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Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Prayer Request
1. Please intercede for 2013, Corps Ministries and Programmes.
2. Please intercede for Watch Night Service Programme
3. Please intercede for Youth Leader Meeting & Covenant Sunday
4. Please intercede for Bro Ang Chye Thiam health.
2. Please intercede for Watch Night Service Programme
3. Please intercede for Youth Leader Meeting & Covenant Sunday
4. Please intercede for Bro Ang Chye Thiam health.
Announcements
1. Appreciation to Colonel Gillian Downer
Thank you Colonel for her kind visit and also sharing with us. Please continue to support Colonel in your prayers.
2. Watch Night Service
Date: 31/12/12 (Mon); Time: 7.00-9.00pm; Venue: Community Hall. Pot Bless dinner, please contact Mrs Tan. Programme include: Food & Sharing. Please come and join us.
3. Youth Leaders Meeting
Date: 01/01/13 (Tue); Time: 7pm; Venue: Meet at Corps
All leaders please take note. Meeting will be held right after meal fellowship to discuss for the first half 2013 programme.
4. Senior Citizen Breakfast Fellowship
Date: 05/01/13 (Sat); Time: 8am; Venue: Macalister Road (Opp. UMNO building)
Please take note and you are welcome to join us.
5. Convenant Sunday
Date: 06/01/13 (Sun) Time: 10:30am Venue: Worship Hall
All Corps members are encouraged to prepare themselves for the covenant service, renewing and making a new covenant with God.
6. Corps Sport and Outing
Date: 24/01/13 (Thu); Time: 8am; Venue: Youth Park
For further information, please contact Sis Jasinta or Brother Kim.
Thank you Colonel for her kind visit and also sharing with us. Please continue to support Colonel in your prayers.
2. Watch Night Service
Date: 31/12/12 (Mon); Time: 7.00-9.00pm; Venue: Community Hall. Pot Bless dinner, please contact Mrs Tan. Programme include: Food & Sharing. Please come and join us.
3. Youth Leaders Meeting
Date: 01/01/13 (Tue); Time: 7pm; Venue: Meet at Corps
All leaders please take note. Meeting will be held right after meal fellowship to discuss for the first half 2013 programme.
4. Senior Citizen Breakfast Fellowship
Date: 05/01/13 (Sat); Time: 8am; Venue: Macalister Road (Opp. UMNO building)
Please take note and you are welcome to join us.
5. Convenant Sunday
Date: 06/01/13 (Sun) Time: 10:30am Venue: Worship Hall
All Corps members are encouraged to prepare themselves for the covenant service, renewing and making a new covenant with God.
6. Corps Sport and Outing
Date: 24/01/13 (Thu); Time: 8am; Venue: Youth Park
For further information, please contact Sis Jasinta or Brother Kim.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
SHARING THE VISION
Dear Friends:
On 19 December, I had the privilege of preaching at a very special carol service in Westminster Abbey. The 2,000-strong congregation included civil servants, ambassadors, cabinet ministers and other politicians. The choir was magnificent; trumpeters from the Grenadier guards and the rich organ music made you feel like you were at a coronation event. The pageantry was something to behold with the processions and clergy in their ornate vestments. The readings and carols powerfully told the Christmas story. And the cathedral itself? Awesome! Obviously its architect really believed in giving his ‘utmost for the highest’. The whole scene, the whole event was unforgettable.
Since then I have been thinking of the little New Aberdeen corps in Canada where I grew up. It was a far, far cry from Westminster Abbey. Visually, there is no comparison. Our songsters could never compete with the cathedral singers; our pageantry was the nativity play with housecoats and towels as headdresses. The vestments were Army uniforms, the music by our little band. Yet in that two-room, dilapidated building, I truly experienced Christmas. Ever since, the coming of Jesus has been an occasion to celebrate.
Since writing to you in October, it seems as though I have been around the world. I visited Florida, in the USA Southern Territory, then Toronto and St John’s, Newfoundland. In a separate trip I went to Haiti, Jamaica (the Caribbean) and Papua New Guinea. Finally the year was rounded off with a commissioning weekend in the Southern Africa Territory. (If you haven’t read about these trips in more detail, please check out our International News Releases on the Army’s website or in your territorial news bulletins). The occasions differed, the venues were certainly diverse and the style of worship varied. Such contrasts! Yet, the reality of God’s presence could never be underestimated. Jesus explained it simply when the woman at the well envisioned worship as connected with tradition, building or geography. No, ‘God is Spirit and his worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth’, our Lord explained (John 4:24).
Often we think we capture life by what we see but sometimes physical sight limits real vision. This Christmas you may not be sharing in the drama of the Christmas story in a cathedral. But you can meet with Immanuel, God with us. That significant encounter may take place at your corps, in your home, by yourself or with others. You may live in Africa, America, Asia, Europe or the South Pacific. But it does not depend on the place, not even the atmosphere. Christmas comes again and again when your heart is open to receive the gracious invitation of the One who has come to dwell in you.
May his presence today light up your home and your heart. God bless you richly.
Sincerely
Linda Bond
General
On 19 December, I had the privilege of preaching at a very special carol service in Westminster Abbey. The 2,000-strong congregation included civil servants, ambassadors, cabinet ministers and other politicians. The choir was magnificent; trumpeters from the Grenadier guards and the rich organ music made you feel like you were at a coronation event. The pageantry was something to behold with the processions and clergy in their ornate vestments. The readings and carols powerfully told the Christmas story. And the cathedral itself? Awesome! Obviously its architect really believed in giving his ‘utmost for the highest’. The whole scene, the whole event was unforgettable.
Since then I have been thinking of the little New Aberdeen corps in Canada where I grew up. It was a far, far cry from Westminster Abbey. Visually, there is no comparison. Our songsters could never compete with the cathedral singers; our pageantry was the nativity play with housecoats and towels as headdresses. The vestments were Army uniforms, the music by our little band. Yet in that two-room, dilapidated building, I truly experienced Christmas. Ever since, the coming of Jesus has been an occasion to celebrate.
Since writing to you in October, it seems as though I have been around the world. I visited Florida, in the USA Southern Territory, then Toronto and St John’s, Newfoundland. In a separate trip I went to Haiti, Jamaica (the Caribbean) and Papua New Guinea. Finally the year was rounded off with a commissioning weekend in the Southern Africa Territory. (If you haven’t read about these trips in more detail, please check out our International News Releases on the Army’s website or in your territorial news bulletins). The occasions differed, the venues were certainly diverse and the style of worship varied. Such contrasts! Yet, the reality of God’s presence could never be underestimated. Jesus explained it simply when the woman at the well envisioned worship as connected with tradition, building or geography. No, ‘God is Spirit and his worshippers must worship in spirit and in truth’, our Lord explained (John 4:24).
Often we think we capture life by what we see but sometimes physical sight limits real vision. This Christmas you may not be sharing in the drama of the Christmas story in a cathedral. But you can meet with Immanuel, God with us. That significant encounter may take place at your corps, in your home, by yourself or with others. You may live in Africa, America, Asia, Europe or the South Pacific. But it does not depend on the place, not even the atmosphere. Christmas comes again and again when your heart is open to receive the gracious invitation of the One who has come to dwell in you.
May his presence today light up your home and your heart. God bless you richly.
Sincerely
Linda Bond
General
Prayer Request
1. Please intercede for Christmas Day Service & PCH Open House
2. Please intercede for 2013, Corps Ministries and Programmes
3. Please intercede for Colonel Gillian Downer
4. Please intercede for Lt. Colonel Tan's brother and family.
2. Please intercede for 2013, Corps Ministries and Programmes
3. Please intercede for Colonel Gillian Downer
4. Please intercede for Lt. Colonel Tan's brother and family.
Announcements
1. Christmas Service
Date: 25/12/12 (Tue); Time: 10.30am; Venue: Worship Hall
2. Christmas Luncheon
Date: 25/12/12 (Tue); Time: 12.30pm; Venue: Community Hall. Please stay back after service for Pot Bless lunch, all family are encouraged to bring a dish to share with others. Thank you!
3. Penang Children’s Home Christmas Open House
Date: 25/12/12 (Tue); Time: 7.00pm; Venue: Children’s Home. All are welcome to join!
4. Colonel Gillian Downer Visit
Territory Commander, Colonel Gillian Downer will be visiting Penang from 29/12/12 to 01/01/13. She will be sharing Bible Message on Sunday and Watch Night Service.
5. Watch Night Service
Date: 31/12/12 (Mon); Time: 7.00-9.00pm; Venue: Community Hall. Pot Bless dinner, please contact Mrs Tan. Programme include: Food & Sharing. Please come and join us.
6. Senior Citizen Breakfast Fellowship
Date: 05/01/13 (Sat); Time: 8am; Venue: Macalister Road
Please take note and you are welcome to join us.
Date: 25/12/12 (Tue); Time: 10.30am; Venue: Worship Hall
2. Christmas Luncheon
Date: 25/12/12 (Tue); Time: 12.30pm; Venue: Community Hall. Please stay back after service for Pot Bless lunch, all family are encouraged to bring a dish to share with others. Thank you!
3. Penang Children’s Home Christmas Open House
Date: 25/12/12 (Tue); Time: 7.00pm; Venue: Children’s Home. All are welcome to join!
4. Colonel Gillian Downer Visit
Territory Commander, Colonel Gillian Downer will be visiting Penang from 29/12/12 to 01/01/13. She will be sharing Bible Message on Sunday and Watch Night Service.
5. Watch Night Service
Date: 31/12/12 (Mon); Time: 7.00-9.00pm; Venue: Community Hall. Pot Bless dinner, please contact Mrs Tan. Programme include: Food & Sharing. Please come and join us.
6. Senior Citizen Breakfast Fellowship
Date: 05/01/13 (Sat); Time: 8am; Venue: Macalister Road
Please take note and you are welcome to join us.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Prayer Request
1. Please intercede for Christmas Day Service & PCH Open House
2. Please intercede for Christmas Carolling programme.
3. Please intercede for Malaysia General Election.
2. Please intercede for Christmas Carolling programme.
3. Please intercede for Malaysia General Election.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Prayer Request
1. Please intercede for Army works in Cambodia.
2. Please intercede for Sister Jasinta for her coming Exam.
3. Please intercede for Tong Sing, Iris, Yoke Peng, Tong Ming & Mum.
4. Please intercede for Tian Seng, Ah Seong, Ah Peng & Lenny.
2. Please intercede for Sister Jasinta for her coming Exam.
3. Please intercede for Tong Sing, Iris, Yoke Peng, Tong Ming & Mum.
4. Please intercede for Tian Seng, Ah Seong, Ah Peng & Lenny.
Announcements
1. Christmas Carol & Band Practice
Those who wish to take part in this year’s Christmas Carolling, please stay back after refreshments for Carolling practice. The bandsmen will meet right after the carolling practice.
2. Banana Leaf Ministry (Christmas Celebration)
Date: 08/12/12 (Sat); Time: 11.00am; Venue:Corps Community Hall
Volunteers and prayer support needed.
3. Christmas Open House (Theme: Jesus Hope of the World)
Date: 16/12/12 (Sat); Time: 6.30-10pm; Venue: Fort Cornwallis. Dinner is provided, all are welcome!
Jointly organized by Christian Federation Malaysia and Penang State Government.
4. Christmas Luncheon
Date: 25/12/12 (Tue); Time: 12.30pm; Venue: Community Hall. Please stay back after service for Pot Bless lunch, all family are encouraged to bring a dish to share with others. Thank you!
5. Penang Children’s Home Christmas Open House
Date: 25/12/12 (Tue); Time: 7.00pm; Venue: Children’s Home. All are welcome to join!
6. Colonel Gillian Downer Visit
Territory Commander, Colonel Gillian Downer will be visiting Penang from 29/12/12 to 01/01/13. She will be sharing Bible Message on Sunday and Watch Night Service.
7. Watch Night Service
Date: 31/12/12 (Mon); Time: 7.00-9.00pm; Venue: Community Hall. Pot Bless dinner, please contact Mrs Tan. Programme include: Food & Sharing. Please come and join us.
8. SA T-Shirt
Those who wish to purchase new SA T-shirt, please see Captain Brenda for more information. Thank you!
Those who wish to take part in this year’s Christmas Carolling, please stay back after refreshments for Carolling practice. The bandsmen will meet right after the carolling practice.
2. Banana Leaf Ministry (Christmas Celebration)
Date: 08/12/12 (Sat); Time: 11.00am; Venue:Corps Community Hall
Volunteers and prayer support needed.
3. Christmas Open House (Theme: Jesus Hope of the World)
Date: 16/12/12 (Sat); Time: 6.30-10pm; Venue: Fort Cornwallis. Dinner is provided, all are welcome!
Jointly organized by Christian Federation Malaysia and Penang State Government.
4. Christmas Luncheon
Date: 25/12/12 (Tue); Time: 12.30pm; Venue: Community Hall. Please stay back after service for Pot Bless lunch, all family are encouraged to bring a dish to share with others. Thank you!
5. Penang Children’s Home Christmas Open House
Date: 25/12/12 (Tue); Time: 7.00pm; Venue: Children’s Home. All are welcome to join!
6. Colonel Gillian Downer Visit
Territory Commander, Colonel Gillian Downer will be visiting Penang from 29/12/12 to 01/01/13. She will be sharing Bible Message on Sunday and Watch Night Service.
7. Watch Night Service
Date: 31/12/12 (Mon); Time: 7.00-9.00pm; Venue: Community Hall. Pot Bless dinner, please contact Mrs Tan. Programme include: Food & Sharing. Please come and join us.
8. SA T-Shirt
Those who wish to purchase new SA T-shirt, please see Captain Brenda for more information. Thank you!
Saturday, December 1, 2012
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