THE CHURCH & CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED
The church & church office are closed during CMCO. If you need to contact the office staff, these are the contact numbers:
Pastor Ashok @ 012 524 0061
Yap Chee Kai @ 012 2360 457
Pelita Chuah @ 016 625 6188
Jane @ 017 622 7226
Cheng It @ 012 915 3640

LEADERS’ PLANNING RETREAT VIA ZOOM
Dates : Fri & Sat, October 23 & 24, 2020
Time : Friday @ 8:30 p.m.
Saturday @ 9:30 a.m.

LCEC MEETING VIA ZOOM
Date : Saturday, October 24, 2020
Time : 1:00 p.m.

KEYS TO HEALTH, WHOLENESS & FRUITFULNESS (FIC)
Please take note the above is postponed until further notice.

METHODIST WOMEN – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)
Date : Saturday, October 31, 2020
Time : 2:30 p.m. via Zoom
All ladies are welcome. Please contact Ms Tan Swee Hong (012-211 8437) for the Zoom link.

THE DYNAMICS OF PRAYER
Please take note the above seminar by Rev Terence Poh is cancelled.

CORPORATE PRAYER MEETINGS
The Zoom Prayer Meetings are as follows:
Tuesdays-Thursdays @ 8:00 a.m.-8:30a.m.
Thursdays only @ 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Kindly contact church staff for more info.

GOD WHO CALLS YOU IS FAITHFUL:
BOOK OF TESTIMONIES
TRAC Board of Evangelism has compiled the testimonies of TRAC pastors, especially how God had first called them into fulltime pastoral ministry. Only the softcopy of the book is available. For those who want the softcopy of this book, kindly contact church office.

CONDOLENCES
Our deepest condolences to Mdm Koh Kim Lan & the family on the demise of her husband, Major (R) Chow Chun Wah who passed away on October 10, 2020.

Pledge Payment can be done via Online to Wesley Methodist Church Klang Bank Account No: UOB 171-315-561-1

Sunday, (Oct 18) – Pray that God will deliver us from a partial, lopsided view of Christ, and that we will see Him clearly, and know Him fully even as we are fully known by Him. Pray that the Lord will heal us from spiritual blindness, and open and enlighten the eyes of our hearts that we might clearly see the circumstances in our lives from His perspective. Pray that God will shine His light in every area of our lives that have been blinded and remove the spiritual darkness. Pray that we will take off the “dark glasses” of our human thinking that we might have clearer vision to see things that are happening in the world today as God sees them.

Monday, (Oct 19) – Pray for the Nation: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, has called on all parties, especially politicians, against sparking another political crisis at the time the nation is facing various problems caused by Covid-19. (Free Malaysia Today) Pray that all MPs and politicians will heed the royal call and put to an end the intense, unproductive and destructive politicking. Pray that they will choose to work together in a bipartisan effort to resolve the health and economic challenges in the nation instead of being obsessed with power.

Tuesday, (Oct 20) – Praise God that in spite of the spike of Covid-19 infections, and the conditional MCO imposed on targeted areas in certain areas in the red zones, the nation is better prepared to handle this crisis. Pray for wisdom upon the Ministry of Health and the government to work together to make appropriate and good decisions to ensure the safety of lives and the protection of livelihoods. Pray that God will grant all the healthcare frontliners physical, mental and emotional strength, and keep them and their family members healthy. Pray that the Lord will bring down the number of infections in Selangor, KL, Putrajaya, Taiping, and especially Sabah. Pray that the virus will be curbed and no new red zones nor new clusters will emerge.

Wednesday, (Oct 21) – Praise God that employers and employees in the Klang Valley are readjusting to the 2-week conditional MCO well because ot the experience they gained from the first round in March. Praise God that business and industrial sectors are allowed to operate, and pray that those involved will be vigilant and take stringent steps to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus. As schools are closed in the Klang Valley and other red zone areas, pray that the students will adapt well as they go back to online lessons. Pray also that the Ministry of Higher Education will give clear directives for higher learning institutions where the students are involved in international examinations.

Thursday, (Oct 22) – Praise God for the Raub hostel for OA students: Haknook Jenang (House of Love), that the 26 students are settling in well. Pray that the students are aware of, and appreciate the good purposes of the hostel, and will be motivated to study hard. Praise God for Swee Yin, the warden, and Han Leyek, the assistance warden who have both taken on this job as a mission field, and pray that God will grant them wisdom and grace as they undertake the spiritual growth of the students, Pray that the students will experience a real and deep encounter with Jesus. Pray that God will provide the hostel with a van driver who will also double up as a security guard and maintenance personnel.

Friday, (Oct 23) – Pray for TRAC: Recently, TRAC Executive Board made an unprecedented decision to make the 45th Session TRAC fully online on November 15, 2020. Pray that IT part will be settled as now each District in TRAC will have to set up hubs for official delegates to gather in. This is also dependent on whether CMCO becomes MCO. Pray that we will not go back to MCO, and that the IT connections will run smoothly, especially since there are important elections to be done.

Saturday, (Oct 24) – Pray for the World: In Thailand, thousands of people defied the government’s protest ban, and demonstrated against the government in Bangkok last week. Pray that God will give wisdom to the authorities to settle the problem peacefully. Pray also that God will keep the people safe as many of them were not wearing masks, nor practicing physical distancing during the demonstration.

No one could ever accuse Jesus of being a great public-relations guy. Who else but Jesus would make it His practice to disperse crowds with difficult and controversial teachings when it would have been so easy to rally an army? Who else but Jesus would choose to continually insult the power structure of His time rather than try to make influential friends in high places? Who else but Jesus would align Himself with the lowest and the least of His society, those with no political clout or social standing?

But that’s what Jesus did. That’s what He’s still doing. Perhaps with all of our educational advancements, the multiplicity of Bible studies and books available to us, and the abundance of churches in many parts of the world, we’ve forgotten that following Jesus isn’t like choosing which flavor of syrup you want in your coffee. The call to follow Jesus is a call to forsake everyone and everything other than Him. It’s a call to a radical abandonment.

When Jesus called His first disciples to leave their boats, He was calling them to abandon their careers. When He called them to leave their nets, He was calling them to abandon their possessions. When He called them to leave their father in the boat by himself, He was calling them to abandon their family and friends. Ultimately, Jesus was calling them to abandon themselves.

The men were leaving certainty for uncertainty, safety for danger, and self-preservation for self-denunciation. What if you were the one stepping out of the boat? What if you were the potential disciple being told to drop your nets? What if it were your father asking where you were going?

This is where we need to pause to consider whether we’re starting to redefine Christianity. We have to give up everything we have to follow Jesus. But slowly, subtly, we have reduced following Jesus to the idea of following Jesus.

We do this in all sorts of ways. We rationalize Jesus’ demanding teachings: “Of course, Jesus wasn’t actually telling you to abandon your family. And of course, He wasn’t really saying to leave everything behind to follow Him.”

While it’s true that Jesus didn’t-and doesn’t-require everyone to leave their father and their occupation to follow Him, He does require absolute obedience and commitment. Rather than joyfully embracing His call, we have the self-serving tendency to water it down to be theoretical sacrifice and hypothetical abandonment. We want to follow a Jesus that doesn’t require anything of us.

In essence, we’ve redefined Christianity. We’ve given in to the dangerous temptation to take the Jesus of the Bible and twist Him into a version of Jesus we’re more comfortable with. It’s a Jesus who’s OK with our materialism, fine with nominal devotion that doesn’t require any sacrifice, and pleased with a brand of faith that requires attendance on Sunday but no real commitment in day-to-day life.

But I wonder if I could help you push through the haze of self-justification and ask a simple question: What if He was actually serious? (DAVID PLATT)

THE CHURCH & CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED
The church & church office are closed during CMCO. If you need to contact the office staff, these are the contact numbers:
Pastor Ashok @ 012 524 0061
Yap Chee Kai @ 012 2360 457
Pelita Chuah @ 016 625 6188
Jane @ 017 622 7226
Cheng It @ 012 915 3640

2ND LOCAL CONFERENCE 2020
Date : Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Time : 8:30 p.m.
Zoom Meeting
TRAC President Rev Dr T. Jeyakumar or his appointee will preside over the meeting.

2ND DISTRICT CONFERENCE CD2
Date : Thursday, October 15, 2020
Time : 8:00 p.m.
Zoom meeting

THE DYNAMICS OF PRAYER
Kindly take note that The Dynamics of Prayer by Rev Terence Poh is cancelled.

CORPORATE PRAYER MEETINGS
The Zoom Prayer Meetings are as follows:
Tuesdays-Thursdays @ 8:00 a.m.-8:30a.m.
Thursdays only @ 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Kindly contact church staff for more info.

METHODIST PLANNER 2021
Kindly contact the church staff if you wish to purchase. Cost RM10 each.

LIVE STREAMING MINISTRY
Those who are interested to be a part of the live streaming team, kindly contact Johnny Lim @ 012 203 7784. Training will be given.

COLLECTIONS:
JANUARY-SEPTEMBER, 2020
Offering/Tithes & Others Year To Date RM796,938.80
Year 2020 Planned Expenses RM1,145,494
Actual vs Planned 69%

Missions Faith Pledge Year To Date RM42,869.00
Year 2020 Pledge Amount RM76,100
Actual vs Planned 56%

CONDOLENCES
Our deepest condolences to Mdm Koh Kim Lan on the demise of her husband, the late Major Chow Chun Wah on October 10, 2020.

Pledge Payment can be done via Online to Wesley Methodist Church Klang Bank Account No: UOB 171-315-561-1