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Updates!

Please pray for Celine, she'll be having her PMR examination starting from tomorrow. Pray for clarity of mind and focus that she may understand what the question wants and provide the right answer.

Thank God for Ah Derk is doing his internship here in Malacca! That means we'll be having him around for another 3 months at least! Whee!

Take time also to thank God for the things that have happened to us, for the things that didn't happen, and for Jesus. Have a nice week and may we all live our lives for His Glory!

Updates again!

[Refer to the previous post here for context]

Announcement from the Elders

The Oversight wishes to inform that after listening to the various opinions regarding the changes mooted, and after prayerful consideration, the following decisions have been made:
 

 

The Lord's Supper 

 

 

Original time 9:00am

New time 9:30am 

When October 2011 onwards

 

WHY?

• To accommodate the Young Adults who will be having their twice-a-month prayer and Bible study small group meeting on Saturday evening. 
• It is hoped that the later start will be more amicable to the University students who will be part of the Young Adults ministry.

Cell Groups 

 

For those who are not currently attending any of the two existing house groups (see here) or will not be attending the Young Adults group, we wish to strongly encourage you to do so and for that reason we will assign every one to one or the other house group.

The two existing house groups will continue to meet at 8:15 pm on Fridays and the Young Adults Fellowship will meet on the first and third Saturday of each month.

 

On the 5th Saturday of the month, all the three groups will meet in MGC for a fellowship dinner and prayer.

 

Youth Meeting

 

 

 

Original time 12:00pm, Sunday

New time 4:00 - 6:00pm, Saturday (same as the Children's Hour)

 

The Oversight notes with satisfaction and with thanksgiving to our LORD, the active role played by the Young Adults in the teens and children work.

 

Extension

 

 

 

Cost RM95,000 (extension) + RM50,000 (air-con + furniture)

Available Funds Approximately RM60,000 

Pledge yet to be received RM15,000

 

WHY? 

To meet the space requirements of the various ministries. 

 

The Oversight has, with the encouragement of the shared vision of the Saints, decided to proceed in faith with the building of the extension.

 

Prayer

 

 

 

Originally 8:15pm, Wednesday

Change 8:15pm, Wednesday + Formal prayer session @ Cell Groups

Need Prayer Coordinators to draw up prayer items in the weekly bulletin

 

Sunday Brunch

 

 

 

It was clear from the feedback received that the brunch fellowship had greatly facilitated the building of close ties amongst the assembly and it will be unwise to abandon it or reduce the time available for the fellowship.

updates for the church as a whole.

Oh ya, the elders also reported some proposals (inspired by some individuals) [edits in red]:

Youth Meeting Day & Time

Currently: Sunday, 12PM

Proposal: Saturday, 4PM

Reason: The Children's Hour work is growing, and a great number of them are going to move up into the Youth soon. The change of day and time would best suit this new development. 

The elders thanked the youth for accommodating the changes. =D

When this will officially be carried out will be announced later.

Young Adults Cell Group

Proposal: Saturday evening, venue to be decided by the group.

Reason: The elders are concerned that the also growing number of young adults in MGC are not part of any cell group and don't have an avenue for peer support and corporate Bible study. Dr. Daniel has volunteered to lead the group! 

Question: Apa umurnya ya? I said as soon as they start uni. Kah Wei said as long as don't have children. HAHA. 

The first meeting will be on 16 July 2011 @ Dr. Daniel's house (Bukit Beruang), 8PM. Tell Shaun (016.321.5641) you're coming! There will be awesome food (Malacca is the land of food!), so come!

More updates on this soon. =D

Prayer Meeting & the Lord's Supper

Proposal: Move Wednesday prayer meet and meditation to Sunday, 9.15AM, before the Lord's Supper, which will in turn be moved to 10AM.

Reason: Attendance for Wednesday prayer meets has been poor!

This proposal is subject to further consideration and a final decision by the elders. Please pray alongside the elders as they decide and consider our views. =D Tell them your views by the end of this month (July) so that they can get things moving. 

Extension

Proposal: 1000 s.f. hall, air-conditioned, and additional toilet facilities for the men. (all the brothers say "YAY!") It will cost about RM100,000, excluding further furnishing. 

Reason: The Children's Hour is seriously growing (I said this twice d, so it must be true) - about 60 children two weeks ago. I haven't gotten the statistics for the last week.

The elders request all members to consider this proposal in prayer, because funds are needed, and there are some other works to be considered, i.e. repairing the rotting kitchen top etc.

Ministry among the Parents

Proposal: A more structured ministry with the children's parents who attend the Children's Hour's special events, to encourage them to come on a weekly basis. 

Reason: Chee Chee (Dr. Daniel's wife) had a session with the mothers during the last Children's Hour do, and they were very open and the need for a ministry has since been very apparent. 

The elders urge mature members to come on Saturdays to talk and fellowship with these parents (usually mothers la) and to lend a hand in building up this ministry.

Maintenance

More members to come forward to be members of the maintenance ministry, because the maintenance of the church has for too long been taken for granted.

My personal opinion is besides the wiring and stuff, people should also be sweeping the floors and putting the hymn books back where they belong, even if they're not part of this ministry. Those who have been closing the windows after church are also ministering to the saints in the church. =D

So pray about all this k? I think it's really great that the elders are keeping us in the loop about all this. =D More updates to come, for those who have been faithfully checking this blog! =)

Incoming & Outgoing

From Yen's facebook.

For those people who have been quite blur, Yen was working with her uncle and aunt in Johor, and has now returned to work in Malacca. Whee! Welcome back, Yen!

Taken from Daniel's facebook.

Daniel has been back since May and is now undergoing Industrial Training at the Renaissance Hotel after three years or so of Hotel Management in UMS, Sabah. At the moment, he's very happy with Malacca and doesn't plan to leave, so... welcome back, - for the sake of the good ol' days - Beckham!


*edit*
 

From an article of TheStar here.

Dr. Daniel (also fondly known as Uncle Daniel) and his wife, Chee Chee (no picture of Chee Chee! Sob) attended MGC some years ago. Actually quite long ago la. Haha. They went to the UK, went back to Life Chapel in PJ, and are now back in MGC. Dr. Daniel's an oncologist in Pantai Hospital, and Chee Chee is taking care of their super enthusiastic, wide-eyed four kids full-time. They've been a great blessing ever since they came, and have expressed their desire to remain in Malacca to fulfill their God-given mission, as He reveals it to them little by little everyday. =D

And the latest one...

From Swee Kit's facebook.

Esmond is an FES (Fellowship of Evangelical Students) staff who just moved to Malacca for southern regional work. After much lameness, I'm sure he will eventually lose all reasoning power and finally join MGC. So... almost-welcome, Esmond!

On a sadder note...

*edit*

From Yik How's album on facebook.

This was actually a year ago, but like I said, for those yang blur blur, Jessica also left Malacca to study English in UM. When the new semester starts in September, she'll be in her second year. Whoop! Jessica's currently attending PJ Gospel Hall. =D

Taken by Chen Li.

Wei Jin left some time ago to work with a China company. He's staying in Geng Yi's office (which is also an apartment unit) and is attending PJ Gospel Hall on Sundays and Chen Li + Geng Yi's CG on Wednesdays.

*edit*

Taken from Qi's facebook.

Oh ya! Qi's now in Melawati because she's studying in the Malaysian Institute of Art. She's attending Melawati Gospel Centre along with Sin Lan & Churn Haw. =D

From Yik How's album on facebook.

Sarah has left for PJ to work as a HR person (Donald Trump! Female version!) in Panasonic. She's staying in Geng Yi's office, along with Wei Jin. She'll also be attending PJ Gospel Hall - that makes, seven of us in PJGH i.e. Geng Yi, Grace, Chen Li, Jessica, Wei Jin, Sarah, and me - world domination! =P

And the latest one...

From Simon's facebook.

Today was Simon's last day with us after three years of his studies in Yayasan College. Please pray for Simon as he seeks his new direction in life, and as he returns to Shah Alam Gospel Centre to serve. Goodbye, Simon! See you when you come back to MGC! (maybe for good =P)

Changing notes again, on a happier note, eight MGC-ians got baptized today!

Teng, Celine, Wei Jin, Sarah, Ken, Joel, Andy, Aaron!

Mangkuk shot!

See the album here, courtesy of Simon. (Thanks!)

Congratulations! Whee!

Pray that they will be more aware of their sonship and daughtership in Christ and keep the promise they made today to follow Christ and to carry their cross daily. =)

Updates!

Andy Mau has gotten in to USM! He'll be doing Computer Science, so pray that he may be able to settle those documents that need to be settled swiftly. Also, utilize him to the max during these last 3 months. :D

Simon is in the last 3 weeks of his course here. He has to post up a gallery about his final year project which will be seen by TV producers so that they may hire if it's good. Pray that he can do a good job. Also, he is on limited funds, so pray that whatever little he may have, God will use it to the max.

And lastly, pray for my friend's grandmother. She's suffering from an illness which is quite serious. The family is prepared but are praying for her salvation. Pray for that and also a heart to accept whatever outcome it may be.

Pray

Let's continue to pray for the people in Japan, that they may be strong, and like posted before, rebuild their lives although from the rubble.

Also, continue to hold Michelle in prayer. She's supposed to attend school yesterday but it seemed as if things took a change. Pray for God's wisdom to be upon the doctors and Uncle Tony and Aunty Angelina to do what is necessary for Michelle. And not forgetting, God's healing hands upon her.

Lastly, Qi's SPM results will be out tomorrow! Pray for a heart to accept whatever result it might be, and also clarity as to what to do next.

I'm sorry the DMSJ Quiz has not been updated yet, but it will soon!

Congratulations!

Adrian!

Celine!

We would like to congratulate Adrian and Celine for their brave effort yesterday. There were no experienced pianists during Sunday Worship. After a few songs sung without the piano, Adrian and Celine then stepped up and went to the piano to play for the remaining Worship. We, as the Church, are very proud of you two for what you've done and do hope that both of you will continue pleasing God by serving Him. Well done!

Cry, all ye experienced pianists,
for ye apprentices have all grown up!

Pray!

Please do pray for Qi and Yik How, and Andy who will be taking their SPM and STPM respectively. Same goes to Jessica, Daniel, Hwei and other University students in their exams. They've just finished their first week of exam, so pray for continued strength from the Lord and a good mind to be able to sit for the remaining papers. Pray also for good health for the whole month of exam.

Pray for Simon. He applied for internship in 8TV and also NTV7. The slots for internship are few, so pray that he may get a place in either one of those TV stations, and if not, God will guide him to another place for the internship.

Pray for Sally, Adrian, and Kenneth who are involved in the MMU Christmas play. They look tired so pray for strength as well and not losing sight of the goal of preaching God's love to their non-Christian friends.

Pray for the Christmas event in our church. Pray for Juliana as the organiser that she may not leave out any detail and be able to direct the play in the best possible manner. Lastly, pray that God may be with us all, for anything without His consent is useless. For teachers and students, enjoy your holidays and spend them wisely. Whee!

Update.

It's sad for me to update this on the blog but Simon's father has passed away this morning. According to the message received by Simon:

"After yesterday's surgery, everything was fine until between 5-6am. The doctor called saying my father's condition had changed due to blood pressure dropping continuously and having breathing difficulty. These resulted to him having heart-attack-like condition. Finally, my father was announced dead at around 6.30am."

On behalf of the church, we send our condolences to you and your family, Simon. On a positive side, he is a Christian, so he's gone to a better place to be with God. If I may recall what Uncle Dexter said about Raymond, "We may love him, but God loves him more to bring him back to Him."

Let us as fellow brothers and sisters continue to pray for Simon and his family. It's a tragic loss to bear, but God will sustain them and bring them through this testing time. He has always done so, and will do the same.

"In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a mansion for you." John 14:2

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!

Good News!

Yik How was discharged yesterday! His platelets count went back up to 100+ so the doctor was satisfied and let him off! The doctors still do not know what was the cause behind the drop in platelets but according to Kah Wei, it's an idiopathic disease.

The word comes from Greek, idios meaning one's own and pathos, suffering. The term is used for diseases which arise spontaneously from an unknown cause. Something caused the platelets in Yik How to go low but whatever did what it did is unknown. Shuen says the doctors came up with idiopathic because, they felt like an idiot and pathetic for not knowing the cause of the disease.

Anyhow, regardless of history, let's just be thankful that Yik How is alright again and thank God for His mercy.

Please do pray for Joel. Uncle Rodney messaged saying he fractured his ring finger in school yesterday. Pray that he may be able to recover properly and be healed!

Please Pray!

Please pray for Ken and Joel who'll be taking UPSR this coming Tuesday. Oh noes! Sometimes it feels like we're worrying more than them huh? But I guess they have that fear as well so let's pray that for these next 2 days, God will give them awesome memory power and that they may not panic on that day!

Pray for Kiat Siong and Wei Ming (Wei Jin's bro!) who will sit for PMR next month too.

Qi is having her SPM trial exam now. Pray for wisdom and discipline!

Andy will be having his STPM trial exam this week so pray for the Facebook temptation to depart!

Pray also for the MMU students, namely Adrian, Kenneth, Sally, and Frederick(I think). They'll be having their exams too starting tomorrow!

Pray for Geng Yi and Grace, that God may guide them to be good parents in bringing Joshua Cheah up! Lastly, pray for church security that thieves wanting to break in will suddenly feel an urge to go mamak then lazy want to break in!

BIG Update!

Mrs. Chua's brother has accepted Christ! Praise God! Yahooo! Mrs. Chua and her sisters would like to thank all who have prayed for his salvation. Do continue to pray for his health and God's healing hands upon him.

Now we have another brother with us in the Lord's table! The more the merrier!

Robbed again.

Hi, everyone. Long time no read/write.

This is just to update those who haven't been in Malacca lately.

MGC has been robbed. Again. I lost count of how many times it's happened.

Will do without the details for now, because I'll post pictures tomorrow (or later).

Long story short, we are now officially short of seven wall fans and two amplifiers.

Oh ya, before this particular robbery, there was another one where they took our projector. So when you next come to MGC, don't look up at the ceiling near the spotlights anymore, cuz there ain't much there except the ceiling.

I'm still with my theory that those thieves:

1. Are not drug addicts.
2. Are lazy people who wanna open restaurant but got no money to buy the necessaries, and so
3. They rob the buildings in the area of the necessaries i.e. fridge (in 2007, remember?), forks and spoons, kettle, standing fan... and
4. We should check out restaurants built between 2007 & 2010.

I'm getting very irritated with these people. The stuff are stuff, God will repay and take care of His house. But I'm very annoyed with people who steal because they like to steal AND people who steal because they're too lazy to see that they're too lazy to make a living with their own two hands AND people who break into the church just for fun.

A shoutout to the thieves:

Our church is not a two-yuan store!

That's that.

Now, I urge YOU, Mr/Ms./Mdm/ Reader to please take 20 seconds to pray for the church and the people who did this. Between the church and the thieves, I think the thieves need way more prayer, but let's give the church 10 seconds too anyway.

The Lord bless their souls.

Explorer Camp!

Pray for the committee as they'll be having meetings lots and lots for the next couple of weeks. It's just 2 weeks away before the camp now!

Please pray for:

Melissa as she is the middle person between our church and the others. Like Kenneth said, she's the mediator!

Sharma and myself as we come up with the plan for the games. It's a bit tough to think of the sequence of games as exact distance from one location to another is unclear.

Kah Wei as he comes up with Devotion materials. Pray that he can get materials suitable for the age group.

Shuen as she thinks of a story for Campfire. Yep, there's a campfire!

Pray for Benjamin that he may go to the camp as well.

Pray!

Attention!

Youth this Sunday will be special, and metallic. We shall be going to Dataran to watch Iron Man 2!! The movie will start at 12.20p.m so everybody keep your fingers crossed that we don't be late for the start of the movie (as we traditionally do)! Wei Jin will be buying the tickets this Friday evening, so if you'd like to go, please tell him before Friday. Thank you very much. You may go back to studying (Simon, Hwei, Daniel, Kenneth, Adrian, and anybody else) now. Bye!

Iron Man sunbathing in the hot streets of Malacca. Sunbathing the face only.

Post-DMSJ

Well, the whole DMSJ post was kinda detailed so there's no need to add any more to it. It's just the preparation leading to DMSJ that I'd like to mention. We had quite a fun time practicing for it. At least I had because I wasn't main contestant. Nevertheless, we came across many interesting verses and made funny quotes.

Ruth

#1
Ruth 1:9
There was a question my sis asked, May the Lord grant that each of you find ____ in the ____ of another ____. Answers: Rest, home, husband.

Jessica: "May the Lord grant that each of you find love in the arms of another man.

Everybody: "Fuh, Jessica romantic!"

#2
Ruth 3:14
So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized...

Someone: She fainted, Boaz's leg too smelly d.

#3
This is probably my favourite. It was asked by Adrian.
Q: What kind of man was Boaz before he met Ruth?
A: Ruth-less.

Esther
#1
Read Esther 2:2-3, 12. Too long la.

Everyone: Last time already got Persia's Next Top Model!

#2
Esther 6:1
That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.

Someone: Cannot sleep, so read Sejarah!

Hope you had a good laugh reading it. There are probably more but these are the few that really got stuck in my head :D

YO!

How's everybody doing? Good? Not good? If you are, good! If you aren't and need us to pray, just request it and we shall!

Firstly, let's thank God for Jessica's results. They're awesome results. Go ask her if you don't know ya. Pray that she may be able to hear what God wants her to do next. It's a tough choice to make, so we pray that she will know. Sharma passed his ACCA paper too! One more to go before becomes a professional!

Pray for Geng Yi too. You guys remember his modelling company? It's growing fine but there are a few problems here and there. There's a client who is not paying money to him after using the company's services. Pray that he may be able to get the proper amount from this client and that things may go smoothly. Also, pray that he as the company's head, may know clearly the direction the company will be going and to be Christlike in all manners when doing business.

Pray for Timothy Keong. He attended MGC for a few months when in MMU but then went to Cyberjaya to study after that. If you can't remember him, he's the dude who roars when playing Captain Ball he's in between Hwei and Unc Rodney in the MGC blog banner. He's in his final year already and we all know how tough it gets.

As for Simon Lye who's back with us, pray that he may get a new place to stay. Government took back the building he was in so he has to move out by April and stay in another place. He's in his final year too. Pray that he can juggle the time between finding a place to stay and assignments.

On Saturday we'll be having the Children's Hour Picnic. Pray that those helping out can control the kids and that they may have a good time.

That's all!

First 2010 Updates Newsletter.

• Shaun left for Taiping on Sunday to attend a more-than-a-month-long Bible School called GLO.

• Jessica is considering going for GLO a week later.

• Yik How just got discharged from Pantai Hospital. He had dengue.

• Raymond (See) is still in the hospital. Chen Li and Beng Hui said he was shivering badly. He's feeling chilly, but his temperature shoots up if the nurses cover him with a blanket.
  

• School and semester alike have begun (with semester beginning earlier for a certain undergraduate =.=).

• Marcus, Livia and Jeremy are still in Malacca! Hurry up and visit them!
  

• Youth meetings will be on Sunday, 12pm, from now on. Reasons will be given later. I have class now (late d). Ahaha.
  

that's all i can think of at the moment. gotta go. ta!