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Bethel Methodist Church, Bangalore

(For private circulation only )

Bethel Tidings

March 2019

(For private circulation only )

Bethel Methodist Church, Bangalore 2

Missions - Area Fellowship interaction

Missions - Priyankanagar Outreach


Pastor: Rev. Immanuel J Manasseh Mobile : 77603 72095 Asst. Pastor: Rev. Joshua Das Mobile : 98863 22495 E-mail: [email protected]

Contents Page Missions 2 Pastoral Letter - English 3 Pastoral Letter - Tamil 6 Testimony - Mrs Priyanka 10 Sadaramangala Mission Outreach 11 Discipline of Prayer - English 12 Prayer Diary - March 14 Missions Sunday Report 18 Priyankanagar Mission Outreach 19 Kids Section 20 Program Schedule - March 21 WMC Program Schedule 26 Vacation Bible School 27 BMC & WMC Pulpit Calendar 28

Volume 13 - 3

Pastoral Letter

Dearly Brothers and Sisters, Greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. It seems we have just had our New years day and al-ready we are now in the third month. Last month we had our WSCS SUNDAY, FRIDAY HALF NIGHT PRAYER AND MISSION WEEKEND. All events through the month went on well with great joy and enthusiasm. WSCS SUNDAY 17th Feb 2019: Both Tamil and English were entirely conducted and led by the women of our Church. It was encouraging to see women of the Church do such a wonderful service with fear and dedication which made me to think of the liberation that the Lord had given to the women of the world. The skits, Dance, special song, praise and worship were well co-ordinated and well performed. The messages rendered by Retd. Rev. Mrs. Shanthi Thilak in the Tamil Service was meaningful and encouraging to the point of women’s role in the world equiv-alent to men, and in the English Service Retd. Missionary Mrs. Selina Mohan-das spoke on the role of women in the ministry and how important their task


is in the Church. The debate which was conducted by Mrs Angelin Isaac and Mr. Isaac on the Topic “Ministry to be shared equally among both men and women of the Church, for/against” was an eye opener to the various truths in the Bible.

FRIDAY HALF NIGHT PRAYER 22nd Feb 2019:

I really appreciate the Prayer co-ordination team to have come up with the idea of having a half night prayer in the Church. The prayer time went on from 9.00 p.m. to 1.00 a.m. The entire four hours was spent in pray-er except for a short 15min exhortation from the word of God. We were about 25 of us praying and the entire time though late at night were awake throughout with only a 15 min break for tea. Everybody who came for prayer expressed the presence of God in their midst and expressed great joy when they departed from the Church. I should thank Vijay and team for preparing the prayer point sheet which comprised of almost all the needs of the Church and ministry, missionary organizations, state of Karnataka, nation India, world and a special time for special request of members of the Church.

MISSION SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 23rd & 24th of Feb 2019:

The missions dept. headed by Dr. Solomon Pushparaj along with Mrs. Selina Mohandas had decided to put the Church to an awareness of the im-portance of reaching our neighbours with the gospel. This was something of a welcome move to me, as my first observation in the Church was its empty chairs. I therefore took it as my joy and task to immediately encourage the team to carry on the task. The resource persons Mrs. & Mr. David Chandran and Mrs. & Mr. Robert Joy were assigned to speak in different area fellow-ships on Saturday and with the consideration of WMC in mind, we had one resource person in Whitefield area. The missionaries, with their wide range of success stories in their neighbourhood ministry, shared Biblical insights as well as personal experiences of how they go about doing neighbourhood ministry and answered many questions that the members had asked. Sunday services both in Tamil and English were teaching sessions of how people ought to do ministry amongst our neighbours. After the service the members were taken through a session of chart presentation of the Nine area minis-tries actively carried on by the members of the Church along with the Mis-sionary organisations like IEM and COME ministries. In the afternoon after lunch the workshop arranged went on well and simultaneously the Hindi area outreach was also met with our resource persons. I greatly appreciate the hard work, planning and zeal that the Church carries on, in reaching the un-reached in our local as well as distant areas. May the Lord anoint all the members to be effective neighbourhood missionaries and help in the growth of the Church.


BAPTISM CLASSES 24th Feb 2019:

We have started baptism classes and was attended by three candi-dates (more to follow), I request your prayers for the candidates as and how they get ready to become full members of the Church.

While we cross milestones every year with progress and focus let us continue in the study of the word of God, Prayer, fellowship and in constant step with the Holy Spirit. Many a times we begin with a powerful anointing of the Holy Spirit but give way to our carnal nature by the way; but the scripture teaches us to keep in step with the Holy Spirit (Gal 5: 25). The interpretation of this verse is to walk in line with the Holy Spirit.

To accomplish this, we need to be constantly in the control of the Holy Spirit. It could happen that we may give in to our carnal nature to take over our life than be submitted to the leading of the Holy Spirit; this may bring in us failures and fatigue in doing the purpose of God. An irritation creeps into us and makes us go off tangent for we feel that some where some thing is not going the right way. When this kind of feeling sets in, we need to quickly go to the presence of God and get ourselves refreshed in the Holy Spirit, which means we may have to go with a different agenda and at times in absolutely a different direction.

Keeping in step with the Holy Spirit is to fight the carnal battle which keeps frightening us to think of unnecessary worldly challenges as battles which we cannot win. Most of the battles are easily won by the power of the Holy Spirit; all we need to do is to keep listening to the voice that leads us in the righteous direction. There is a spiritual realm we operate on, this is not seen by the carnal world, but this is actually the real director of the universe and nothing happens in this world except by its power and direction. At times you may not agree with me on this but the reality I have seen does not go with only facts and figures and only on rational understanding but by intui-tion, strong feelings, perceptions etc.

Once we are in step with the Holy Spirit, we will know how to walk by the leading of Him who is able to do such great things with ordinary people like us; to be people who can change the world upside down. May the good Lord Bless you through this month as we enter into the Lenten season to be renewed and transformed to be a Church vibrant and glowing for the Lord.

God Bless you all

Rev. Immanuel J Manasseh


ப ோதகர் மடல் மிகவும் பிரியமான சககாதர சககாதரிககே, நமது ஆண்டவரும் இரட்சகருமாகிய இகயசு கிறிஸ்துவின் நாமத்தில் வாழ்த்துக்கள். இப்பபாழுதுதான் புத்தாண்டட துவக்கியது கபால இருந்தாலும், இவ்வருடத்தின் மூன்றாவது மாதத்திற்குள்ோக நாம் கடந்து வந்திருக்கிகறாம். கடந்த மாதத்தில் நாம் பபண்கள் ஞாயிறு, பவள்ேி அடர இரவு பெபம், மற்றும் மிஷனரி ஞாயிற்டற நடத்திகனாம். இடவ அடனவருக்கும் மகிழ்ச்சியும் உற்சாகத்டதயும் அேித்துள்ேது. பெண்கள் ஞாயிறு – 17 ெிப்ரவரி 2019 ஆங்கிலம் மற்றும் தமிழ் ஆலய ஆராதடனகடே நமது திருச்சடபயின் பபண்கள் தடலடமகயற்று நடத்தினர். அவர்கள் பயபக்தியுடனும் அர்ப்பணிப்புடனும் இவற்டற நடத்தியது உற்சாகமூட்டுவதாயும், ஆண்டவருக்குள் அவர்களுக்கு உள்ே சுதந்திரத்டத நிடனப்பூட்டுவதாயும் இருந்தது. பாடல்கள், துதி வழிபாடு, நடனம், குறுநாடகம் என அடனத்தும் சிறப்பாக ஒருங்கிடணக்கப்பட்டு நடத்தப்பட்டது. தமிழ் ஆராதடனயில், ஆண்களுக்கு இடணயாக பபண்கள் இவ்வுலகில் பங்கேிப்படதக் குறித்து கபாதகர். திருமதி. சாந்தி திலக் அவர்கள் பசய்தி அேித்தார்கள். ஆங்கில ஆராதடனயில், ஊழியத்திலும் ஆலயப் பணிகேிலும் பபண்கேின் பங்டகக் குறித்து மிஷனரி. திருமதி பசலினா கமாகன்தாஸ் அவர்கள் பசய்தி பகர்ந்தார்கள். ’கிறிஸ்தவ ஊழியத்டத திருச்சடபயின் ஆண்களும் பபண்களும் சரிசமமாக பசய்யலாமா? கூடாதா?’ எனற தடலப்பில் திருமதி ஏஞ்சலின் ஐசக், திரு ஐசக் நடத்திய பட்டி மன்றம் கவதத்தின் பல உண்டமகடே பவேிப்படட ஆக்கியது. பவள்ளி அரர இரவு பெெம் – 22 ெிப்ரவரி 2019 அடர இரவு பெபத்டத நமது ஆலயத்தில் துவக்க கவண்டும் என்ற எண்ணத்டத தூண்டிய பெபக் குழு ஒருங்கிடணப்பார்களுக்கு எனது பாராட்டுக்கள். இரவு 9:00 மணி முதல் அதிகாடல 1:00 மணி வடர பெபம் நடடபபற்றது.


சுமார் 15 நிமிடங்கள் கவதத்திலிருந்து தியானித்தடதத் தவிர முழு கநரமும் பெபத்தில் பசலவழித்கதாம். சுமார் 25 கபர் இதில் கலந்து பகாண்டனர். அவர்கள் அடனவரும் கதவனுடடய பிரசன்னத்டத உணர்ந்தவர்கோய் உற்சாகத்துடன் ஆலயத்திலிருந்து கடந்து பசன்றனர். ஆலயத்தின் ஊழியங்கள், கதடவகள், மிஷனரி ஸ்தாபனங்கள், மத்திய மாநில அரசுகேின் பசயல்பாடுகள் மற்றும் கதசத்தின நலன் என பலதரப்பட்ட காரியங்களுக்காக கிரமமாக பெபக்குறிப்புகடே தயார் பசய்து, இதடன சிறப்பாக நடத்திய விெய் மற்றும் குழுவினருக்கு எனது நன்றி. அருட்ெணி (மிஷன்) ஞாயிறு 23 & 24 ெிப்ரவரி 2019 டாக்டர் சாலமன் புஷ்பராஜ் மற்றும் திருமதி பசலினா கமாகன்தாஸ் அவர்கேின் தடலடமயில் ’அருகிலுள்கோருக்கு நற்பசய்தி’ என்ற தடலப்டப டமயமாகக் பகாண்டு மிஷன் ஞாயிறு சிறப்பாக நடடபபற்றது. நமது ஆலயத்தின் அருகிலுள்கோர் கிறிஸ்துடவ அறிந்துபகாண்டு நமது ஆலயம் நிரம்பி வழியகவண்டும் என்பது எனது ஆவல். இவ்வருடம் மிஷனரிகோகிய திரு கடவிட் சந்திரன் தம்பதியர் மற்றும் திரு ராபர்ட் ொய் தம்பதியார் ஆகிகயார் நம்மிடம் கதவ பசய்தி அேித்தனர். சனிக்கிழடம அன்று இரண்டு பகுதி ஐக்கியக் கூட்டங்கேிலும், ஒயிட்பலீ்டு பகுதி கூட்டங்கேிலும் கலந்துபகாண்டு, தங்களுடடய அருட்பணி அனுபவங்கடேயும் நமக்கு அருகிலுள்ேவர்களுக்கு எவ்வாறு கிறிஸ்துவின் நற்பசய்திடய பகிர்ந்து பகாள்ே முடியும் என்படதக் குறித்து கபசினர். கமலும் அகநக ககள்விகளுக்கும் பதில் அேித்தனர். அகத பபாருடே டமயமாகக் பகாண்டு தமிழ் மற்றும் ஆங்கில ஆராதடனகேில் பசய்தி அேித்தனர். IEM மற்றும் COME மிஷனரி இயக்கங்களுடன் இடணந்து நமது ஆலயத்தின மூலம் நாம் தாங்கி வரும் ஒன்பது இடங்கேில் நடடபபறும் அருட்பணிகடேக் குறித்த விேக்கப்படம் மற்றும் சுவபராட்டிகள் ஆராதடனக்குப் பின் மக்கள் பார்டவயிட்டு பதேிவு பபற்றனர். மதிய கவடேயில், மிஷனரி ஊழியங்கடேக் குறித்ததான கூடுடக நடடபபற்றது. ஹிந்தி


மக்கேின் கூடுடகயிலும் மிஷனரிகள் கதவ பசய்தி அேித்தனர். மிஷன் ஞாயிற்றுக்கான அடனத்து நிகழ்ச்சிகடேயும் சிறப்பாக ஒருங்கிடணத்து நடத்திய நமது ஆலயத்தின் மிஷனரிக் குழுவினருக்கு எனது பாராட்டுக்கள். கதவன் தாகம, இந்த முயற்சிகேின் மூலம் நமது அருட்பணி தாகத்டதப் பபருக்கி, நமது அருகிலுள்கோருக்கு கிறிஸ்துடவப் பற்றிச் பசால்ல உதவி பசய்வாராக. அதன் மூலம், இன்னும் அதிகமாகனார் நமது ஆலய ஆராதடனகேில் பங்குபபறுவர். ஞானஸ்நான வகுப்புகள் - 24 ெிப்ரவரி 2019 நமது ஆலயத்தில் ஞானஸ்நான வகுப்புகள் ஆரம்பிக்கப்பட்டுள்ேன. இந்த வகுப்புகேில் பங்குபபறுகவார் கதவடன முழுடமயாக அறிந்து, கதவாலயத்தின் முழு உறுப்பினர்கோக மாற உள்ேனர். அவர்களுக்காக பெபித்துக்பகாள்ளுங்கள். ஒவ்பவாரு வருடமும் பல்கவறு நிகழ்வுகடே நாம் கடந்து வந்தாலும், ஆண்டவருடடய வார்த்டதயிலும், பெபத்திலும், ஐக்கியத்திலும், பரிசுத்த ஆவியானவருடடய உறவிலும் நாம் பதாடர்ந்து முன்கனற கவண்டும். பல சமயங்கேில் நாம் ஆவியின் அபிகஷகத்டதக் குறித்து ஆரம்பித்தாலும் மாம்ச சிந்டதக்கும் வழிவிட்டுவிடுகிகறாம். ஆனால் ஆவிக்ககற்றபடி நடக்க கவண்டும் என்று கவதம் நமக்கு கற்பிக்கிறது (கலாத்தியர் 5:25) ஆவிக்ககற்றபடி நாம் நடக்க கவண்டும் என்றால் நாம் ஆவியானாவரால் பதாடர்ந்து ஆளுடக பசய்யப்படகவண்டும் அல்லது கட்டுப்படுத்தப்பட கவண்டும். நாம் மாம்சத்தின் வழியினால் ஈர்க்கப்படும் கபாபதல்லாம், ஆவியானவரின் வழிநடத்துதலுக்கு நம்டம அர்ப்பணிக்க கவண்டும். சில கவடேகேில் கதவனின் திட்டத்திற்கு நம்டம அர்ப்பணிப்பதன் மூலம கதால்வியும் கசார்வுகளும் ஏற்படக் கூடும். ஒரு கவடே அது நமக்குள் ஒரு வித எரிச்சடலயும் வழிவிலகும் சிந்டதடயயும் உண்டுபண்ணக் கூடும். இந்த உணர்ச்சிகள் ஏற்படும் சமயங்கேில் நாம் விடரவாக ஆண்டவருடடய பிரசன்னத்டத நாடி, ஆவியானவரால் புதுப்பிக்கப்பட


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உங்கனை ஆசீர்வதிப் ோைோக!

Wishes from congregation to all who celebrate Birthday and

Wedding Anniversary this month. May God Bless you!

கவண்டும். அதனால் நாம் முழுடமயாக கவபறாரு பாடதயிகலா முயற்சியிகலா பசல்ல கநரிடும். உலகத்தின் கதடவயற்ற பவல்ல முடியாத கபாராட்டங்கடேக் கண்டு நாம் திடகக்காமல், மாம்ச சிந்டதகயாடு கபாராடி ஆவிக்ககற்றபடி நடந்து பகாள்ே கவண்டும். பபரும்பாலான கபாராட்டங்கடே ஆவியானவரின் வல்லடமயால் நாம் கமற்பகாள்ே முடியும். நாம் பசய்ய கவண்டியபதல்லாம் அவருடடய சித்தத்திற்குச் பசவிபகாடுத்து பசவ்டவயான பாடதயில் நடப்பது மட்டுகம. நமது ஆவிக்குரிய வாழ்டவ மாம்ச சிந்டத பகாண்ட இவ்வுலகம் காண முடியாது. ஆனால் ஆவிக்குரிய பிரபஞ்சத்தின் வாழ்கவ இவ்வுலகத்தின் அடனத்து பசயல்பாடுகளுக்கும் மூல காரணியாக உள்ேது. இதடன பகுத்தறிவால் மட்டும் அல்லாமல் நமது உணர்ச்சிகோலும் நாம் புரிந்து பகாள்ே முடியும். ஆவிக்ககற்றபடி நாம் வாழும்பபாழுது, நம்டம வழிநடத்துகிற கதவன், சாதாரன மக்கோகிய நம்டமக் பகாண்டு பபரிய காரியங்கடே பசய்வார் என்படத அறிகவாம். உலகத்டத தடலகீழாய் மாற்றும் மக்கோக நாம் இருக்க முடியும். வருகிற பலந்து என்னும் தபசு நாட்கள் நமக்கு அத்தடகய மாற்றத்டத அேிக்கக் கூடியதாய் இருப்பதாக. ஆண்டவர் நமது ஆலயத்டத அதிகமாய் பபருக்கி வேரச் பசய்து அவருக்கு ஒேியாக டவப்பாராக. கதவன்தாகம உங்கடே இந்த புதிய மாதத்திலும் ஆசீர்வாதமாய் நடத்துவாராக. கதவ ஆசீர்வாதங்களுடன் கபாதகர். இம்மானுவல் J மனாகச


TESTIMONY - Mrs Priyanka Singh

Every single testimony is unique and gives us a bit more insight into how God works in our lives, in this day and age. Whatever we go through whether its joyful or painful, it is allowed into our lives by a God who loves us beyond measure. This story is about a remarkable miracle which hap-pened in my father’s life a few months ago.

As in the case of all retired seniors, my parents too, drawn to the powerful lure of grandchildren, plan frequent visits to meet them. Before one such travel to Chennai, my dad faced issues in his eyes and vision and so was recommended for cataract operation by the ophthalmologist. A couple of blood tests were taken and a date for the surgery was decided.

My dad reached Chennai the very next day and was startled to hear from the doctor that the results were disturbing and a recheck of the same had to be done at the earliest. We all were worried and anxious when we came to know that the test specified was for HIV. The blood sample was giv-en in a laboratory nearby and we grew more anxious as the results were not provided at the dates and time they had mentioned. Tired of waiting, I per-sonally called the lab technician to enquire and after repeated requests from myside, he said that the HIV results were positive. He further advised me to wait for a couple of days to confirm this with other subsequent tests.

I was shattered to hear these words; I conveyed the same to my brother and parents in Chennai. We were devastated. As we faced this loom-ing darkness, building up before us we were shattered into a thousand little pieces with our uncertainties. We had so many questions as to how come this had come on us. Not only were we devastated but was also helpless in what was happening to us. It was as if we faced death itself.

Hearing this, my husband rushed from office immediately. what was remaining was only hope and prayer. We held hands, cried and prayed and poured out our hearts to the Lord. We were not in a position to share this to anyone but rather prayed ceaselessly. Our prayers were simple, honest and specific and we voiced our complete dependence on HIM

Our hearts sank as we realized that we had to prepare ourselves for another journey which seemed like stepping into a dark tunnel with no end. My parents along with my brother travelled back to Trichy to consult our family doctor who is a Pathologist and owns a reputed Laboratory in Trichy. It was painful to see our dear father, who has always had a close walk with the Lord remained calm and speechless. My mother’s faith and words of hope kept us going. The word of God became so alive to us during those times


The next day both my parents gave their blood samples for a precise and higher sensitive HIV test as advised by the doctor. The results which came in the evening showed, it was HIV Negative and was 100% accurate. (Later the further awaited results from the Chennai laboratory also turned out to be negative). We had no words except to praise and shout thanks to our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ.

When I rethink of this incident, it seems l I was like one of those tra-peze artists in a circus who leaps out of the platform and flies in the air with no support, when at the next moment the catcher arrives at the perfect tim-ing and snatches the flyer out of the air and takes him home. Like the flyer I am indeed very grateful for the outstretched arms which are always ready to hold me whenever I fall. Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble., holds true in our lives. I want to encourage all who read this to never lose hope, even you think there is none. Don’t ever give up but place all your hope in Christ who is surely a very present help in our trou-bles.

Sadaramangala Mission details

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Location Background:பிண்ணனி / வரலாறு:

It is a slum clearance colony.People from 4 different slums live here. Some of the people were part of independent home church that stopped functioning. We started the ministry on the request of some believers of that church. More than 800 families live here. Alcohol, drugs, relationship and crime are the biggest issues here.

Started in: 2015

Language :Tamil & Kannada

Started By: Pastor : David Livingston, Mr.Shanmugam & Family, Mr.Vadivel & Family

Current In charge: Mr .Irwin

Missionary Incharge: Mr. Madan

Volunteers: Mrs. Selina Mohandas, Mr. Vijay Santhaselan

Sunday Service : 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm

Sunday School : 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm

Place : Shanmugam’s house is the gathering place. As a family they help in our minis-try.


The Discipline of Prayer - continued D.C. Franklin and Noel Thomas Important characteristics of Prayer 4. Prayer is fight against evil We're in a battle in this world. We may not see it, we might forget it's there but….If you're a believer who is living as salt and light in a dark world, you won't go for long without encountering spiritual warfare - obstacles and attacks satan will hurl your direction. The enemy would love to bring discour-agement and through doubt, fear and stress – defeat. Don’t let him win. God reminds us in His word to stay aware of Satan’s schemes, to live alert in this world, and to stay close to Him. Trust and depend on God and not in your own self/strength. "Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord of hosts." Zech. 4:6 Prayer is vital in this battle.

In Ephesians 6: 11-17 Paul instructs believers…. “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God”. The Greek word for struggle literally means “wrestling” or even “fighting.” We wrestle against dark and evil supernatural powers that seek to hinder our prayers and the advance of God’s Kingdom. We tend to see our struggle as against flesh and blood, which is other people. But God’s Word tells us here that our enemy is not other people, but these evil unseen forces. And with the same battle cry, in the next verse (verses 18), Paul calls us to be alert in prayer: “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of pray-ers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people”.

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James 4: 7 tells us “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you”. 1 Peter 5:8 tells us “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, stand-ing firm in the faith,……”. Certainly, one important way to fight and resist the devil is through prayer. We are to take the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, to fight against the enemy’s lies. He equips us with strength, wisdom, and discernment through the Holy Spirit in the spiritual warfare. He invites us to spend time in His Pres-ence, through prayer and worship, pressing in to know Him more. As we grow to know God’s Truth and what is real, we also know more what is false, and we are stronger to stand against it in the powerful name of Jesus. Praying using the Word of God is a powerful weapon against the forces of evil. An excellent example we have in scripture for Spiritual Warfare in Prayer - Daniel 10:1-21, where the message to Daniel obstructed for 21 days by the evil forces and Michael the Archangel had to come for help (verse 13). In conclusion, it is imperative that the prayer life of a Christian is an im-portant and powerful weapon to fight against the attacks from the evil of demonic forces and also from the stealthy attack from within - our own fallen nature. To be continued

Missions - Hindi Fellowship interaction


Prayer Diary Compiled by Mr. Selvin SUNDAY I. Pray for Methodist churches in India: MCI, BRC (Bangalore Regional conference), Bishop Rt.Rev.NL Karkare and Bishopamma Mrs. Kamal Karkare, District Superinten-dent Rev. Ravi Sebastian, RTMC, KMC, our mother Church IMC, & other Methodist churches in Bangalore and Karnataka II. Pray for BMC: - BMC concern areas: BMC would be spending more time in prayer, Effective func-tioning of all fellowship groups, Area fellowships, Sub committees. All fellowship groups will be mission centered; Involvement of all members in church ministry - Other points: Bethel Tidings, Worship leaders, Choir team, Music team. - Missions we support: Raichur home, Vishwa Vani, DEAR ministry (Ministry among transgenders), Sunday school ministry in Sri Lanka. III. Pray for WMC:

• For the growth in members in English service at Whitefield • For the Tamil congregation to grow deeper in the Lord as a family • For the Lord to bless the services, Sunday schools and area fellowships

• For the Lord to guide us on the building project • For the Lord to give us good unity and fellowship • For the Lord to help us identify resources who could help in music, and other areas • For the Lord to help us in building the Varthur outreach

• For the Lord to help us identify IT, ITES youngsters in Whitefield area and to start a ministry amongst them

• Praise the Lord for helping us to grow in all our ministries. MONDAY I. Pray for current issues in the world: Religious conflicts (23.9%), Government accountability and transparency / corruption (22.7%), Food and water security (18.2%), Lack of education (15.9%), Safety / securi-ty / wellbeing (14.1%), Lack of economic opportunity and employment (12.1%) Pray for peace between India and Pakistan, for the talks between North Korea and the US, the crisis in Venezuala II. Pray for BMC: Devasandra Tamil Area fellowship & its members: Families of Anandaraj, Koilraj, Ruth, Shekar, Suman , Thomas & Wilson KR Puram Area English Fellowship & its members: Families of Rev. Joshua Das, Ashok Doddanna, Atheejoe, Jayant, Jeevan, Vivek, Arun, Johnson, Dev Sundar Raj, Thangadurai Samuel, Senthil Kumar, Pinto and Sam Kamalesan BMC key focus: Would be God centered, Word centered, Prayer centered, Fellow-ship centered and Mission centered; would be salt & light for the area in and around Bethel nagar and other parts of Bangalore, Karnataka, India and other countries. Pastor’s family: i. Rev. Immanuel Mannaseh, Pastoramma Mrs.Susannah, Daughter Shekinah ii. Asst. Pastor Rev. Joshua Das, Mrs. Manu Joshua Das iii. For their ministry, God’s wisdom & guidance, travel safety, good health, for meeting all needs.


TUESDAY I. Pray for a country: Srilanka Sri Lanka has suffered much in the past generation. From the constant threat of the Sinhala-Tamil conflict to the tsunami of 2004 to the civil war’s bloody conclusion in 2009, over 100,000 people have lost their lives, over 900,000 (mostly Tamils) emi-grated or fled. Prayer points: 1. A resolution of the long-term conflict between Tamils and Sinhalese 2. A government that will work toward transparency 3. The handling of immense human needs in the aftermath of the civil war. II. Pray for BMC: Bethel Nagar Tamil AF & its members: Jonathan, Solomon, Families of Rev. Immanu-el, Joseph, Paul Durai, Edward, Jefferson, Joshua Srikanth, Stalin Jose, Vijay San-thaseelan and Stephen Bethel nagar Area English Fellowship & its members : Families of Rev. Immanuel, Marcus, Rajkumar, Vijay Nethala, Danish, Suchit Muni, Sharon, Praveen, Christy, Saju Alexander, Timothy BMC future Focus: i. Whitefield - permanent place for worship; Would encourage every fellowship group to support a mission & involve in an outreach inside & outside BMC; Effective ministry around BMC; BMC weekday ministries ii. Effective monthly prayer meetings; Area fellowship wise Prayer cells for Women & Men (hour of power) iii. Mentoring individuals & families thru programs & Courses iv. Effective, meaningful, well attended Sunday Services; Specific focus on Evening services. For BMC depts.: Sunday School, Youth dept (MYF), Women’s fellowship (WSCS), Treasurer, Secretary WEDNESDAY I.Pray for India • Pray for the tense situation between India and Pakistan, that peace would prevail. • Pray for the political situation in our country; pray especially for the 2019 general

elections.

• Pray for all who are involved in conducting elections that the elections will be fair and incident free

• Pray for the protection of our constitution from forces that are planning to change it to their advantage.

• Pray for the protection of the institutions of our country; that the leaders would stay fair

• Pray for the pre & post election period that there will be communal harmony. • Pray for all the political parties that they will be truthful and keep only people’s

interest in mind. II. Pray for BMC: Kodigehalli Tamil AF& its members: Families of George, Ravi Kumar, Mealkey, Meashack, Huldah, Latha, Shanmugam, Vadivel, Vinod, Jeya.


BMC recent events: Praise God for Missions Sunday and WSCS Sunday, For BMC upcoming events( March, April, May): Pray for Lenten season services, all five VBS planning & conducting(150 teachers &Volunteers, 800 children, need of Rs 5 Lakhs), Mission field visit , BMC yearly plan-ning (2019-20) , Pastorate conference and its preparation. For BMC depts.: Missions dept, Property, Membership, Social concerns, Lay activi-ties. THURSDAY I. Pray for a state in India: Jammu & Kashmir The Jammu and Kashmir state, an integral part of India, has endured tragic suffering and strife, dating back centuries, most particularly since the partition of India in 1947 when Pakistan and India contested the possession of Kashmir. Broken down further, the Kashmir Valley region has a 97% Muslim majority, the Jammu region has a 66% Hindu majority and in Ladakh region, 46% are Buddhist. The troubles take many forms: a) Tensions between countries, at times, have come to a head in outright conflict. Kashmir is a thorn in the side of relations between India and Pakistan. Pakistan has gone to war (directly or by proxy) over this divided state four times. The competing claims seem at an impasse. But issues of Kashmir’s long-term governance, its degree of autonomy and its very identity must be resolved for lasting peace to take hold. Pray for calm heads and for the will to work out a peaceful solution by all parties. b) Islamic militancy grew out of the call to “liberate” Kashmir from Indian rule (and create a Muslim state or join Pakistan). Their war against the state to achieve this end not only cost over 40,000 lives, but it also displaced over 800,000 people, crip-pled the region’s economy and drove a wedge between the two nations. Pray that those who use terror and violence would subside and that wisdom and justice would prevail. II. Pray for BMC • Priyanka nagar Tamil AF & its members: Families of Inbaraj, Karunamurthy,

Nithya, Rueben Gandhi, Swamidas, Suresh, Ellayaraja

• ITPL English Area Fellowship & its members: Families of Anban, Darwin, Jabez, Shanno Isaac, Ronald, Silas, Andrew & Princely Sam.

• BMC outreaches: Priyanka nagar, Sadarmangala, Sitarampalya, Irula, Mohalapalli, Varthur, KR puram , Hoodi, Whitefield Hindi

• For BMC depts.: Christian education, Teens fellowship, Finance, Prayer. FRIDAY I. Pray for a missionary organization: Voice of the Shepherd This is an All India Ministry founded by Mrs and Mr C. Samuel in the year 1975, with its headquarters in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The ministry began its activity through radio broadcasting programs to an audience of about 1.5 million regular listeners. There is also emphasis on rural evangelism and nurturing believers in God's word through Bible studies and camps. Literature minis-try is carried out through monthly magazines, booklets and other materials.


Help is extended to the poor and missionaries are supported financially. Support to missionaries has extended beyond Tamil Nadu to include 21 tribal missionaries in Odisha and West Bengal. Prayer points: - For the camps and retreats that are conducted for children, youth and adults - For family enrichment seminars that are being conducted - For the financial support that is being extended to the poor and underprivileged - For the medical camps and health education that is provided in rural areas - For the village ministries in and around Vellore - For the missionaries in Odisha and West Bengal, and the unreached villages and tribals. II.Pray for BMC: a) Hoodi Tamil Area Fellowship & its members :Families of Mary Rita, Manjamma b) Hoodi English Area fellowship & its members :Ruth, Families of Vivek Bangera,

Arun, Joshua Augustine, David Jabez, Isaac Peterson, Solomon, Jeevan, Shibu, Dilip & Rajpal

c) Outreach Sunday Schools: Hoodi, Varthur, Sadarmangala, KR puram, Priyankanagar d) For BMC depts.: IT dept, Music & Multimedia, Publication & literature, Ushers, Sen-

ior Worshippers fellowship, Nomination committee, e) Pray for all five VBS- For directors, teachers, volunteers, students, transport, finan-

cial need of Rs 5 lakhs. SATURDAY I. Pray for Churches, Missions & its leaders: a. Pray for mainline churches like CSI, CNI, Baptist, Lutheran, Marthoma and other AG and independent churches. b. For missionary organizations like IEM, FMPB, BYM, SU, ICGM, Campus Crusade, UESI, GEMS, Vishwa Vani, COME, MUT, CGMM, IMS, NMS, MVM, Mission to the Blind and others. II. Pray for BMC: a) Fellowship groups: BMC Sunday School, Teens fellowship, Tamil & English Youth

fellowship (MYF), Tamil & English Women’s fellowship(WSCS), Senior worshippers fellowship, All area fellowships( English, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi & Kannada).

b) For BMC admin: PC members, PC meetings, Subcommittee meetings, effective functioning of sub committees, oneness & prayerfulness in PC & sub committees, that all dept will work towards their yearly & 3 yearly goals.

c) For worship services: Sunday Tamil & English worships at both BMC & WMC, Evening worship service, Dawn service

d) Prayer meetings: Second Saturday prayer, Women’s area prayer cell, Hour of power by men,

e) Marathahalli English Area Fellowship & its members: Yuvraj, Jeffry Samuel, Fami-lies of Dinakar, Dilip, Selvin, Vijay Dhanasekar, Wilfred, Publius, Abhijit, Kingsley, Allwyn, Anies & Immanuel.


BMC Mission Sunday 2019 - Dr. Solomon Pushparaj

Bethel Methodist Church observed Mission Sunday on 23rd & 24th Feb. This year’s theme was "Neighborhood Evangelism". All the programs were planned related to the theme. By God's grace, we had good resource people from Chennai to help us in this topic. Mr. David Chandran & Mrs. Beulah David from Interserve and Mr. & Mrs. Robert Joy from IEM were the resource people.

Area Fellowship Meetings

On 23rd Feb evening, in two places combined area fellowship meetings were arranged.

Bethel Nagar & K.R.Puram combined Area Fellowship meeting was ar-ranged in Bro.Vijay Prakash's house. Mr. David Chandran shared the need of testifying God through our Life and works. Marathahalli & Hoodi com-bined Area Fellowship meeting was arranged in Bro.Selvin's house. Mr. Robert Joy shared his testimony about how God called him for the full time ministry and led him to the ministry among immigrants in Chennai. He shared about the various activities which he is conducting for his neighborhood immigrants. Mrs. Beulah David shared from the life of Aq-uila & Priscilla and helped the participants understand the important qualities/characters we should have in our family life to do the neighbor-hood evangelism.

Tamil & English Services

On 24th Feb, in Tamil & English services, Mr. & Mrs. David Chandran shared the following points and motivated the congregation members to do the effective neighborhood evangelism.

• Who are our Neighbors?

• What are the barriers in neighborhood evangelism?

• What are the different ways to do the neighborhood evangelism?

BMC outreach ministry posters

BMC Mission’s committee showcased the posters in the ground floor which gave the brief information regarding BMC outreach ministries. Mr. Joshua Srikanth coordinated this activity. Currently we are working in 9 different places in and around Bangalore. Pray for the following outreach ministry activities and their coordinators.

• Priyanka Nagar – Dr. Solomon • Sadaramangala – Mr.Irwin • Seetharampalaya – Mr. Jabez • Whitefiled Area – Mr.Franklin & Mr.Atheejoe • Varthur – Mrs.Mala Vasu • K.R.Puram & Hoodi areas (Sunday schools) – Sharon


• Irula – Mr.Shibu • Mohalapalli - Mr. & Mrs. Dinakar Hindi Area fellowship On 24th Feb, evening from 4 to 6 pm for the Hindi Area fellowship mem-bers a meeting is arranged in Mr.Mohan’s house. Mr. Abhijit coordinated the program. Mr. Robert Joy shared the message based on Jeremiah 29:11. Around 25 people attended the fellowship and got blessed in their spiritual life. I thank Our God and Our Pastors for their continuous support to arrange this mission Sunday. I thank Mrs.Selina Mohandas who helped us to find a good resource people. I thank Mr.Joushwa Srikkanth and Mr.& Mrs. Anies for their active coordination to prepare the BMC Outreach ministry post-ers. I thanks all the members for your earnest prayers and your active participants.

Priyanka Nagar Mission Details பிரியங்காநகர்

Location Background:பிண்ணனி / வரலாறு: Priyankanagar is 2 km Away from our BMC church, group of hard working ppl who are mainly doing daily Wage workers, mostly house hold helpers. helper work in the construction industry and other small type industry

Started in : 2013 Language : Kannada Started By : Ministry was started with the Partnership with COME minis-try and BMC Missions team. The ministry work is flourishing well

Current In-charge : Pastor Joshua Das/Dr Solomon Missionary In-charge : Mr. & Mrs. Mark Volunteers : Mr. Bernard, Mr. Gandhi, Mr. Vadivel

Sunday Service : 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm Sunday School : 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm Place: Chinnama’s House is the gathering place for Sunday Service Chinnapa’s House is the gathering place for Kids Sunday School.


Kids Section – Mrs. Iris Irwin

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Pulpit Calendar - March 2019

Date Time Speaker Topic

1-Mar-19 6:00 am (Bilingual) Rev Immanuel Dawn Service

3-Mar-19

7:30 am (Tamil) Rev Immanuel Baptism I Peter 3:21-22 10:00 am (English)

6:30 pm (English) Rev Joshua Das -

6-Mar-19 Ash Wednesday

6:30 pm (Tamil) Repentance and Re-newal

Lead: Rev Joshua Sermon: Rev Immanuel 7:30 pm (English)

10-Mar-19

7:30 am (Tamil) Gideons Team -

10:00 am (English)

6:30 pm (English) Rev Immanuel -

17-Mar-19

7:30 am (Tamil) Rev Immanuel Baptism I Peter 3:21-22 10:00 am (English)

6:30 pm (English) Dr Kumara Raja Singh -

24-Mar-19

7:30 am (Tamil) Rev Immanuel Preparing for the End Times I Peter 4:7-11 10:00 am (English)

6:30 pm (English) Mr Wilfred -

31-Mar-19

7:30 am (Tamil) Mr Selvin Humble Yourselves I Peter 5:6 10:00 am (English) Rev Joshua

6:30 pm (English) Rev Dr Arun Gundimi -

Date Time Speaker Title

3-Mar-19 8:00 am (Tamil)

Rev Joshua Das Humble Yourselves I Peter 5:6 10:00 am (English)

10-Mar-19 8:00 am (Tamil)

Rev Immanuel Baptism I Peter 3:21-22 10:00 am (English)

17-Mar-19 8:00 am (Tamil) Dr Solomon Resist the Devil

I Peter 5:8-11 10:00 am (English) Rev Joshua Das

24-Mar-19 8:00 am (Tamil) Mr Atheejoe Stand fast in Grace

I Peter 5:12 10:00 am (English) Rev Joshua Das

31-Mar-19 8:00 am (Tamil) Baptism

I Peter 3:21-22 Rev Immanuel 10:00 am (English)

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