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Father's Day 20 June 2010 Video
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Prayer Requests
1. Pray for our new Territorial Commander, Colonel Gillian Downer.
2. Pary for Sis Carmen. She will be going to Sweden for the World Youth Conovention from 15-18 July 2010.
3. Penang Open Day. Pray for our sponsors and donors, selling of the tickets.
4. Please pray for Sister Jenny Ooi who travel to Australia
5. Pray also for Sunny Family's.
2. Pary for Sis Carmen. She will be going to Sweden for the World Youth Conovention from 15-18 July 2010.
3. Penang Open Day. Pray for our sponsors and donors, selling of the tickets.
4. Please pray for Sister Jenny Ooi who travel to Australia
5. Pray also for Sunny Family's.
Announcements
1. New Territorial Commander.
Colonel Gillian Downer will be install on 3rd July 2010 in Singapore as our new Territorial Commander.
2. Ladies Fellowship
Date: 3 July 2010. Time 8pm
Venue: TSA Penang Corps, Quarters.
Fellowship title: Enzyme
3. TSA Open Day
Date: 28 Aug 2010,
Venue TSA Penang Children's Home
Target to raise RM60,000 for Children's Home, Corps and Community Service Centre.
Please help to sell the tickets.
4. Corps Sports/Outing
Date: 10 July 2010
Venue: MengKuang Dam
We'll meet at the TSA Penang Corps at 6:30am
Colonel Gillian Downer will be install on 3rd July 2010 in Singapore as our new Territorial Commander.
2. Ladies Fellowship
Date: 3 July 2010. Time 8pm
Venue: TSA Penang Corps, Quarters.
Fellowship title: Enzyme
3. TSA Open Day
Date: 28 Aug 2010,
Venue TSA Penang Children's Home
Target to raise RM60,000 for Children's Home, Corps and Community Service Centre.
Please help to sell the tickets.
4. Corps Sports/Outing
Date: 10 July 2010
Venue: MengKuang Dam
We'll meet at the TSA Penang Corps at 6:30am
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
The man who serves
HAVE you ever dreamt of having a robot who would do all the boring chores around the house, maybe even serving you breakfast in bed?
Robots have long been used in carrying out repetitive tasks, such as assembling cars. Scientists have also been developing robots that can carry out intricate surgical operations.
The use of robots took an unusual turn last month when i-Fairy – a four-foot robot developed by the Japanese company Kokoro – conducted the wedding of Tomohiro Shibata and his bride Satoko Inouye at a Tokyo restaurant.
Developers of technology hope that robots will become a familiar sight in our homes. So should we be concerned that robots may take over or should we embrace the new technology, giving ourselves more leisure time?
In days gone by, having servants was a sign of affluence and power. But if we go further back in history, we find servants who were slaves, owned by their masters and often brutally treated. They were not employees but counted among the chattels of an estate, the lowest on the ladder of life.
In parts of the world, even today, that is still the case. Sudan, for example, has seen a resurgence of slavery since the 1983 civil war. The writer Francis Piol Bol Bok was a Dinka tribesman who in 1986 – at the age of just seven – was captured and enslaved during a militia attack. He was a slave for ten years.
In Jesus’ time slaves and servants were commonplace. Yet Jesus said: ‘I am among you as one who serves’ (Luke 22:27 New International Version).
On one occasion when Jesus was with his closest followers he took a basin and a towel and washed their hot, sweaty feet. It was a powerful illustration of what he meant when he said that he was one who served.
His actions spoke louder than his words. He was prepared to serve, to put himself in the place of a slave.
Jesus challenges those who would follow him to do likewise – to serve others rather than want to be served.
It is a revolutionary idea, but being prepared to serve people in the name of Jesus brings a tremendous freedom and joy.
TSA War Cry June 2010
Robots have long been used in carrying out repetitive tasks, such as assembling cars. Scientists have also been developing robots that can carry out intricate surgical operations.
The use of robots took an unusual turn last month when i-Fairy – a four-foot robot developed by the Japanese company Kokoro – conducted the wedding of Tomohiro Shibata and his bride Satoko Inouye at a Tokyo restaurant.
Developers of technology hope that robots will become a familiar sight in our homes. So should we be concerned that robots may take over or should we embrace the new technology, giving ourselves more leisure time?
In days gone by, having servants was a sign of affluence and power. But if we go further back in history, we find servants who were slaves, owned by their masters and often brutally treated. They were not employees but counted among the chattels of an estate, the lowest on the ladder of life.
In parts of the world, even today, that is still the case. Sudan, for example, has seen a resurgence of slavery since the 1983 civil war. The writer Francis Piol Bol Bok was a Dinka tribesman who in 1986 – at the age of just seven – was captured and enslaved during a militia attack. He was a slave for ten years.
In Jesus’ time slaves and servants were commonplace. Yet Jesus said: ‘I am among you as one who serves’ (Luke 22:27 New International Version).
On one occasion when Jesus was with his closest followers he took a basin and a towel and washed their hot, sweaty feet. It was a powerful illustration of what he meant when he said that he was one who served.
His actions spoke louder than his words. He was prepared to serve, to put himself in the place of a slave.
Jesus challenges those who would follow him to do likewise – to serve others rather than want to be served.
It is a revolutionary idea, but being prepared to serve people in the name of Jesus brings a tremendous freedom and joy.
TSA War Cry June 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Not of this world
ARE we alone in the Universe? It’s a question that intrigues many people.From H. G. Wells’s War of the Worlds to last year’s blockbuster Avatar, there appears to be no end to the public’s appetite for a good story about weird, wonderful and sometimes frightening creatures from outer space.
But, according to astro-biologist Simon Conway Morris, if there are life forms in other galaxies, they will be ‘very like us’. The academic, quoted in The Guardian, argues that carbon-based bipeds must, according to the laws of evolution, be roughly the same throughout the Universe’s 250 billion galaxies. As the paper described it: they would be ‘boringly humanoid’.
But I would be surprised if the comments of Dr Conway Morris suddenly brought an end to the books, TV programmes and films speculating on what aliens might be like.
The Swiss author Erich von Däniken has made extravagant claims about extraterrestrial influences on early culture on the Earth. In his book The Gods were Astronauts, he suggests that some of the gods described in ancient religions were actually extraterrestrials.
That sounds far-fetched but, judging by the number of websites on the subject, some people even believe that Jesus was an alien.
Perhaps the website authors have misunderstood the words of Jesus when he said: ‘You are of this world; I am not of this world’ (John 8:23 New International Version).
But did Jesus mean he was a visiting alien? No, he didn’t.
Jesus was explaining to the religious leaders of the day that he had been sent from God and was going to return to him. His hearers failed to understand what he was saying.
Jesus was ‘not of this world’ because he offered an alternative to the conventional ways of the world. While many people aim to please themselves, Jesus modelled a lifestyle that puts others first – even if it meant making tough, painful decisions.
While many people base their lifestyle on ‘if it feels good – do it’, Jesus taught about the benefits of self-control and being aware of, and trying to meet, our neighbours’ needs.
We don’t have to look for evidence of a different and exciting life on other planets. Jesus offers us a new way of living here and now.
War Cry TSA UK 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Prayer Request
Continue to pray for the following
1. Please pray for our father's day programme
2. Pray for Territorial Youth Camp, Malaysia, 7-11 June 2010, Penang.
3. Pray for the Secret Angel Programme.
4. Pray for revival to our spiritual life and serving God.
5. Pray for Penang Open Day, pray for our sponsor and donor, selling of coupons.
1. Please pray for our father's day programme
2. Pray for Territorial Youth Camp, Malaysia, 7-11 June 2010, Penang.
3. Pray for the Secret Angel Programme.
4. Pray for revival to our spiritual life and serving God.
5. Pray for Penang Open Day, pray for our sponsor and donor, selling of coupons.
Announcements
1. Father's Day Programme
Date: 20 June 2010. Venue: Corps Time: After Sunday Service. Programme will be organized by the ladies. All are welcome.
2. Territorial Youth Camp
Date: 7-11 June 2010. Hosted by TSA Penang. There will be about 80 participants including youth, volunteer, officers.
3. William Booth Corps Youth Visit
Date: 17-19 June 2010. They will be conducting some activities for our children and youths.
4. House Warming
Date: 26th June 2010. Venue: Francis's new apartment.
5. TSA Open Day
Date: 28 Aug 2010. Venue: TSA Penang Children's Home. Target to raise RM60K for Corps, Children's Home and Community Service Centre. Please help to sell coupons.
6. Secret Angels
Programme already started. Secret Angles and Angels, please take note and be active in this programme.
Date: 20 June 2010. Venue: Corps Time: After Sunday Service. Programme will be organized by the ladies. All are welcome.
2. Territorial Youth Camp
Date: 7-11 June 2010. Hosted by TSA Penang. There will be about 80 participants including youth, volunteer, officers.
3. William Booth Corps Youth Visit
Date: 17-19 June 2010. They will be conducting some activities for our children and youths.
4. House Warming
Date: 26th June 2010. Venue: Francis's new apartment.
5. TSA Open Day
Date: 28 Aug 2010. Venue: TSA Penang Children's Home. Target to raise RM60K for Corps, Children's Home and Community Service Centre. Please help to sell coupons.
6. Secret Angels
Programme already started. Secret Angles and Angels, please take note and be active in this programme.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
The man who is the last word
AFTER the new Doctor’s first four adventures, fans of Doctor Who are getting used to his latest regeneration.
It’s always a big deal when the BBC changes the Time Lord in the long-running sci-fi series. It has now happened on ten occasions, and the popularity of the programme remains. People still have their favourite, though, whether it is William Hartnell, Tom Baker or David Tennant.
Whatever we may think of Doctor Who – and whoever is playing the part – it is one of the BBC’s success stories. It was first broadcast in 1963 and is now avidly watched around the world by a huge army of fans.
Even the TV trailers are eagerly awaited. At the start of the new series we were told: ‘The end is just the beginning.’
That is an interesting thought – the end and the beginning existing together. But it’s not completely original. The Bible records Jesus as saying: ‘I am the alpha and the omega’ (Revelation 1:8 New International Version). Alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. So, what did Jesus mean by saying that he was the start and the finish, the A and the Z?
Everything has a beginning and an end, a start and a finish. Jesus claims to be both, as well as what’s in between. Jesus was at the start of the world and he will bring it all to its conclusion.
That is a tremendous claim. He who started will finish. And it is not just this world which Jesus is interested in. Jesus is interested in you and me. If we trust him and allow him to be a part of our lives, he will work on changing and improving us. The transformation he starts he will bring to a completion. As such we are a work in progress. The change Jesus brings about in our hearts and our minds continues.
We may not be fully aware of this change taking place, but those around us will be more than aware. When Jesus is in control of our lives it shows. The changes can be quite dramatic, because Jesus changes who we are.
War Cry 2010 - TSA UK
It’s always a big deal when the BBC changes the Time Lord in the long-running sci-fi series. It has now happened on ten occasions, and the popularity of the programme remains. People still have their favourite, though, whether it is William Hartnell, Tom Baker or David Tennant.
Whatever we may think of Doctor Who – and whoever is playing the part – it is one of the BBC’s success stories. It was first broadcast in 1963 and is now avidly watched around the world by a huge army of fans.
Even the TV trailers are eagerly awaited. At the start of the new series we were told: ‘The end is just the beginning.’
That is an interesting thought – the end and the beginning existing together. But it’s not completely original. The Bible records Jesus as saying: ‘I am the alpha and the omega’ (Revelation 1:8 New International Version). Alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. So, what did Jesus mean by saying that he was the start and the finish, the A and the Z?
Everything has a beginning and an end, a start and a finish. Jesus claims to be both, as well as what’s in between. Jesus was at the start of the world and he will bring it all to its conclusion.
That is a tremendous claim. He who started will finish. And it is not just this world which Jesus is interested in. Jesus is interested in you and me. If we trust him and allow him to be a part of our lives, he will work on changing and improving us. The transformation he starts he will bring to a completion. As such we are a work in progress. The change Jesus brings about in our hearts and our minds continues.
We may not be fully aware of this change taking place, but those around us will be more than aware. When Jesus is in control of our lives it shows. The changes can be quite dramatic, because Jesus changes who we are.
War Cry 2010 - TSA UK
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Pastoral Letter - COUNTING
Dear Fellow Salvationists,
This 19th Pastoral Letter comes to each of you with warmest good wishes and greetings in the Lord Jesus Christ.
As I prepare this letter in an upstairs room in my home in London, England, I look out to see the green and blossoming evidence of late spring. The trees are suddenly abundant in leaf. The sky is lighter and the days grow longer. We discern the hand of God in nature once again and we are filled with gratitude.
Readers in the southern hemisphere are in autumn, waiting for the darker nights and colder temperatures of winter to arrive. The seasons march on with seemingly inexorable pace. We feel our smallness, our creatureliness, and we sense too the overarching mind of the Creator in it all.
Little wonder then that we can burst into song to declare: 'How great Thou art!' We offer praise amid the awe. We bring to God our smallness, ready for him to help us rise in Christ to all the fullness of what we can be.
It is God's plan that each one of us should be all we can be. You matter, you count. Tell yourself out loud: 'I matter! I count in the eyes of Almighty God!'
Now suddenly my mind is racing off in another direction as I see the word 'count' appear in my script. The Bible tells us that even the number of hairs upon our heads has been counted and is known to God in Heaven. This is a powerful reminder of God's intimate knowledge of us. I find it enormously comforting, but many find the thought menacing. Not everyone wants a Creator God who interacts with us. Instead they seek freedom to wander, licence to please themselves, falsely supposing this to be freedom.
Our God is a counting God. We see this in Jesus who spoke about a flock of sheep numbering 100, but one was lost thus reducing the flock to only 99. The shepherd would not rest until the lost one had been found. That lost one is you. It is also me. We are 'Sheep Number 100'! How good that we have a God who can count and who searches tirelessly for us when we go missing. This divine attribute is ever before us when we do the sacredly routine work of counting how many folk are in a worship meeting, or how many have used the Mercy Seat, or how many names appear on the soldiers' roll and other rolls.
If our Creator is by nature a God who counts, then we in turn must expect also to be like him. We can count our blessings, we can count the days he has allotted to us and give thanks for each one of them.
God stands alongside us as we count. He knows how many Army soldiers and junior soldiers there are in the world, and how many there are in your local corps. He knows the number of Army officers in the world and the number of cadets in our training colleges. He loves to see these numbers grow. He knows too that we are at work now in 121 countries of the world. Best of all he knows personally and in detail every individual soldier, junior soldier, officer and cadet. He knows those who are his.
We bask in this knowledge.
Commissioner Helen Clifton joins me in greeting each of you in the precious Name of Jesus.
Please continue to pray for us.
I commend each one of you to the grace of Christ.
Sincerely in him,
Shaw Clifton
General
This 19th Pastoral Letter comes to each of you with warmest good wishes and greetings in the Lord Jesus Christ.
As I prepare this letter in an upstairs room in my home in London, England, I look out to see the green and blossoming evidence of late spring. The trees are suddenly abundant in leaf. The sky is lighter and the days grow longer. We discern the hand of God in nature once again and we are filled with gratitude.
Readers in the southern hemisphere are in autumn, waiting for the darker nights and colder temperatures of winter to arrive. The seasons march on with seemingly inexorable pace. We feel our smallness, our creatureliness, and we sense too the overarching mind of the Creator in it all.
Little wonder then that we can burst into song to declare: 'How great Thou art!' We offer praise amid the awe. We bring to God our smallness, ready for him to help us rise in Christ to all the fullness of what we can be.
It is God's plan that each one of us should be all we can be. You matter, you count. Tell yourself out loud: 'I matter! I count in the eyes of Almighty God!'
Now suddenly my mind is racing off in another direction as I see the word 'count' appear in my script. The Bible tells us that even the number of hairs upon our heads has been counted and is known to God in Heaven. This is a powerful reminder of God's intimate knowledge of us. I find it enormously comforting, but many find the thought menacing. Not everyone wants a Creator God who interacts with us. Instead they seek freedom to wander, licence to please themselves, falsely supposing this to be freedom.
Our God is a counting God. We see this in Jesus who spoke about a flock of sheep numbering 100, but one was lost thus reducing the flock to only 99. The shepherd would not rest until the lost one had been found. That lost one is you. It is also me. We are 'Sheep Number 100'! How good that we have a God who can count and who searches tirelessly for us when we go missing. This divine attribute is ever before us when we do the sacredly routine work of counting how many folk are in a worship meeting, or how many have used the Mercy Seat, or how many names appear on the soldiers' roll and other rolls.
If our Creator is by nature a God who counts, then we in turn must expect also to be like him. We can count our blessings, we can count the days he has allotted to us and give thanks for each one of them.
God stands alongside us as we count. He knows how many Army soldiers and junior soldiers there are in the world, and how many there are in your local corps. He knows the number of Army officers in the world and the number of cadets in our training colleges. He loves to see these numbers grow. He knows too that we are at work now in 121 countries of the world. Best of all he knows personally and in detail every individual soldier, junior soldier, officer and cadet. He knows those who are his.
We bask in this knowledge.
Commissioner Helen Clifton joins me in greeting each of you in the precious Name of Jesus.
Please continue to pray for us.
I commend each one of you to the grace of Christ.
Sincerely in him,
Shaw Clifton
General
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