To Grow in Faith and in Action!

Friday, June 29, 2007

hey! this is the first time i'm bloggin n i'm giving my first time to u guys!

firstly, i wanna thank the Lord for the creation of this fellowship!

i've heard alot of compliments on how this fellowship is creating an impact in church because in here i've seen all of u being active in church and most importantly showing love to one another, breaking the gender barrier in the process. this is the foundation u need to construct in order to build the tower of which faith and action can be built, seen and admired. in this tower the Lord must be the main pillar of it, and all of us are jus bricks waiting to be cemented.

this is something tt is unprecedented in bethel. or maybe i havent live long enuff to see. and one of the most interesting thing tt i observed is the platonic relationships which u all have with one another, it's a major plus point because it's more effective to receive what God wants u to have and to give what God has given u. u guys are really growing in faith and action!

secondly, i wanna talk abt the church camp. the church camp is the most laidback camp i've been to. but it's the one which left me with the most impression because the topic discussions spoke rite into my heart.

as christians, we have to look forward and plan our lives wisely. i may sound like an economist, but this is the best way to optimize the time we can put forward for the Lord to use! but planning ahead, u can give out more time n energy for the Lord, u can see how God has been guiding u because every good thing tt happens to u is a blessing and ever bad thing is a blessing in disguise, think abt it!

and as youths to spend ur time doing the Lord's work is extremely rewarding! i can see some of the rewards tt the Lord has already given or waiting to be revealed! i've a everloving family, gf, church frens to support me in times of need, i've gotten a place in the course and university tt i've prayed for, and i'm still waiting to see more rewards for me because God promised us tt we'll have treasures in heaven! most impt reward is tt i'm able to recognize God's love and being able to walk with the Lord in the most depressing times in life! i dun really refer to ns actually haha

frm the talks, we also learn abt not criticizing and not bearing grudges( cant rem the 3rd one heh).

i wonder if u guys realize, tt christians do give thanks n encourage ppl often! tt's y i make it a point to learn to encourage ppl whenever i can. and giving is a form of blessing, an affirmation frm God follows! we must encourage ppl because we are looking at the postive aspects of life. our society lacks love and compassion, and quite alot of ppl dun have a chance to know tt they have a loving God. so as christians we have to live under a value added culture in the sense tt we add value to each other's life, be a product of God with positive externalities! do it with a sincere heart=)

and in the camp we learn abt how ppl in our lives touched and pointed us towards the lord and accompanied us in our christian life. they make an impact in our lives, can u think of some of em? do u want to be like em, drawing ppl closer to God? i'm fortunate tt i've shufeng, ah chu, ah kim, xiangyun( our old shao nian tuan qi mentor) , joyce, elder jye, rev tay, wenbin, yiren, and alot more to guide me when i was younger. thank God for em!

and of cuz during the camp we had alot of fun, we drank and ate alot too! haha quite sinful leh, i wonder how much weight i've put on hur hur hur hur hur. wake boarding was fun too! n i realized somebody can be such a pig, slp n slp n slp.. muahaha

alrite i'll sign off here first, will continue my part 2 sometime later!

love,

jose

Labels: revive holiness

Faith flew over me @7:03 PM;

Friday, June 22, 2007

Hello guys!! Welcome back to Singapore :) Everyone who went to Batam church camp would agree with me that it was fantastic. I'd admit that I've grown spiritually throughout the camp by receiving God's words and have heard UNCOUNTABLE testimonies of his amazing love!

Here's an overload of pictures. you could see that the youths especially,enjoyed themselves.

-The super super late nights (where I happened to be always the first one to fall asleep. and thankyou Joseph for smacking me whilst I was asleep)

- Turning our 404 room into a warzone with snacks, donuts and drinks strewn everywhere.

-VERY DELICIOUS J.Co donuts courtesy of kelvin&kenneth's family

- Heartattack-pig game where SOME OF US deliberately turned 'dumb' in order not to advance to the next level of pig(hehe...and forcing Esther to eat the donuts)

- Trying hard to get out of bed for the spiritual quiet time sessions with our mentors

- Suggestions to change the protocols and procedures of church where it could be extremely heart-warming at times

- WAKE-BOARDING. haha & sadly, the girls couldnt make it at least one round of the man-made lagoon/lake. I admit I was the lousiest

- AND YAY WE WON THE BEST VISUAL EFFECT FOR: THE LORD OF THE RINGS skit.

(cos lights were out..dark dark noone cld see anything..only hear kenneth's horribly broken hokkien :) )

(click the images to enlarge)

Harris Resort

The youth group: ANDREW!!! (very thankful that Amos, karryn, Esther and Clement were here with us)

The girls!

More and more and more pictures. I'm seriously running out of captions!

Jus really thankful for you guys to be around at the camp. :)

WAKE-BOARDING!! fun fun although I could not go thru one round! and the motorcycle had to escort me back to bay.
Picture perfect. weather was fine by God's grace!
brothers and sisters in christ. Let's grow old together!!The future youth fellowship!! haha

I'm typing this while listening to Revive Holiness. Its the kind of song where u would listen to it again and again, the lyrics are so meaningful .
I'll offer my life to you, o lord.
your love is everlasting.
let's spread the gospel of christ together.

okay finally, some peronal thankyous to the following indviduals and grp of ppl since I've missed my chance to give thanks during the thanksgiving session:
-The organisers( Tauwei, Dr.Eugene, Wenbin,Joyce, sufong,Rev.tay): A job well done. The camp was a success from the bottom of my heart.

- Music Ministry(Victor,cindy, weiming,Christopher, Dr.Eugene, Xinwei, Kim, meiqi, Joseph): very nicely planned. Praise & worship was so lively because of u guys! I wish these moments could last forever.

- Children Ministry( Meijia, wenyan, cindy): Thanks for the guidance and the faith u had in me:) giving me confidence that I'm god-given to serve in the children ministry.

- Wakeboarders (Joseph, Gabriel, Christopher, Debra, Esther, Kenneth, Jo's bro-in-law): Thanks for being so understanding and explaining me the technique of holding the board.)

- MY GROUP MEMBERS ( kelvin, xinwei, Esther, Kenneth, Angeline, Karryn, Amos, Clement, James, Bryan): Though you guys could be naughty naughty but I still enjoy the times we had together. the joy and laughter :) priceless.

-MY CELL GRP MEMBERS (weiming, Angie, yongkai, Debra, Linus, Gabriel, Joseph, Abrey, Shienen, Zen...just everyone else): I couldn't join u guys cos of my commitment with the bsf group but u guys are still my great brothers and sisters in christ!)

-Joseph: THANKYOU BROTHERfor being such a great support to me, guiding me and giving me the confidence to lead in worship!! I still think u cheated in the pig game cos u kept quiet. haha

- Xinwei: my ultimate roomie! she is the kind of sweet little sister who silently supports you behind. I enjoy your company. I hope I really did take good care of u and very sorry for waking u up in the middle of night by sleep-talking.

-JUST EVERYONE ELSE

okay that's all folks. very thankful that God acquainted me with such great brothers and sisters in christ! enjoy the pictures!
halelujah!

lastly, let me leave u with the classic picture of one of the skits put up by one of the groups. uncle weiding and Eric! hahahahahhaa.

Rating for picture: (M18)

GOD BLESS!

I'm off to prayer meeting now. Its gonna be about youths, led by youths and basically about US! :) :) : )

If u're an early bird and happen to be reading this now before our prayer meeting, pls pray for us!! THANKYOU!!!

Faith flew over me @4:06 PM;

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

A job well done to everyone on Parents Day. Really glad to see the unity and teamwork posessed by u guys. Let's continue to shine for christ and praise the lord together as bethelites!!

GOD BLESS BETHEL SHINE FELLOWSHIP &

BETHELITES :)

(Let's grow old together as BSF)

-Denise's motto.

Denise

Faith flew over me @10:13 AM;

Sunday, June 3, 2007

Hey people!

Yay-ness, Parents Day was a success! Well done! I'm really glad that the parents turned up and were really enthusiastic (especially at the games). They're like an even noisier bunch than us hahaha...

Anyway, thanks for playing your part in it, and please tag on the tagboard more! (Okay, that was random.

And here are some of the pics from synod sports day. I didn't upload all of the pics coz half the pics showed more of our opponents than our own people... And I think it's all from the same match some more! Lol!

Plus, some of the pics are off-balanced like this one:

You can even see Linus stretching out his hands to balance himself...

But anyway, credits to our photographer, Angie!!

And so, here are some of the pics

The supporters looking a bit quiet... Were we losing that game?

Waiting for the games to start

Ernie!! He looks tired... Maybe he's too old, run a bit tired liao...

SHINE!!!

Yep, so that's all for now... I'll be trying to upload all the other pics to photobucket as soon as I figure out how to do it. =D

Cheers and God Bless,

Kelvin

P.S. Please tag on the tagboard more!!!

Faith flew over me @11:03 PM;

Hi friends in Christ,

took this pix on recent trip...in case you can't read...

1st line ..... safety box
2nd line.....your articles and valuables should be kept in the draw(er)

3rd line...the lock can be bought at the souvenir shop

at the bottom right corner of the photos are lugs for locking

One pleasant surprise this year for me is the privilege of spending time with you as part of my field attachment for ministry preparation. The last five months have been filled with great memories. It's incredible how God puts beauty in each of his creatures, which is not repeatable. And I have been blessed with appreciating yours. Wish the fellowship the Lord's richest blessings. Take care and keep in touch.

In Christ,
E. Jye

Faith flew over me @9:46 PM;