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Camps and retreats are highlights in the church calendar. The time set aside for the intensive study and meditation of God’s Word is rewarded with enlightenment, renewal, and a closer walk with God.

Family Camp (yearly, March school holidays)

Every year, we gather at a hotel resort in Johor for a week of studying God’s Word and strengthening bonds of fellowship. Different programmes cater to the diverse needs of our members, even as we come together as one. Pastors and members from our IPC Family would also join us at Family Camp.

Junior Camp (yearly, June school holidays)

Through a meaningful week of games and activities, we seek to reach out to children with God’s love. The Junior Camp is also an opportunity for the Camp Committee to grow in their service.

Youth Conference (yearly, December school holidays)

The Youth Conference is where young people learn the relevance of faith. Here they discover the reality of God to help them face the challenges of an increasingly treacherous path towards adulthood. Young people from Australia and Korea also join us for this.

YAG Retreats

The YAG retreats take place biannually. These retreats offer short periods of focused instruction, with themes targeted at Christian workers and servants of God.

Children are a precious gift from God. From an early age, we seek to help them come to faith in God, showing them His love and teaching them His ways. We strive to relate to them so that they may grow to love God and His family. Eventually, they may even take their place to serve Him in later years.

The Junior Sunday School and Children’s Worship work together in this very important ministry.

Bethany does not hire caretakers to clean the church. Instead, our young people learn to care for the church of God. Every Sunday, teams of young people wash, wipe, mop and vacuum after morning and evening worship services. Many also help to clean up the kitchen after fellowship lunch and dinner.

Strong bonds of Christian friendship and fellowship are forged between people in fellowship groups. These grow out of a common love for God and from camaraderie in the journey of faith, through discovery, growth and service.

Young People’s Group Saturday 3pm

Young Adults’ Group Saturday 3pm

Adults’ Ministry (AM Bethany) Saturday 5pm

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me.” Psalm 23:4

The last lap of our journey on earth can be painful, fraught with illness and suffering. However, it can also be a period of great character moulding as we seek to end the journey well and prepare for eternity.

One way we express our love for others is through walking with them in their last lap of life, supporting them physically, emotionally and spiritually. It is truly a privilege to help them to know the God of all comfort before they are finally ushered into His presence.

Fellowship is greatly enhanced over meals. At Bethany, the love for God and His people is evident in the extensive spread carefully and lovingly prepared on various occasions. The team prepares these meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Sundays, as well as for camps, post-concert suppers, and funerals.

Our online devotionals, written by Pastor Charles, form a valuable Bible study resource. It is being added to regularly and we call it our Heritage Library.

These series are printed in book form yearly and distributed free of charge during special occasions such as Easter and Christmas. They are also sent to churches in our IPC Family.

The multimedia ministry plays an important supportive role to ensure that every worshipper can participate unhindered in worship. They make sure that the Word preached effectively reaches its intended recipients, and that the worship is enhanced in all of its different forms and channels.

The multimedia ministry encompasses the teams operating and maintaining the audiovisual systems, those developing visual aids and videos to enhance worship, those looking after the information technology systems in the church, as well as the web ministry.

Praising God is integral to Christian life. As King David said in Psalm 103, “Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy Name!”; we also lift our hearts in praise and adoration to God for all His wondrous works.

Our choirs perform regularly as part of worship. Easter and Christmas musicals are outreach opportunities when we invite friends and family to come discover God and find out more about church.

Our choirs:
Youth Choir
One Voice – young adults
Evergreens – older adults
Kaki’s – men who just want to get together to sing praise to God
Handbells Choir and Chimes

Small groups are a source of special blessings:
Crossroads
Remnants – made up of a few young men – the name being derived from Isaiah 10:22 (Romans 9:27) “Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved.”
New songs group – a group of young people tasked to introduce new songs to the congregation and to share how these songs are meaningful to them.

The poetry ministry grew out of a desire to communicate important truths from God’s Word with biblically-inspired poetry.

These poems are distributed in the weekly bulletin, complementing the pulpit ministry. They also form part of the Wall Ministry where the walls of the church are transformed into billboards, displaying artwork, testimonies and poems. The pulpit theme is also further communicated and illustrated through these means.

The poems are also made into greeting cards and eCards, for those who wish to send a word of encouragement.

Read poems online

The Sunday School Ministry forms the bedrock of Christian education at Bethany. From the youngest child to the most mature Christian, we seek to establish all in the faith and equip all for effective service and ministry.

Classes follow a curriculum under the oversight of the pastoral team:

Crèche Pre-school (during morning worship)

Beginner Sunday School Nursery School & Kindergarten

Junior Sunday School 1 7-9 years old

Junior Sunday School 2 10-12 years old

Intermediate Sunday School 13-16 years old

Senior Sunday School 1 Pre-University & University students

Senior Sunday School 2 Young adults, married couples, retirees

Senior Sunday School 3 Foreign domestic workers

Senior Sunday School 4 Mature Christians

The church gets pretty crowded on weekends. Ushers and carpark marshals help to ensure the smooth movement of people and cars so that worship is not hindered.

The MRT station and the bus stop across the road can be challenging to walk to, especially for some of our older worshippers. To help them each Sunday, the van travels between the bus stop, MRT station, and church, ferrying worshippers before and after worship.

The preaching of the Word of God is foundational to all ministries in Bethany. The pulpit theme and messages are carefully developed in prayer. They form the basis for the bulletin articles, the worship programmes and the various ministries and activities in the church.

Children’s worship 10.30am

Morning worship 10.30am

Evening worship 5.00pm

Bilingual worship 5.00pm