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Monday, August 28, 2006

*Missionary W372!!!

Before I go, I gotta update this blog. You should see some changes made to the side bar now.

W372 is a WONDERFUL CG. I realise that as I move on in life, my "best" friends keep changing. I mix around with different group of people at different periods of time. I am glad to say that the quality of my friends and friendship keep improving, know what I mean? Haha.

Serving the Lord together with all you is fun and fruitful. I foresee that many more will be added on to us and multiplication is already visibly on the way!

Although we lament about the people who have left us, the people who is with us currently have gotten stronger and is growing in the Lord and it can be evident in the last CG meeting and the openess of the friends we invited for Sunday's outings.

Meanwhile, please remember to pray for one another and not let the words of what other people may say about us to affect us. At the same time, let us not say anything to others/outsiders that may expose our members to scrutiny.

Remember about what Pastor Kong taught on Saturday, protect each other and love one another. Let not other people have the chance to talk bad about us but let us be the light and salt to the earth!

(That is so to say if there is anyone of you who is sharing too much things with and sharing things you shouldn't be sharing with someone, be it about yourself or the CG, you have to seriously review your "friendship" with that person, especially if that person is not a CG member.)

Let's go to less "serious" topics now.

Desmond, Yixuan and I, Benjamin will be going over to KL to help with their Emerge Conference!

Carolyn will be flying to India to do community work!

Please ALWAYS keep us in prayer as it is important to us. When we are back, we will share with you all the AWESOME stories about our trip.

Everyone in W372 is important. You are our power base where spiritual support will come from.

So I say again, remember to PRAY for us! May God bless us with journey mercy and a FANTASIC time in our trip!

Gen 11:6
"Indeed the people are one... now nothing they proposed to do will be withheld from them." Amen!

When I am back, I will post the photos taken during the outing. We really had a WONDERFUL outing on Sunday. Haha.

Benjamin @ 1:25 AM

GOD IS GOOD!!!

Sunday, August 20, 2006

*"DR. BERNARD! WE WANT YOU BACK!!!"

The conference with Dr. A.R. Bernard was over but I believe many lives had being impacted and thousands of people will never be the same again!

Yes! Dr. Bernard is such a great motivator! His mission this time round was to EDUCATE us, to ENCOURAGE us and to EMPOWER us and he accomplished it with great excellence!

Every word that flows out of Dr. Bernard's mouth is wisdom, every sentence is a main point. You just don't know what to take note! I scribbled like a mad man every service and filled up five to six pages of notes each day!

Dr. Bernard was focusing on the topic of "Kristos Kai Kosmos", which is literally translated as Christ in Culture, meaning that we as the church must be relevant to the society and represent Christ in modern culture.

If you have missed what he taught throughout this three days, here is the conclusive point that he made on the last day.

INFORMATION enters your MIND and the mind turns it into a BELIEF which affects your SELF-ESTEEM, producing ACTIONS that brings about a RESULT that forms a HABIT and determine your SUCCESS OR FAILURE.

So in order to change the situation you are in today, you will have to go back to the root of the problem, which is the INFORMATION. You must receive NEW INFORMATIONS and perceive it with a RENEWED MIND in order to change your FAILURES into SUCCESS!

So what about the rest of the pointers?

Can't expect me to pen down 3 days worth of sermons (or 16 pages long notes) here on the blog isn't it?

Anyway, if you are really hungry for the word, go BUY THE CDs! A good teaching is worth listening again and again. What's more, Dr. Bernard's preaching is not just good, it is EXCELLENT!!!

Here are some photos we took during the conference.

These are taken on the first evening.

2nd evening. Yixuan looked very formal tonight. Haha!

That's me posing with you.

Chloe making face.

We are a very PHOTOGENIC CG!

A special gallery for Yixuan. Haha.

We also celebrated Pastor Kong's Birthday on Sunday! His birthday is this Wednesday on the 23rd of August (am I right? Haha!). So...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PASTOR KONG!!!

So to sum up our feelings with words...

"DR. BERNARD! WE WANT YOU BACK!!!" Haha!

Benjamin @ 9:52 PM

GOD IS GOOD!!!

Thursday, August 17, 2006

*A Word of Thanks From This Blog!

Really wanna thank everyone who helped to kept this blog alive!

I am refering to the Taggers of course! Haha.

Our Top Tagger will happen to be Cordy! aka Yixuan! It is interesting to know that someone will tag here every other day (save for the days she isn't working, haha!). So you are officially "Champion Tagger" from today on. Haha.

Doesn't matter what you wanna say in here (save for vulgarities and unconstructive criticizims, which I believe you all will not do it), the flooding of the tag board had really turned it into what I had intended to be, "A FELLOWSHIP BOARD"! Haha.

So who else had tagged?

The Enigmatic Tagger, Boon Teck, who always appear with some strange nick. (Currently he is known as Genius.)

The Watchers like Minqi and Huiyi who will make their presence known.

The Man of Smiles, Roger, who always leaves his laughter behind.

Our Newcomer, Cawo aka Carolyn who quickly contributed the moment she joined us!

Our Missionaries, Mei Hui and Elton, because they don't have internet access at home, they will have to go around to access it and will still come here to fellowship!

Our other Administrator, Desmond, who though so busy will never give reading this blog and the tags a miss.

Also our Encourager, Hong Yun, who well... always encourage others on the taggy, of course. Haha.

Not forgetting Chloe, and a few others who had also left their mark behind.

Thanks for tagging people! Keep it up!

P.S. Many of us are having our exams now/soon. Please keep praying for all of us. Let us shine for Christ in our studies!

Benjamin @ 10:38 AM

GOD IS GOOD!!!

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

*Marriage Seminar Continues.

After a couple of exciting week, we are back with our Marriage Seminar again.

Pastor was preaching about the roles of the wife and the husband this week. As a youth, you probably will catch this point, "Man are the ones who should initiates", you know what I mean? Haha.

A marriage seminar may sounds like it is meant for couples who are either planning to get married or already married. Some may even think that it is more relevant for couples whose marriages are on the rocks.

Now as you think about it, if this seminar is only meant for married couples, then the only ones who will attend are probably having healthy marriages. Couples who are on the verge on breaking up (meaning those who SHOULD really attend this seminar) will not even bother to attend.

Since most of us will get married one day (save for those with special reasons), why not learn it while we are still young? This seminar also teaches about the appropriate behaviour of being a man or a woman and clarify certain sexist concepts that was misquoted in the bible.

So ladies out there, don't let man bully you, ya?

One of my friend attended all four lessons, two of which she attended unintentionally because she was accompanying memebers for makeup. She said she has decided to attend all the rest of the lesson as she finds it relevant and interesting despite not having the intention to marry so soon.

Some things are good to learn while you are still young, while you still have time to become a better man or woman.

So even though we are a CG of youth and young adults, do take time off for the next couple of months and attend every lessons. It is going to benefit you greatly.

So what's next? Dr. A.R. Bernard is coming back to town! I have attended a couple of his meetings in the past and the last one was three years ago! He is a great teacher and he can tuly inspires people through his teachings.

The last time round he taught about having excellence, many people in church readily took up part-time diplomas and degrees to continue that studies that they always wanted to pursue.

Unless you can really inspires, how could you make so many people decide to go back to school again after so many years in the work force? When the fact reigns that many youngsters who are schooling don't even want to go to school! Haha.

Dr. Bernard is very much involve in high level talks and meetings in Washington D.C. With much things happening around the world and the involvement of U.S. in most of the matters, Dr. Bernard had cancelled his trips here over the past few years.

Finally he is coming back. If you MISS this meeting, you never know when he is coming again. Haha.

Benjamin @ 11:29 AM

GOD IS GOOD!!!

Monday, August 07, 2006

*August is One Busy Month

One week had passed since the deliverance service with Rev. Mike Connell. Praise God that many of us were set free that day!

It was indeed an unique experience for many of us who attended such services for the first time.

Just as our walk with God is not an one-time event at the altar call, deliverance is a booster but not a conclusion.

Let us continue to pray and fast regularly to seek the face of God. For the bible says that that our walk with God is like a race where we have to keep moving higher from where we are. Phil 3:14.

There were two events last weekend, The 20th Festival of Praise and our church 17th Anniversary.

CCC band and Don Moen came to minister in both events. CCC with their youthful energy rocked the whole stadium while Don Moen played his style of evergreen music that makes the elders felt nostalgic. Yee Har!!!

The preacher for the FOP was Rev. Dr. Ed Silvoso, the man who start off the biblical teaching about the marketplace.

Dr. Ed started the first night with a message that boost your self-esteem. Apparently, many people were not able to catch his points during the first night. It was quite expected since this was the first time we hear him preach and we weren't able to get use to his style of preaching (and his accent).

Nonetheless, for the sake of the people who did not attend the first night and for those who didn't catch the important points, here's the summary:

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God Has a Great Plan for You.

Read the story of Gideon from Judges chapter 6 to 7.

No matter how insignificant you think you are, God has great plans for you, just as in the case of Gideon.

1. God has a better opinion of you than the opinion you have of yourself.

2. When you go for the nations, God will cause the people around you (seniors, elders, leaders, peers) to have a better opinion of you.

3. When you move into the enemy's camp, God will cause your enemies to have a better of you.
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So that summaries the message. Dr. Ed also mentioned to the older generation that they should not hinder the growth of the youth but they should do all they can to help them.

The 17th Anniversary was one of the best services so far. We were reminded of the times when our faith was tested and how far we had come.

The celebration ended with a high note; a gigantic birthday cake, falling of balloons and also the celebration of Rev. Kong Hee's 20th year in ministry.

Just wanna say, "Pastor Kong, Thank YOU!" :)

Thank you for coming. God bless you. (Doesn't this sounds familar? Haha.)

Benjamin @ 1:14 PM

GOD IS GOOD!!!