One

 

is a lonely number.

 

 

That’s the topic for youth this week.

 

If you’re curious and want to know more.

 

Come.

DMSJ 2010: Update (finally)

Am so sorry to have kept you guys waiting. Didn’t realize the level of curiosity was so high till Olive asked about DMSJ. =D

Anyway!

MGC was the earliest to arrive! (DGC doesn’t count ok duh)

We hung around, talked to DGC-ians, had lunch,

...spilled Milo over shirts, almost got whacked by flying plates (not making this up), and…

downloaded Ruth & Esther! =D

DGC renovated the church not too long ago, and this is what it looks like:

Ook. That was just the washroom.


There weren’t the usual outdoor games this year (yay), probably because the Quiz was to be in the afternoon. We had a few indoor games, then the Quiz began.

And.

I have no photos.

Because!

I stuck my memory card into the space under the memory card slot, and so now I can’t get it out, and I couldn’t take many photos cuz my phone, when running on phone memory, takes pictures awfully slowly, and people kept moving or walking by whenever I wanted to take a good shot. T_T

Anyway, as to the results of the Quiz, this conversation with Olive may suffice:



Aha.

That aside, I really think Celine, Jessica, and Qi did very well, considering the fact that they forgot Naomi’s sons’ names and didn’t know how to spell “Orpah” on the Thursday before the Quiz. I think we (they) put up a decent fight, and probably only lost because of the many mathematical questions that were thrown very vigorously at us (them). Seriously, a lot of math questions. I would’ve died up there. *bah*

Congratulations also to the floor members: Adrian, Shaun, Shuen. All questions correctly answered! =D

Next was Fun Nite!, which I didn’t take any photos of also *paiseh*, but it was different this year. Instead of the usual do-an-almost-impromptu-skit-of-a-passage-from-DMSJ-book, each group (6 groups this year) was given two pairs of chopsticks and two pairs of socks. In true Whose Line Is It Anyway? style, the groups did all sorts of things with the items that made my jaw drop quite a lot of times.

I thought it was a pretty good idea, actually. With the usual skits, all we get are variations of one same story. With this new format, we get almost total diversity, which always makes for good fun. =)

Church at 8.30am, prize-giving ceremony, 







...photo-taking session, brunch, then the customary selling of T-Shirts!

DGC didn’t make their own shirts this year, so there were only two groups yelling marketing phrases that won’t work in the real world out there. i.e. “RM15! Early bird discount – RM20!” + “Buy SAGC shirt, get MGC shirt free!”

We had loads of help:


  

Also, there was this conversation going on:

Shaun>Shuen: "Clement looks like Spock."

Shaun>Shuen: "Jason Lee is his brother. He looks like Ah Zheng." 






Shaun: “They have another brother -  Linus Lee.”

Shuen: “Ooo... who does Linus Lee look like?”

Shaun: “Linus Lee.”

Anyway, that was DMSJ 2010. Thanks to all who supported us in prayer and presence! =D

DMSJ 2010

Paiseh. In the campus lab now, so no photos to post.

So I shall not post anything about DMSJ.

Check again at night la.

=P

Rules!

Our topic for today's Youth Meeting was living by God's standards/principles. It's more about how we should react when faced with grey areas. Grey areas are situations where the Law of the Land and God's Word do not cover or seem to be silent about. Examples of it would be smoking, drinking, etc, etc.

We should always base our decisions on these grey areas upon God's Word. God's Word is absolute. It is righteous, true, and eternal. It never changes. The 3 Rules made 2 weeks ago serve as a reminder to us as well when we make these decisions.

1. Whether your conscience is alright.
2. Is your fellow believer stumbled in your action?
3. What is the impression a non-believer gets when he sees your action?

To start out the meeting by placing the importance of rules, Sharma played a game. We're all stranded in this big island (not Pulau Besar in Malacca) and the boys and girls need to come up with rules regarding 3 matters: Food, Land, Leadership.

Well, guys simply being guys, we came up with 5 simple rules:

1. All for one, and one for all!
2. Double Tap. Must find double the amount of food, guys eat a lot.
3. Wherever we set our foot upon is our land.
4. We choose our leader by democracy. We want a leader with the biggest tummy. Ken wins.
5. When got beer, must share with everyone. Where there is great beer, there is great people!

I'm not sure about the girls' rules because they had 10 and the rules are a bit, slightly, very, absolutely biased unique. You decide that yourself. Any of the girls to edit up the rules here would be great.

GIRLS' RULES

1. Seduce boys at 8pm to get food.

2. 6AM-7PM are boys' time to work.

3. Boys haven't bath cannot come near us.

4. Women should have bigger land because we need to have walk in closet.

5. Tse Shuen will be the Queen. We follow ant colony's style.

6. Matriato system (Women above men)

7. Men gather food, women shall eat.

8. Men need to pay toll.

9. Guys will have food ration.

10. Those who breaks the rule shall be "kucified" (a.k.a tickled)

God is Here.

I was reading previous posts on church activities, and I realised it's not hard to see that we get our success from God. A notable one is from the Christmas Musical back in 2006. I think many will remember if I told them I was the dumb guy acting that day.

I went back 4 years and read Hwei's post on it (however long it was). I knew there were problems but Hwei seemed to mention more haha. It's amazing how we pulled through in spite of numerous setbacks. The flood, no tinsel, change of script, last-minute pull-outs; All of this would easily derail a potentially good event. And yet, by God's help, we did it that night. The crowd came, we adapted, we got closer to friends, they heard the gospel.

May the Christmas Musical remind you just as it has done to me of how God's hand was working through all of us, and will continue to work if we just rely on Him. Whenever we feel down or disappointed, look to this event or the other events that we have done, and say,

"Yes, Lord. You are here. Give me Your strength to do Your work."

And then look up, and work.

2 Corinthians 12:10

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.