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A B I LINGUAL MONT HLY BULLETIN O F BET HEL MET HO DIST CHURCH

Volume 9-4 April 2015

Sufferings of Christ and Sufferings of Christ and Sufferings of Christ and

Glories that would followGlories that would followGlories that would follow

1 Peter 1:111 Peter 1:111 Peter 1:11

Bethel Methodist Church, Bangalore 2

Vacation Bible School (English) - 2015

When & Where 6 - 12, April 2015

@ Bethel Methodist Church

Resources persons from

Scripture Union, Chennai

Interested Volunteers &

Teachers Contact: Mrs Giftlin Clement (97427 46159)

Prayer Coordination: Mrs Jachin Sanjay

Transport

Marathahalli, BEML, Whitefield, Kodigehalli - Mrs Hannah Selvin AECS Layout, ORR, Hoodi - Mrs Anita Sathiya KR puram, TC Palya, Devasandra, SEA Arch

Block the dates

Pray & Prepare!

விடுமுறை வவதாகம பள்ளி (கன்னடா) - 2015

Need Volunteers & Teachers for the VBS. RSVP - Mrs Giftlin

நாட்கள் ஏப்ரல் 20 முதல் 25 வரர இடம் பெத்ததல் பெத்தடிஸ்ட் ஆலயம்

ததாடர்புக்கு: தெோதகர் தேவிட் லிவிங்ஸ்ேன் திருெதி தேரன்


Pastoral Letter Dearly beloved,

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I

am sure the prayer season of Lent was beneficial to you. The Lord

would bless your soul and recharge it with His strength. Now, let us celebrate the

Easter! It promises glory and victory for the future. A smart person should always

include the resurrection of Jesus our Lord in his thought processes. It helps him to

have hope of victory and a sense of never giving up in leading a god-pleasing lifestyle.

At times of failure, the very thought and impression of Lord’s resurrection would

personally minister to us and evoke confidence and a hope of victory. Even if the

issues we are facing are violently drowning us to hit the rock bottom, we should reso-

lutely know that there is a way out and an escape and help will come in time. There is

a rising to new life even after banging the floor. The Lord has seen all the end points

for us in his death and has come out victoriously. For our sake he suffered and died

and is able to help us. That is the message of Jesus’ Resurrection for us. Charles Allen

said, “When you say a situation or person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in

the face of God.” Peter wrote “…the Spirit of Christ who was in them (the prophets)

… testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.” I

Peter 1 :11

Why don’t we rise up from a failure and work on its victory. Victory is assured for us

in our resurrected Lord! Jesus promised that those who die (by living) in Christ, both

physically and emotionally, will resurrect again to a future. The proof is this: Jesus

has already resurrected from the death and we will also rise like him. Therefore, let

us believe and impress in our minds that nothing on earth and heaven is going to

stop our eternal future.

Let us wisely plan our lifestyles with priorities to worship the resurrected Christ, live

and work for him and even die for him if situation calls. The militants in Iraq pitiably

do not know about the glorious hope that the Christian children and adults whom

they mercilessly killed had believed in. Even in our nation, will a law on Conversion

turn around a believing heart that has been captured and filled with glories by the

living and resurrected God? What about us? As we celebrate the resurrection of

Christ, let us believe in a god given future! Happy Easter to all of you!

In this month, I am sure our children have finished their exams and are excitedly

getting ready for the Vacation Bible School. May God give them good results! Chil-

dren from Sadharamangala area are also joining our VBS this year. A special VBS is

going to be conducted in Whitefield outreach as well. Then there is VBS for Irula


tribal kids is in May. Pray and participate in these rich harvests! And then when you

head to your native places, enjoy your journey and fellowship and please convey my

loving greetings to your relatives. Let us pray for the comfort of bereaved families of

Mr. Franklin Koilpillai and Mr. Vino whose fathers have been called home by the

Lord. Kindly uphold the Pastorate and the Regional Conferences that are coming up

in this month.

Grace be with you always. Rev. T. David Livingston

வபாதகர் மடல் கிறிஸ்துவுக்குள் ெிரியெோனவர்கதே,

நெது இரட்சகரும் ஆண்ேவருெோகிய இதயசு கிறிஸ்துவின் நோெத்தில் வோழ்த்துக்கள். பெெத்ரத முக்கியப்ெடுத்தும் இந்த பலந்து கோலம் உங்களுக்கு ெிரதயோெனெோக இருந்திருக்கும் என்று நம்புகிதறன். இதன் நிரறவில் நோம் கிறிஸ்துவின் உயிர்த்பதழுதல் ெண்டிரகயோகிய ஈஸ்ேர் ெண்டிரகரய பகோண்ேோடுகிதறோம். எதிர்கோலத்தின் பவற்றிரயயும் ெகிரெரயயும் இது நெக்கு வோக்கேிக்கிறது. கிறிஸ்துவின் உயிர்த்பதழுதரல எப்பெோழுதும் நிரனவில் பகோள்ளும்தெோது, எதிர்கோலத்ரதக் குறித்த நம்ெிக்ரகயும், தசோரோெல் கிறிஸ்துவிற்கு ெிரியெோக வோழும் விேோமுயற்சிரயயும் நோம் பெறுகிதறோம்.

எப்பெோழுபதல்லோம் நோம் ததோல்வி அரேகிதறோதெோ, அப்பெோழுபதல்லோம், கிறிஸ்துவின் உயிர்த்பதழுதல் நெக்கு ஒரு புத்துணர்ச்சியும் நம்ெிக்ரகயும் அேிக்கிறது. நம்ரெ அழுத்தும் ெோரங்கள் நம்ரெ தரரெட்டும் தோழ்வரேயச் பசய்யலோம். அப்பெோழுதும், நோம் அதிலிருந்து ெிரைத்து பவற்றி சிறக்க, உரித்பதழுதலின் நம்ெிக்ரக நெக்கு உண்டு. நெது ஆண்ேவர் நெக்கோக ெரணத்ரத ருசிெோர்த்து, அதிலிருந்து பவற்றி சிறந்தோர். இதுதவ கிறிஸ்து உயிர்த்பதழுதலின் பசய்தியோகும். “ஒரு சூழ்நிரல நம்ெிக்ரகயற்றது என்தறோ அல்லது ஒரு ெனிததனோ நம்ெிக்ரகயற்றவன் என்தறோ நோம் பசோல்லும்தெோது நோம் ததவரன அவெோனெடுத்துகிதறோம்” என்று சோர்லஸ் ஆலன் என்ெவர் கூறுகிறோர். தெதுரு கூறுவதோவது: “ (தீர்க்கதரிசிகள்) தங்களிலுள்ள கிைிஸ்துவின் ஆவியானவர் கிைிஸ்துவுக்கு உண்டாகும் பாடுகறளயும், அறவகளுக்குப் பின்வரும் மகிறமகறளயும் முன்னைிவித்த வபாது, இன்ன காலத்றதக் குைித்தாதென்பறதயும், அந்தக் காலத்தின் விவசஷம் இன்னததன்பறதயும் ஆொய்ந்தார்கள். [ 1 வபதுரு 1:11 ]

ஏன் நோம் ததோல்வியிலிருந்து எழும்ெி, பவற்றிரய தநோக்கி உரைப்ெதில்ரல?


உயிர்த்பதழுந்த ஆண்ேவரின் மூலம் நெக்கு பவற்றி உறுதியேிக்கப்ெட்டிருக்கிறது. கிறிஸ்துவுக்குள் எவ்விதத்திலும் ெரணெரேெவர்கள், எதிர்கோலத்தில் உயிர்த்பதழுவர் என்று கிறிஸ்து நெக்கு வோக்கேித்திருக்கிறோர். கிறிஸ்து ெரணத்திலிருந்து உயிர்த்பதழுந்தது தெோல நோமும் எழுதவோம் என்ெதில் சந்ததகெில்ரல. இதரன நோம் பதேிவோக நெது ெனதில் ெதித்தருளுதவோெோக.

கிறிஸ்துவுக்குள் வோைவும் ததரவப்ெட்ேோல் ெரிக்கவும் ஏற்ற வரகயில் நோம் நெது வோழ்க்ரக முரறரய அரெத்துக்பகோள்ேதவண்டும். இன்று ஈரோக் ததசத்தில் கிறிஸ்தவ சிறுவர்கரேயும் பெரிதயோரரயும் கருரணயின்றி பகோன்று குவிக்கும் தீவிரவோதிகள், இத்தரகய கிறிஸ்தவ நம்ெிக்ரகரய அறியோர்கள். நெது ததசத்திலும், கிறிஸ்துவிற்கு தங்கரே அர்ப்ெணித்தவர்கரே ெதெோற்றம் பசய்ய முற்ெடுதவோர், இதரன அறியோர்கள். இன்று நெது நிரல என்ன? கிறிஸ்துவின் உயிர்த்பதழுதரலக் பகோண்ேோடும் நோம் ஆண்ேவர் நெது எதிர்கோலத்திற்கு பகோடுத்துள்ே வோழ்ரவ விசுவோசிக்கிதறோெோ?

ஆண்டு இறுதி ததர்விரன முடித்து, நெது ெிள்ரேகள் விடுமுரற தவதோகெப் ெள்ேிக்கு தயோரோகி வருகின்றனர். சிறப்ெோக, இந்த ஆண்டு சோதரெங்கேோ ெகுதிரயச் தசர்ந்த சிறுவர்களும் நெது விடுமுரற தவதோகெப் ெள்ேியில் ெங்தகற்கின்றனர். ஒயிட்ெீல்டு ெகுதியிலும், இருேோ ெைங்குடியின சிறுவர்களுக்கோகவும் தனித்தனியோக விடுமுரற தவதோகெப் ெள்ேி ஒழுங்குபசய்யப்ெடுகிறது. பதோேரும் விடுமுரற நோட்கேில், உங்கள் உறவினர்கரே சந்தித்து ஐக்கியம் பகோள்வது சிறப்ெோக அரெவதோக. தங்கள் பெற்தறோரர இைந்து தவிக்கும் திரு ெிரோங்க்ேின் ெற்றும் திரு விதனோ அவர்கேது குடுெெங்கள் ஆறுதலரேய பெெிப்தெோம். இம்ெோததில் நரேபெற இருக்கும் தசகர கூடுரக ெற்றும் ெிரோந்திய முகோெிற்கோக பெெித்துக்பகோள்ளுங்கள்.

ததவ கிருரெ உங்களுேன் தரித்திருப்ெதோக

வபாதகர் வடவிட் லிவிங்ஸ்டன்

இம்மாதத்தில் பிைந்த நாள் மற்றும் திருமண நாள் காணும் இம்மாதத்தில் பிைந்த நாள் மற்றும் திருமண நாள் காணும் அறனவறெயும் சறபயின் சார்பாக வாழ்த்துகிவைாம். கர்த்தர் உங்கறள அறனவறெயும் சறபயின் சார்பாக வாழ்த்துகிவைாம். கர்த்தர் உங்கறள

ஆசரீ்வதிப்பாொக!ஆசரீ்வதிப்பாொக!

Wishes from congregation to all who celebrate Birthday and Wishes from congregation to all who celebrate Birthday and

Wedding Anniversary this month. May God Bless you!Wedding Anniversary this month. May God Bless you!


மிஷனரி வெலாறு - திருெதி தரோசலின் தெரி

Dr. ஹாவவர்ட் அட்வுட் தகல்லி (1858 – 1943)

பிைப்பும் குழந்றதப் பருவமும்:

பகல்லி, நியூபெர்ஸியிலுள்ே தகம்ேன் என்ற ஊரில் 1858 ஆம் ஆண்டு 20 ஆம் நோள் ெிறந்தோர். பகல்லி சிறிய வயதிலிருந்தத விஞ்ஞோனத்தில், குறிப்ெோக உயிரியல் ெற்றும் தோவரவியல் ெோேங்கேில் ஆர்வமுள்ேவரோக இருந்தோர். சிறு வயதிலிருந்தத தவதோகெத்ரத வோசிக்க அவரது தோயோர் வைிநேத்தினோர். அவரது குடும்ெத்தினர் சிறுவயதிலிருந்தத ஆலயத்திற்கு ஒழுங்கோக பசல்லவும் ெயெக்திக்குரிய கோரியங்கேிலும் அவரர ஈடுெடுத்தினர்.

கல்வி பருவம்:

அவரது பெற்தறோர்கேோல் அவர் ெருத்துவரோவதற்கு அறிவுருத்தப்ெட்ேோர். அததோடு தனது பசோந்த முயற்சியோல் ஐந்து பெோைிகரேக் கற்றோர். தெலும் கட்டிே கரல, ெியோதனோ, புல்லோங்குைல் தெோன்றரவகரே தனது ெடிப்புேன் இரணத்து ெயிற்சி பெற்றோர். 1882 ஆம் ஆண்டு பென்சில்தவனியோ ெல்கரலக்கைகத்திலுள்ே ெருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மூலம் ெருத்துவப் ெட்ேதோரியோனோர்.

மருத்தவ உலகின் வசறவகள்

பகல்லி தோன் ெணியோற்றிய கோலம் முழுவதும் எேிய ெக்களுக்கு உதவுவதில் கருத்தோக இருந்தோர்.1883 இல் இரண்டு அரறகள் பகோண்ே ெருத்துவெரனரய ஏற்ெடுத்தினோர். ெின்னர் அது ஒரு ெகப்தெறு ெருத்துவெரனயோக ெோறியது. அவர் தூய்ரெயோகவும், திறரெயோகவும், சிறந்த ெருத்துவ உெகரணங்களுேன் பசய்த ெருத்துவ ெணி, ெருத்துவ துரறயில் பெரிய பவற்றிரய தந்தது.1882 இல் அவர் பவற்றிகரெோக ஒரு சிதசரியன் சிகிச்ரச பசய்து , அது ஒரு நம்ெகெோன சிகிச்ரச முரற என்று அறிமுகப்ெடுத்தினோர். அவரோல் கோப்ெோற்றப்ெட்ே அதநக பெண்கள் அவருக்கு நன்றிக் கடிதங்கரே அனுப்ெினோர். பகல்லி, ெகப்தெறு ெருத்துவம் ஒரு உண்ரெயோன் ெருத்துவப்ெிரிவு என்ெரத நிரலப்ெடுத்தியதற்கோகப் ெோரோட்ேப்ெட்ேோர்.

ஜான் ஹாப்கின்ஸ் மருத்துமறனயில் பணி

ெோன் ஹோப்கின்ஸ் என்ெவர் தனது ெரணப்ெடுக்ரகயில் ஒரு ெல்கரலக்கைக ெருத்துவெரனரய நிறுவ ஏழு ெில்லியன் ேோலர் பதோரகரய எழுதி


ரவத்தோர். பகல்லி ெோன் ஹோப்கின்ஸ் ெல்கரலக்கைகத்தின் ெகப்தெறு துரறயின் முதல் தெரோசிரியரோக நியெிக்கப்ெேோர். ெோன் ஹோப்கின்ஸ் ெல்கரலக்கைகத்தில் உலகப் ெிரசித்திப் பெற்ற அறுரவ சிகிச்ரச நிபுணரோக ெோறிய பகல்லி, தனது ெோணவர்கள் தரலசிறந்த ெருத்துவர்கேோக ெோற உதவினோர். அவருரேய ெோணவர்கள் மூலம் உலகேவில் லட்சக்கணக்கோன பெண்கள் ெயனரேந்தனர். தகன்சர் தநோரய குணப்ெடுத்த தரடியத்ரத ெயன்ெடுத்தியவர்கேில் ஒருவர் பகல்லி.

விசுவாச வாழ்க்றக.

வோழ்க்ரகயின் ெிகச் சிறந்த ெயன் கிறிஸ்துரவ கண்டு பகோள்வதுதோன் என்ெரத அவர் நன்கு அறிந்திருந்தோர். அவர் பெத்தடிஸ்ட் திருச்சரெயில் ஒரு தூணோக விேங்கினோர். தெோதிப்ெதிலும் சுவிதசேப் ெணியிலும் தன்ரன ஈடுெடுத்திக்பகோண்ேோர். பகல்லி திருச்சரெ ெக்கள் யோவரும் கர்த்தருரேய ெணிரயச் பசய்ய தவண்டும் என்ற எண்ணம் பகோண்ேவரோக இருந்தோர்.

பகல்லி எேியவர்களுக்கு உதவுவதில் தயோே குணமுள்ேவரோக இருந்தோர். அவரது வருவோயிலிருந்து தருெ கோரியங்களுக்கு உதவினோர். தவலூரில் ேோக்ேர் ஐேோ ஸ்கேர் அவர்கேின் ெருத்துவ ெணிகளுக்கு தோரோேெோக உதவினோர். சீன ெிேனரி நண்ெரோகிய ஹட்சன் பேய்லருக்கும் உதவிகள் ெல பசய்தோர். எல்லோவற்றுக்கோகவும் கருத்ததோடும் விசுவோசத்ததோடும் பெெித்தோர். பகல்லி ெிகவும் தவரலப்ெளு நிரறந்தவரோக இருந்ததெோதிலும், கோரலயில் ஒரு ெணி தநரமும், இரவில் ஒரு ெணி தநரமும் தவதம் வோசித்து பெெிக்கும் ெைக்கத்ரதக் பகோண்டிருந்தோர், அவ்வோதற, ஒவ்பவோரு முரறயும் தோன் அறுரவ சிகிச்ரச பசய்வதற்கு முன்ெோக பெெம் பசய்வரத அவர் வைக்கெோகக் பகோண்டிருந்தோர்.

குடும்ப வாழ்க்றக

1889 ஆம் ஆண்டு பகல்லி , பலடிசியோரவ ெணந்து பகோண்ேோர். அவர்களுக்கு ஒன்ெது ெிள்ரேகள். அவர்கள் அரனவரும் ெருத்துவரோனோர்கள். அவரது ெிள்ரேகேின் ஆவிக்குரிய வேர்ச்சிக்கு அவதர பெோறுதெற்றுக் பகோண்ேோர். அவர் ெோே புத்தகங்கரே எழுதுெவரோகவும், ெிரசங்க ெீேத்தில் ெிரசிங்கி க் கிரவரோகவும், ஞோயிறு ெோேசோரல ஆசிரியரோகவும் விேங்கினோர்.

மெணம்.

1943 ஆம் வருேம் ெனவரி ெோதம் 12 ஆம் தததியில் தனது கரேசி வோர்த்ரதகேோக “எனது தவதோகெம், எனது தவதோகெத்ரதக் பகோடுங்கள்” என்று கூறி தனது 85 ஆவது வயதில் ெோல்டிதெோரில் ெரெ இரேப்ெோறுதலுக்குள் ெிரதவசித்தோர்.


The Boy who held his hand

In the book of Judges, we come across a remarkable man named Samson.

His name literally means ‘sunshine.’ He was brought up a Nazarene, set apart for God, and his charismatic anointing enabled him to accomplish

many amazing feats of strength but his life was ruined by his excesses

and his lack of self-control. One folly follows another and finally we see

that the Spirit of the Lord departed from him. He was captured by the

Philistines, blinded and made to work on a grinding stone. Stripped of

everything, Samson repents and the Lord helps him – one last time. This

poem reflects Samson through the eyes of the little boy who leads him:

The boy who held his hand

They gouged them out,

At first I could not bear to look:

Empty and raw and cruel.

I would not look:

The shock of emptiness,

Knowing that he would not see.

I watched the shaven head bowed low

Rocking with the rhythm of the grindstone. Round. Round. Round.

I watched the needless shackles:

Heavy and hard,

Biting the flesh that needs no binding.

Now, it does not matter that his eyes are gone:

I am his eyes, he sees through me.

He has to see through me, there is no other way.

And I have wept the tears he cannot weep, For all those careless years.

And I have learned to love this broken man, while he has learned at last to

fear his God.

So, I am not afraid to die:

Happy to be his eyes this one last time.

Taking his hand, leading with practised care

Step by guided step into the place where he can pray, “Lord, O Sovereign Lord.”

And as the pillars fall, I cry “Amen.”

(This poem is excerpted from the book Unlocking the Bible by David Paw-

son)


A SIMPLE GESTURE

Everybody can be great ....You only need a heart full of grace, a

soul generated by love. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed

that the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all the

books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat,

a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped

the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the

same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they

walked, Mark discovered the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved

video games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of

trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up

with his girlfriend.

Mark went home after dropping Bill at his house. They contin-

ued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or

twice, then both graduated from high school and finally the long

-awaited final year came. Three weeks before graduation, Bill

asked Mark if they could talk.

Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met.

“Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home

that day?” asked Bill. “You see, I cleaned out my locker be-

cause I didn’t want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored

away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home

to commit suicide. But after we spent some time together talk-

ing and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would

have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So

you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day and

walked home with me, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”

(John W. Schlatter, taken from the book Chicken Soup for the Soul)

BereavementBereavement

Condolences & Comfort to Mr Franklin and his family - His father Mr D Koilpillai was taken home on 27-Feb-15

Condolences & Comfort to Mr Vino and his family - His father was tak-en home on 23-Mar-15


Prayer Diary Compiled by Mrs. Anne F Sangeeth Sunday:

AUSTRALIA: Key Facts

Australia is officially called the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia is a developed country and one of the wealthiest in the world, with the world's 12th-largest economy. With the second-highest human development index globally, Australia ranks highly in many international comparisons of national performance, such as quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, and the protec-tion of civil liberties and political rights. Although Australia has no official language, English has al-ways been entrenched as the de facto national language. School attendance or registration for home schooling is compulsory throughout Australia. Education is the responsibility of the individual states and territories so the rules vary between states, but in general children are required to attend school from the age of about 5 up until about 16. Life expectancy in Australia in 2010 was 79.5 years for males and 84.0 years for females. Australia has no state religion. For much of Australian history the Church of England (now known as the Anglican Church of Australia) was the largest religious affiliation. However, multicultural immigration has contributed to a decline in its relative position, and the Roman Catholic Church has benefitted from recent immigration to become the largest group. Similarly, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism have all grown in Australia over the past half-century. Nearly three out of four Australians say they are either not religious or that religion does not play a central role in their lives according to a survey. Capital: Canberra, National Language: English, Demonym: Australian or Aussie , Government: Feder-al Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy, Monarch: Elizabeth II, Prime Minister: Tony Abbott, Gov-ernor-General: Sir Peter Cosgrove, 1. Pray that the nation would give importance to the Creator. 2. Pray for the people as increasing number of deaths are caused by skin cancer due to the smoking habits of the people. 3. Pray for the government and the citizens of Australia that they would come to the LORD. 4. Thank the LORD for there is freedom to share gospel in Australia & also thank the LORD for the country’s good economic condition. Monday:

Pray for the English and Kannada VBS in our church and the follow-up needed for the kids.

Pray for the good health of kids and senior citizens in the hot summer.

Pray for the VBS to be conducted in Whitefield and Irula.

KR Puram Area Fellowship & its members (Dennis, families of Ashok Doddanna, Atheejoe, Jayant, Jeevan, Jothi, Naveen Warren, & Dev Sundar Raj)

Hoodi Tamil Area Fellowship & its members (families of Andrew Isaac, Arul, Churchill, Gladston, Jyothi, Mary Rita, Sarah Sarojini, Usha Reddy & Vasu)

Tuesday:

Thank the LORD for the quiz conducted by our pastor and his family.

Pray for the study camp that is scheduled to happen in May 2015.

Pray for the new outreach ministry that has started in Sadharamangla.

Pray for our Pastor Rev. David Livingston & his family and his ministries

Bethel Nagar Area Fellowship & its members (families of Pastor, Anand, Benjamin, Dr. Arun, Jays, John Prashanth, Kalyan, Miss Simon, Paul Naveenraj, Prabhu, Publius, Rajkumar, Sahityadeep, Saju Alexander, Sangeeth, Selina Mohandas, Sharon, Solomon, Uttam, Vijay Prakash & Vivek)

Devasandra Tamil Area fellowship & its members (families of Anandaraj, Koilraj, Philip, Ruth, Shekar, Thiyagaraj, Vino & Wilson)

Marathahalli Tamil Area Fellowship & its members (Dennis families of DC Franklin, Rani Jeypaul, Prabu, Bernard, Vasanth, Paul Dinakaran)

WEDNESDAY:

Pray for Bethel Shaale – for the children who attend and for Mr. Prabhu’s family. Also pray

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that the kids would be interested to attend the classes.

Pray for the outreach fields Irula, Hoodi Sunday School, Devasandra Sunday School and Whitefield and for the families involved.

Pray for the safe journeys of the families that are travelling for the summer.

Whitefield Area Fellowship & its members (Jebakumar, Jeffry Samuel families of Alan Paul, Binu George, Christopher Vasa, Irwin, Praveen, Rajan Abraham, Sanjay Joel & Thomas)

Priyankanagar Tamil AF & its members (Families of Inbaraj, Karunamurthy, Nithya, Rueben Gan-dhi, Swamidas & Suresh)

ITPL Area Fellowship & its members (Jeffin, Shanno Isaac, families of Anban, Clement, Darwin, Dr. Kumara Rajasingh, Franklin Koilpillai, Jabez, John Manoah, Ronald & Prem)

THURSDAY:

Pray for the unmarried and the unemployed youth of the church.

Pray for the couples who are waiting for the blessing of kids.

Pray for the neighbourhood of BMC that they may all know the true God through our church.

Hoodi Area fellowship & its members (Ruth families of Arun, Arul Rajasingh, David Anand, David Jabez, Isaac Peterson, Joel Thompson, Shibu, Vivek Bangera, Meryl Joseph & Tony)

Kodigehalli Tamil AF& its members: (Families of George & Ravi Kumar) FRIDAY:

Pray for the Christians in Pakistan who are suffering due to the persecution in the country.

Pray for the families of the victims who died in the recent plane crashes.

Marathahalli Area Fellowship & its members (Kasturi, Merlin, Praveen families of Dinakar, Frank Jeyakar, Himanshu, Dilip, Melwyn, Praveen Paul, Sathiya, Selvin, Solomon, Sundar, Vadivel, Vijay Dhanasekar & Wilfred)

Bethel Nagar Tamil AF & its members (Dorai, Jonathan, Justin, Solomon, Peter families of Pastor, Bernard, Das, Joseph, Huldah, Latha, Rev. Stanley Jayaseelan, Vinod & Vijay)

SATURDAY:

Mission: Church Growth Missionary Movement (www.cgmmindia.org) History - The Church Growth Missionary Movement is an indigenous, interdenominational mission-ary movement started by the late Rev. J. C. Bose Meiyappan at Madurai in 1975 with the primary aim of reaching the unreached people. Vision - To reach the unreached Indians with the gospel of Jesus Christ with the motto of “make disciples and multiply churches” and to bring the nation - every person in every people group - into the fold of Jesus Christ. Mission - It is the mission’s great burden to proclaim the Gospel to the people who have not yet heard about the Lord Jesus Christ and create awareness in the churches in mission aspects, enhance the people to worship the LORD and boost the believers to preaching the Gospel through sending, church planting, training all over India, especially in tribal groups and village community and pro-vide them better education, health awareness, and assist them to develop their socio - economic condition. Ministries - These include tribal ministry, tribal homes, village ministry, gospel on wheels, church planting, social development, training for ministry, seminars, challenge meetings and training pro-grams for lay leaders, spread across 14 states in India. By God’s grace, over 60 churches have been built and dedicated for the glory of God till date. Prayer Points

Pray for the missionaries and their families who are involved in various ministries of this group.

Pray that this mission through its ministries would bring many to the true God.

Pray that our country would be reached through this mission.

Pray for every kind of support that this mission would need to please the LORD.

http://www.keaministry.org


Missionary Profile - EMIL JEBASINGH

Compiled by Dr. Dilip

Dr. N. Emil Jebasingh was a gift to our nation whose thirst for perishing souls bombarded many young men to pour their lives for the sake of Gospel. Among the servants of God, he had

a unique place in preaching the Word of God, in His prayer life, vision, humility and leadership. His pen was mighty while his speech transformed many hearts to do soul winning. He penned 135 songs which gave new life to missions. His songs and messages are available at http://m.emiljebasingh.com/ . His songs were soul stir-ring and tremendously powerful and had the ability to bring people to their knees with tears in their eyes.

Emil Jebasingh was born to Rev. Y.C. Navamani and Mrs. Grace

Navamani on Jan 10, 1940. At the age of 17, he was lead to Jesus through Mr. P. Samuel and Mr. Jeevanantham. From the day he ac-cepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior, he obeyed the Last Com-mandment of Jesus Christ sincerely. Answering God’s call for fulltime mission work, he resigned his job as a professor in Pope’s College, Sawyerpuram. During those days, he was actively involved in the VBS (Vacation Bible School) ministries. His heart always pounded for the people who had not heard the name of Jesus Christ even once. He was one of the founders of the Friends Missionary Prayer Band (FMPB). He was also the Regional Director for South Asia of

TransWorld Radio. He utilized Radio as a means to send the Gospel to many remote villages and many language groups of the Indian sub-continent. He founded the ‘BLESS India – Vision 2020’ in order to unite the entire missions in India.

He operated his ministry on the principle of Romans 15:20 “It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s founda-

tion.” He and his co-workers in Christ prayed and started ‘Vishwa Vani’ on May 1, 1980 in Rabbit Island of Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. Vishwa Vani now has over 3000 full time workers across India. Mission fields were

opened one after the other and first generation believers flourished.

http://m.emiljebasingh.com/http://m.emiljebasingh.com/http://fmpb.co.in/http://biblia.com/bible/esv/Romans%2015.20


In order to strengthen the first generation believers ‘India Believers Fellowship’ was started as a sister organization. The church bells chimed in many unreached villages through India Believers Fellowship.

Emil Jebasingh was married to Ananthi, a college professor with a Doctorate in Linguistics, and they had 3 children. Moved by the needs of the poverty-stricken people of Tuticorin area and in order to uplift the social status of Indian people groups, they both founded ‘The Good Samaritans’, ‘Vishwasi Sangati’, which transformed many needy families. Like all Indians, Ananthi saw poverty in the streets everyday of her life.

One fateful day, God decided to use her to change hearts of children in a slum of 25,000 people across from her apartment. That day, a small boy knocked on her door to beg for food. In addition to

feeding him, Dr. Ananthi felt called to teach and love him as well. A week later the boy returned with 25 children wanting to attend the “school.” After teaching more than 100 children from her home, she received permission to establish a school within the “toilet complex” of the Alakananda slum in 1991.

By 1998, she was teaching more than 600 children of all ages within the slum community with the help of 18 volunteer teachers. With a passion for these children, Dr. Ananthi manages a staff of over 150 in New Delhi, India, providing free education, nutrition, and medi-cal care to more than 1,000 of India’s impoverished children. The chil-

dren and families of the communities call her “Mummy-ji” which in Hindi means “honored mother”.

In 2000, Dr. Emil Jebasingh was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. In the midst of his weakness, he was strengthened in the Lord and continued to actively involve in ministry for the next 13 years. He referred to God’s Word in whatever he did. His prayer life, active lifestyle, zeal for missions, love for his brethren, kindness in

helping others, and loving everyone equally without favoritism depict-ed the Savior of his heart – JESUS. Emil Jebasingh passed away on De-cember 19, 2013, and the outpouring of affection at his funeral was a testament to his immense contribution to the nation. He lived as he preached – in daily obedience to his Master and Lord.


BMC News Round-up - Mrs. Ajji Alan

Farewell to SEA College students On 1st of March our church youth team organized a farewell party for

the eleven nursing students of SEA college who are graduating this year.

After the Sunday service, few of the students along with the graduating ones

had a time of worship led by the African students. To make the day more

blessed, our pastor, Rev. David Livingston, gave a special thought for the stu-

dents. The students also gave testimonies on what the Lord has done during

their academic journey and their stay in Bangalore and shared a few prayer

points to pray for and Mr. John Prashanth came forward to pray for them.

After the program, everyone enjoyed a fellowship lunch together.

40/ 40 Morning prayer During the time of Lent, our church has organized a 40/40 prayer for

both Tamil and English congregation members from 6.30 am to 7.10 am at

our church premises and all are welcome to come and join in prayer. It is or-

ganized such that each day we pray for a few of the families so that in the 40

days all the families are included, and the families allotted on the particular

day are requested to come to church to pray. The list of the families and the

dates specified are mentioned in the church front desk or you can get the

details from Bro. Vijay Santhaseelan.

VBS is coming up A happy news for the kids as VBS 2015 is coming up! We have VBS

conducted in both English and Kannada in our church premises. English VBS is

conducted from 6 to 12th of April where resource persons from Scripture Un-

ion, Chennai, are coming to train the children. Kannada VBS is conducted

from 20 to 25th of April. We are looking for teachers and volunteers to assist

the children. If anyone is interested, please contact Mrs. Giftlin Clement for

English VBS and Mrs. Sharon or our pastor, Rev. David Livingston, for the Kan-

nada VBS. Transport facilities are also arranged for the children. Parents kind-

ly ensure that you register your kids as soon as possible. Do encourage your

neighbour kids also to participate. We expect children from Sadaramanagala

as well to join the VBS this year.

VBS for children in Whitefield will be conducted from 27th to 29th of April by

the KingsWay Union Ministries and the SOS team .We have planned separate

VBS for the Children in Irula as well in the Month of May. Kindly pray that the

four VBS programs would touch the participating children.


Testimony

MY STRUGGLE WITH MY SISTER-IN-LAW

The home I married into is quite similar to the one I grew up in in the most important matters of faith, values, etc., but of course, there are small differences in the way we do things. I liked to learn their way of doing things and my in-laws were kind and loved to teach – most that is except my sister-in-law. She apparently did not take a liking to me and made it obvious – hurtful comments, suggestions and judgmental statements made me dread the thought of meeting her. Each visit to my husband’s place was a happy one but for her words – they seemed to be aimed to pierce right through me and they did just that. I was filled with bitterness and resentment towards her and though I did not show my true feelings towards her, inside I knew I was a hypocrite. As the years went by, I had a neat pile of memories stored inside me – many little incidences and words that were much better for-

gotten.

Is it okay as a Christian to feel bitter about someone and do nothing about it? I knew it was not. Though I may not have knowingly done anything to make the situation between us bad, I realized I may have unknowingly done so. Also, I had to admit I had not taken effort to do something good. This especially was not easy because bitterness had taken root and I needed God’s help to physically uproot it from within myself. God was willing to help but was I willing to be helped? All my ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ and ego aside, I finally asked for God’s help for humility and truthfulness on my part to deal with the situation. God showed me that my innermost feelings towards my in-laws (even my difficult sister-in-law) were what He would judge me by. I knew

that my attitude towards her was the litmus test of my Christian faith.

How could I practically go about loving a person I did not love? God asked me to begin by praying sincerely for her daily. It is very difficult to con-tinue to feel bitter towards a person you are sincerely praying for and I can-not explain the process but I knew as the months went by that my feelings towards my sister-in-law had changed dramatically. I saw clearly the instanc-es where I had been wrong, where I should have been more loving, where I had been rude, where I had unnecessarily mistaken her. As each instance came to mind, I asked for God’s forgiveness and prayed for ways to show my affection for her. My phone calls to her increased, my enquires were more

sincere and I wanted to speak words of encouragement.

The God who dealt with me was dealing with my sister-in-law too. She saw the change and gladly returned my friendliness. There was no spec-

tacular event but God’s miracle of love worked in our relationship and now


Announcements:

Baptism Service is on April 5, 2015 Sunday after the Easter Service at

BMC

VBS at Whitefield Outreach on the dates April 27-29, 2015

Pray for the Pastorate Conference of the Bethel Methodist Church led

by our respected District Superintendent Rev. David Nathaniel on April

11, 2015 at 7.30 PM at BMC.

Pray for the SOUTH INDIA REGIONAL CONFERENCE of the Methodist

Church led by our Honorable Bishop Dr. Taranath Sagar (Bishop of SIRC

and MRC) & Bishopamma Mrs. Padma Sagar (President of Deaconess-

es Conference of SIRC & MRC) on the dates April 30 – May 3, 2015 at

Baldwin School Campus, Bangalore

Good Friday Service - April 3, 2015

8.00 AM – Tamil Service

Guest Speaker : Mr. Selvaraj AVS (KWU)

Theme : Without Shedding of Blood, no remission of Sins

12.00 Noon – English Service

Guest Speaker : Mr. Sunil Kumar (RTMC)

Special Participation : BMC English Area Fellowships

Theme : 7 Proofs of Jesus on the Cross that He is God

Finding answers for the Questions :

1. Can original sin be false? 2. Will Holy killing take a person to Paradise? 3. Jesus is Son of God or Son of Man? 4. Is Trinity True? 5. Is original Bible changed? 6. Did Jesus truly die on the Cross? 7. Is Holy Spirit the name of a future prophet?

we are not the best of friends but we have great regard for each other and sincere affection and goodwill towards each of our families. To OBEY God is the only way to peace and joy and the process continues as we face each life situation, that is why Jesus commanded us to take up the cross DAILY and

follow Him.

(Author of the article is kept anonymous as requested)


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BMC Leadership Camp 2015

...for you have exalted above all things your name and your word Psalm 138:2

Theme - Survey of the Old Testament

Date 9-May-15 (Sat.) 7:30 AM TO 10-May-15 (Sun.) 5:00 pm

Venue Claret Nivas, Sarjapur Road, Carmelaram

Speaker Dr J Godwin Nickelson

Advance Registration - Rs 500 per person or Rs 1000 per family

Total Registration fee - Rs 1600 per person (with accommodation) & Rs

1200 per person (without accommodation)

Register Today! - Visit www.bmcbangalore.org

RSVP : Wilfred (9945 833 883) or Pastor (9986 526 450)


Pulpit Calendar - April 2015 Theme: Sufferings of Christ and Future glory

Editorial Team: Anne, Rosline Prabu, Hannah, Selvin, Wilfred & Pastor

Date Time Speaker Topic

1-Apr-15 6:00 am (Bilingual) Rev Dr Mrs Shanti Tilak

2-Apr-15

Maundy Thu

7:30 pm (Bilingual) Mr Sangeeth Rao Why Suffering as a

human

3-Apr-15

Good Friday

8:00 am (Tamil) Mr Selvaraj AVS (KWU) Remission of Sins

12:00 pm (English) Mr Sunil Kumar 7 Proofs on the Cross

5-Apr-15 Easter

5:00 am (English) Bishop

Future Glories 9:00 am (Bilingual) Pastor

6:30 pm (English) Pastor

12-Apr-15

VBS Sunday (English)

7:00 am (Tamil) Pastor

Future Triumph 9:30 am (English) VBS Director

6:30 pm (English) VBS final day

19-Apr-15

7:00 am (Tamil) Rev Dr Mrs Shanti Tilak

Future Crowns 9:30 am (English) Mr Jothi Sugirtharaj

6:30 pm (English) Rev Dr Tilak Samuel

26-Apr-15

VBS Sunday

(Kannada)

7:00 am (Tamil) Mr Selvin

Future Leaders 9:30 am (English) Mr Joshua

6:30 pm (English) Mr Shibu

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