Monday 5 October 2009
We celebrated the confirmation of five young people yesterday- Marcus, Alison, Jeaphony, Amanda and Joel Seow! Yay!! Congratulations to everyone =)! Personally, I was really blessed by the sermon delivered by Bishop JohnTan... it was powerful, inspiring and truly a word in season from the Lord. The call to return to our daily sanctuary is such an important discipline and practice in the Christian life that if we were to fail in this area, it has dire consequences on all other areas of our lives. So, once again, I'm reminded to be faithful, to learn 'a new word' a day and to listen to God speak.
After service, the older youth gathered for cell. We were mindful of Philippians 2:14-15 "Do everything without complaining or arguing. Then you will be innocent and without any wrong. You will be God's children without fault. But you are living with crooked and mean people all around you, among whom you shines like stars in the dark world." The cell had a meaningful and powerful moment as we affirmed one another to shine for Jesus in the darkness all around us. It was a heartwarming and touching moment as each cell member encouraged the person on their left how they were shining for God in their lives, and lighting up their candles as they passed the light on. At the end of this, we realised how beautiful it was when Christians shine together for God- it transforms and brightens up the whole world around them! May we all continue to SHINE brightly for Jesus in our lives!
Last, but not least, enjoy these macho shots of our soccer boys! YAY! If you want the soccer tee, volunteer at the Family Day next year =)
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Friday 25 September 2009
In case some of you were wondering how come the DSS exhibition ended up having mainly pictures of our youths instead of the exhibits... oh well, blame it on me la =) Had a pretty hard time uploading the pics on blogspot...sometimes it hanged... sometimes it looked bad..etc etc. But here are the more important shots- THE EXHIBITS themselves, and the stories they tell of God's faithfulness in preserving a legacy for our faith =) Enjoy!A fragment of the DSS scroll
Kerilyn poking Martin Luther's face
The Geneva Bible
Clay figurines
The First Bible that went to space- in Microfilm
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Wednesday 16 September 2009
Walking through the exhibition was an amazing experience for me, as history unravelled before my eyes... God's history, that is. I can imagine how our heavenly Father has ordained and prepared for all the different individuals to carry out His passion and purposes in the presevation and transmission of His word, so that indeed, all the world may know Him and worship Him! Personally, my faith was strenghtened in God's word, not because we managed to catch a glimpse of the 4 pcs of dead seas scrolls which cements yet another archaelogical evidence for the solidarity of the Old Testament, but really, because I am amazed at how our God and Creator has orchestrated the history of events to make His word available and known to the world today! God knows that people living in our era need that evidence for His word... this would have been quite irrelevant to people living in previous centuries because no one would have ever dared doubt the authenticity and validity of the Bible.With the advancement of technology, I can surely see how the good news of Jesus will reach the ends of the earth in greater and more powerful ways than ever before! Which again, brings us to a sober reminder of Matt 24:14 "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." May we be diligent students, exemplars and loudhailers for God's truth!
The happy bunch of folks waiting to get inside The Arts House! Shawn posing with an interesting 'rice grain' sculpture outside... waiting for the rest to come and viola! We're in the theater watching a video...
A clay tablet depicting ancient writing- looks a bit like hieroglyphic to me. There were other exhibits that displayed cuneiform writing, which are written using a scalpel like pen to carve words onto clay.
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Monday 14 September 2009
We had a really great time celebrating God's faithfulness in our church and lives! Indeed, He is our very present help in times of need, and this year's anniversary reminded me of how faithful and great our God is... =)
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Happy Sweet 13th!
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Yes I know, once again my overdued pictures arrive late on the scene and its Sept already!!! Heheh... oh well, better late than never =) Pretty ladies and hunky gents... well at least most of us bothered to dress up for the occasion! Chill =)
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