Fettes Park Baptist Church Youth Ministry

Happy New Year!!

2009-12-29T09:22:00.002+08:00

Hello everybody, just a reminder about the New Years Eve party this Thursday. Its at my house, and there will be food, games, and lots of fun, so please come!
Time: 7:00
Date: 31st of December
Venue: The Spoelman house

Change Your World: Outreach to Rifle Range

2009-11-28T09:45:00.007+08:00

Hey there!

I hope you have been challenged to change YOUR world after the CYW Tour last week. Now, it is time to put your faith and love into action. We will be going out to Rifle Range to distribute the food that we have collected during the CYW Tour. Details of this event are as follows:

Outreach to Rifle Range

Date: Monday, 30 November 2009

Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm

Venue: Meet at House of Hope

We will split into small groups and visit the various homes to distribute food, help to clean windows and wipe floors and just fellowship with the families that we visit. As such, do dress appropriately (Girls may want to wear long pants) and bring some old rags. Most of all, come prepared to be a blessing for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ! ;) We are also still trying to raise more food items to be given away to the homes and as such, I would like to continue to encourage everyone to contribute more to this cause. You can bring any (or all!) of the following:

1. 5 kg of rice
2. Milo
3. Sugar
4. Canned food (No pork or beef)

You can pass the groceries to me on Sunday or Monday during the outreach. Do let me know if you will be joining the outreach and if you need transportation. Do also invite your friends to be part of this outreach! See you there! God bless!

Yinz

Yuletide Happenings

2009-11-27T20:00:00.003+08:00

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." - Luke 2:14

These were the words declared by the company of heavenly host at the birth of Jesus Christ, the King of Glory, the Son of God. He came down from heaven to earth so that we may have life and life abundantly to the glory of His name. What a great privilege that we are all called and adopted into His family by His amazing grace and mercy.

Christmas is just around the corner and we have a few events lined up this year. Here are some of the events that will be taking place:

Gift Wrapping Demonstration
Date: Saturday & Sunday, 5 - 6 December 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm (both days)
Venue: FPBC Kindy Room

Bro. William Chai, the demonstrator, has requested everyone to bring 3 gifts for wrapping. The gifts can be in varying shapes and sizes. He will demonstrate to us how to wrap each gift and then give us the opportunity to wrap the other gifts we bring. To enable him to know how much materials, he has to bring for the demonstration, the organizing team would appreciate if you could indicate your attendance and as such, please inform Yin Hooi if you are interested to learn.

Christmas Celebration @ Penang Times Square
Date: Sunday, 20 December 2009
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: Penang Times Square

The Youth Ministry has been invited to be part of the performing choir on that evening. There will be 3 practices in and the practices will be held on 6, 13 and 19 December 2009 at FPBC from 2:30pm to 4:30pm. Please inform Yin Hooi if you would like to be in the choir.

FPBC Christmas Celebration with the Community
Date: Sunday, 28 December 2009
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Tanjung Bungah Community Hall (Above Tanjung Bungah Market)

Kelvin Soh, a Chinese gospel recording artiste from Singapore to be our main performer for the evening. As such, the Youth Ministry will not need to put up a skit this year. However, we will still be involved in performing the opening act, which is a dance/ processional (Think last Christmas). Those who are interested to participate in the dance can register with Elizabeth Spoelman.

God bless!

CROOKED!!!!

2009-11-23T20:59:00.002+08:00

Change Your World!

2009-11-16T16:48:00.010+08:00

So after going through Quest One and Quest Two, it's time for the Change Your World Tour!

It is on the 22th of this month at Dewan Sri Penang and the time is 6 o'clock. But don't forget to get your passes; they cost 20RM. If you are interested you can just inform Yin Hooi or me.

We're All In This Together - Teaser 2008

2009-10-28T15:22:00.000+08:00

Youth Meeting - 16 October 2009

2009-10-15T23:20:00.002+08:00

Dear all,

Youth Meeting is on as usual this Friday. See you guys there!

Blessings,
Yinz

YOUNG RICH MAN...

2009-10-13T18:16:00.003+08:00

THE RICH YOUNG MAN

16Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?"

17"Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments."

18"Which ones?" the man inquired.

Jesus replied, " 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, 19honor your father and mother,'[d] and 'love your neighbor as yourself.'[e]"

20"All these I have kept," the young man said. "What do I still lack?"

21Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

22When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth.

Well what I wanted to update is about this young man .... first this guy have kept the commandments from young and Jesus who is all powerful would have said he was lying if he was ...after keeping him self pure he went to Jesus and ask him what else must he do to earn eternal life ?? this amazed me

I can say everyone of us have at least broken one of this commandments once ... yet this guy did not even break it from young till then !! and more over he asks for more ... he ask whats next !! he asks whats the next stage ?? he wants to upgrade him self to a more better level ...

CAN WE DO THAT TOO ?? ASK GOD WHATS NEXT FOR US TO FOLLOW OR ARE WE JUST HAPPY WITH WHERE WE ARE ?? OR ARE WE SCARED THAT IT WILL BE TOO HARD ??

God Bless ya'll

Youth Meeting - 09 October 2009

2009-10-09T13:09:00.001+08:00

Dear all,

Sorry for the 1-month silence. Just to let you guys know that Youth Meeting is on this Friday @ 8pm. See you guys there! God bless.

Yinz

Youth Meeting - 11 September 2009

2009-09-10T23:21:00.004+08:00

Dear all,

Youth Group meeting is on as usual at 8pm at church. Duty list is as follows:

Facilitator: James Ho
Game Masters: Ted Lee & Rusy Lee
Song Leader: Sukumaran
Sharing of the Word: Cindy Spoelman
Hospitality: Dylan Frans

Thanks and God bless!

Yinz

HEROES - National Baptist Youth Camp

2009-09-03T12:33:00.004+08:00

You've heard about it, you've got a copy of the registration form, you've seen the poster, you've starred IN the poster... well, some of you anyways... so what are you waiting for? Sign up for the Heroes Camp today! Details are as follows:

Heroes - National Baptist Youth Camp
Date: 9 - 12 December 2009 (4 days, 3 nights)
Venue: Peace Haven, Genting Highlands
Camp Speaker: Pastor Victor Wong
Camp Fee: RM 180 (early bird) / RM 200 (after 31 August 2009)

Invite your friends to come along! Subsidies are available for those who need financial support. For more information, log on to http://heroescamp2009.blogspot.com/ or contact me.

Blessings,
Yinz

Youth Group Meeting - 04 September 2009

2009-09-03T12:21:00.002+08:00

Dear all,

Hope you guys had a splendid time (and might I add - splashing time!) at the Water Fest last week. Youth meeting is on as usual this Friday, 04 September 2009 and we will have Pastor Pragas from EPCC with us this week. The duty list for this week is as follows:

Facilitator: Tan Yin Hooi
Game Master: Isaac Spoelman
Song Leader: Danny Ooi
Sharing of the Word: Pr. Pragas (EPCC)
Hospitality: David Tse

See you guys! God bless!

Blessings,
Yinz

Q3 Birthday Celebrations: Water Fest!

2009-08-26T21:53:00.003+08:00

Dear Youth,

We're gonna celebrate our Q3 Birthday Celebrations with a SPLASH! Yes, we're having a Water Fest! Details are as follows:

Water Fest

Date: Friday, 28 August 2009

Venue: Church Porch

Time: 7:30pm onwards

It's gonna be a wet evening so please bring extra change of clothes and please inform your parents (so that I won't get in trouble when you go home wet!) We are having potbless dinner so please confirm with Aunty Cindy or James on what you will be bringing. If you really can't bring anything, don't worry, just come anyways! Friends are welcomed!

Blessings!
Yinz

Help Needed

2009-08-19T23:33:00.002+08:00

Most of you should know by now that some of the married couples from our church will be renewing their wedding vows / walking down the aisle, whatever-you-call-it-go-figure-and-fill-in-the-blanks-yourself this Saturday and for that, we will be jazzing up the interior of the church building! We will need all the hands and feet that we get to help out with the decoration. We earlier announced that this will be on Friday but please note that it has been brought forward. If you are free on Thursday, 20 August from 7:30pm onwards, do come and join us and help out with the work. Your reward for all the hard work? Well, you'll get to watch history in making as this is the first time we are conducting such an event (as far as I am concerned anyways). And hey, how many weddings have you been to that does not require you or your parents to bring any gifts? :0)

Looking forward to this weekend! See ya! :o)

Yinz

P/S: Just so you know, you can still attend the wedding even if you don't help out on Thursday and NO, I am not joking when i said that you don't have to bring gifts. You seriously don't have to bring any (by the request of the couples).

PenHOP and FPBC Prayer Meeting

2009-08-19T01:01:00.001+08:00

Okay.. the poster said it all.. I would like to encourage all to come for this meeting, as you will definitely see the hand of God move through our prayers.. We combine worship, prayer and intercession at the same time.. If you're curious of how to do it, this will be the time.. If you're not curious, still come.. No harm right?..

There will be a team of intercessors from Korea coming to pray with us.. As you come, do expect God and God only.. For He is the One who is gonna do EVERYTHING!!

tobi

EXPLOIT!!!

2009-08-15T03:34:00.003+08:00

before you read this, Yin Hooi, please promise me that you won't kill me..

so lemme see.. what's there to exploit in this blog post?..

yeah!!

JOSEPH BLOGS AT tobijoey.blogspot.com!!!

TATa!!!

p.s.- God blesses those who don't kill Joseph.. :)
p.s.2- i'm just making full use of this blog.. and keeping it alive.. and making it interesting.. and saying random stuff.. like now.. and.. whatever.. xD

tobi

Youth Worship Practice

2009-08-14T00:00:00.002+08:00

Dear all,

We will be starting our Youth Worship Practice this Saturday. We will be meeting on Saturdays, 2pm - 4pm to spend sometime worshipping and praying and practicing together. This will also be our practice avenue for Sunday School worship. See you guys there,

Yin Hooi

Youth Meeting - 14 August 2009

2009-08-13T23:52:00.003+08:00

Dear all,

Youth Meeting will be on as usual at 8pm on Friday!

Facilitator: David Tse
Game Leader: Lai Mun Yee
Worship Leader: Danny Ooi
Word: High School Fraternity - Tan Yin Hooi
Word: College / University / Young Working Adults Fraternity: Ooi Choon Piao
Hospitality: James Ho

See you guys there! God Bless!

Youth Group Meeting - 31 July 2009

2009-07-31T07:41:00.002+08:00

Shalom!

Youth Group Meeting is on this Friday as usual at 8:00pm at the Multi-Purpose Hall. Do invite your friends to join us. See you guys there! God Bless!

Yinz

Combined Home Group Meeting

2009-07-24T01:00:00.002+08:00

Shalom! This week, FPBC will be having a combined home group meeting / seminar on Friday 24 July at 8pm at the church auditorium.. Jill Southern from Ellel Ministry UK will be speaking to us on the topic of Healing from Sexual Brokenness. She will be emphasizing on ministering into homosexuality, lesbianism and related brokenness and bondages. Do come and learn! See you there! God bless!

Rachel Spoelman's Birthday Party

2009-07-16T17:46:00.003+08:00

Hey guys! Please be reminded that we will be meeting at Rachel Spoelman's house this Friday instead of church! She is throwing a birthday party and all FPBC Youth have been invited! Kindly confirm your attendence with her. Party starts from 6:30pm till whenever she decides to call it a night. The theme is Dominoes. Come dressed as one. See you guys there. God bless!

Yinz

Youth Group Meeting

2009-07-12T17:38:00.002+08:00

This Friday, the 17th of July, there will be no regular home group meeting. Instead, all are invited to gather at the Spoelman house at 6:30 for Rachel's birthday party. The theme of the party this year is Dominoes. Because of this theme, if possible, please come dressed in black and white, or whatever outfit you can come up with which most nearly resembles a domino. There will be a prize for whoever comes up with the domino-themed outfit that gathers the most votes...

Bowling Night

2009-07-12T17:15:00.003+08:00

Not long ago, we had a bowling night to celebrate those who had birthdays in recent months.

Here are the birthday people!
I think Lizzy is very excited about a chance to go bowling.

Everyone is either waiting their turn or playing spectator as Jessica bowls.

How many pins did you knock down, Rusy?

Lizzy is pretty sure that she has the winning bowling ball.

Happy faces!

And a good time was had by all...

Youth Group Meeting

2009-07-08T21:36:00.003+08:00

Shalom!

Hope you guys have enjoyed our bowling session last week. Pictures will be up soon (when the Spoelmans return from their vacation) so stay tuned! Meanwhile, Youth Group Meeting is on this Friday as usual at 8:00pm at the Multi-Purpose Hall. Do invite your friends to join us. Have a blessed and fruitful week. Remember, Jesus loves you guys. Be salt and light for Him wherever you may be. ;)

God Bless!

Yinz

Apologies

2009-06-20T21:08:00.003+08:00

Message to all readers/ followers of the Fettes Park Baptist Youth Ministry blog:

Please allow me to say "Thousand Apologies" to everyone for the lack of activity on the blog for the past 6 months. We have not had the time to update stuff and as such, the blog has been left dormant since New Year's Day (not withstanding some Chatbox activity, thanks to Suku). We will be doing some revamp on the blog so do check us out in the next couple of weeks time. God bless!

Yinz

2009

2009-01-01T04:22:00.004+08:00

Countdown Fireworks at Gurney Plaza

It's the end of 2008 and the start of 2009. A new year. A new leaf. A new beginning.

Fix your eyes to the front. No looking back. No turning back.

2008 was a great year. 2009 will be greater. For our God is the greatest and He has GREAT plans. ^^

Chest out. Chin up. Be proud to be Christ's disciple.

Lets start well. Do well. End well.

(P.S. I just love fireworks~)

Christmas 2008 Practices

2008-12-27T22:34:00.002+08:00

Have you been WHY-ed ? DAY 1

2008-12-15T00:24:00.031+08:00

On the 26th to 29th of November 2008 we had a combined youth camp with HBC. We gathered outside HBC early in the morn. There were 48 people in total attending the camp.

DAY 1
Tanjung Bunga

Hanging outside HBC while we waited for the bus to arrive. Everyone was still quite sleepy and afraid to get eaten by each other.

Emo-ing before heading for the camp ... 4 days 3 nights without my favourite blankey and pillow. *Cries*
David T: Sigh ... crazy girls ... tsk tsk

Opps ... i guess they were actually praying ... XD

We took a group pic outside HBC before boarding the bus.

Dylan and Suku posing for a pic before heading for the bus.

Everyone ... smile at the camera~

But of course some pest made itself onto the bus but James got rid of it :P

Joseph made his way onto the bus somehow and went RARWWWWW. Very dangerous lah~
He came to send us off ~ ^^

It was a very long bus ride on a never ending road. The apek was so slow.

Ted and Rusy was sleeping most of the way there. Ki yup da~ But sleeping on a bus is dangerous as someone is about to find out.

Hahaha~ Eunice caught on camera~ Daniel is evil but innocent~ Thanks to evil Celine who took the pics~

Cameron Highlands

Chefoo Methodist. It's a very beautiful place !!! This place will be home for the next 3 more days.

Daniel giving a speech on the camp rules and schedule. It was very boring~

This is Kenny a.k.a Ah Po. He's our Programs Coordinator for the camp. His games borders on 'genius' and 'evil' as we are soon to find out.

Some Icebreakers

This is called the siamese twins ... apparently the butt sticks to each other. Any butts twinkling?

Getting to know you~

The 1st time i went over for gathering at HBC they asked us to throw our shoes into the middle. Memory was a bit fuzzy but i think we had to fight for our lives to get a pair of shoes. It was fun. Lol. It's a HBC thing.
Everyone threw a shoe into the middle and had to walk in circle while the music is playing and when it stops they had to grab the closest shoe and it mustn't be the same one as they were wearing on 1 leg.

A forfeit. But they seemed to enjoy doing the Tango together.

The Groups

Clockwise from the upper left : Water, Fire, Wind and Earth.

The teams faced off against each other in a rather cool game. Each team bomb-ed another team continuously and the team that fails to do so loses.

Wrestling...

... for shoes !!!

Evening Free TIME
During evening we had a lot of free time .... bout an hour or so to bath and rest. Mostly though we played basketball even though it was raining and freezing cold.

Night Session

We had a short game where we would put questions which begins with WHY into a bucket and in another bucket would contain answers that starts with because. Most people asked "Why am I here?" Which was also the sermon topic for the night.

This is pastor Andy. He's a really awesome Youth Pastor. Not to mention cool, handsome and taken(married). His sermons are very down to earth and he keeps it real. The topic for the night was "Why am I here?" So why are YOU here ? ^^

A lot of campers ... in fact ... I think everyone went up to be prayed for. It was absolutely amazing. The presence of God was there as Ps. Andy, his team and some of the leaders prayed over the youth.

Benji.

Why?

2008-11-06T14:59:00.001+08:00

Under Construction - A YouthWave Event

2008-11-06T14:26:00.001+08:00

Event: Under Construction
Organized by: YouthWave
Date: 15 November 2008
Time: 7:00pm - 10:30pm
Speaker: Pastor Matthew Foo of DUMC, PJ

Remember to be there and invite your friends along :)

Street Soccer in Church

2008-10-23T23:55:00.010+08:00

Now this is what we do during our free time. It's the most awesome-st game in the world. And you can find it right here in .... FPBC.

Once in awhile we would gather in the church porch and start kicking things up.

It involves accuracy, endurance, teamwork, skill, bloodlust, carnage, voilence and most of all the unquenchable thirst for victory ... whatever it takes ....... naw I'm just messing with y'all. People don't actually die from the numerous dangerous life-threatening injuries they suffer from playing with us.

Some nice yet strange scenes from our little game.

A : Look. Look. There's the ball.
B : Yeah i know. So is someone gonna go get it ?

Is it a goal ? IS IT A GOAL ? Aiya so close.

Skip ... hop ... dance around your opponents !! It's a skill.

Then you do the twist and cha cha all around the field. Becareful not to step on anyone's toes.

Phew. That was tiring.

Accidents happen whether you like it or not. The best thing to do ... is to bring someone down with you and laugh it off.

We feel no pain. We fall. We die. And we rise again. MUST WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

No more ... no more .... i .... ... ... surrender with a smiling face :)

"Ma, opa lose again ... shall i punish him?"'

This is a very very strange post ..... but we all had a lot of fun playing football/soccer at church. Girls are welcomed too. No worries. Even Rusy braved the front. Why not you? To inquire more please ask either James, Joseph or myself if and when we are playing and we'll inform you the next time we play. Cheers.

The game isn't that rough so worry not bout getting injured. We play nice ;)

What's Cooking?

2008-10-06T18:18:00.038+08:00

As usual we celebrated birthdays for those born in the month last month(September). This time it was Arthur's.

This is not Arthur.

His name is Dylan and he just recently joined our youth group. He's from South Africa. He's really cool and loves to play games. We wanna warmly welcome you to our lil group here.

Now THIS is Arthur.

We had lots of good food and good fun that night. How many of you have watched Iron Chef? Tonight reminded me somewhat of the show Iron Chef where the chefs compete using a special ingredient chosen by the host to see who can best prepare that particular ingredient.

The group was separated into 2 teams competing in 3 games. Each game had it's purpose. The teams played for their ingredients. The winning team receives additional ingredients while the losers ... face their defeat.

And the special ingredient for the night is .............

.......MAGGI MEE !!!!!

UNO-STACK-O~

Our 1st game of the night involved cards. How many of you have played UNO before? I bet almost anyone would recognize the game almost immediately. There are all sorts of different rules for the game. It's a classic.

BUT ....... that's not what we're playing tonight.

Our game involves stacking UNO cards. The team with the highest 'building' wins.

The main event begins. Both teams put in their effort into building a strong base.

As discussions went on as the time ticks away ...

The buildings were artistically re-designed and re-built over and over again.

And finally the losers were had to face their defeat with a forfeit.

BALLOON, BALLOONS AND MORE BALLOONS !!

What can you do with balloons? It's a very interesting question to ponder about as we look into the following possibilities.

We can colour our hands with a balloon.

We can ... worship a balloon.

We can even strum a balloon.

But those aren't really much useful now, are they?

Pose behind a balloon?

Maybe.

Have fun with a balloon? Woo. Ted seems excited~

You can even do the SLAM DUNK !!

Never underestimate the many things you can do with a balloon.

But the most obvious answer is to just go wild ...

... and burst the balloon !!

ROCK, PAPERS, SCISSORS

What is this? It shall be explained in the following compilation of pictures. This was the next game we played. It's simple. It's easy. And it's fun. You just play Rock, Papers, Scissors and if you lose, you EAT. How convenient is that? It's great.

COOKING LESSON 101

Our lady chefs hard at work boiling water and slicing sausages.

Ted showed off his world-class chopping skills. They came in all shapes and sizes. XD

Rusy: Did he just take a picture of me stealing food. Must ... destroy ... evidence ...
Ted: While nobody is looking ... hee hee hee.

It was a fun time working in the kitchen. Not to mention the fun experience cooking in church kitchen. I never knew the stove actually worked. XD

While the chefs were away the mice ... i mean the rest of them were busy playing UNO. Bang !!

Chef I-Mei and Chef Rusy presenting their masterpiece, Tom Yam Maggi Mee.

Chef Ted and Chef Suku presenting their masterpiece, Curry Maggi Mee.

We ate and we survived. So that was good. Yup.

Our birthday boy of the month, Arthur. Happy Birthday, Arthur. And that's a delicious Chocolate Cheesecake he is holding.

It was an awesome end to an awesome night. It was definitely a very fun time for all of us.

Here's To the August Baby~

2008-09-15T23:17:00.005+08:00

Warning! Viewer discretion is advised. *oooo ... scary ... not*

Here's a gist of what we did for August birthday celebrations.

We went to Jessica's to celebrate. It is a beautiful place. It's an apartment with a nice view. I think. It was really dark at night. Lol.

We went .... swimming. Well some of us did anyways. Reason is because it was raining a lot and on our way there it was even raining so most of us did not bring our swimming gears. What little faith. But God proved His greatness while we were there. Although it looked as if it was going to rain any minute as the dark clouds gathered around the area, not a single drop of H2O fall. ~ A lesson in faith.

Some people who brought their swimming gears along reasoned that they were going to be wet anyways when they go in the pool so what's a few drops of water. Revelation... ? Hmmm.

An ingenious game by James. Race around the sharp stones he said. Well the next morning everyone woke up with killing feet .... including James. But most of us pretended we were fine. Lol. Those are really sharp stones. I do not recommend walking on it. However feel free to run :)

Some of us played mon-key ... Mun Key ... Mun Yee. She was stuck being the monkey for a very long time due to lazy feet. Suku should be on his knees when he's playing this game. (It's a crime to be too tall ... muahahahaha)

After a fun night of running around and swimming around and monkey-ing around ... we sat down to have some snack. Dominoes. Twisties. Gas drinks and all that is unhealthy. It's great !!!!

The culprits. It's no wonder the food disappeared so fast that night. Hey that may look like me. He may style his hair like mine. He may even dress like me. But that's not me.

Our August baby. Chloe even picked out the cake herself. It was a cheesecake. And she shared it with all of us.

As per custom ... one person shall be "baptized" on this special day. Usually it's the birthday guy/gal. But Adam. He's a brave one. Your sacrifice for your sister shall be remembered ... for as long as she remembers it.

1 ... 2 ... wooosh~

A simple Hike on a simple Day~

2008-09-15T22:50:00.002+08:00

On the 17th of August some of us decided that we have too much energy to spare so we went hiking at youth park. The weather was excellent. Praise God for the fine weather.

Some trees never change. I bet lots of you recognise this tree. After all ... it's been there since the 1st time I went to Youth Park. And I'll bet it'll stay there long after too.

We hiked up till level 3. Yes not only games have level. But worry not. Level 3 is not as difficult as it looks in the picture. It's the view. Yes. The view took their breathes away. Look at how energetic Adam still is.

They serve hot drinks and fried bee hoon up there. There's also this weird concoction called the Ginger Al ..... I mean Tea ... Ginger Tea. It has quite the kick as you can see from the look in Kevin's face.

A bunch of gluttons.

Cheers~

Youth hang out day (September 1st)

2008-09-08T13:45:00.001+08:00

Initially the youths were thinking of hiking up Number 3 (Penang Hill) but unfortunately many of the youths including Sharon and I couldn't wake up in time. Poor Yinz, Jess and James who had to wait for all of us at the youth park thinking we had fly aeroplane (pang pui kee or also known as broke promise) . Sorry guys. Instead of burning calories we decided to ditch our plan to hike up Number 3 and decided to load our bellies at a Dim Sum restaurant.

Hmm this tastes yummy...finger lickin good! (ThE KiMs)

Yum yum !! Char siew pow, dim sum oh yummy!!

After breakfast we went to the beach to film a promo video for our church family day. Our main cast the KiMs and FpBc YouTHs.

Adam buried under the sand

Cool shades

What can we say about this? Alamak !!!

Next time you go to the beach, let's make sure we clean up our beaches b4 we leave.

We went to Terh Ren's house to get Adam cleaned up while there and we took a picture of Terh Ren's Doggie. What was its name? Anyone remembered the doggie's name?

Next we went to Uncle Choy's house where the KiMs were staying and had WaR with Chu Kim's kids using NeRF guns.....

Posing with the NeRf guns

Posing with the targets. Joe looks like Hellboy.

Joe is targeted......you're NeRfed!!!

Sharon the big bully..........came here you!!

Getting ready for filming the final clip of the promo video.

Dancing Generation

2008-09-02T16:38:00.002+08:00

this song is for all you young people.. this my prayer that you guys will continue to dance, to shout for joy and to sing His praises through times when it is easy and even hard.. bless you all.. may the spirit of the Lord continue to rest upon each and everyone of you through this week..

Happy Merdeka

2008-08-29T13:12:00.001+08:00

Malaysia will be celebrating it's 51st year of Independence in 2 days time. That's something to celebrate. Remember to continue to pray for our nation and our leaders of this wonderful nation that God has put us here. Enjoy the long weekends and be safe.

Live Video Chat with the Spoelmans

2008-08-28T14:27:00.001+08:00

Sorry it took me a while to upload these pictures. Didn't know where the pictures were placed on which memory card and after finding the pictures, I didn't have the time to upload them. But anyway here they are. We had a live video call using MSN Messenger with Rachel, Lizzy and Isaac on Rachel's birthday. Amazingly we had a good chat session through our church's wireless network, the quality of the video wasn't great but still we managed to have an enjoyable chat session. Anyway enjoy the pics.

Top screen - The Spoelmans

Below screen - The fpbc.youths

Our live video chat session at around 9pm Penang time

Singing Happy Birthday song to Rachel through a webcam. A first for all of us.

Rachel, Isaac nad Lizzy posing for the Camera...what camera Web Camera!!

It's snowing in Rachel's room...

Saying tata to the Michigan kids on the other side of this planet...

So sad for some of us :(

Paradise Worship Live Concert @ PCC

2008-08-20T10:21:00.001+08:00

Link - > Paradise Worship in Penang

It is an evangelistic meeting so bring your friends. Also pray for the speaker Matt Heins.

Parking on Thursday night is in PCC, Mondelle, Westland School and Pykett School (shuttle van will transport you to PCC).

Wide Game - July - Matrix

2008-08-18T15:55:00.010+08:00

Who remembers the Matrix trilogy? I'm sure almost everyone has watched the show before. It was produced several years back and made famous by the Wachowski Brothers. Oh yes. I'm sure everyone remembers their signature scene where Trinity, in her hot tight sexy leather suit, jumps in the air and the scene suddenly stops and the angle turn 180 degrees while she is in midair then continues with 2 police officers flying through the air. Unfortunately we dont have such magnificent feats but it's all good. So sit back and enjoy the pics.

Puny insignificant human batteries receiving their tasks and carrying them out. Counting toilets. counting tiles. Counting toilet cubicles. Pathetic. They don't know that they are living in a virtual world created by the machines while being used as batteries.

An an an. To te mo dai su ki. Do ra e ma mun. Okay I have no idea why Kenny was assigned to sit in the Premier Class Lounge at GSC cinema. Poor guy must be bored outta his wits there. But who cares. It's still Premier Class !! Woot !!!

Some lost souls finally caught up with Morpheus(Derek).

Lost Souls : We are saved.

Derek(on phone) : They are here again. I see. Okay.

Lost Souls : Help us !! Free us!!

Derek(points) : LOOK !! FREE ICE-CREAM !!

*everyone turns their head*

*Derek flees the scene*

Mark tries to escape from the Agents by running to reality.

Mark : Operator. They're on to me. Get me outta here. Now.

Operator : This is Agent Operator speaking.

Mark : @#$%^ !! Wrong number !!

*screwed*

Those that have been awakened from the virtual world coming together to save the world.

Joanna Kwan plays the Oracle. Her wisdom and knowledge guides Morpheus and his team towards the right path. And we all know how divine guidance comes .... encrypted.

"Save the cheerleader. Save the world."

What the? Who the? How? Huh?

As you can see. The more guidance this Oracle gave, the more confused we got. Just kidding. It was all cool ^^

At the end, Neo saved the world. And humanity is saved. Derek and Amos explains to us the few lil lessons we can learn from this game. Yes there are actually good lessons in this game and it's not just full of nonsense as compared to what I've written.

This is Neo. Neo was the 1st human I saved. When I found him, he was counting toilet cubicles on the 7th floor =.=

Suku talking to his invisible friend .......

Suku : I can see the light .... it's becoming brighter and brighter.

Urgggh. Eww. Someone sneezed and threw it to me. Nah jk. They were delicious red and blue (gummy bear) pills. Oh wait. I'm not suppose to know they are delicious. Opps.

FPBC Worship team @ Roy Durman's Healing Rally

2008-08-12T09:37:00.001+08:00

Our faithful brother James on drums.

Raymond worship leading with team

Roy Durman and wife

Sharon working on the projector

Jessica and Jessica

Worship team

Joseph working on his guitar

Passion Testimony - Ashley's Home

2008-08-05T11:38:00.001+08:00

I just wanted to share a testimony with all you guys and gals who didn't get a chance to attend the Passion world tour @ KL. Louie Giglio from Passion shared a beautiful testimony with all of us and I just wanted to share it with all you guys. So whenever you have the time please click HERE to read the testimony in brief. You can also read more stories and events that are happening with the passion crew at 268 blog or you can also read about what happened at Passion World Tour @ KL. Enjoy the stories and have a blessed week.

Click on the picture below for 268 blog or the Passion Web site. There's lots of stuff there to see like Louie's sermons and Podcasts (only 19 listeners worldwide so far YOU can be the 20th listener). So check it out.

Chris Tomlin - God of this City

2008-08-05T10:40:00.001+08:00

Enjoy the song :)

Let's make this song a prayer for our beautiful city of Penang.

Interesting pic from the Nepali BBQ

2008-07-21T15:02:00.004+08:00

So Justin thought of a great idea for if we ran out of chicken.

Blazing hot coal, anyone? Fresh from the pit. Get it while it's HOT! Coal to lips .... does this remind anyone of something? Hmmm ....

Youth BBQing for Nepali Brothers

2008-07-16T12:29:00.001+08:00

Last Saturday a few of the youth were called on a mission to cook for our fellow Nepali brothers in Christ at the Baptist Seminary in Batu Feringghi. Overall we had a great time there. Here are the pictures.

Beautiful Sceneries from the Beach

Youths and some of the FPBC family members busy BBQing

Joseph busy reflecting on his past week

A picture with the Nepali brothers

A beautiful picture of the sunset

Youth Home Group 11th July - Birthday Celebrations

2008-07-16T12:13:00.003+08:00

The confused soccer player who forgot which country he plays for.

I'm Joel also another soccer player

Another soccer player from Korea

I'm outside down, me the German soccer player

The first guy who wore a swim wear to home group meeting. That's a first

Yinz the snooker player

Indoor volley balloon game

Young Indiana Jones searching for lost treasure around Fettes Park.

Happy Birthday to July Babies

We also had Chu Kim and his wife over to share with us about his life and what he does. It's cool.

Chu Kim and his family.

Suku's Birthday Party

2008-07-10T15:19:00.001+08:00

Here are some of the pictures of the youth at Suku's house celebrating his birthday. Happy belated Birthday Suku.

Suku (heheh) and Daniel (Opps my mouth is full)

Behold my Parrot

Some of Suku's friends on the right

Group picture

3rd August

2008-07-09T14:24:00.002+08:00

PASSION CONFERENCE!! HERE WE COME!!!

Wide Game - June - S.W.A.T II

2008-06-29T20:21:00.007+08:00

Last Sunday, we had another Wide Game event at HBC. This time, it's called S.W.A.T II and was going to be held indoors. We were actually trying to guess what we were going to play because it wasn't going to be done outdoors, there was no need for a change of clothes and, uhm... it's called S.W.A.T II... *sweat*

Lo and behold, we arrived to be put on duty to fold "bullets". *gulp*

Our final product. Feel the pain yet?

Before the game, we had a short time of worship, led by HBC.

Hmm... I wonder what the boy in red is doing

After worship, Pastor Amos gathered everyone to line up in 2 straight lines, from the shortest to the tallest...

Suku apparently got confused with the whole lining up process

... and explained the game. It was basically a paintball-esque kind of game, except, it involves rubberbands and folded-up paper bullets. (Basically, if you get hit by a paper bullet, you are "dead".) We were divided into 4 groups and were given a short period of time to fold up more bullets before we went upstairs.

James and David scheming away

Once upstairs, we found ourselves in a battlefield, of some sort, made out of tables and chairs and even a carrom board.

The Battlefield

Oh look! A carrom board! Suku apparently liked it so much, he ran into it... and it fell on him

Pastor Amos giving a more detailed explanation on how to play

We played a few rounds against different teams, each with different objectives - Round 1: The team with the most players left standing; Round 2: The team with the least amount of casualties; Round 3: The team who had the most "kills". Finale: The two teams with the best scores fight it out to see who is the best overall team.

Pocketful of bullets

Getting ready for battle

A battle in progress. I wonder what David is laughing about, though...

Team 1 emerged as the winners of the game after surviving through the many different rounds with all the other teams. Woohoo! After that, we went downstairs and played a free-for-all shootout with our own made bunkers. This time, we had "unlimited" lives, except, once shot, we have to return to our base before we can proceed to shoot again. (I don't think many people followed that rule!)

The last two games had one simple objective: Be the one sitting on the chair in the middle of the room at the end of the game and your team wins. Too bad there weren't any pictures to document it. There was a LOT of pain involved in the last game. A lot of pain...

Farewell Video for Rachel

2008-06-24T21:18:00.002+08:00

Wide Game - May - Gold Rush

2008-06-18T23:17:00.013+08:00

(What's up with all these late posts?)

Last month, May, we joined HBC for Wide Game again. This time it's called Gold Rush. The idea was taken from the recent movie Indiana Jones. I haven't watched the show yet so i cant tell y'all how it's connected to the game but I'll try to describe it as best as i can remember.

Everyone lining up to be divided into teams.

Everyone was split into 4 teams. Each team have their own base at the four corners of the field. There was the Blue Team, Black Team, Yellow Team and White Team. A team consists of a General and his cronies(captains, soldiers and more cannon fodder). That being said ... the generals were :

Blue Team - Yin Hooi
Black Team - Daniel Goh
Yellow Team - Ted
White Team - James Ho

Yay. All the generals from each team were appointed from FPBC. Whether it'd be for the better or worse ... only time will tell.

All the teams listening intently to Amos on how to play the game.

The game was rather simple :
1) See someone from another team. Start shooting.
2) Loot as much gold as possible. Kill+Steal if you must.
3) Take over your rival's base. Loot their coffers !!! Arrrrrr ~ !!!
4) Try not to die :P

Those are the few things to keep in mind throughout the game. With more money you can buy more powerful weapons of MASS DESTRUCTION when they are made available in each new rounds.

Each team started out with a bucket of water, several water guns and a cup. Since it involved water, everyone was eager to get the game started.

The white team. James was camera shy.

The Blue team. All ready for battle.

Once the game begun, everyone began to mine gold from the gold mine till the mine was depleted. That's where the fun began. Some people were caught on camera as they showed their true colours.

There was no stopping this bull. He charged and shot down any enemy he saw. The moment the battle started, he turned into Frenzy Mode. And this is before he takes a dose of Air Limau. You wouldn't want to be near him when he is on Air Limau.

A story of a girl turned superhero. Look at how brave she is, standing in the face of the villains while the big guy next to her was running away :P "I will save you, Suku!!"

Ted, the Yellow General goes "Muahahahahaahhahahaha~" He must've been taking something that day but it sure wasn't prisoners. That's his personal motto - "Take NO Prisoners !!" Poor Arthur and Sherlene and some little girl behind Sherlene, yes even little girls are not spared, were blasted to smithereens. Some dude in gray tried to save Arthur but this day, the mighty general slain four opponents by himself.

The Generals in a World Summit Meeting to discuss peace treaties .... will never work la ~ The Black General plans to kill the rest of the generals with his handy flour bomb during the summit. And he shall finally RULE THE WORLDDDDDD ~

So the game finally ended. And each team brought forth their wealth to be counted. Some were very rich. Unfortunately one team managed to get all their gold stolen cause their ally betrayed them. I shall not mention names.

Yin Hooi goes "RARRWWWW !!! YEEARRRRGHHHH !!!" when blue was announced the winner. Just like when Bruce Banner turns into The Hulk and roars. RARW ~

Somebody gonna get a hurt real bad. The losing teams were punished with a forfeit. Everyone huddled together in the middle while the winning teams bombarded them with their guns and bombs. They were trapped like rats.

But someone managed to rally the losing teams and they rebelled. Chaos ensues. Some thought it was raining. And thus ... the war began ... again ... ~! What a mess we made. Don't worry. Being good Christians, we cleaned the place up after that.

All in all i'd say it was one of the fun-est game ever. Water, flour, chicks. How can it not be good ? Right, men?

Kenny says "Chill." while Suku says "AHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Wide Game - April - Spiderwick

2008-06-11T01:03:00.012+08:00

HBC has been conducting an event called Wide Game on the field in front of their church each month to reach out to the local youths around the area. In April, our youth group decided to join their event. The theme is taken from the movie Spiderwick Chronicles.

We gathered in HBC. Amos, HBC's Youth Pastor, greeting everyone. Welcome Welcome !!
2 groups were formed and each team picked their respective leader to represent them. Mark called out for a challenger. Sukumaran answered that call.

Amos, with his assistant, Malar, tries to explain the game to everyone. Some scratch their head as they look to their fellow teammates for answers. It's okay guys and girls. We'll just learn as we play.

The TEAMS !!!!

The Goblins and the Ogre King.

Faeries, pixies, brownies and all their magical kin.

As the battle for Spiderwick's Chronicles is about to begin. (For the benefit of those who didn't watch the movie, Spiderwick's Chronicles is a book containing all the secrets of the magical folk which the Ogre King is trying to steal. In obtaining this knowledge he will become invincible.)

The Goblins plot their mischief ....

... while the goodly magical folk ...... PRAYS !!!!!

Oh and one more thing ... lets not forget the ever-oh-so-handsome-oh-so-evil .... DINOSAUR !!!! Anyone caught and eaten by this creature will become ....

... depressed ... loose all colour(fade away) ... loose all willpower to live ... no mood ... wallow in a pit of despair ... ending up in the hospital to be revived. Or wallow in a pit of despair. It's really up to the person. Hahaha !!!!! (below is an example of what happens to you when the dinosaur catches you. scary huh?)

So let the games .... BEGIN !!! Suku started off by trying to pick up some chicks. He later told me her name was Yuon Sue and she's Korean.

Yin Hooi ..... was trying to catch any illegal dealings between the players. "Show me what's in your hands," she says. Unfortunately these two were clean, yet she still arrested them and threw them into prison. EVIL !!!!

Suku once again trying to pick up more chicks. "You see that Dinosaur there? I can take 'im out in one blow if you want me to." *flexs muscles* "Just like that."

As you can see ... everyone was quite dispersed on the field. Many lives were sacrificed to steal the book. And many more were sacrificed to protect the book. I think the Dinosaur was brutally murdered so James lost his job.

Finally the game came to an end. We gathered around Amos to hear the results. Keep your fingers crossed, goblins and faeries.

The Magical Folk prevailed by keeping the Book safe from the hands of the evil goblins and their nasty Ogre King. Congrats.

But the evil Goblins still insisted for a picture to be taken to commemorate this event. Smile ~

After that everyone gathered together to take a group picture. HBC and FPBC alike !! We aren't so different after all. Brothers and sisters in Christ.

Hip hip !! Hurrayyyy !! Unfortunately some jumped too fast as usual and some were too heavy to jump. It was a very fun event for all of us. Kudos to Amos for coming up with such an interesting fun game.

gREDt Expectations ! Theme : RED.

2008-06-09T16:56:00.011+08:00

Not too long ago in a far far far far away galaxy. On a little tiny rock called Earth. There were .....

They got together one Friday night. 2 factions were formed.

An example of what will happen to the losing faction ..... an eternity of servitude !!!!! (juz kidding)

It was a tough battle. Both factions tried hard to get all 4 seats of power. No hostages were left alive. It was an all out WARRRRRRRR !!!!!

Ummm ... somehow some defected and the stronger faction won ??? Hmmm yeah ... they won ... since i'm in the pic. Muahahahahaha.

Let me introduce to you the most diabolical game invented. It involves water, sugar, and lemons.

Very dangerous indeed.

Take a look at what it does to you. Look at how stoned he is. Look at how high the people at the back are.

Effects of this diabolical concoction called 'The Lemonade' --> Huddling together laughing in a corner ... dancing randomly .... breaking entry into the church auditorium(no wonder they need an alarm now) .... makes you wanna go RaRW !!!

Yup. It was fun. I think this team won some game.

And they say "Save the best for last." It rang true for this night. The cookies were ingenius as they were delicious. More dangerous concoctions. Twisties and Cheezels. The night cant get any better. Top it off with a cake and birthday celebrations for several youths.

"The Fellowship of the Youth". A tale greater than that of "The Fellowship of the Ring".

One big-happy-red-family at the end of the day. Cant get any better than this.

Oh wait ... what is this? This is one brave young lad indeed. This is the side-effect of living with 6 sisters. Next will be his fingernails.

Mall Hunt

2008-06-09T16:12:00.011+08:00

Due to old age and failing memory, the poster has forgotten the date ..... but nevertheless ... one of our youth outings recently was a Detective Game-Mall Hunt. These are some of the pics of our little adventure. Enjoy.

The night started out with everyone gathering and Daniel explaining the game.

Look at their witty-sly-cunning faces. Don't trust them. "The Suspects".

Some teams ventured into Cold Storage.

Others were misled to enter a bookstore.

Some people craved for sushi.

Others just went shopping.

Finally!! Some people actually working hard to investigate the crime.

A lonely suspect's cry : Where are my detectives? I'm in MPH not Popular Bookstore.

We know it's you, James!!!!

After a tough day's work. We adjourned to Mc D's. Detectives need to eat too.

And Daniel again with more explainations .... OH SHUT UP ALREADY !! WE WANT FOOD !!!

And the night ended with us celebrating one of our beloved youth's birthday. Unfortunately someone stole all his fries. This is Clement by the way !!! :P

God Bless You All...And We Love ya all....

2008-05-30T20:57:00.005+08:00

another song...

2008-05-11T23:37:00.002+08:00

ok... this is a revamped song of Amazing Grace done by Chris Tomlin.. it has a variety of chords that are quite hard which i think will post up the pics at my blog.. hope to get a cam soon so that i can show step by step of all the chords and strumming patterns in a video.. hope u all can learn this and if u have any questions, do drop it in the comment box, here, or my blog.. will post up the chords soon.. too lazy today

just something for my dear students..

2008-05-05T12:30:00.003+08:00

to all my guitar students, in the future, i'll be posting up songs thru this blog and i hope that u guys would try these songs and if there are any questions, just msg me or pop by my blog.. i'll try to answer them online.. God bless..

Hosanna - Hillsong(Brooke Fraser)

the reason i post up this song is because you can actually play and worship God at the same time.. very meaningful words.. and i feel that all of us should sing Hosanna to our Lord in the highest.. AMEN.. this is a very simple song with very simple chords.. u guys actually can play all those chords d.. so, i'm gonna put up the altered chords which are quite complicated but i assure u that they'll actually sound good.. haha.. enjoy..

Intro: C#m.. E.. F# (E power chord on the 9th fret).. G#(E power chord on 11th fret).. every chord is played at a full bar which is 4 counts..

Verse 1
E
I see the king of glory
C#m
Coming down the clouds with fire
A
The whole earth shakes,
B
the whole earth shakes
C#m(there is a long hold on this chord here.. so try to follow as you listen to the song)

E
I see his love and mercy
C#m
Washing over all our sin
A
The people sing,
B
the people sing

Chorus
(the chords used here are E/G#, A, B, C#m, A, C#m, B.. all chords are played with two counts, except the last chord, B which is played with a four count.. again, try to follow the song..)
Hosanna, hosanna
Hosanna in the highest

Verse 2(same as verse 1)
I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith, with selfless faith
I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We're on our knees, we're on our knees

(the instrumental played before going into bridge is the same as intro..)
Bridge
A
Heal my heart and make it
B
clean
E/G#
Open up my eyes to the
C#m
things unseen
A
Show me how to love like
B
you have loved me
C#m
A
Break my heart for what breaks
B
yours
E/G#
Everything I am for your
C#m
kingdom's cause
A
As I walk from earth
B
into eternity
A( ends with an a.. you can actually just figure out your way if u wan to go to the chorus again..)

Saviour King - Hillsong(Marty Sampson)

this is another song that i find interesting and i hope that we can learn this together.. i've already figured out all the chords and what i'm gonna do is just showw you the song and the chords wil be up soon.. too lazy today.. God bless the lazy ones too..

Verse 1
And now the weak say I have strength
By the spirit of power that raised Christ from the dead
And now the poor stand and confess
That my portion is ? and I'm more blessed

Pre-chorus
Let now our hearts burn with a flame
A fire consuming all for your Son's holy name
And with the heavens we declare
You are our king

Chorus
We love you Lord, we worship you
You are our God, you alone are good

You asked your Son to carry this
The heavy cross our weight of sin

I love you Lord, I worship you
Hope which was lost, now stands renewed
I give my life to honor this
The love of Christ, the savior king

Verse 2
Let now your church shine as the bride
That you soar in your heart as you offered up your life
Let now the lost be welcomed home
By the saved and redeemed those adopted as your own

Ending
I give my life to honor this
The love of Christ, the savior king

p.s.- please brush your teeth everyday so that it doesn't turn grey or black..

Pangkor Trip~~

2008-04-20T16:42:00.002+08:00

Hey youths.. We are planning to have a 2days/1night trip to pangkor on the 3rd of May. For those who interested please email me at snowy0520@hotmail.com A.S.A.P.

Passion for Christ

2008-04-14T20:32:00.003+08:00

hello everyone! Just wanted to let you know, the Passion for Christ T-shirts are still available to buy . We only have medium and large left. If you are interested to buy them you can contact Yin Hooi. They are 15RM each.....

Rachel's Graduation Party

2008-04-14T15:27:00.003+08:00

Last Saturday we celebrated Rachel's graduation party. We had a great time there especially the yummy food and also the cool going back to school game. Congrats Rachel =)

Muka Head (Light House) Pictures

2008-02-03T12:09:00.000+08:00

The way to the Light House

Our Escorts throughout the trip

View of the jungle

Hi guys and gals, we had a fantastic trip to Muka Head (Light House) yesterday. The hike was very tough heading towards the light house but after reaching the light house it was very worth it. First the view from the light house was just amazing. All who went were amazed by the sight of the scenery. Well here's some pics of the hiking trip. Enjoy

Pangkor~~

2008-01-28T22:07:00.000+08:00

Hi, We are planning to go Pangkor on the 1st & 2nd of march. For those who are interested and able to make it on this dates please confirm with me a.s.a.p. The trip will cost around RM150 ( included 3meals, accomodation and boat ride ).

Hiking to Muka Head (Light House)

2008-01-28T09:32:00.000+08:00

Anyone interested to hike to Muka Head (Light House), join us this Saturday 6.30am (meet in church). However do let us know in advance if you're going. Thanks and God Bless .

Email Sharon : meteor_rainvic69@yahoo.com

January 25, 2008 Home Group

2008-01-26T12:20:00.001+08:00

Hello everybody!
Because not all of our youth were able to attend last night's home group, I'll give a short description of our night here. Lizzy played the guitar and led worship for the first time (applause applause!). We played several games, including "Murder in the Dark" (thanks to I Mei), "Winking Murder," and "Mafia." Yes, it was rather violent. But it was very exciting to kill all your friends, I'm sure everyone will agree to that! I'm rather surprised that all of us are still alive this morning. After all, even one of the policemen, Daniel, was going around murdering innocent people. Does that surprise anyone?
Afterwards, we ate mashed potatoes and pink smiley face cookies for snack. Doesn't that sound like a perfectly balanced meal? It sounds like a great meal to me! Of course, any meal which includes cookies sounds like a great meal to me, and with potatoes to make the meal healthier, it's even better! Jessica, however, thought that the cookies looked like aliens and/or sick people. Well, it's okay, I think they must have tasted good enough, judging by how fast the cookie container was emptied.

SAND trip to TAIPING!!!

2008-01-13T21:03:00.000+08:00

http://josephlimyeonghin.blogspot.com/2008/01/taiping.html

2008-01-12T12:03:00.000+08:00

All of God's promises throughout the Bible are fulfilled in Jesus. The grace of God has been made freely available to us through the blood of Jesus.

Family Pictures~~

2008-01-11T23:20:00.000+08:00

POW* night, season 2..

2008-01-08T18:30:00.000+08:00

haha.. i was just viewing over our posts.. and i saw this POW fund post by Kevin.. we had fun the other time and i ws just thinkin it would be a great idea as CNY is coming, we should revive our POW fund.. feedbacks please.. : )

Youth Caroling 2007

2008-01-07T19:42:00.000+08:00

Sorry this was posted late but thanks to Uncle Brian for making this wonderful youth carolling comic strip for the youths. Enjoy.

Wedding pic

2007-12-27T11:13:00.001+08:00

Hey guys...

check the pictures out at my blog.

www.jkwh78.blogspot.com

thanks

Amazing Grace

2007-11-26T23:45:00.000+08:00

Hey my church(FCBC) recently sang this wong during worship. Amazing Grace. Doesn't sound too new to you. Well, thats not the point. The point is, there was a brand-new, fresh feeling when we were singing it. Its not like "oh, just another hymn"....its THE hymn. Its the Chris Tomlin version with this additional verse:

My chains are gone, I've been set free
My God My Saviour, has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercies rained
Unending Love, Amazing Grace!

Its really very very meaningful and nice. Go check out at Godtube
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=7adeeb5d0352fcd92b1d

Or Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXV6HJxUebg

Hope you guys enjoyed it! Learn it up and mebbe we can jamm when free! See ya guys!

Cycelia Lim (my first post on this blog)

October Youth-Young Adults Get-Together

2007-11-21T12:07:00.000+08:00

On 12 October 2007, the Youth and Young Adults came together for a combined homegroup meeting. Our special speaker were Drs. Paul and Christina Ang.

FPBC Family Day - 11 August 2007

2007-11-20T23:39:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the late posting but for those who have missed out on our FPBC Family Day, fret not! We have pictures to share of the fun-filled day!

Young strategists at work.

Our Young Adults waiting to get into action.

Hmmm... what are these young people up to?

The Kacang Putih wrapping competition???? Not quite. One of the teams are getting ready for the Geronimo game.

At the starting point... Derek is looking very pleased as he has another scheme up his sleeves...

Family Day Pictures (Cont.)

2007-11-20T23:38:00.000+08:00

You got two, I also got two!

HAiiiiiiiiyaaahhhhh...!

Jubilant faces

Alvin working very hard on his masterpeice... and Jeremy wonders what it is that his brother is making..

Pretty lady with a pretty pose...

Family Day Pictures (Cont. Lagi)

2007-11-20T23:30:00.000+08:00

Karston is VERY pleased with his supply of water balloons (look at the basins behind him!)

I got it! I got it!

Isaac holding the egg that survived the Geronimo fall.

Water War!

And everyone went home happy!

DUMC DREAM CENTRE

2007-09-27T23:50:00.000+08:00

3000 seating Auditorium

Church choir

DREAM Church

2007-09-27T23:44:00.000+08:00

2007-09-27T23:42:00.000+08:00

2007-05-31T08:45:00.001+08:00

TODAY I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

by Max Lucado

Today I will make a difference. I will begin by controlling my thoughts. A
person is the product of his thoughts. I want to be happy and hopeful.
Therefore, I will have thoughts that are happy and hopeful. I refuse to be
victimized by my circumstances. I will not let petty inconveniences such as
stoplights, long lines, and traffic jams be my masters. I will avoid
negativism and gossip. Optimism will be my companion, and victory will be
my hallmark. Today I will make a difference.
I will be grateful for the twenty-four hours that are before me. Time is a
precious commodity. I refuse to allow what little time I have to be
contaminated by self-pity, anxiety, or boredom. I will face this day with
the joy of a child and the courage of a giant. I will drink each minute as
though it is my last. When tomorrow comes, today will be gone forever.
While it is here, I will use it for loving and giving. Today I will make a
difference.
I will not let past failures haunt me. Even though my life is scarred with
mistakes, I refuse to rummage through my trash heap of failures. I will
admit them. I will correct them. I will press on. Victoriously. No failure
is fatal. It’s OK to stumble… . I will get up. It’s OK to fail… . I
will rise again. Today I will make a difference.
I will spend time with those I love. My spouse, my children, my family. A
man can own the world but be poor for the lack of love. A man can own
nothing and yet be wealthy in relationships. Today I will spend at least
five minutes with the significant people in my world. Five quality minutes
of talking or hugging or thanking or listening. Five undiluted minutes with
my mate, children, and friends.
Today I will make a difference.

New Creation Church Daily Devotionals

2007-05-29T16:03:00.000+08:00

How You Know You Will Inherit It

Psalm 89:34 34My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.

When God promises you something, do you take Him at His Word? Or do you, like Abraham, ask, “Lord God, how shall I know that I will inherit it?” (Genesis 15:8)
God did not reprimand Abraham for failing to take Him at His Word. That is how gracious God is to His people. He even came down to Abraham’s level of faith and did something to assure Abraham that He would always keep His promises — He made a covenant with Abraham. (Genesis 15:9–17)
God did not do it for His own benefit. God is a God of His Word. He does not break His Word. But He bound Himself to a covenant because He knew that Abraham needed to know in his heart that He would do whatever He had promised him.
Man finds it hard to just believe words. For example, when you buy a house, a contract is drawn up and signed by both parties, and lawyers are involved. You need a contract because you cannot trust the other person’s words and he cannot trust yours either.
Likewise, we find it hard to take God at His Word. So God makes a covenant with us, not because He cannot be trusted, but because He knows that we find it hard to just believe what He says. God knows that man will wonder, “What if God wakes up on the wrong side of His bed tomorrow and decides to fry me instead of bless me?”
But because God has made a new covenant with us, which is established by the blood of His Son, we can, like Abraham, not waver through unbelief regarding the promises of God, but be strengthened in our faith, being fully persuaded that God will do as He has promised. (Romans 4:20–21) We have the assurance that God will not wake up one day and say, “Forget the new covenant. I want to remember your sins now and curse you instead of bless you!”
My friend, the new covenant blessings for you are guaranteed because God has bound Himself to the covenant. And He is a covenant-keeping God who is willing and more than able to do everything He has promised you!

Youth Pictures

2007-05-27T16:15:00.000+08:00

FPBC Music class graduants 2007

Funny youth faces

Birthday celebrations (Jan-June 2007)

FPBC Sisters of faith

Enjoy the pics from Kev : )
More to come later..........

Is this blog dead?

2007-05-27T15:57:00.000+08:00

Is this blog dead? Well almost but never..we shall make a comeback and we will strive to become a better bigger blog. But the question is will you help contribute to the blog. If you are interested please do contact me at khsj_18@yahoo.com or Yin Hooi at tanyinhooi@gmail.com

THE KISS THEORY

2006-07-14T14:51:00.000+08:00

"KISS"

One of the most memorable case studies I came across on Japanese management was the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soap box went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soap boxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent whoopee amount to do so. But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, did not get into complications of X-rays, etc but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line. When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (Ink won't flow down to the writing surface).In order to solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C. And what did Russians do.......................................??
The Russians used a Pencil!!!Moral of the story: KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) i.e. always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problem So, learn to focus on solutions not on problems. "If you look at what you do not have in life, you don't have anything" "If you look at what you have in life, you have everything"

Stepping Stones to Success

2006-06-22T21:57:00.000+08:00

Many achievements in life have come from a setback, an accident, or some kind of crisis or even suffering. For instance, the first cars had to be started by cranking the motor by hand. At times the engine would "kick" back the crank handle. This happened to Charles Kettering and it broke his arm.

"There must be a safer way to start cars than this," Kettering r! easoned and he went on to invent self-starters for cars.

Jacob Schick was prospecting for gold where the temperature fell to 40 degrees below zero. He had a hard time trying to shave with a blade without sufficient hot water—so he invented the first electric shaver.

Eugene O'Neill had no specific goal or aim in life until he became ill and had to go to hospital. While lying flat on his back he began to write his plays.

A number of years ago I had an accident on a construction site which put me in hospital for a week. For a few years I had been battling a sense of God's call to Christian service but never acted on it until I was flat on my back with time to think. It was there in the hospital that I said, "Okay, God, you win. I know what you want me to do." That was the day I made the decision to go back to college to train for Christian ministry.

So, when things go wrong in your lif! e and you experience a major setback, lose your job, or have an accident, perhaps God has something for you to learn, or something else he wants you to do. The important thing is to be open to what God is saying.
Often a disaster is "God's wake-up call" to teach us an important lesson, to help us grow, or to lead us in a different direction.

Most of us are not going to be struck down like Saul [Paul] was and hear a voice from heaven and be left blind for three days when God calls. Some of us, though, who are hardheaded have to be hit over the head as it were with a "four-by-four" for God to get our attention. But for most of us God leads through his Word, our circumstances, and through a "still small voice" within that gives us a sense of what God wants us to do.

"Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord's disciples . . . As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light ! from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'" (Acts 9:1,3-4, NIV).

Do u have your Yahoo@widgets?

2006-06-20T11:52:00.000+08:00

Do u always have boring desktops? Need a change? Get widget another cool invention by Yahoo. This is not a promo for Yahoo by the way. Anyway I find it pretty interesting to use widgets, you have many widgets to play with upon installation and it's quite cool to see and use. You can also add-on additional widgets from many other sites. So far for me the best widget is the "picture frame" widget where pictures flashes on your screen every 1 minute from flickr.com website. And yeah the other cool thing about this is the yahoo mail checker which tells you if u have mail on ur desktop, how cool is that....well I find it cool, hahha.

Microsoft's World Cup Scoreboard

2006-06-17T13:00:00.000+08:00

Ever wanted to keep track of the World Cup scores and matches. Look no more, download Microsoft's World Cup Scoreboard. However there's a catch when downloading this...is your Window's XP tulen (original)? If not too bad.

2006-06-17T12:46:00.000+08:00

"Cars" the latest production of Pixar the company that brought you "Toy Story" , "A Bug's Life" and "Finding Nemo" is a show worth watching.

Christian Spotlight review says:
Reviewed by: David Criswell, Ph.D.CONTRIBUTOR

Despite these jokes, the movie does carry a G-rating, and it is mild by comparison to most films. Many of the jokes mentioned above may go right over kids heads with the exception of the “piston” joke which drew many laughs from children as well as adults.
With these reservations in mind, Cars is a good animated film with some lessons for the young. Ultimately, it suggests that we should take life a little slower. We should slow down and enjoy life, rather than racing through it. At times, the movie is very effective in promoting this theme. Other times, not so much.
One line from the movie which is worth remembering is when the Porsche explains why her town on Route 66 became abandoned. After showing how the new highway cut through the mountains instead of crossing between them, she says of Route 66, “Cars didn’t drive on it to make great time, but to have a great time.” It took longer to get through the mountains, but they were able to enjoy the sweeping landscapes and scenery. More importantly, they were able to enjoy each other. Without spoiling the ending, Lightning learns that there are things more important than winning, and a surprise ending shows that Lightning really believes what he learns by an act of sacrifice.
This theme of sacrifice should have been emphasized a little more. Sacrifice is, after all, one of the most important traits of a Christian. Christ sacrificed His own life for us (John 15:13). We, too, should be willing to sacrifice ourselves, in one form or another, for each other. Sacrifice is, after all, the only real visible proof of love. Only by the giving of ourselves can we truly display the love of Christ within us.

http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2006/cars2006.html

Rock wall climbing, 24th June 2006

2006-06-13T10:32:00.000+08:00

Salvation Army together with MAPs will be organizing a rock wall climbing session on the 24th of June near Jesselton Heights. The session starts around 10am till 4pm. Cost per pax is RM25 inclusive of lunch. Those interested please kindly submit your names to Kevin as soon as possible.

Are you Connected?

2006-06-13T08:55:00.000+08:00

For a number of years Ken was a capable professional man, a dedicated church worker, and a leader in his community. Outwardly he functioned very well. However, people had difficulty in getting close to Ken because he seemed aloof. His family relationships were not good and he had ulcers. Vaguely sensing an inner emptiness, Ken joined a recovery group where he discovered that he was repressing man! y of his emotions.
Ken is still in the process of rediscovering his repressed self. Fortunately, since learning to recognize and express many of his true feelings in healthy ways, his ulcers have cleared up, and his family relationships have improved considerably.
Unfortunately, many people are taught to ignore their negative emotions. As John T. Raffa wrote in Psychology for Living magazine. "They believe you should hide such feelings—deny, deny, deny—and become nothing but a robot instead of what God made us, beings with feelings."
Obviously, the early Christians didn't act this way otherwise they never would have been known for their love one for another. Peter, James, John and Paul all emphasized the need to be honest, to be open-faced, to walk in the light, to openly confess sins and faults, and to love one another. Closed people are unable to fully love, neither can they have any kind of emotional intimacy in marriage and close relationships.
Only as we walk in the light—in openness and honesty—we have true fellowship or connection with both God and other people. And only then do we open ourselves to fully live and fully love—and become open channels for God's love to flow through.
"If we claim to have fellowship with him [God] yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin" (1 John 1:7, NIV).
Suggested prayer: "Dear God, please reveal to me every barrier in my life that blocks my feeling close to you and my loved ones so I can know true intimacy with you and the ones I love the most. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."

www.30gigs.com

2006-05-31T14:44:00.000+08:00

Hmm 30 Gigs of space for email!! that's a lot of space......anyone interested. I've gotten mine (kevinhan@30gigs.com)

2nd June,8pm - Youth Home Group@Church

2006-05-31T08:49:00.001+08:00

This week's homegroup is at church....see you there. Remember to invite your friends!

Declaring God's Favor

2006-05-03T08:57:00.000+08:00

The Lord is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. I sought Your favor with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your word. Psalms 119:57-58

Have you ever declared the Lord's favor in your life? Actually it's quite easy to declare God's favor for our life. "Father I thank You that I have your favor. Yoiur favor is opening doors of oppourtunity and bringing success into my life. Your favor is causing people to want to help me."

So go out with confidence expecting good things to come your way. Anytime you need God's favor in your life say in exams, when you need a parking space or when you are looking for a job shout it out and declare the Lord's favor in our life. Simply declare, "Father I thank you so much for all the things You have done and the things You will do, I thank you especially for YOur Favor and I know You are going to make a way for me to where it appears that there is no way right now" It's sometimes difficult to trust in Him, but keep on persisting and keep on looking till the opportunity arises. And when the opportunity arises remember to thank God for His favor.

Blessings
Kevin

28th April - Off we go to Batu Feringghi

2006-04-27T11:00:00.000+08:00

We are going to Batu Feringghi for dinner and shopping tomorrow night. Any of you guys wanna join us??? If you do want to join us....just be at Rachel Spoelman's house at 7pm sharp.

21st April, Youth Home Group

2006-04-19T09:45:00.000+08:00

Time: 8pm
Venue: Kevin's House

I've decided to have home group at my place this Friday since it's a day off for Aunty Erika. Be nice to me when u're at my house ya or i will let the dogs loose. hehehee. Just joking.

Topic: PRAYER (ARE YOU PRAYING?)

2006-03-30T09:34:00.000+08:00

Last night was the 1 and only prayer rally in Penang for the whole year. Believe it or not only 1. Even Youthwave this year isn't doing any prayer rallies. There seems to me that the practice of prayer seems to be diminishing from our daily lives.I personally believe that prayer is our superweapon against the evil one. I confess it's sometimes not easy to pray, but it's utterly important to do so. Let me focus on some fundamental facts on prayer..

What is prayer?
The simple answer is this: prayer is talking with God. We pray when we open our heart to the Almighty.True prayer is honest, humble and personal.

The main reason i'm writing this topic is this -

Why Pray?

1) It is a great privilege to pray. Can you think of any greater honor than to have an audience with the One who rules over ALL creation? We have been invited to talk with the one who put the stars in place. We are invited to seek counsel from the One who is truth and wisdom. We are invited to sit down with the One who knows all things. The Puritan John Preston lays it out very plainly,

2) We should pray because we are in a fierce battle. Constantly we are warned of the Devil's intention to neutralize and demoralize us. We are told that "our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." (Eph. 6:10).

3) Prayer is a deterrent to sin in our lives. In the quiet times of private, honest prayer God exposes the rationalizations and the excuses that we use to cater to sin. In prayer God holds a mirror up to our lives so we can see the way we really are. . .and repent.

4) Prayer makes a difference. I can't tell you how it "works" . . .I know that circumstances change when people pray. Diseases are sometimes healed, strength is imparted, guidance is given, hearts are softened, needs are met. I know that when I pray for others it helps them. But I also know that when I pray, I am changed.

I've also added some additional points here as to why prayer changes things:-

(This were taken from a missions pamphlet)

PRAYER CHANGES THINGS
1.Prayer obeys Jesus’ command to ask the LORD of the Harvest to send out the workers
2.Prayer brings us into God’s presence, which changes us.
3.Prayer reveals to us God’s plans so we can cooperate with Him in them.
4.Prayer invites God’s participation & presence in the process
5.Prayer removes hindrances to the Gospel
6. Prayer prepares the hearts of unbelievers to hear the good news.
7. Prayer releases resources necessary to accomplish the task.
8. Prayer insures protection for workers and their work
9. Prayer releases spiritual power to fulfill the call.
10. Prayer exercises divine authority to change situations & people.
11. Prayer IS the battle! <------------ i like this one, when i was younger i always imagine myself in battle with the enemy, now with prayer i imagine a battle with the enemy and i imagine the enemy losing the battle. How can i imagine that the enemy will lose the battle? See next point
12. Prayer maintains the Victory. With prayer we will maintain the victory....so do you want to let the enemy gain a foothold in your life or in your family, in ur home, in ur workplace, in your heart? The answer is a 100% NO. What must you do to stop all the enemies deceitful plans? I tink you know the answer. My challenge to all of you reading this is to start praying and remember that if we don't pray we are losing the battle.

Dutch Sheets writes: Tell my leaders to PRAY more and work less. The sense he had was this: If we pray more we can work less.

Some interesting Prayer Websites for prayer

http://www.24-7prayer.com/cm/

Mall Hunt 2

2006-03-29T09:16:00.000+08:00

Youth Home Group 31st March
We are having another mall hunt....it will be more xciting, fun and certainly more challenging....
Please meet in church at 7pm sharp before we take off.

Cross_music@fpbc

2006-03-22T14:42:00.000+08:00

Remember to invite ur non -Christian friends to this concert, we want to plant the seed into their lives......let's together make this concert a success for Jesus by being bold just by bringing a fren whom we can bring and pursue him or her to come for this concert ya.

How Sixteen Hours in a Van is a Really Good Thing

2006-03-21T16:12:00.000+08:00

The Power of Relationships on Youth Mission Trips
Note from Kevin: After returning from Chiang Mai i will have to say that we have built a stronger relationship with each of the team members. (As i was surfing the web i came across this article-hope you guys will read it and be encouraged by it)

Taken from YouthMinistry.com

OK, see if you can top this story.
I once drove a 15-passenger van...loaded with teenagers...and Christmas presents...through heavy Chicago traffic...in the snow...to the Cabrini Green Housing Projects...with (are you ready for this)...the music cranking loud while the youth sang along. (Cue: thunderous applause!)
I know, I know. Please. No, really. You're too kind. Don't. Stop it. Oh come on, now, you can really stop applauding. You're embarrassing me. Really. I mean it now.
What?
You mean...you're not that impressed?
You say you've got a better story?
Actually I probably do, too.
Youth leaders have great traveling stories. A good friend of mine, Rob Ratliff, took his youth group on a mission trip to a reservation in South Dakota. The driver of the second van didn't notice the driver of the first van had stopped and WHAM! Plowed right into the back of it. Van number two was undrivable. They were in the middle of nowhere with no phone service and no help. To make a long story short, they left the van there, tried unsuccessfully to get Triple-A to tow it, and eventually met the police later to discover the van had been completely burned while they were gone!
But I tell you what--the kids on that trip will never forget it. It only made the story of their mission trip better.

Back in 2000, GROUP Magazine conducted a survey of Christian college students. GROUP asked what happened in their high school years to make their faith so strong they maintained it during college. Of the top four responses, three had to do with trips they went on with their youth group. (The top four in order: mission trips, crisis experiences, big events, camps.)
In other words, going places together is a big deal to helping kids develop a strong faith in Jesus.

Why? Well, I think it has everything to do with the power of trips to increase relationships.
And relationships are huge when it comes to discipling people--youth and all other ages.
In 2004, Group Publishing contracted Gallup to conduct a survey on the importance of relationships among church members. What they found was rather dramatic, even to people who already know how important relationships are. Basically, the results were clear that the more churches do to help members develop relationships with each other, the more those people grow closer to God!

The full results, along with helpful tips on developing relationships among all age groups in your church, are in Friendship: Creating a Culture of Connectivity in Your Church (Group: 2005). The author of the study, D. Michael Lindsay, wrote: "Perhaps most important is the finding that spiritual development--long a priority of church leaders--is not dependent on a particular program or initiative. In fact...the key for helping parishioners deepen their faith is relatively simple: Create a faith community that values relationships, spiritual transformation will follow. The 'silver bullet' for spiritual depth is not a successful outreach program or an in-depth Bible study; it is, instead, a faithful community of love and friendship."

Which brings me back to those youth mission trips.
There's something special about riding in a van together for hours on end. Think about all the things that happen in the van...you have to figure stuff out together like who sits where, what CD to listen to, what to talk about, when to stop to eat and pee, what games--if any--you're going to play...plus the students are sitting close together for a long time...and can't leave!
It creates the perfect cauldron for what M. Scott Peck wrote about in A Different Drum: Community Making and Peace (Touchstone, 1987). The two stages that stand between Pseudo-Community and Community are Chaos and Emptiness. Spend enough time in a van with a youth group, and you'll go through both of those stages...and probably a few others Dr. Peck never knew about!
(While vans are primo youth group--especially youth mission trip--transportation, buses are great, too. Years ago when so many kids wanted to go on our church's youth mission trip, I hired a bus...and it was great! I could make personal contact with every kid and adult on the trip. Some adults taught kids a popular card game, euchre, and we played that stupid game for hours and hours on end. One of the guys even organized a double-elimination euchre tournament with brackets and the whole bit. And he'd get on the bus loud speaker from time to time to give tournament updates. Such fun!)
Fun was a huge deal in the Group Publishing study on relationships in the church. If relationships with each other are key to a growing relationship with Jesus, fun is the key to relationships. Group's study found that churches that provide opportunities for members to have fun together foster better relationships. Well heck, we youth ministers have been having fun with our youth group kids forever! Van (and bus) rides are prime youth ministry locations for having fun.

So since you're going to be doing so much good while you travel together with your students, here are some tips to take advantage of your time...

1) Gary Rohs develops van devotions for his group's mission trip every year. At 10:00 a.m. on the first day, every van is supposed to play the devotion CD he and some leader students created. It's based on the theme of the mission organization they use each year.

2) Remember safety first at all times. No exceptions. That especially means no driving through the night. Really bad idea.

3) The youth can choose the music, but the driver controls the volume. You don't have to accept any music, however. One time our youth sang an angry profanity-laced lyric while listening to one of their CD's. I calmly ejected the tape (it was that long ago), rolled down the window, and threatened to throw it out. Instead I tossed it back over my head. They got the message.

4) If you're in a van, insist that a youth ride shotgun. The driver gets to know that student more, and the other adult or adults get to ride in the back and get to know the other students.

5) If you're in a bus, don't allow all the adults to sit up front while the youth sit in the back. Get back there to where the kids (and the fun) are!

6) Have a plan of what to do if you break down on the road. Don't fret about those little set-backs--they just make the stories better later. Handle them like a pro.

7) Tim Casey, a youth leader in the Chicago area, doesn't forbid personal head phones in their youth vans, but he makes it his goal to always be more interesting than what's on the headphones...engage the kids enough to make them see the value of taking off the headphones and building relationships.
One year while planning our youth mission trip, one of the girls spoke up to encourage us to go farther away than we were planning. Why? Because she enjoyed the bus rides so much she wanted as much time as possible in it!
Oh those great trips with your kids! You'll never forget them and neither will they. Take every advantage of the wonderful opportunity you have to build relationships while you travel...and enjoy seeing your kids grow closer to Jesus in the process.

Malaysian Christian Radio & Malaysian Christian Songwriters' Network

2006-03-21T11:03:00.000+08:00

This is probably the first Malaysian Christian Radio that airplays Malaysian Christian Music from so many local Christian albums. SAND included.....

"I do hope you can check out the radio station and website and be a regular visitor to the MCSN Radio Station." - Pastor Wah Lok