At 10.15 a.m. Caleb and Mei-fen were here at Praisehaven to take us to Balestier Corps (church) to conduct the service in the absence of Captain Hary Haran who is attending the Combined Family Camp at Johor. On arrival we were warmly greeted at the compound by John Ooi a good friend for more than half a century. John and Esther are faithful salvationists actively serving at the church. Esther a staff nurse also works at Peacehaven tutoring nurses. They both participated by reading the Bible during the meeting.
The hall was full when the meeting began. What a joy to see so many children who worshipped with us for the first part of the meeting. Then after I had a short prayer with them, they and the teachers went upstairs for their own worship and Bible lesson.
It was good to see the youth participating - Rachael Yeoh, Amy Zhu and Clint Ho leading us in singing the contemporary songs. The songs were well chosen to fit the theme of the meeting.
Good to see so many new people at the meeting. The church is growing reaching out to the community. We were pleased to have Danny, Siew Kim and family of Changi Corps with us at the meeting. We knew Danny when he was only a small boy in Ipoh and now he has a beautiful family.
After the meeting, we had a time of reflection and when the invitation was given the Mercy Seat was lined with seekers.
Some of the Balestier comrades were at the Family Camp and they will be returning to Singapore today.
After the meeting, we met upstairs for fellowship meal provided by the church folk. Balestier is a very friendly church and welcoming to all visitors. God bless the Balestierians!
It's always a joy to be invited to conduct meetings at my home church - Balestier.
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