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How To Best Use Our Time

18 Jul 2022

When is the best time to get married?  Today? Tomorrow? When you’re ready? Never? Jeremy and Metrisha (fondly known as Met) had to ponder this carefully leading up to their wedding at Luther Centre in June.  As many know, time and ministry are things that fill our daily lives such

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Nearly 500 Gather For Resurrection Sunday at CERC

21 Jun 2022

Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching

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Rhakjesh and Esther celebrate the “true love” in marriage

10 Jun 2022

The perfect demonstration of love is not seen in a wedding; it is seen on the cross of Jesus Christ. From David Kuok, 3rd year CMA, in his wedding sermon. The bridesmaids and groomsmen celebrate the union of Rhakjesh and Esther under Christ. On the 14th of May 2022, CERC

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Church Departments Gather for Retreats Over The Long Weekend

31 May 2022

While families across Malaysia took to the roads during the 5-day long Labour Day and Hari Raya holidays, departments across CERC took the opportunity to meet up in their respective working groups in various locations all over the Klang Valley. It was a good time for department leaders to touch

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Sunday School reopens physical classrooms

22 May 2022

On 15 May, CERC Kids reopened Sunday School classrooms on church premises. It was after much careful deliberation, planning, and setting SOPs in place, Sunday School teachers welcomed children from ages 2-12 back to physical classrooms.  Emma, head of Children’s Ministry, said, “It’s been 2 years plus since Sunday School

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Spirit-filled living: Conversion stories of our 21 baptism candidates

20 May 2022

Baptism is the outward sign of all that God does for us in Christ. He unites us with him in his death, grants us forgiveness of sins for his sake and raises us with him to new life in the Spirit. Baptism is the proclamation of the gospel. The Church testifies to how the work of God took place in the hearts of these 21 people. Behind every baptism has a story of how the gospel was preached.

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Four New Apprentices Commissioned

17 May 2022

Elder Robin Gan introducing the CMA program and the four new apprentices  Left to right: Elder Robin, Prisca Wong, Woo Kae Sheng, Cheryl Tan, Joel Tan “The service that God has designed for us in Genesis 1-2, we see now, the church fulfilling it. In Acts 28, we see this

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The Importance of Learning English Grammar to Read Your Bible

30 Apr 2022

As part of our Things to Know to Read the Bible Better (TTKTRTBB) programme, our adult groups are currently going through a series of studies on English grammar so they can read the Bible better… yes, you read that right! Folks in their 20s to 60s are learning the rules

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WEW 2022: The Dark Side

8 Apr 2022

“Wanna believe, wanna believeThat you don’t have a bad bone in your bodyBut the bruises on your ego make you go wild, wild, wild, yeahWanna believe, wanna believeThat even when you’re stone-cold, you’re sorryTell me why you gotta be so outta your mind, yeah” The first stanza of the song

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CERC celebrates the wedding of Jared and DeYing

22 Mar 2022

“Marriage is not just between two people, but it is designed for service to God, and to the world.”  On the 29th of January 2022, CERC celebrated Jared Mea and Yu DeYing’s wedding, the first wedding of many more to come for this year. It is always a joyous occasion

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An Interview with Vanessa: Van is Back! (Part 4)

20 Mar 2022

This is a 4-part video interview with Vanessa Ong, our latest pastor-in-training. Van has just returned to Malaysia in November 2021 with a Bachelor’s of Theology after 4 years in Moore College, Sydney, and CERC is excited to welcome her back!  In this video interview series, pastor-in-training Daniel Lu and

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An Interview with Vanessa: Van is Back! (Part 3)

15 Mar 2022

This is a 4-part video interview with Vanessa Ong, our latest pastor-in-training. Van has just returned to Malaysia in November 2021 with a Bachelor’s of Theology after 4 years in Moore College, Sydney, and CERC is excited to welcome her back!  In this video interview series, pastor-in-training Daniel Lu and

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