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International Church of Bangkok
Advancing the Work of Jesus!
Welcome to our weekly newsletter |
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Sunday
23rd July
Seventh Sunday after Trinity
MORNING WORSHIP
at 10am
Our Service is at
Bangkok Christian College
Sathorn Nua Road
(next to Surasak BTS station)
(It’s easy to find our venue location!)
BTS Surasak Exit 3 (Silom Line)
Google Maps ref:
https://goo.gl/maps/okQmxsSKHagYbDPy9
The map here will help you find our morning worship service held at this location as shown below:
People coming on foot, taxi and/or BTS should use Exit 3 (BTS station) and enter by the side gate on Sathorn Road.
Those coming by private car should use the gate on Pramuan Road only (ignore any no-entry signs). (Sathorn Road gate is inaccessible to all vehicles, except bicycles.)
PLEASE NOTE: Occasionally, the entrance is changed due to ongoing construction work. The gate guards will direct you to car parking space available within the school compound. |
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| *Directions to Bangkok Christian College |
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We will join together
this Sunday
23rd July 2023
at 10.00 am
Bangkok Christian College
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Our service will be conducted and sermon delivered by our minister,
Revd. Chee Keong Yong |
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This week’s theme:
“Compared to ‘dirt’ ”
Scripture Readings for this week:
Old Testament: Genesis 28:10-19a*
Old Testament: Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24*
Scripture: Romans 8:12-25*
Gospel: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43*
(*click for online Bible)
Pastor Chee introduces this week’s theme:
When I was much younger, my mother often assigned me the task of weeding. I often approached the task with reluctance. She didn’t seem to understand that I had difficulty differentiating weeds from grass. So, when I found pretty yellow flowers on some, I tended to think that those were grass, and I would weed the rest, to my mother’s horror. I often got punished for doing “right”.
So, when I come across this parable from Jesus, this sounds like a good objection to the task of weeding. It is Jesus’ own words, not mine.
Does anyone else have a problem with “weeding”? Having been in church ministry for a long time, I still do not like weeding. I have often been advised by different individuals in the church to “weed” – getting rid of “types” of people that some are uncomfortable with.
To be sure, Jesus is not saying that there are no sinners or bad people. The task of segregating “weed” from “wheat” is not a task for the present time. God has appointed a time for it.
Our task here on earth is influencing and transforming others through acts of grace. This is not even about whether we are being “inclusive” or not. It is not idling around but proactively transforming individuals, societies, and institutions with the truth of God as mediated in and through Jesus.
Join us this Sunday @ church and we will dig into this parable closely.
Blessings
Chee
Sunday School meets every week for young children during part of the worship time. Parents are encouraged to bring their children of any age.
ICB Choir will not meet this Sunday. Singing will resume next week on 30th July. |
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Memory Lane………..
Pastor Stewart Perry with his wife Laura, children Jake and Anna, with some of our Filipino members in January 2015.
Stewart, our pastor from 2005 to 2015, will be visiting ICB for worship
next Sunday, 30th July.
Whether you remember those days or are just curious to find out what ICB was like all those years ago, if you are interested in joining a “no-host” lunch with him at Kalpapreuk Restaurant (very near BCC) on Soi Pramuan, please let Margaret McMillion (email: MKMcMillion@gmail.com) know by Thursday, July 27 at 5 p.m. |
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| SCROLL DOWN BELOW FOR MUCH MORE ON OUR COMMITTEES AND COUNCIL SEARCH |
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Scroll down further to discover how
YOU can serve our church
in 2023!! |
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Do you enjoy listening to the Choir?
Do you hum along to yourself?
Then why not join in with them as a singer and experience the joy of creating music with others?
Whatever your age, you can learn (or relearn) to sing.
It’s never too late to start, and ICB choir is the perfect place to do so.
So please consider becoming a new singer! Yes, YOU!
Restarting on 30 July, if you enjoy singing, even to yourself in the shower, please join our choir each week by arriving around 9 am, before Sunday service, for practice. All are welcome to take part, even if you have little or no music experience. (It’s fun and this is a good place to start) |
Please note:
The choir is on Summer break and will not meet this coming Sunday 23rd July. Our choir resumes meeting on 30th July. |
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How to Get to
ICB Morning Services
At our present location at
BCC Bangkok Christian College
35 Pramuan Rd, Silom,
Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500
A very short walk from BTS Surasak (Exit 3).
Click here for Google maps reference or follow the map near the top of this newsletter.
Directions:
People coming on foot, taxi and / or BTS should use Exit 3 (BTS station) and enter by the side gate on Sathorn Road.
Those coming by car* should normally use the gate on the adjacent Pramuan Road only. The gate on Sathorn road is inaccessible to all vehicles (except bicycles).
* Please follow guards’ instructions if a change of entrance is required.
Please enter Pramuan Road (runs between Sathorn and Silom Road) and enter the school through Gate 3. Make an immediate right turn and follow the side road to the parking lot with the basketball hoops. (Please take care as there is often building work going on inside the school grounds.) |
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Please remember The COVID Code is still in place!
With the recent start of the new School Year, BCC points out that, as recommended by the health authorities, all should follow social distancing to keep others safe.
We have members who have been infected lately and we do not wish others to also contract the virus. If you are not feeling well, please stay at home. Bottled water is available at all times and please wear a mask, especially when mixing with others or in crowded areas. |
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ICB Sunday Evening Worship at
Bangkok Christian Guesthouse (BCGH)
has been suspended until further notice.
Please contact Reverend Chee if you would be interested in having evening services restarted. |
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| ICB – Caring for Displaced People through partnership Life Raft International
An updated document relating to the above has now been uploaded to the Policies section of our website. The ICB Council has been working with Life Raft International for many years in seeking to relocate people to various countries for resettlement. The uploaded document gives clear parameters of our relationship with Life Raft International. (Below are more details on our work with Life Raft.)
*Link: Church Policies |
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We, at ICB, support displaced individuals and families in Bangkok with regular financial support through Life Raft International.
We also offer congregational, emotional and spiritual assistance.
Who qualifies?
Those who have been granted (or are applying for) recognition as refugees by UNHCR.
Why do we need to help these people?
Ongoing support is needed to help them bridge the gap while they seek and wait for resettlement in another country, which most often takes many years.
UNHCR recognition very rarely means they can live and work freely in their country of asylum. |
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| Read more about ICB’s partnership with Life Raft: click here |
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See more about the problem, and how
YOU can be part of the solution with Life Raft International: click-here |
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YOUR OFFERINGS
ARE VITAL TO KEEP THIS SUPPORT GOING THROUOUT THE YEAR!!
PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN.
Donate to ICB Ministry to Displaced Persons:
KBank: 003-1-09408-9 mark MDP and email your transfer slip to: office@icbangkok.org
Thank You!! |
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ICB URGENTLY needs people like YOU!
Owing to several people leaving ICB and Thailand over the past months, the ICB Church Council is seeking people to fill the following positions as soon as possible and/or members on all the committees:
- Outreach – continuing contact with and support for our 8 social service partners
Our newly appointed Outreach leader needs others to assist in developing this important work of ICB.
- Worship – overseeing Church services
- Fellowship – In organising ICB community activities, more helpers needed.
All you need is the motivation to help us to develop our ICB community and outreach partners with Jesus as our guide.
To find out more, please contact
Pastor Chee minister@icbangkok.org |
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Fellowship is essential for the wellbeing of any true community – Now that we can all meet personally face-to-face, we need to resume regular social events together.
At ICB, we wish to develop new ways to extend Christian fellowship among all of us during 2023.
We invite you to help with your ideas for weekly and occasional fellowship activities.
Contact Pastor Chee: minister@icbangkok.org |
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| ICB CHRISTIAN OUTREACH
The International Church of Bangkok
partners with Christian ministries throughout Thailand to advance the work of Jesus.
5% of ICB’s yearly total income goes directly to the outreach partners. Members and friends are also encouraged to give directly through the Church account.
In the first half of year 2022, a total of THB78,000 has been given to eight of our mission partners. Reports from three of them have been uploaded to our FB page – https://www.facebook.com/ICB-Outreach-Ministries-105101068484139. These are from
Cornerstone Chapel Hatyai, Songkhla
Rahab Ministries Bangkok, and
Concordia Welfare & Education Foundation Bangkok. |
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For further information, please contact Pastor Chee (minister@icbangkok.org)
The ICB Outreach Committee welcomes new members to join our hardworking team to help ICB share the love of Jesus with Bangkok and beyond. |
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ICB is a fully self-supported congregation.
We gladly receive your donations.
KBank a/c 003-1-09408-9
More information on the ICB WebsiteThank you! |
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Our minister, Pastor Chee, and members of the Church Council can be contacted as and when needed:
Email: minister@icbangkok.org |
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| International Church of Bangkok (ICB)
Advancing the Work of Jesus!
ICB is an English language congregation, composed of native and non-native speakers.
We are committed to welcoming people of all backgrounds to Christian worship for a diverse, inclusive and unifying faith experience.
We seek to advance the work of Jesus Christ by promoting and supporting spiritual growth, community and service to others.
ICB has a specific policy on “Diversity, Inclusiveness & Unity” recently adopted at our annual congregational meeting. You can download the file here (click). |
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Scan these QR Codes to
find out more about
International Church of Bangkok
This upper link will guide you to our
ICB Website |
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This lower link will guide you to our
ICB Facebook page
For personal inquiries, more information and
church membership, please email
Rev. Chee Keong Yong: minister@icbangkok.org |
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