More books

Hi guys!

here are more books that I have for the library:

1. The History of the Church (a very thin dense book filled with pictures and a nice time-line chart)

2. The Epistles of John (thin bible study reference)

3. Jesus and the Religions of Man (a comparison between Christianity and Asian religions)

4. Christianity in SEA (a thin, easy to read book published by Institute of SEA studies -NUS)

5. Disappointment with God (Philip Yancey)

6. Disciplines of a Godly Woman (courtesy of Alice--birthday present =) )

7. Be Successful-study of 1 Samuel

8. Be Restored-study of 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles

9. This was your life! (Rick Howard)

10. Gifted Hands (a biography of neurosurgeon, Ben Carson-his work and his faith)


C'est tout! (that's all!)
Thanks Benson for the wonderful makeover and layout

Candida

@ Timbre

With some drinks...


and much camera posing...

Candida, RX & Benson Bday Celebration

Let the pictures do the talking :)

Alice's Birthday

Teach Schedule - Updated

Teach Schedule:

Candida - August (DONE)
Alice - October (DONE)
XB - November (AKAN DATANG)
Kevin - December
Ben/Jade - January

Thanks for preparing. Hope you will be blessed as you research as we will be when we learn from you.

More stuff from Wii gathering

Sorry this is so late! but here're some additions to Candi's post, plus a very exciting video clip..

Bro Mike @ the Cooking Mama game

ZL @ the boxing game

Yvonne @ boxing!

Candi & Yvonne @ house of the dead

And here's the long awaited video! The boxing match between Benson & Candi.. guess who won?

Thanks everyone for making it to my place tat day.. u guys sure made me feel like i had a social life again!

amanda

Hey all. It was a very good gathering we had at Tony Roma's. Thnks for company - esp Abel ... so good to see you again. And thnks for making all the way down, Jason.

Here are some more pictures. Enjoy.

Mike

Cell Worship Roster - Updated

Dear Christ Troopers,

here is the schedule worship leading in cell, a really important role which enables the spiritual connection between members and God before we go into the Word. I thank you guys in advance for being willing to take up this role of leading worship. I know that most of us are not musically-inclined (remember the incident of me and the tambourine..........) but it's all about approaching God with our weaknesses and strengths and giving Him whatever little we have for His glory.

16 August-Xiangbin (Done)

23 August-Alice (Done)

30 August-Mike

13 September-Jade (Done)

20 September-Jason

27 September-Kevin (Done)

11 October-Benson

18 October-Candida

25 October-Zhaoli

Our resident guitarist is Zhaoli, so if any of you would like to ask him to be an accompaniment, please feel free to ring him to ask if he would be down for cell. The list of worship leaders of course is not exhaustive, so if any of you whose names are not inside would like to bless us by leading one session, just inform me and I would gladly slot you in for your desired date!

Please mark out the date that you will be leading worship, and should you for some reason not be able to do so (but plllleeeaassse let this be a last resort...it'll be sad to see a situation where it's only the same few people leading all the time), you should do a swap on your own. I will merely be sending you an sms reminder on Wednesday.

I am thinking that it will be good if the worship leader sets aside an extended prayer session in whatever way deemed best in the midst of worship. Sometimes I think our cell lacks time and effort in prayer. We need to pray until we hit a breakthrough, and we need to pray until we find a vision for ourselves and the cell. This is but a suggestion, so don't feel toooo stressed by it.

Till then,
your friendly messenger =)

Gracie's B-day Lunch

Here's yours truly again.

Yesterday, we had a delightful carnivorous session only slightly countered by the civilized demeanour suggested by the use of cutlery (quickly disposed by me when it came to the difficult chicken).

Yes, we were at Tony Roma's, and the lunch was marked by 4 special items (or appearances) : Grace our birthday angel's birthday remembered, an encouraging crowd of 15 people (whoa! =) ), 2 newcomers and a brief but succinct cell evaluation.

The yummy Family Fest shared by Benson, Jade and me (Can that is).Notice the skinning of the chicken in motion.

Here's the beautiful perpetuator...

Heheheh, though I wasn't sitting at their side of the world, I can safely infer that Father XB was in the midst of telling a possibly cold and probably funny joke to his brood of eager audiences. Amazing that it turned out that XB and JY knows Andy and Sherleen all the way from secondary school and NUS! This is serendipity that would have made the now-defunct SDU proud...

Haha, G&K, unbeknowest to each other, were actually doing mirror images of pensively nibbling on the corn on sticks. I couldn't resist but insist upon taking a picture of this human version of a pair of feathered lovebirds and here we have an artful pose with the pierced corns.

Grace getting ready to blow out the candles on her cheesecake. This was after Mike made her pose for a hundred glam shots whilst the candles were burning! Heh..

As usual, I forgot to take many pictures, but this is forgivable considering that Mike brought his gargantuan aperture which Benson nearly walked off with after the lunch. We can now await the uploading of the pictures by Mike after he has done his customary photoshopping to remove facial blemishes (which includes grimaces instead of smiles).

Till then!

Manda's place and Wii!!!

It was a thoroughly enjoyable lazy afternoon at manda's. I didn't take many photos, being caught up with the games myself. Here is evidence, though, of manda shirking in a corner to guffaw in delight at the unfortunate gamers..hehe.



This is the amazing giraffe from Korea which would put the hardest punk rocker to shame. Man I need a video to demonstrate what I mean..

Us enjoying durians. Realize that it is always provided by Mikey. I remember this bbq we had at zhaoli's sister's condo. We weren't spared from the mouth-watering durian either. If only Trigger were there to beg us with his mask of sad eyes...(by the way, when I place a durian seed with flesh near Peb's nose, she would repel as if jolted by an electrical current. She is an ang-moh cat).

The spoils of war....

Hmmm...can't really remember what game Mike is playing here with such grouchiness. It may have been the zombie game.

Ditto with Benson. He looks exhausted...

If you would remember this delightfully nostalgic Mario racing game. We don't need much creativity these days. We just need to transpose old games to new technology and sell them at triple the price! Green Dino and Angry Kong were our chosen characters and who can forget my drunken driving, making poor cute Dino bump senselessly from one wall to another.

Any more pics from the occasion anyone?

A park outing

This blog is still alive. Yea, decided to check back

Anyway, here are some pix we took during the Labrador Park outing that some of us were down for. It was a Grace 2 group community outing but we went ahead nonetheless. Hah. Do enjoy and if got any photos need place to post or anything, can always refer back to this blog :)

3 girls posing


Kevin receiving prize - we won for some treasure hunt thing

That's our team with some other members (where's mike?)


That's us stoning/nua-ing away for bulk of the time!

Paintball/go-kart/seafood shd be our next activity. Anybody welcome to sms me (Benson) details so I know the options available.

Arthur, Jade & Zhaoli Birthday Celebration

It was a night of celebration for the two birthday boys and one girl at Club 211 located in Holland Village shopping centre. Quite a number of us were down, but it was a pity that a few others weren't able to join us.

But fret not. Because if what was discussed that night materialized, we would be having a paint ball session soon!! Also was mentioned was a possible mission trip that will be discussed in further details in the coming cell session.

Altogether it was a night of good food and fellowship.

Are you Jesus?

Guys, came across this in rbc.org "Our Daily Bread" section. Just want to share with you guys.

The story is told of a Christian who was home on furlough from serving in the armed forces. He was rushing to catch his train when he ran into a fruit stand on the station platform, knocking most of the piled-up apples to the ground.

The young boy who operated the stand tried to pick up his scattered fruit but was having difficulty. The apologetic serviceman put down his luggage and started collecting the apples. He polished each one with his handkerchief and put it back on the counter. So impressed was the boy that he asked gratefully, “Soldier, are you Jesus?” With a smile the soldier replied, “No, but I’m trying to be like Him.”

Sometimes, as we hurry about our own responsibilities, we become too busy to care about other people. But we must remember that Jesus urges us to show kindness and concern for our fellow travelers. He set the example for us in John 13 by being a servant. We need to take the time to be helpful also.

Would anyone ask of us, “Are you Jesus?” And could we honestly respond, “No, I’m not Jesus, but I’m trying to be like Him”? Christlike kindness can open the door for a heart-touching testimony.

Nothing is more attractive than being like Jesus

CNY gathering

It's a BBQ actually. We came up with the following details during cell and more info will follow as things get confirmed. For now, here are the details:

Event: CNY BBQ
Date: 11th February 2008 (Monday)
Time: TBC
Venue: Jade's House (BBQ by the romantic pool)
How to get there: Details coming in soon

A New Start

Last Saturday, a few of us gathered in Grace 1 for the first cell meeting of 2008. During one of our discussion that Mike was leading, we shared what we would like to accomplish in this new year that would aid us in our Christian walk. Or quite simply, we shared our spiritual resolutions.

Some of us shared that we would like to dedicate time aside to read more into God's word, either through reading the accumulated pile of christian books or simply to spend more time reading the bible. Other sharings include to have an enriched prayer life and to read up more on church history.

We may all be excited in making resolutions at the start of a new year as it represents a fresh start. However, we must have the motivation to carry our resolutions through the whole 365 days and possibly way beyond. And when we talk about spiritual resolutions, it is all the more important. Sometimes sharing your spiritual resolution(s) helps as there exists a form of accountability which also serves to remind us of our own resolutions throughout the year.

In this new year, let us be a source of encouragement to one another.
Anything article that inspires you?
Anything experience to share?
Let's share them here in this blog.

-Benson-