Table of Contents
Love in the Garden
Song 1:1-3:5
Pastor Jose Lam
Order of Service
Welcome >> Worship in Songs
Holy Communion
Announcements >> Congregational Prayer
Scripture Reading >> Sermon
Response Song >> Benediction
Sermon Outline
Love in the Garden
Song 1:1 - 3:5
Why the Song of Songs?
> Why the Song of Songs?
> What is the Song of Songs?
> Outline of the series
Love grows in the Garden
The garden of the song are like the Garden of Eden
A garden God made for man and woman
Tending to the gardens
Announcements
Extraordinary General Meeting, 27th Nov 11am – 11:30am
in the sanctuary. All ESCCC members must attend. Agenda will be issued separately to ESCCC members.
Song of Songs sermon series in November
The Song of Songs is a celebration of romantic love expressed between a man and a woman within marriage under God. This celebration helps us better grasp the invitation God makes to everyone through Jesus to live with Him in His kingdom.
Why are we studying it?
- To build a theology of romantic love and desire
- To learn how we might express our own desires and our longings for that love to be returned in kind, and how we might support others to do likewise.
- To begin grasping the grand dimensions of God’s love toward us in Jeuss through the narrow yet rich and colourful lens of human romantic love.
Preliminary Theological Certificate (PTC)
A second 1.5-hour session for the Preliminary Theological Certificate (PTC) is planned to commence in T1 2023.
The Board of Elders commends the PTC as a worthy benchmark for elders and leaders of the church to aspire to and attain as a significant step in furthering your theological education. We would want for you to aspire likewise towards further theological education.
You can join PTC sessions purely to learn the course content, or you can enrol for exams which are administered online. Further information may be found at the PTC website:
https://moore.edu.au/courses/
Express your interest in joining the second session which will commence in term 1 next year, starting with the subject ‘Introduction to the Bible’. The day and time is TBC depending on people’s interest and availability. Please contact Ps Jose or send an email to info@esccc.org.au.
Baptism Service
Our next baptism service will be postponed to late Q1 2023. Further details will be published closer to the date.
Individuals wishing to baptized or confirmed should get in touch with Ps Jose and must apply in writing to the ESCCC Board of Elders (info@esccc.org.au).
Individual classes for men and women wishing to be baptised or confirmed at ESCCC are run as needed throughout the year. These cover the matters of personal faith, church membership and public testimony over the course of three sessions.
All baptism and confirmation candidates also participate in two group sessions in the two weeks leading up to the baptism and confirmation service, presenting their testimonies and learning about the baptism and confirmation service liturgy.
Electronic Giving
We give to what we love. Due to the restriction of our physical Sunday meetings as a loving precaution against the spread of COVID-19, we will not be able to collect a cash offertory as usual. Electronic giving instructions can be found on the Giving and Offerings page.
Missions Support
In support of God’s mission, we encourage all members to give regularly to the ESCCC Missions Fund, according to your means. The EFT details can be found on the Giving and Offerings page.
The Missions Fund will be allocated by the Missions Committee to bless ESCCC and our Mission Partners in missions work.
Every Friday night from 8-9pm we meet over Google Meet and Sunday morning 9:00-9:30am over Zoom or in-person at church.
ESCCC Mailing List
Email admin@esccc.org.au to be added to the church’s email list to be notified of various things happening around the church.
Prayer and Praise
Next Week 13 November 2022
Song of Songs: Love and Sex
Song 3:6 - 5:1
Pastor Jose Lam
About ESCCC
We long to see the Church being loved like Christ loves the Church.
As such we strive to care for people with the love of Christ and to prepare people to love like Christ.
The Pastors and Elders would love to serve you and help you to belong to God’s community here at ESCCC.
Please direct all questions, comments and concerns to: BoE@esccc.org.au
Please visit www.esccc.org.au for more details and the church’s calendar.