hau to give offeiing
uuiing cell gioup meetings, seivices, seminais anu foi builuing
funu. Nany membeis suiviveu on veiy little money but we weie
taught it was woithwhile uoing it foi the Loiu anu foi the
manifolu blessings which will follow. I also obseiveu some chuich
membeis who appeaieu veiy gouly anu holy, but theii lives anu
behavioui uiu not match up to theii cieeu as tiue Chiistians.

I finally giew tiieu anu stoppeu attenuing chuich. I believe my
founuation was builu upon the sanu anu the next 1u yeais of my
life was away fiom Chiist. I went thiough many haiu knocks
befoie I iealiseu I neeu to ietuin to my heavenly Fathei who
woulu be giacious enough to ieceive me back. In my heait, I
always wanteu to finu a chuich to join until Eastei Sunuay in
2u1u, Eluei Seah inviteu Chestei to Calvaiy Tengah anu I tolu him
I wisheu to tag along. Since then, I tuineu back to }esus Chiist in
my heait anu founu back my lost love in Chiist. I began to leain
Bis tiuth with the iight uoctiine to builu a fiimei anu moie soliu
founuation.

I was like a lost sheep in the wilueiness anu I thank my Loiu anu
my Shepheiu foi nevei giving up until Be founu me. Inueeu Bis
love anu meicy enuuieth foievei.


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Sunday Activities & Duties
Time Ministries This Week (08/04) Next Week (15/04)
11.45am Choir Janice Janice
1.40pm Pre-Worship Singing Eld Boon Eld Boon



2.00pm



Worship
Song Leader Eld Boon Eld Boon
Speaker Rev Dr Paul Ferguson He is not here Mark
16:1-8
Rev Dr Paul Ferguson Call of the Servant
Mark 1:14-20
Pianist Norman Janice
Greeters/Ushers *Jack Lau, Steven Tan, Chee Wei Heng, Sean
Lee, Desmond Lim, Rossellini Tan
*Tan Kok Soon, Lee Ngo Hock, Cindrey Liu,
Cindy Lau, Lim Hong Kim, Anthony Lau,
Janet Long
P.A. Crew Kok Soon, Vivien Lim Kian Hwee, Xin Hao

3.45pm

Fellowship
Refreshments Kah Poh & Patricia Simon & Cindy
Vineyard *Bak Peng, Lim Pooi See, Bess Leow *Eunice, Rossellini, Mary Lee

4.15pm

Sunday School
Presch- Techers/Assistants
- Song Leader/Pianist
Childrens DVD @ Providence Hall Lee Sei/Mary
Carrie/Esther
Pri- Teachers
- Song Leader/Pianist
Childrens DVD @ Providence Hall Colleen/Simone
Eunice/Jolene


4.30pm


Bible Class
BBK- Teens
- Adults
No class -Dn Oon
-Eld Goh
CtYF No class *Pr Tan/Lim Jun Sheng
CtYAF No class Dn Lee
SBC No class Rev Dr Ferguson (Gen 1)


7.15pm

Chinese
Workers
Gospel
Outreach
Bus Marshals Ngo Hock, Cindy, Peng Keong & Lee Sei, Khian
Kee, David, FuZheng, William Lee
Ngo Hock, Cindy, Peng Keong & Lee
Sei, Khian Kee, David, FuZheng, Kok Soon
Song Leader Bee Pheng Bee Pheng
Speaker Pr Kelvin Wong Are you free?(Luk 8:26-39! Pr Kelvin Wong Spiritual mystery
(Eph 3:1-13!
Pianist Caleb Micheal
P.A. Crew Kok Soon Isabelle /Odelia
Ushers/Refrehments * Mark & Rosa, Desmond, Bak Peng &
Eunice, Cindy Lau, Jovena
*Ricky & Lena, Michael & Janet, William &
Clarice, Jun Sheng
Closing-up Personnel Dn Poh Dn Tan
*Person In-Charge

Attendance & Collection



Sunday Worship 01 Apr


Attendance Offerring ($)

English

Mandarin
Chinese
Evening

English

Mandarin

166

38

25

Total S$ 21,755.45
Designated S$15,050
Nett S$6705.45


Total S$1181.40
No Designated
Nett S$1181.40
Chinese Family Worship
S$414

Sunday School 01 Apr 26
Prayer Meeting 03 Apr 47 6

Session & Staff
Rev Paul Ferguson (92312943), Elder Boaz Boon (98247681), Elder Frederick Lan (91251262), Dn Hendrick Foo (96642576), Dn Gerry Lee (98715639), Dn Oon
Tik Koy (96545796), Dn Poh Ee Huat (97836200), Dn Simon Tan (98522761), Pr James Tan (91835391), Pr Kelvin Wong (96723432)
The Week Ahead

Tuesday 8:15 pm Prayer Meeting
i/c: Rev Dr Paul Ferguson

Saturday 1:00 pm CtYAF
Chairing Workshop
Speaker: Eld Boaz Boon
Chairman: Aaron Lau

3:00 pm CtYF
Jehovahs Witnesses
Speaker: Pr James Tan
Chairman: Group

Church Camp

Theme: Going On To Maturity

Speaker: Rev Dr Ron Johnstone
Venue: Batam View Resort
Date: 11-16 June 2012

"Rev Dr Ron Johnstone is the current
Moderator of the Free Presbyterian
Church. He is in his early 60s and a
father of four children. An
accomplished Bible teacher, he was
previously a missionary to Papua
New Guinea 30 years ago, working
under New Tribes Mission."

Registration closes on 29 Apr 2012



Because He Lives

1. God sent His Son, they called Him Jesus,
He came to love, heal and forgive;
He lived and died to buy my pardon,
An empty tomb is there to prove
My Saviour lives.

Chorus:
Because He lives, I can face tomorrow,
Because He lives, all fear is gone;
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives!

2. The Son of God, He paid my ransom,
Went to the cross, my sins to bear.
No greater love! His life He laid down;
He died for me and thus forever set me free.

3. Now I serve Him, my Living Saviour;
I walk with Him, from day to day.
He leads me on the heavenly pathway;
I know He keeps me in the shadow of His
wings.