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CERC’s 16th Anniversary

21 Nov 2024

Melvin David once imagined a life free from the burden of responsibilities, his days a blur of drinking, parties, and transient pleasures. His early adulthood was a carousel of escapism, spinning through the nights with little regard for the morrow. But that changed when he was introduced to Christ Evangelical

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A Day of Holy Matrimony: Members Joshua and Pei Zoe Celebrate Their Union Before God

15 Nov 2024

Joshua and Pei Zoe chose Ecclesiastes 3 as their main text to convey a clear message to the audience: A life lived apart from God is not true life, and it will never be able to satisfy. With this understanding, the couple decided to commit all aspects of their lives

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CERC gives resounding vote of confidence for Robin Gan to continue as Lead Elder, then welcomes additional shepherds on Ordination Sunday 

13 Oct 2024

On the night of the 5th of October 2024, Pastor Robin Gan closed CERC’s Meet the Elder (MTE) session with this: “Church, you have spoken. Let’s get to work”. For the members present, the brevity of these words only underscored their great weight.   The MTE session serves as a platform

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Paired for a Purpose: Celebrating the Wedding of Eugene and Christine

1 Oct 2024

Joy once again reverberated through the halls of CERC as the congregation gathered on August 17, 2024, to celebrate the wedding of Eugene Wong and Christine Yeo. The ceremony was conducted primarily in Chinese to accommodate the predominantly Chinese-speaking guests. CERC poses for a photo with the newlyweds Upon arrival,

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Different in personalities, but united for service – Barnabas and Huei Yi get married!

28 Sep 2024

“He kept pet snakes, rode motorcycles, and liked taking care of fish. All the things that I was most definitely NOT interested in,” responded Huei Yi when asked for her first impressions of her groom. The guests of Barnabas Liew and Huei Yi’s wedding had a good laugh when they

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Genesis-Exodus Combined GG and New Members’ Foot-Washing Ceremony 

19 Sep 2024

It was a day filled with encouragement and celebration of God’s work through His Spirit and Word in CERC. On Saturday, 20 July 2024, the church gathered not only for a Combined GG gathering but also for the long-anticipated New Members’ Foot-Washing Ceremony and Dinner.  Combined GG  The Combined GG

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Introducing Virtual Growth Group (VGG)

30 Jul 2024

“Every GG aims to grow but I feel like VGG, not saying we’re aiming to die, but our goal is to ship you back to the physical church.” – Rhakjesh Balakrisnen, VGG Leader  Birth of a virtual growth group The beginning of Virtual Growth Group was as chaotic as you

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Training future pastors through the pulpit ft. Exodus series

23 Jul 2024

In the recently concluded Exodus sermon series, 5 of CERC’s Church Ministers’ Apprentices (CMA) took to the pulpit to preach sermons from the book of Exodus. The CMAs preached 9 out of 20 sermons, almost half of the whole series.  Pastors-in-Training (PiT) Jerome Leng and Daniel Lu preached the remaining

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Youths Hungry To Hear About God in Exodus

7 Jul 2024

On the Sunday gathering of 21 April 2024, as Christ Evangelical Reformed Church (CERC) reaches the halfway point of its Exodus series, the youths of CERC are equally immersed in an exciting and gripping part of the story during their Youth Church sessions. The hunger and eagerness to hear God’s

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Rev Dr David Peterson reviews “More Calvinistic Than Calvin?”

12 May 2024

A review of the book “More Calvinistic Than Calvin? Hardline Reformed Theology & The Malaysian Church” authored by Hwa Yung, Lee Soo Tian, Lee Tat Yan and Lim Kar Yong. When Christians Differ When Christians differ over matters of biblical interpretation, doctrine, ethics, or pastoral issues, it is important that

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Baptism on Resurrection Sunday: Embracing the new life

29 Apr 2024

On the final day of March, CERC celebrated Resurrection Sunday in both AM and PM gatherings. Every year, CERC celebrates Resurrection Sunday in reminder of Christ, the Saviour King who resurrected to redeem his people from sin. Pastor in Training (PiT), Jerome Leng delivered an engaging sermon on Exodus, focusing

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Woman For Man

22 Apr 2024

In March, CERC had its annual women’s event – Women Encouraging Women (WEW). This year’s topic, Women VS Men, involved understanding both sexes, how God designed man and woman, and how each has their unique complementarian role in serving the Lord. Thus, in line with this topic, it was the

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