Announcements for the Week of October 18
Men’s Bible Fellowship (evening edition) will be this Wednesday at 7 PM in the JIBC Office. Come for some good food, fellowship, and Bible Study.
JIBC Family Day To celebrate God’s faithfulness throughout the life of our church, please join us for fun, food and fellowship after the worship service on Sunday, October 18, 2009 from 12:30 - 17:00 at Taman Puri Oasis Complex, Jl. Darmawangsa Raya (opposite the Bimasena Club at Darmawangsa Hotel), Kebayoran Baru. Since the complex is within walking distance from the church, we encourage you to leave your vehicles at Darmawangsa Square and walk to Taman Puri Oasis. Ticket price is Rp. 50,000 per person (children five years and under can come free of charge). As activities will include several games and swimming, please bring clothing and towels to accommodate. Your friends and relatives are more than welcome to join. Pick up your tickets today with one of our designated Youth or Kids Club II kids. This is one event that is not to be missed!
JIBC Youth Group will distribute food to the “box dwellers” of the Senen area on October 24. We will meet at Darmawangsa Square Mall at 8:00 am and will be back around 1:00 pm. Lunch and transportation will be provided. Permission slips are required, and are available on the welcome desk. Please contact Jill Sharp or Edna Romulo for more information.
Donations still needed for the Senen box dwellers. If you have food or money you would like to donate for the JIBC Youth Group service project, please give it to Edna, Jill or Dina, or leave it in the church office this week. Without donations, we will have nothing to distribute! Thank you for your help!
Girl’s Only Bible Study will meet at 1:00 pm at the church office on October 31.
Lord’s Supper Next week, Oct 25 we will have the Lord’s supper.
God’s Sovereignty Means His Grace is Always at Work
October 15, 2009 by pastorstjohn
Filed under Weekly Words
Dear friends,
Some people find it difficult to accept the Bible’s teaching that God is in sovereign control of the world. I am not one of those people. I do realize there is a great mystery here. Many questions come to our minds such as “What about natural disasters?” and “What about war?” Furthermore, there is the difficulty of reconciling God’s control over this world with human freedom and responsibility. Both truths are taught in the Bible. That is mysterious indeed.
Nevertheless, I cling tightly to the Bible’s promise that God “works all things according to the counsel of his will” (Eph. 1:11) and I trust the Almighty Creator to accomplish that in a way that does not violate his own justice or our own freedom.
Furthermore, we must remember there is great mercy in the idea that God reigns over all things, because it means he is still working even in the most difficult times. We can even dare to thank him for the pain that sometimes comes. God’s sovereignty means his grace is at work not only when everything seems to being going well, but also when all the world appears to be crashing down.
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Rom. 8:28).
Your servant,
Stephen
Rev. Stephen St. John
Pastor/Elder
The Results of Time With Jesus
October 11, 2009 by pastorstjohn
Filed under Sermon Notes
And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach and have authority to cast out demons. He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter); James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him (Mark 3:13-19).
We must be with Jesus!
1. Jesus calls His disciples.
2. Jesus uses the ministry of men.
3. Jesus calls us to give ourselves to Him completely.
Click the link below to listen to sermon audio:
Mark 3:13-19
Announcements for the Week of October 11
Men’s Bible Study (lunch edition) will be this Wednesday at 12 PM. We will meet at Outback Steakhouse in Ratu Plaza Come for fellowship and Bible Study.
There will be a Church Ministry Council Meeting tomorrow evening in the JIBC Office at 7 PM
Baptism There will be a Baptism Service today at 2:30 PM. Please join us at the Tirtayasa location for this important event. The service is expected to last about 30 minutes.
Friday Youth Fellowship will meet October 16 from 6:00 - 9:00 PM in the church office. Youth ages 11 - 16 are invited to attend for food, fellowship and Bible study!
Mission Moment Next Sunday, we will have a Mission Moment presentation from Indonesia Evangelistic Outreach.
Last Week to Donate for the JIBC Youth service event! We need your donations of food or money in order to supply gifts for the box dwellers of the Senen area. These gifts will be boxed on Saturday, October 17 and distributed the following week by our Youth Group. Please bring any donations to the church office this week, or leave them with Jill Sharp or Edna Romulo this morning! Thank you for your participation.
JIBC Family Day To celebrate God’s faithfulness throughout the life of our church, please join us for fun, food and fellowship after the worship service on Sunday, October 18, 2009 from 12:30 - 17:00 at Taman Puri Oasis Complex, Jl. Darmawangsa Raya (opposite the Bimasena Club at Darmawangsa Hotel), Kebayoran Baru. Since the complex is within walking distance from the church, we encourage you to leave your vehicles at Darmawangsa Square and walk to Taman Puri Oasis. Ticket price is Rp. 50,000 per person (children five years and under can come free of charge). As activities will include several games and swimming, please bring clothing and towels to accommodate. Your friends and relatives are more than welcome to join. Pick up your tickets today with one of our designated Youth or Kids Club II kids. This is one event that is not to be missed!
God’s Word Does Not Return Empty
October 8, 2009 by pastorstjohn
Filed under Weekly Words
Dear friends,
Here in Indonesia, the rain has come again. While it can be a real inconvenience sometimes, the rain serves a necessary purpose for which we can be thankful. The routine showers are needed to help our trees, flowers, and crops flourish. Without them, not only our plants, but civilization itself would begin to die!
God tells us his Word is like rain. We need a regular supply of it! And when it comes, it helps us grow. In fact, it brings life, for it is in the Word that we learn about Jesus Christ who can make us ready for eternity with God. So when you see the rain coming down today, remember, like the plants, you need nourishment too. Nourishment that comes when you open your Bible and let his message pour out!
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it” (Is. 55:10-11).
Your servant,
Stephen
Rev. Stephen St. John
Pastor/Elder
JIBC Family Day
To celebrate God’s faithfulness throughout the life of our church, please join us for fun, food and fellowship after the worship service on Sunday, October 18, 2009 from 12:30 - 17:00 at Taman Puri Oasis Complex, Jl. Darmawangsa Raya (opposite the Bimasena Club at Darmawangsa Hotel), Kebayoran Baru. Since the complex is within walking distance from the church, we encourage you to leave your vehicles at Darmawangsa Square and walk to Taman Puri Oasis. Ticket price is Rp. 50,000 per person (children five years and under can come free of charge). As activities will include several games and swimming, please bring clothing and towels to accommodate. Your friends and relatives are more than welcome to join. Pick up your tickets with one of our designated Youth or Kids Club II kids on Sunday morning! This is one event that is not to be missed!
Jesus is Different
October 4, 2009 by pastorstjohn
Filed under Sermon Notes
Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him. Whenever the evil spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” But he gave them strict orders not to tell who he was. Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve—designating them apostles—that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach (Mark 3:7-14).
We must tell others about Jesus, because Jesus is unlike any other.
1. Jesus does things his own way.
2. Jesus really changes lives.
3. Jesus is the Son of God.
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Mark 3:7-14
