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But without faith it is

impossible to please him: for he that cometh

to God must believe that he

is, and that he is a rewarder of

them that diligently seek

him. Hebrews 11:6

“The Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved” (Acts 2:47). And the Lord did add another 4 new members to Shalom in the past month – Mr. Ng, from the Chinese Ministry, and bro Denzil Titt and his wife Kym and his son Azel, who were added by acceptance based on a statement of faith. We rejoice in the new additions and let us be a blessing to them as they seek to serve the Lord with us as one body in Christ. A ‘Pulpit Committee’ comprising of Pastor Ter, Pastor Tan, Deacon Liang Siah and Joel, as well as myself, has been set up to examine bro Chris Cheong for the position of the Senior Pastor. A memo of the chain of events has been given to the church and the pastors and deacons welcome all clarification on this matter. Let us be prayerful as we seek the Lord’s perfect will concerning the future of the church. I am confident the Lord will guide us through this important decision of Shalom. On the 27th Oct, Shalom has finally crossed the 300 mark in church attendance. We praise God for 303 people in church on that historic Sunday. Our

average attendance has gone up to 293, to which, we rejoice in the Lord’s doing in our midst. Our website has been a blessing in several of our first-time visitors coming to church. Let us be a blessing to the new visitors as we genuinely minister to them. And let us pray and move forward in a greater way for the glory of God. I had the privilege to be in Hokkaido Japan to be with missionary Tony Evans, a missionary from Australia, and to preach in his church. He has been ministering in Hokkaido for the last 27 years and their church, Suzuran Bible Baptist Church, has about 60 members. It is the biggest Baptist church there. Japan is a difficult field as most Japanese are steeped in Shintoism. They have raised about $650,000 for their new church building and are still in need of another $250,000 for their renovation, which is a requirement by the government to show proof that they are purchasing it for the church. We will be collecting a love gift for them on the third Sunday of the month. Let us be a blessing to our brethren in Hokkaido. I first met Missionary Evans

The Pastor’s Desk By Pastor Wee

SHALOM MONTHLY November 2018 170 Upper Bukit Timah Road #17-03 Singapore 588179 Ph: 64637910

Pastor Wee: 90183844 | Pastor Tan: 90238278

Santorini, Greece

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Announcements Lunch: Today’s lunch is at Uni-Town. The bus will leave at 1.00pm sharp.

Church-Wide Tracting: The next church-wide tracting is on 17 November. More information will be availa-ble next Sunday.

Visitors for October:

Name of Visitor Brought By Wong Yew Sin Han Yu Ling Amanda Wong Ben Jin Rosaline Song Queenie Han Meng Kwong Through website Kenneth Teo Through website

Prayer Requests: Salvation: Parents and loved ones Health: Mr & Mrs. Soh Yam Hock / Joycelyn Chan / Isaac Kumar / Pak Hong’s mum / Pastor Ter / Kenneth’s Mum / Mary Goh / Mdm Neu Siu (Tze Hui’s mum) / Vanessa Koh (Eng Kiat’s daughter) / Patrick Tan Shalom Missions // Churches: Shalom Baptist (Penang) // Agape Baptist Mission (Xiamen) / Shalom Baptist Church (Shanghai) / Shaddai Baptist Church (Singapore)

Sunday School (Jul-Dec): Please take note of the respective courses and designated classrooms. All Sun-day School teachers are reminded to start and finish on time from 9:45 am – 10:40 am. The Christian Living class will be at the usual lunch area.

about 18 years’ back in Sydney for the Asia-Pacific Mission Conference and he has visited Shalom about 2-3 years’ ago. Let us continue to be prayerful for our bro Pat Tan as he struggles with a health issue. Let us con-tinually uphold him and his family during this very trying time in their lives. The Lord can still do the impossible for this family. Missionary Aaron Inven-tor’s wife Icy is diagnosed with cancer, and Mission-ary Juan Empleo’s wife has undergone a surgery lately in the Philippines. Let us be in prayer for the Lord’s laborers in the harvest fields. Sis Noimi and her family have written to thank the church for her

support and love gifts to them. They appreciated very much our love and care for them despite the passing on of her husband Pastor Embao this Febru-ary. The church camp in Pulai Spring JB is around the corner and some 100-plus campers will be head-ing that way. Pastor Ter, Bill Toh, Han, myself, and some of our deacons will be speaking on the topic ‘The King and I’ on the studies of the Kings of Israel. Church camps have always been a blessing and we look forward to the richest of God’s blessing upon this coming camp.

Pastor Wee

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December Church Camp: Currently we have 81 adults, 18 children and 4 toddlers registered for the camp. Due date for registration is today, 4 Nov. Please check with James on your room fees and pass it to him.

Venue : Pulai Springs Golf Resort, Johor Bahru Date : 17 Dec – 21 Dec 2018 Theme : The King and I (Character studies on the Kings of the Bible) Speakers : Pas Wee, Pas Han, Pas Ter & Pas Bill Toh Cost : Please check from the notice board

BSC Leaders’ Bi-Monthly Meeting: This evening we have the BSC Leaders’ bi-monthly meeting at 7.30pm in the Church Office.

Love Gift for Pas Tony Evans, 18 Nov: There will be a love gift collection on 18 Nov to help Pas Tony Evans, Australian missionary to Hokkaido, Japan for their pur-chase of a church property. They are about 60 members but have raised about $650,000 and still in need of $250,000 for their renovations. Several churches in Aus-tralia have extended their help to them; let us be a bless-ing to our brethren in Suzanran Bible Baptist Church, Ja-pan.

Evening Prayer Meeting: We will be trying out our Monthly Evening Prayer Meeting at the below-mentioned venue. December onwards it will be on the 2nd Sunday of every month.

Venue : West Coast Recreational Centre Address : 12 West Coast Walk S127157 Date/Time : 25 Nov, 7.30pm Nearest MRT : Clementi Station Bus : 97, 188, 196, 197, 198 & 963

2018 Tentative Programme Cantata at Library

@Esplanade

7th Dec

(7.00pm – 8.30pm)

Church Camp (Pulai

Springs)

17th – 21st Dec / Mon -

Fri

Christmas Evangelistic

Service 23rd Dec / Sun

Christmas Eve (BSC) 24th Dec / Mon

Youth Camp 26th – 29th Dec / Wed -

Sat

Thanksgiving Service 30th Dec / Sun

Membership & Attendance

Average attendance for October 293

Membership

English 219

Chinese 38

Total 257

Overseas 13

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From the Mission Fields Missionary Jireh Nono, Thailand

Dear Pastor Wee and Church Family, Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ from BBM-Chonburi, Thailand. We are so thankful and blessed for continuously supporting and praying to our Mis-sion Work here in Thailand. Though there’s a lot of challenges and difficulties in a Mission Field, the grace of God is always sufficient to enable me as His Servant.

Last July 29, 2018 we celebrated our First Mission Anniversary at Rattanachol Hotel with God’s tre-mendous favor. We have total attendance of 110 people both Thai and Filipinos also God has given us 10 profession of Faith. It was very encouraging to me as a Missionary that our people learn to be involved in reaching people for Christ.

God has been blessing our attendance in every Sundays that we are praying for new meeting place. The maximum attendance that our place can accommodate right now is only 30-35 people which we can-not campaign for more visitors every Sunday. Please help us pray that we could find a meeting place that can accommodate 80-100 people.

Another Blessing that our Mission Work has for this month of October was when God has given us fruits from our labor in our Outreach at the District of Bowin. By giving us two souls that followed God in Water Baptism Last October 22, 2018. God has been good to us by proving that He is still the same God in this foreign country that can save souls and work the hearts of His people to obey Him.

Please pray for me as I continue to serve God in Thailand, most especially for my monthly personal needs and the needs for the Ministry (Building rentals). I didn’t undergo any deputation to other churches when I started the Ministry here in Chonburi, but I thank the Lord for His provisions in the field and for using all of you to support and pray for me and became my partners in the ministry.

Special Prayer Request: 1. Salvation of Thai People 2. Medical Mission (Nov 6-7) -Pray for the salvation of 500 patients that will come to hear the Gospel 3. Down payment for Church Vehicle (Remaining Amount to be raised until Dec. 23, 2018 – (2000 USD or 65,000 Baht or 104,000 Php.)

November birthdays Goh Gracia, Khong-Tay Siew Khim,

Tan Erica, Dai Xina, Cheok Chee Tek,

Wee Caleb, Poh-Low Tze Hui, Tan Charlene,

Yu Boaz , Tan Jonathan, Zacarias Elisha Encinas,

Khor Jessemine, Tan Benedict, Lim-Loh Margaret,

Tan Richard, Chin Ah Kau, Tong Ah Hiong

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Shalom’s Vision

Shalom Baptist Church is a church where our first love for God is our first work;

where our Christianity is a relationship rather than a religion; where the lost and foreign mission are our constant care;

where the purity of the gospel truth is jealously guarded and taught; and where our membership is, in essence, stewardship.

We are fundamental in our belief, evangelistic in our outlook, and loving, as we have been taught.

Above all, Shalom is a church where the last word of our Lord Jesus Christ is our first command: ‘All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them

in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

Amen.’ (Mt 28:18-20)

Missionary Juan Empleo, Restricted Country

Dear Pastor and Church, May this letter finds you well and encourage you and the church to uphold us in your prayers. Last week was our world missions conference and on Saturday was the 9th church an-niversary and we invited our local supported missionaries from Hanoi, Tai Ninh and Da Lat to preach to in our three nights preaching plus our main guest speaker, Pastor Jeremiah Angel Punzalan, of Society Bible Baptist Church Sta Mesa Manila Philippines.

The blessings are: 1. Bro. Israel Sabado surrendered his life to the Lord for full time service. He will start to study in our Bi-ble institute here in Vt. 2. Mark Rebures also surrendered his life for full time service. He will study in our Bible institute here as well. 3. Six souls received the Lord Jesus as their Lord and Savior. 4. One young lady followed the Lord in waters of baptism. 5. Melanie, my wife, after few weeks of angioplasty, is feeling better now and she singing in the choir again. 6. Two young people from our school got saved last week during our mission conference. Prayer request: 1. Miss Annaluna, one of our staff is diagnosed with breast tumor and will be going for surgery any time this week in the Philippines. Please pray for provision and healing. 2. Complete healing for my wife - Melanie. 3. Praying for the salvation of the VT souls. 4. Spiritual growth of members. 5. Soul winning and discipleship program. Thank you so much for your prayer and financial support.

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