National BK Postal Bible Quiz 2013

It's the time of the year when the annual National Bible Knowledge Postal Bible Quiz is held for all students in the country. This year the texts used for the quiz are from Genesis 25-29 and Acts 8-15. The church will be holding the Quiz on April 28 @ 12.15 pm. So for our church participants please read up the texts early and get ready for the BIG day!

Money Matters

We know that money is important and useful in this life. Yet sometimes we give too little thought in the way we manage it. As Christian we are called to be good stewards of what God has given and we are accountable for it. What then does the Bible teach about it? To help young people, we have come out with a seminar series on Money Matters from a Biblical understanding. The invitation is open to anyone that needs to know more about this matter. Just look out for the dates and topics that have been planned.

TGIGF!

Thank God Its Good Friday! But what's so good about Good Friday? People do not think that death is any good. In fact it's a curse for many to even talk about it! If you want to find out why Christians remember and celebrate Good Friday, then come for this special Youth gathering on this coming Good Friday (Mar 29)! Be ready for a life-changing experience! Here is our invitation.

For more information about our Easter Sunday Service go to the Grace EFC link.

National Postal BK Quiz 2012

The National BK Quiz is back again! We will host it at our church on this April 15. This year's quiz texts are taken from Genesis 20-24 & the Miracles of Jesus (from Gospel of Luke) How many miracles are there recorded for us? Well, there are at least 21 miracles. So please start your reading from Ch. 4 to 22! For a list of the references, please look at the Notice Board. As a further incentive, the questions will be easier than before!

New Year New Beginning

A new year brings new things. For our fellowship, it also marks a new beginning for change. The first change is to meet every week unless for some special reason. This really takes greater commitment. Secondly, the meeting time has also been changed to the evening. To kick off this new change we are starting a new study series on Six Steps to Encouragement. Our goal is to learn how to encourage each other in a practical way with the Word of God. Sounds easy? The first study starts this Saturday (Jan 7) @ 8.30 pm. We need all the encouragement to see through all these changes!

Expanding Our Wings!

Last month during the EFCM Leadership Seminar, our church was given the honour to lead worship for one of the sessions. It was the first time doing something like this and in front of leaders from the other EFC churches including the guest speaker, Pr. Edmund Chan! Our young people did not disappoint! Congratulations Jason, Bernard and Grace! We are proud that you took the challenge. There will more opportunities in future! Let's fly with wings of eagle and soar up higher for the glory of the Lord!

Youths in Action

At our recent trip to Pengkalan Hulu, our young people played a major role in leading and running the programmes. Here are some pictures of them in action. Keep it up guys & gals, as you strive to do greater things for the Lord!

Healthy Living

This Saturday (Mar 19) the YF is organising a time for young people to come together for a time to learn what is healthy living, followed by a game of badminton. We will start from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm. After that if you have time, stay back for a time to 'lepak' over lunch at the nearby shops. So come dressed to play and some money for lunch. Shuttlecocks, badminton rackets and water will be provided FOC! Come and invite your friends too!

Venue:
Supersports Management Sdn Bhd
Lot 830 Jalan Subang 6
Taman Perindustrian Subang
USJ1, Subang Jaya

Christmas Eve Countdown 2010

Christmas is less than three weeks away. If you have not invited anyone, here is the invitation that you can use to invite your friends. This year we are going to see all our young people getting involved in the organising and showcasing of their talents! We have also got a 'foreign' group of young teenagers as our guest performers. Come, eat, play, see and hear the Good News. It's going to be a fun time as we work towards the Christmas countdown! May this year's celebration be a memorable one!

Fear Factor

It is very challenging to do cross cultural missionary work. There are lots of new things to learn and get used to. Only recently someone just shared how his daughter had to learn three languages to serve on the mission field so that she can deal with the authorities and the target group she works with. As Malaysians we enjoy our food a lot and would go to great distances to taste something good! But I wonder if we are as adventurous when it comes to some of the strange things that missionaries have to eat.

Here is a list of some of these strange things that one missionary gathered from his friends:
1) Grilled dog (Honduras)
2) Raw monkey brains (Indonesia)
3) Goat head (Haiti)
4) Cockroaches (Thailand)
5) Termite larvae in goat's milk (Central America)
6) Field rat (Philippines)
7) Stewed wildcat (Honduras)
8) Grasshoppers (Mexico)
9) Boiled ant larvae (Thailand)
10) Mice-on-a-stick (Malawi)
11) Giant black snail (Nigeria) - tasted like an old tyre!

The list can be longer! Like the apostle Peter, the Lord may have to show us that there are some things that we may call unclean that He has made clean before us! Of course it was in the context of taking the gospel to the home of the Gentile Cornelius. For the gospel, Peter entered the house of a Gentile for the first time. Something a good Jew would never do so as not to become impure. Peter preached the gospel and the whole household was saved! What would you eat for Jesus? Are you be prepared to go anywhere and do anything for the gospel? Start by giving your life fully to Him where you are. Allow Him to show you the way and overcome some of your fears and even dislikes for the gospel!

Ps Ben

Disqualifying Yourself

A golfer in USA disqualified himself after winning a junior PGA tournament! He did so after discovering that he had violated a rule of having an extra club, which incurred a penalty and hence incorrectly signing his scorecard. He could have kept quiet and got away with it as no one knew about it. But he did not. Upon discovering his 'mistake' he called the tournament director, explained what had happened, and returned the medal the following day.

You may be thinking that this is another story about honesty. What struck me about this story as I read it was that this golfer, Zach Nash, is a 14-year old. Even his parents did not expect him to have done that as they thought him to be just a regular teenager! A pleasant surprise. But they must have certainly done something right that their son did not hesitate to do what was right. Being honest can be costly in the short term but for Zach, it had made him more aware of all the rules of golfing! In his next tournament, he counted his clubs three times!

BK Postal Bible Quiz 2011

The BK Quiz for next year will be held earlier than usual in January 2011. The actual dates for taking the paper will be confirmed later. For all of you who are taking this quiz, you can get a head start by reading the Bible text from Genesis 15-19 and Acts 1-9.

Farewell

Last Sunday we had another farewell! This time it was for Adrianna, who will be leaving by the end of August for Canada to further her studies. We will miss her. But we will remember her for the time she was with us and before the Lord who will watch over her. Here is a group pix (courtesy of Jason) of the group after our lunch at Empire Gallery.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Adrianna, Benjamin, Jason & Chiing for taking this important step to get baptised today. Don't stop here but go on to greater heights that the Lord has planned for you all!

Here are some pictures of them sharing their testimony. Maybe some of you would like to share your experience during the baptism?

The B-Day

This Sunday (July 11) afternoon @ 1.30 pm we will have four of our youths getting baptised. We thank God for their faith and commitment to want to obey the command of Jesus Christ (Matt. 28:19). We have used different places all these years but this will be the first time we are using a place within the USJ1 area. Thanks to the dear brethren from the Household of Faith, who allowed us to use their premise. It will be a slightly different experience to do the baptism indoors. Let's give our support and encouragement to Adrianna, Benjamin, Jason & Chiing by praying for them and coming to witness their B-Day! ('B' can mean Baptism or Big!) We hope to have some pictures of the celebration and also some personal accounts from them in future blogs! Yes, I am looking forward to that day! Are you?

Ps Ben

We Are Back!

Why are these young people so happy? Well they just came back from our church camp! Just looking at their faces can tell you a lot more than a thousand words. But it would still be nice for some of these campers to share their experience from the camp. How did the Word of God impact your life? What do you hope to change when you return home to your regular life?

Church Camp - Last Call!

The day for our Church Camp at STM Seremban is fast drawing near (June 11-13). Everything is almost ready as we work with the SU team who will help us with this Intergenerational Camp. Registration starts on Friday from 12.00 noon followed by Family Games @ 2.30 pm. We leave on Sunday after lunch. So if you have not signed up or have confirmed with your friends, please do so this week. The final confirmation date is this Sunday (May 30). It's only RM110 per person. A real bargain for 3D/2N outing! So come and join us.

BK Quiz Results

The recent BK Quiz results are out. I am quite pleased with the overall results. Some of you did really well! The subjective section was the weak link amongst many of you. So if you want to improve yourself for the next quiz, take time to prepare and don't depend on last minute revision! If you were disappointed with your results, work harder for 2011. There is still hope to redeem yourself! For those who passed the certificates should be received by end June or thereabouts.

Ps. Ben

The Master Pieces!

After waiting for almost three weeks to get our pottery fired up, we can now see the fruits of our labour. The finishing turned out to be better than I had expected! Now I really know my artistic level and I think I should be able to do better if there is a next time! These 'master pieces' can be collected this weekend at the church.For those who like our work and would like to hire us for future projects, please contact us! ;-)

Apprentices at Work!

We had an interesting time at the Pottery workshop last Sunday. Our hands got dirty trying to get our work of art into shape! Of course for some of us more work will be needed to dig up the artistic juice! Personally I was thinking that I could get my hand at the pottery wheel but it was not to be. Thank God! Otherwise the result would have been very messy and more out of shape products. Here are some pictures of the team at work! Later we will show you our work of art before and after it had all been fired up in the kiln.


The trainee Potters with our sifu.

The trainee Potters in training.

The trainee Potters at work.