Xtraordinary Youth!

That was the topic for the Youth yesterday. It was taken by Joshua Liang of Focus on the Family. He told us not to despise our youth and that we can still do many things in spite of our age. He gave 6 steps to being Xtraordinary:

1. Strive for Excellence
To do our very best as if doing it for the Lord. Colossians 3:23

2. Helping Others
He gave a story about Zack Hunter, who was 12 years old when he launched Loose Change to Loosen Chains in a bid to raise awareness and funds to end slavery.

3. In-Depth Friendships
To put simply, he quoted Anon, "I went out to find a friend; but found no one. I went out to be a friend; and there were friends everywhere." To find a friend that you can really trust and connect well, you have to be that friend first.

4. Never Give Up
Many famous and successful people in the past have failed before becoming who they were known to be. A fine example would be Peter the apostle, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Edison. If you've never failed, that means you've never lived.

5. Encounters that are Intentional
To deliberately be with Jesus and feel Him in spite of the busyness of the world. True spirituality isn't about retreating from the world to find Jesus, but finding Him in the world.

6. Seize every Opportunity
He shared with us the Latin word Carpe Diem. It means seizing every opportunity and Ephesians 5:16 bears the meaning. Carpe Diem by itself is not enough, as you need Coram Deo too. Together, Carpe Diem Coram Deo means seizing every opportunity in God's presence.

With these 6 steps, he or she S.H.I.N.E.S for God.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

Are we committed?

Attention!

Today(Sunday) is Frederick's last day with us in MGC! OH NOES!!!! Yep, he has already finished his course and will be working in Singapore soon. It's quite sad la... because Singapore don't have good food like Malacca.

Anyway, it was great joy and fun since you came here 5-and-a-half years ago. Yep, it's been that long! The first time you stepped into MGC, I was just in Form 1! I still remember seeing this tall dude with earrings and I was like, "Wah! So modern wan ar?"

I think you're also one of two guys in church with a ponytail! The other being Geng Yi!

Back then, Mark was fetching you to church with his Saga. But 5 years later, you're the one, in your own Saga, fetching new MMU students like Sally and Kenneth. You seemed like a reserved guy at first, but then it was totally a misconception! You were daring enough to participate in the Treasure Hunt and that disproves shyness to the max!

See! Not shy to pose for the camera, unlike Sharma!

You also play the piano well, not to mention the drums, or the guitar. Heck, you can be a one-man band if you want to! It was a real encouragement to see you do what you do with the instruments despite your condition. Thank you for those times when you played for the youth and who could forget the time you chaired the youth event so well? It's just a shame we did not utilize you enough, and for that, we apologize.

Ain't you lovin' it?

As you go on to a new chapter of your life, we hope that you'll look back in this chapter and be glad. Do give any of us a call if you need anything alright? Also, continue to serve the Lord, be it in Singapore, Ipoh, or Malacca. It is sad to see a fellow Mangkuk leave, but the time had to come, and the time is now. So do take good care of yourself and spread the Mangkuk love around in Singapore alright?

This post's to you, Frederick!

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)

At youth tomorrow.......

.........Wei Jin will be addressing the topic............

JENG JENG!!!!

WHITE AND BLACK LIES!!!

what are white and black lies?
sounds interesting right....hehehehhe
and it will be the first time Wei Jin will be speaking!
so come come!!!

VENUE: MGC MELAKA
TIME: 12 pm-2pm