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J OI N A CELL GROUP

Church life in RiverLife is most fully experienced in small group settings. For us, it all comes down to the core value of family.

Pursue spiritual growth. Experience for yourself and your family the reality of God in His loving community.

We have a variety of cell groups of all age groups in various locations. Find out more at our Information Counter at the ground floor Atrium or register online at bit.ly/rlccell.

Sign up as a Cell Host. Hosts open their home (or another space) for a cell group and provide a safe, clean and welcoming environment for the weekly gatherings. We are in need of venues in the eastern and north-eastern regions particularly in Serangoon and Punggol.

Email our Small Group team at cells@riverlife.org.sg if you wish to serve as a Cell Host or find out more about cells.

Next Week’s Message

CALLED The first in our new message series on 1 Corinthians

2 0 1 9 R I V E R L I F E B U L L E T I N ENGLISH ADULT SERVICES SUN, 9AM & 11.30AM

6 Loyang Besar Close Singapore 509026 Tel: (65) 6511 4111 | Email: office@riverlife.org.sg | Web: www.riverlife.org.sg facebook.com/RiverLifeChurch.sg | instagram.com/riverlifechurchsg

Presence Room Sundays | 8.30am | Worship Centre

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting 8pm | Victory Chapel Come and soak in God’s presence and intercede for matters as the Lord leads.

WEEKLY PRAYER MEETINGS

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sat, 1 Jun | 9am-3pm | Faith Chapel

Water baptism is a public declaration of a believer’s union and new identity in Christ and an outward expression of his commitment in receiving Christ as his personal Lord and Saviour.

Our next baptism service will be on Sun, 7 Jul. If you desire to take the step of faith to be water-baptised, do join our baptism class to understand the significance and importance of baptism.

Register for this class at the Information Counter by Sun, 26 May. For enquiries, please contact Karen Koh at 6511 4139 or email her at karenkoh@riverlife.org.sg.

WATER BAPTISM CLASS

COMMISSIONING OF PASTOR BEN KC LEE AS NEXT SENIOR PASTOR

After 2.5 years of praying and planning for leadership succession, our Elders Board and Senior Leadership Team

have appointed Pastor Ben KC Lee as our next Senior Pastor. Pastor Ben will be commissioned

on 5 May 2019 during English Adult services.

You may read more about our leadership succession journey at

www.riverlife.org.sg/leadership-succession.

PRAY FOR OUR UPCOMING MISSION TRIPS A team will be going to Pangasinan, North Philippines from 25-29 Apr to conduct Church Pastors & Leaders Mentoring for more than 200 church leaders. Pray alongside the team for God’s empowerment to be upon the pastors and leaders attending the training sessions. You can still sign up online to go on a mission trip at eform.riverlife.org.sg/mission.

MISSIONS FUND COLLECTION Let’s achieve our 2019 faith target of $856,550 together!

How to give: - Use a tithing envelope & tick Missions. - Please issue cheques to ‘RiverLife Church’. - Drop it into the offering bag during services.

For more information on RiverLife Missions, you may email missions@riverlife.org.sg or visit www.riverlife.org.sg/into-the-nations.

RIVERLIFE MISSIONS

CELEBRATION OF HOPE

Fri-Sun, 17-19 May | National Stadium (Admission by tickets only)

Celebration Of Hope is about Christians in Singapore rallying together and reaching out to share Christ with friends and relatives. Invite pre-believers to celebrate Jesus as our hope and salvation at the rallies.

There will be rallies in English, Mandarin, Tamil and Filipino. For more information and to obtain tickets, visit celebrationofhope.sg.

Our Cell Worship Songbook is a compilation of more than 200 worship songs including songs for kids and Christmas carols complete with song lyrics, guitar chords and chord charts. Designed to help you in planning worship during cell meetings, this song book is a great tool for cell leaders and those who serve as worship leaders in cell.

We are making available complimentary copies for cell use. You may collect at the Information Counter after service.

RIVERLIFE CELL WORSHIP SONGBOOK

You may also give electronically via PayNow using this QR code.

6 Loyang Besar Close Singapore 509026 Tel: (65) 6511 4111 | Email: office@riverlife.org.sg | Web: www.riverlife.org.sg facebook.com/RiverLifeChurch.sg | instagram.com/riverlifechurchsg

Alpha is a practical introduction to the Christian faith. It is an opportunity to explore the meaning of life in a relaxed, friendly environment where no questions about life or God are seen as too simple or too hostile. Is there a God? Why am I here? Where did I come from? Where am I going? — ask anything. In this course, you will find answers that will dispel any myths that you may have heard about Christianity. The Alpha Course comprises 12 sessions. There is no charge. Alpha sessions (except sessions 7 & 8) will be conducted on Sundays from 2pm to 4pm, with lunch served at 1.15pm at the Fellowship Atrium. *Session 7 will run on Sat, 22 Jun from 8.30am to 4pm and Session 8 will run on Sat, 29 Jun from 10am to 1pm.

SESSION DATE TOPICS 1 05 May Is there more to life than this? 2 12 May Who is Jesus? 3 19 May

11 Mar 17 18 Mar 17 25 Mar 17 1 Apr 17 8 Apr 17

Why did Jesus die? 4 02 Jun How can I have faith? 5 09 Jun Why and how do I pray? 6 16 Jun Why and how should I read the Bible? *7 22 Jun Who is the Holy Spirit?

What does the Holy Spirit do? How can I be filled with the Holy Spirit? *8 29 Jun How does God guide us? 9 07 Jul How can I make the most out of the rest of my life?

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10 14 Jul How can I resist evil? 11 21 Jul Does God heal today? 12 28 Jul What about the Church? For enquiries, please contact Karen Koh at 65114139, email her at karenkoh@riverlife.org.sg or visit our Guest Welcome Lounge on Sundays. Note: Child-minding is not available.

Register at bit.ly/rlcalpha by Sun, 28 Apr

PERSONAL DATA UPDATE

To keep our church data up to date, kindly inform us if you have recently changed your personal information such as mobile number, home address, email address and marital status. Email your new personal data to dpo@riverlife.org.sg or inform the Information Counter at the Fellowship Atrium.

BE WISE A NEW MESSAGE SERIES STARTING SUN, 28 APR

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS

The Church in Corinth was founded by Paul in his second missionary journey and the Apostle spent 18 months mentoring and growing the Church. To him, this Church was his special spiritual baby and its well-being was precious to him. Five years after Paul left this church to establish other churches in Asia Minor, he received a letter from the Corinthian leaders seeking for advice concerning certain pressing matters (7:1). Paul’s response was the book of 1 Corinthians.

The Church at Corinth was a pastor’s worst nightmare. Instead of being a light to the dark world of sexual licentiousness, carnal excesses and selfish living, the Church was very much like the world. It was riddled with problems: disunity, poor interpersonal relationship, incest, sexual immorality, marital issues, law suits, impropriety during the Lord’s Supper, abuse of personal freedom, and poor exercise of spiritual gifts. The Apostle wrote back with godly advice from a broken heart to a Church that was still much loved and richly endowed by God.

1 Corinthians is a highly practical book filled with godly wisdom on how believers ought to conduct themselves in a corrupt and sinful world. Paul has a very clear message to the Corinthian believers: God’s wisdom applied to worldly problems will produce supernatural results! This message is also timely for us today as we live in a culture where truth and morality is relative and where the ends often justify the means.

Let’s be wise and learn from 1 Corinthians on how to live righteously for the Lord!

PULPIT SCHEDULE (PLEASE NOTE THAT MESSAGE TITLES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Date Message 28 Apr Called (1:1-17, 3:1-9) 19 May Christ Crucified: The Power And Wisdom Of God (1:18-2:5) 26 May True Wisdom Comes From The Spirit (2:6-16) 02 Jun A Wise Builder Builds For Eternity (3:10-23) 23 Jun Evaluating Our Leaders (4:1-20) 30 Jun Dealing With Errant Member (5:1-13) 07 Jul When Brothers Have Disputes (6:1-11) 14 Jul Fleeing From Sexual Immorality (6:12-20) 21 Jul Staying Married And Pure (7:1-24) 28 Jul Staying Single And Fulfilled (7:25-40) 11 Aug Not Stumbling Our Weaker Brothers (8:1-20) 18 Aug Giving Up Our Rights (9:1-27) 01 Sep Starting Right And Finishing Strong (10:1-13) 08 Sep Doing Everything For God’s Glory (10:14-11:1) 15 Sep Cultivating A Right Attitude In Worship (11:2-34) 06 Oct Understanding Spiritual Gifts (12:1-11) 13 Oct One Body, Many Members (12:12-30) 20 Oct Love – The More Excellent Way (13:1-13) 27 Oct Proper Use Of Spiritual Gifts (14:1-39) 03 Nov Why Is Christ’s Resurrection So Vital? (15:1-34) 17 Nov The Glory Of Our New Bodies (15:35-58) 24 Nov We Are Family (16:1-24)

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES 1. Be Wise by Warren Wiersbe 2. Insights on 1 & 2 Corinthians by Charles Swindoll 3. Life Lessons from 1 Corinthians: A Spiritual Health Check-Up by Max Lucado 4. Letters To The Church by Francis Chan 5. Autopsy Of A Deceased Church by Thomas Reiner