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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Announcements
1. World Day of Prayer
Date: 4 March 2011 Time: 8:00pm Venue: Wesley Methodist Church.
All are welcome to joined. Adult Cell Group will be joining this programme.
2. Prayer Ministry
Date: 11 Mar 2011 Time: 8:15pm Venue: Corps Community Hall
Please let us hav your prater requests.
3. Flag Day
Date: 5 & 26 Mar 2011 (2 sataurday of street collection). 21 til 25 March will be going to Butterworth School to distribute Flag Day tins, volunteers needed.
4. Bananna Leaf Ministry
Date: 12 Mar 2011. Time: 11:00am Venue: Community Hall. Volunteers needed. Please contact Bro Tan.
5. Hallelujah Singers Concert
Date: 19 Mar 2011. Time: 8:00pm Venue: St. Georges Church. All are welcome.
Date: 4 March 2011 Time: 8:00pm Venue: Wesley Methodist Church.
All are welcome to joined. Adult Cell Group will be joining this programme.
2. Prayer Ministry
Date: 11 Mar 2011 Time: 8:15pm Venue: Corps Community Hall
Please let us hav your prater requests.
3. Flag Day
Date: 5 & 26 Mar 2011 (2 sataurday of street collection). 21 til 25 March will be going to Butterworth School to distribute Flag Day tins, volunteers needed.
4. Bananna Leaf Ministry
Date: 12 Mar 2011. Time: 11:00am Venue: Community Hall. Volunteers needed. Please contact Bro Tan.
5. Hallelujah Singers Concert
Date: 19 Mar 2011. Time: 8:00pm Venue: St. Georges Church. All are welcome.
Prayer Request
1. Pray for Jonathan Lim on his final exam
2. Pray for Christchurch, New Zealand on recent earthquake.
3. Pray for polictical situation in Libya.
3. Pray for Susan on her exam in 2 weeks time.
4. Pray for Flag Day, Volunteers and Collection
2. Pray for Christchurch, New Zealand on recent earthquake.
3. Pray for polictical situation in Libya.
3. Pray for Susan on her exam in 2 weeks time.
4. Pray for Flag Day, Volunteers and Collection
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
CNY Reunion Dinner Feb 2011
CNY Reunion Dinner was recently held on Feb 2011. Corps members, families and friends came together and have steamboat dinner. Each family brought some food to share. There were games and CNY sharing session by Capt Tan regarding "Fong Shui" and Christianity.
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Announcements
1. Prayer Ministry
Date: 25 Feb 2011 Time: 8:15pm Venue: Corps Worship Hall
2. Corps Sport & Outing
Date: 26 Feb 2011 Time: 8:00am Venue: Jubilee Hall. Breakfast on Dutch.
3. Ladies Fellowship
Date: 26 Feb 2011 Time: 4:30pm Venue: Corps. Sharing in cooking.
4. Flag Day
Date: 5 & 26 Mar 2011 (2 sataurday of street collection). 21 til 25 March will be going to Butterworth School to distribute Flag Day tins, volunteers needed.
5. Bananna Leaf Ministry
Date: 12 Mar 2011. Time: 11:00am Venue: Community Hall. Volunteers needed. Please contact Bro Tan.
6. World Day of Prayer
Date: 4 March 2011 Time: 8:00pm Venue: Wesley Methodist Church. All are welcome to joined.
Date: 25 Feb 2011 Time: 8:15pm Venue: Corps Worship Hall
2. Corps Sport & Outing
Date: 26 Feb 2011 Time: 8:00am Venue: Jubilee Hall. Breakfast on Dutch.
3. Ladies Fellowship
Date: 26 Feb 2011 Time: 4:30pm Venue: Corps. Sharing in cooking.
4. Flag Day
Date: 5 & 26 Mar 2011 (2 sataurday of street collection). 21 til 25 March will be going to Butterworth School to distribute Flag Day tins, volunteers needed.
5. Bananna Leaf Ministry
Date: 12 Mar 2011. Time: 11:00am Venue: Community Hall. Volunteers needed. Please contact Bro Tan.
6. World Day of Prayer
Date: 4 March 2011 Time: 8:00pm Venue: Wesley Methodist Church. All are welcome to joined.
Prayer Request
1. Pray for Jonathan Lim on his final exam
2. Pray for Banana Leaf ministry
3. Pray for Corps Youth Ministry
4. Pray for Flag Day, Volunteers and Collection
2. Pray for Banana Leaf ministry
3. Pray for Corps Youth Ministry
4. Pray for Flag Day, Volunteers and Collection
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Pastoral Letter - CHOICES
Dear Fellow Salvationists,
This is my penultimate Pastoral Letter and it is sent to you together with my esteem in Christ and my constant prayers for you. Commissioner Helen Clifton joins me in thanking you for your many and faithful prayers for us. We are richer in grace because of your prayers.
The theme of my Letter is 'Choices'.
As I compile this message to you the 2011 High Council has recently concluded its sacred business of choosing, by election, my successor. Gathered at Sunbury Court near London, the 109 officer-members of the High Council (57 women and 52 men) have chosen Commissioner Linda Bond to be the 19th General of The Salvation Army. She will take office on 2 April 2011. We surround her with our love in Christ and our prayers.
I know you will intercede for her constantly, as you have for me. God bless the General-Elect! She has been chosen in an atmosphere of prayerfulness and of waiting upon God. Yes, she has been chosen by human election, but we believe she has also been called by God to serve faithfully and to lead us all into a future that will be victorious for the cause of Christ and the Kingdom of God.
Now this prompts me to say that we who follow Jesus have all been called and chosen to be his instruments. The Bible tells us so. We have been chosen by a loving Saviour. In John 15:19 (I am using the Contemporary English Version - CEV - in this Letter) Jesus tells his disciples: 'You don't belong to the world. I have chosen you to leave the world behind.' Being chosen by Christ, because first we have chosen to follow him as our Saviour, means that the world no longer has any hold on us.
No longer do we take heed of the worldly voices that surround us so constantly. This is because we have chosen to listen to the Lord. He speaks, and we are helped and guided. Sometimes, however, we seem to be so busy that the voice of the Lord gets crowded out. I think of Martha and Mary in Bethany. Martha was active and busy, doing the many things that indeed needed to be done, but Mary took time to sit at the feet of Jesus and listen to him speaking. 'Mary has chosen what is best,' said Jesus (Luke 10:42).
What is your habit in choosing how to use your time? Are you constantly busy? Does it seem as though the things you need to do never come to an end? I urge you not to crowd out your personal time with the Lord. Take time to slow down and to sit at his feet like Mary did, to listen, and to take in what he has for you. In doing so, you will grow to be like him more and more.
In Psalm 65:4 David prays to the Lord and says: 'You bless your chosen ones, and you invite them to live near you.' Here again we see the clear connection between being chosen by God and being close to him.
I pray that you will grow nearer and nearer to the One who has chosen you to be his own. May you sense his love surrounding and filling you. May others grow aware that you are close to him, making them want that closeness too.
I pray also that the peace of Christ will fill you day by day, moment by moment.
I pray that the whole Army will experience a fresh infilling of heavenly grace. I know you will seek that for yourself, and I rely on you to ask Almighty God to grant the same in glorious abundance to the General-Elect.
God be with you each one.
Sincerely in him,
Shaw Clifton
General
This is my penultimate Pastoral Letter and it is sent to you together with my esteem in Christ and my constant prayers for you. Commissioner Helen Clifton joins me in thanking you for your many and faithful prayers for us. We are richer in grace because of your prayers.
The theme of my Letter is 'Choices'.
As I compile this message to you the 2011 High Council has recently concluded its sacred business of choosing, by election, my successor. Gathered at Sunbury Court near London, the 109 officer-members of the High Council (57 women and 52 men) have chosen Commissioner Linda Bond to be the 19th General of The Salvation Army. She will take office on 2 April 2011. We surround her with our love in Christ and our prayers.
I know you will intercede for her constantly, as you have for me. God bless the General-Elect! She has been chosen in an atmosphere of prayerfulness and of waiting upon God. Yes, she has been chosen by human election, but we believe she has also been called by God to serve faithfully and to lead us all into a future that will be victorious for the cause of Christ and the Kingdom of God.
Now this prompts me to say that we who follow Jesus have all been called and chosen to be his instruments. The Bible tells us so. We have been chosen by a loving Saviour. In John 15:19 (I am using the Contemporary English Version - CEV - in this Letter) Jesus tells his disciples: 'You don't belong to the world. I have chosen you to leave the world behind.' Being chosen by Christ, because first we have chosen to follow him as our Saviour, means that the world no longer has any hold on us.
No longer do we take heed of the worldly voices that surround us so constantly. This is because we have chosen to listen to the Lord. He speaks, and we are helped and guided. Sometimes, however, we seem to be so busy that the voice of the Lord gets crowded out. I think of Martha and Mary in Bethany. Martha was active and busy, doing the many things that indeed needed to be done, but Mary took time to sit at the feet of Jesus and listen to him speaking. 'Mary has chosen what is best,' said Jesus (Luke 10:42).
What is your habit in choosing how to use your time? Are you constantly busy? Does it seem as though the things you need to do never come to an end? I urge you not to crowd out your personal time with the Lord. Take time to slow down and to sit at his feet like Mary did, to listen, and to take in what he has for you. In doing so, you will grow to be like him more and more.
In Psalm 65:4 David prays to the Lord and says: 'You bless your chosen ones, and you invite them to live near you.' Here again we see the clear connection between being chosen by God and being close to him.
I pray that you will grow nearer and nearer to the One who has chosen you to be his own. May you sense his love surrounding and filling you. May others grow aware that you are close to him, making them want that closeness too.
I pray also that the peace of Christ will fill you day by day, moment by moment.
I pray that the whole Army will experience a fresh infilling of heavenly grace. I know you will seek that for yourself, and I rely on you to ask Almighty God to grant the same in glorious abundance to the General-Elect.
God be with you each one.
Sincerely in him,
Shaw Clifton
General
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Prayer Requests
1. Pray for Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner on 11 Feb 2011
2. Pray for our Corps 2011 programmes and ministries.
3. Pray for the High Council and election of new General.
4. Pray for Senioe Citizen's gathering on 12 Feb 2011
5. Pray for Cheryl for job opportunity
6. Pray for Youth Ministry starting on 13 Feb 2011
2. Pray for our Corps 2011 programmes and ministries.
3. Pray for the High Council and election of new General.
4. Pray for Senioe Citizen's gathering on 12 Feb 2011
5. Pray for Cheryl for job opportunity
6. Pray for Youth Ministry starting on 13 Feb 2011
Announcements
1. Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner
Date: 11 Feb 2011 Time: 7:30pm Venue: Corps Community Hall Food: Pot Bless Steamboat. (Bring enough to share and bring your friends).
2. Senior Citizen's Breakfast
Date: 12 Feb 2011 Time: 8:00am Venue: Macalister Road
Senior are most welcome to join us. Please give your name to Capt Brenda Tan. Volunteer as always welcome.
3. Ang Bao Sunday
Date: 13 Feb 2011, there will be 2 offering on that Sunday. Ang Bao offering collected will be giving to Candidates Fund.
4. Open House
Date: 13 Feb 2011 Time: After Church Venue: Bro Chin Kheng home. All are welcome to joined.
Please inform Bro Chin Kheng of your attendance. Thank you.
5. World Day of Prayer
Date: 4 March 2011 Time: 8:00pm Venue: Wesley Methodist Church. All are welcome to joined.
Date: 11 Feb 2011 Time: 7:30pm Venue: Corps Community Hall Food: Pot Bless Steamboat. (Bring enough to share and bring your friends).
2. Senior Citizen's Breakfast
Date: 12 Feb 2011 Time: 8:00am Venue: Macalister Road
Senior are most welcome to join us. Please give your name to Capt Brenda Tan. Volunteer as always welcome.
3. Ang Bao Sunday
Date: 13 Feb 2011, there will be 2 offering on that Sunday. Ang Bao offering collected will be giving to Candidates Fund.
4. Open House
Date: 13 Feb 2011 Time: After Church Venue: Bro Chin Kheng home. All are welcome to joined.
Please inform Bro Chin Kheng of your attendance. Thank you.
5. World Day of Prayer
Date: 4 March 2011 Time: 8:00pm Venue: Wesley Methodist Church. All are welcome to joined.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Children are the shape of the Kingdom
The first in a two-part feature adapted from a keynote address given at Soul Pursuit by the Territorial Commander and Commissioner Betty Matear
AS a territory we know that our strategic mission objective is to make disciples – save souls, grow saints and serve suffering humanity. This is in line with the Great Commission. And we must ensure that we are not guilty of the Great Omission when it comes to children and young people.
Our mission objective is set firmly to all ages. Children are hugely significant in our mission. If we don’t reach them when they are young, it is likely they will live without Christ. We take seriously the capacity of children to have an authentic Christian experience. Having children within the corps strengthens its mission. We reach into people’s homes and lives because we have a connection with their children. When we share with parents the junior soldier’s promise regarding ‘a life that is clean in thought, word and deed’ they are glad to have someone who shares the agenda they have. We want the best for their children as they do. This is clear and transparent.
The time we have is critical and urgent. Gabriela Mistral writes: ‘We are guilty of many errors and many faults but our worst crime is abandoning the children, neglecting the fountain of life. Many of the things we need can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made and his senses are being developed. To him we cannot answer “Tomorrow”. His name is “Today”.’
Most adults came to faith in childhood. The key message is to ‘aim lower and think smaller’ – target children and recognise the part they have to play in the Great Commission.
We bring children to meetings, put them through Army activities but, for some, religion and faith are external experiences. It is always the work of the Holy Spirit to touch their heart and soul. Our soul pursuit is to pass on faith and salvation to the next generation.
In today’s society, among young and old, there is a depleting reservoir of Christian knowledge. Where do children learn their values? The contemporary world is dominated by individualism, consumerism and so many moral complexities. Children are turned into consumers and performers, exposed to sexualised advertising and pressurised to succeed. Childhood is brief and can be an anxious and difficult time. Children and young people are troubled by such things as income inequality, competition in school, unprincipled advertising and family break-up. What burdens to be carried! Childhood events shape lives for better or worse; we know that – it has shaped ours. Since so many of us found our faith as children we do not need convincing that this is time critical – Kingdom critical.
We are called to provide stepping stones to faith and to demonstrate God’s love and care. It is a good start to provide a place, activity and relationship that is safe, secure, caring, relaxed and friendly. A healthy community is one in which children thrive.
We live in an age of mistrust, where media reporting and legislation make many people wary of engaging with children. Indeed, our actions as adults can have a profound impact on children’s wellbeing. Childhood is multilayered and it is a foundation on which the future of our Army and the Church rests.
Children’s spirituality can be nurtured around the most valuable resource: people committed to their best development. The key to our mission among young people is adults who listen, see and reflect back the questions, the fears, the hopes – giving a faith context to apply biblical truth and make it relevant.
Childhood is different in 2011. Education is different. When we were at school we barely had calculators let alone computers; we learnt our times tables, which had nothing to do with spreadsheets; we read and wrote English – not ‘text speak’. The whole framework in which children now live and learn is different. We have to nurture them from what they are towards what they can become. Our mission is to move them to where God wants them to be.
Children are channels of truth. We might think we are the teachers but often they teach us. Faith tells us that unless we possess certain traits children possess we won’t be able to enter God’s Kingdom. Jesus affirmed their position in the Kingdom. ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these’ (Matthew 19:14 New International Version).
Children are a gift and responsibility with intrinsic worth and represent a primary mission field. With more than 350 Scripture references, children represent the true nature and shape of the Kingdom.
TSA UK
AS a territory we know that our strategic mission objective is to make disciples – save souls, grow saints and serve suffering humanity. This is in line with the Great Commission. And we must ensure that we are not guilty of the Great Omission when it comes to children and young people.
Our mission objective is set firmly to all ages. Children are hugely significant in our mission. If we don’t reach them when they are young, it is likely they will live without Christ. We take seriously the capacity of children to have an authentic Christian experience. Having children within the corps strengthens its mission. We reach into people’s homes and lives because we have a connection with their children. When we share with parents the junior soldier’s promise regarding ‘a life that is clean in thought, word and deed’ they are glad to have someone who shares the agenda they have. We want the best for their children as they do. This is clear and transparent.
The time we have is critical and urgent. Gabriela Mistral writes: ‘We are guilty of many errors and many faults but our worst crime is abandoning the children, neglecting the fountain of life. Many of the things we need can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made and his senses are being developed. To him we cannot answer “Tomorrow”. His name is “Today”.’
Most adults came to faith in childhood. The key message is to ‘aim lower and think smaller’ – target children and recognise the part they have to play in the Great Commission.
We bring children to meetings, put them through Army activities but, for some, religion and faith are external experiences. It is always the work of the Holy Spirit to touch their heart and soul. Our soul pursuit is to pass on faith and salvation to the next generation.
In today’s society, among young and old, there is a depleting reservoir of Christian knowledge. Where do children learn their values? The contemporary world is dominated by individualism, consumerism and so many moral complexities. Children are turned into consumers and performers, exposed to sexualised advertising and pressurised to succeed. Childhood is brief and can be an anxious and difficult time. Children and young people are troubled by such things as income inequality, competition in school, unprincipled advertising and family break-up. What burdens to be carried! Childhood events shape lives for better or worse; we know that – it has shaped ours. Since so many of us found our faith as children we do not need convincing that this is time critical – Kingdom critical.
We are called to provide stepping stones to faith and to demonstrate God’s love and care. It is a good start to provide a place, activity and relationship that is safe, secure, caring, relaxed and friendly. A healthy community is one in which children thrive.
We live in an age of mistrust, where media reporting and legislation make many people wary of engaging with children. Indeed, our actions as adults can have a profound impact on children’s wellbeing. Childhood is multilayered and it is a foundation on which the future of our Army and the Church rests.
Children’s spirituality can be nurtured around the most valuable resource: people committed to their best development. The key to our mission among young people is adults who listen, see and reflect back the questions, the fears, the hopes – giving a faith context to apply biblical truth and make it relevant.
Childhood is different in 2011. Education is different. When we were at school we barely had calculators let alone computers; we learnt our times tables, which had nothing to do with spreadsheets; we read and wrote English – not ‘text speak’. The whole framework in which children now live and learn is different. We have to nurture them from what they are towards what they can become. Our mission is to move them to where God wants them to be.
Children are channels of truth. We might think we are the teachers but often they teach us. Faith tells us that unless we possess certain traits children possess we won’t be able to enter God’s Kingdom. Jesus affirmed their position in the Kingdom. ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these’ (Matthew 19:14 New International Version).
Children are a gift and responsibility with intrinsic worth and represent a primary mission field. With more than 350 Scripture references, children represent the true nature and shape of the Kingdom.
TSA UK
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Announcements
1. Cell Group / Prayer Ministry
Date: 4 & 11 Feb 2011, both Cell Group and Prayer Ministry will be cancelled
2. Senior Citizen's Breakfast
Date: 12 Feb 2011 Time: 8:00am Venue: Macalister Road
Senior are most welcome to join us. Please give your name to Capt Brenda Tan. Volunteer as always welcome.
3. Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner
Date: 11 Feb 2011 Time: 7:30pm Venue: Corps Community Hall
Food: Pot Bless Steamboat. (Bring enough to share and bring your friends). Please also share your stoves and pots with Corps. Please inform Mrs Tan on food and stoves. The Corps will provide Chinese herbal soup and vegetables for the steamboat.
4. World Day of Prayer
Date: 4 March 2011 Time: 8:00pm Venue: Wesley Methodist Church. All are welcome to joined.
Date: 4 & 11 Feb 2011, both Cell Group and Prayer Ministry will be cancelled
2. Senior Citizen's Breakfast
Date: 12 Feb 2011 Time: 8:00am Venue: Macalister Road
Senior are most welcome to join us. Please give your name to Capt Brenda Tan. Volunteer as always welcome.
3. Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner
Date: 11 Feb 2011 Time: 7:30pm Venue: Corps Community Hall
Food: Pot Bless Steamboat. (Bring enough to share and bring your friends). Please also share your stoves and pots with Corps. Please inform Mrs Tan on food and stoves. The Corps will provide Chinese herbal soup and vegetables for the steamboat.
4. World Day of Prayer
Date: 4 March 2011 Time: 8:00pm Venue: Wesley Methodist Church. All are welcome to joined.
Prayer Request
1. Pray for those brother and sister that having health problem.
2. Pray for Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner on 11 Feb 2011
3. Pray for our Corps 2011 programmes and ministries.
4. Pray for the High Council and election of new General.
5. Pray for Senioe Citizen's gathering on 12 Feb 2011
6. Pray for Youth Ministry starting on 13 Feb 2011
2. Pray for Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner on 11 Feb 2011
3. Pray for our Corps 2011 programmes and ministries.
4. Pray for the High Council and election of new General.
5. Pray for Senioe Citizen's gathering on 12 Feb 2011
6. Pray for Youth Ministry starting on 13 Feb 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Watch Night Service 31 December 2010
Watch Night Service 31 December 2010
The yearly watch night service was held on 31 December 2010 started of with banana leaf dinner at 7:30pm followed by a sharing session by Colonel Gillian Downer. Thereafter a simple game session and movie screening session before the actual short service conducted by Capt Tan.
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The yearly watch night service was held on 31 December 2010 started of with banana leaf dinner at 7:30pm followed by a sharing session by Colonel Gillian Downer. Thereafter a simple game session and movie screening session before the actual short service conducted by Capt Tan.
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