1. There will be a District Last Supper Combined Service on 1st April, Thursday, 7:15pm at Civic Centre. Holy Communion will be conducted. There will be translation. If you need transportation, please inform Ps. Connie.
Please note also that there will be no Good Friday Service in SMCGC on 2nd April.
2. "Lights-off 1 Hour". Do your part by switching off your lights at home on 2nd April, Friday from 8:00-9:00pm. This exercise is carried out in conjuction with Earth Hour 2010.
3. The District Holy Week Revival Prayer Meeting, conducted in Mandarin, will be held from 29th March to 3rd April, every morning from 5:30am-6:30am at Huai En Methodist Church. If you need transportation, please inform Ps. Connie.
4. Come join the Weslyan Seminar on the 4th April, Saturday, from 1:30pm-8:30pm at Mega Hotel. Speakers for the day are Rev. Dr. Su Chii Ann, Rev. Thomas Lau and Rev. Khoo Ho Peng. Compulsory for all committee members. Other church members are most encouraged to join. There will be a minimal registration fee of Rm5. Tea break and dinner are provided. Interested please register with Brother Samuel Ling.
5. There will be a weekly Basic Sign Language Class starting from 10th April for 3 months. Classes will be conducted in the evening from 7pm-9pm at Grace Methodist Church. A registration fee is RM20. Interested, please register with Ps. Connie.
6. Baptism and Confirmation class starts on 17th April. To those who are not yet baptized and/or confirmed, it is highly encourage that you join this class. The baptism and confirmation ceremony is on 20th June. Interested please register with Ps. Connie.
7. The "No Apologies" Camp, conducted in Mandarin, will be held from 23rd to 25th April at Life Methodist Church. Join this camp to learn more about the truth of life, love and sex. Early birds will need to pay only RM30. After 11th April, the registration fee is RM50. Interested please register with Ps. Connie by 16th April.
8. The District "Life Game" Camp, conducted in Mandarin, will be held from 10th to 12th September at Tudan Methodist Chruch. This camp helps participants discover the meaning and purpose of life. Registration fee is RM120. Interested please register with Brother Samuel Ling by 31st July.
9. The District Bible Reading Prayer Camp, also conducted in Mandarin, will be held from 10th to 12th September at Gan En Methodist Church. Registration fee is RM70. Interested please register with Ps. Connie.
Lots of fun and rewarding activities coming up for this first half of the year. Make sure you get yourselves invovled in the fun and excitement!! God bless!!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Saturday, November 21, 2009
The Holy Matrimony of Ps. Wong Lik Kai & Ps. Connie Yong
Date: 17th February 2010
Time: 0930AM
Venue: Sing Ang Methodist Church, Sibu
All are invited to testify this wedding and enjoy lunch after service at the above mentioned church.
We all would like to extend our LOUDEST CONGRATULATIONS to Ps. Wong and Ps. Connie Yong!! =)
Monday, November 2, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
A Story Worth Sharing
Father John Powell, a professor at Loyola University in Chicago,writes about a student in his Theology of Faith class named Tommy:
Some twelve years ago, I stood watching my university students fileinto the classroom for our first session in the Theology ofFaith.That was the day I first saw Tommy.My eyes and my mind both blinked. He was combing his long flaxen hair,which hung six inchesbelow his shoulders. It was the first time I had ever seen a boy withhair that long. I guess it was just coming into fashion then. I knowin my mind that it isn't what's on your head but what's in it thatcounts; but on that day I was unprepared and my emotions flipped. Iimmediately filedTommy under "S" for strange... Very strange.Tommy turned out to be the "atheist in residence" in my Theology ofFaith course. He constantly objected to, smirked at, or whined aboutthe possibility of an unconditionally loving Father/God. We lived with each other in relative peace for one semester, although I admithe was for me attimes a serious pain in the back pew.
When he came up at the end of the course to turn in his final exam, heasked in a cynical tone, "Do you think I'll ever find God?" I decidedinstantly on a little shock therapy."No!" I said very emphatically."Why not," he responded,"I thought that was the product you were pushing." I let him get fivesteps from the classroom door and then called out,"Tommy! I don't think you'll ever find Him, but I am absolutelycertain that He will find you!" He shrugged a little and left myclass.I felt slightly disappointed at the thought that he had missed myclever line -- He will find you!At least I thought it was clever.
Later, I heard that Tommy had graduated, and I was duly grateful.Then a sad report came.I heard that Tommy had terminal cancer. Before I could search him out, he came to see me. When he walked into my office, his body wasvery badly wasted and the long hair had allfallen out as a result of chemotherapy.. But his eyes were bright andhis voice was firm,for the first time, I believe."Tommy, I've thought about you so often; I hear you are sick," I blurted out."Oh, yes, very sick. I have cancer in both lungs. It's a matter ofweeks." Tommy replied."Can you talk about it, Tom?" I asked."Sure, what would you like to know?" he replied."What's it like to be only twenty-four and dying?""Well, it could be worse.""Like what?""Well, like being fifty and having no values or ideals, like beingfifty and thinking that booze, seducing women, and making money arethe real biggies in life.."I began to look through my metal file cabinet under "S" where I hadfiled Tommy as strange.(It seems as though everybody I try to reject by classification, Godsends back into my life to educate me.) "But what I really came to see you about," Tom said, "is somethingyou said to me on the last day of class." (He remembered!)He continued, "I asked you if you thought I would ever find God andyou said, 'No!' which surprised me.Then you said, 'But He will find you.' I thought about that a lot,even though my search for God was hardly intense at that time. (Myclever line. He thought about that a lot!) ."But when the doctors removed a lump from my groin and told me that itwas malignant, that's when I got serious about locating God..And when the malignancy spread into my vital organs, I really beganbanging bloody fistsagainst the bronze doors of heaven. But God did not come out.In fact, nothing happened. Did you ever try anything for a long timewith great effort and with no success? You get psychologicallyglutted, fed up with trying. And then you quit.....Well, one day I woke up, and instead of throwing a few more futileappeals over that high brick wall to a God who may be or may not bethere, I just quit.I decided that I didn't really care about God, about an after life,or anything like that. I decided to spend what time I had left doingsomething more profitable.
I thought about you and your class and I remembered something else youhad said:: " The essential sadness is to go through life withoutloving. But it would be almost equally sad to go through life andleave this world without ever telling those you loved that you hadloved them.'"So, I began with the hardest one, my Dad. He was reading the newspaperwhen I approached him. "Dad.""Yes, what?" he asked without lowering the newspaper."Dad, I would like to talk with you.""Well, talk.""I mean . It's really important."The newspaper came down three slow inches. " What is it?""Dad, I love you, I just wanted you to know that." Tom smiled at meand said it with obvious satisfaction, as though he felt a warm andsecret joy flowing inside of him."The newspaper fluttered to the floor. Then my father did two things Icould never remember him ever doing before. He cried and he huggedme. We talked all night, even though he had to go to work the nextmorning. It felt so good to be close to my father, to see his tears,to feel his hug, to hear him say that he loved me."" It was easier with my mother and little brother. They cried withme, too, and we hugged eachother, and started saying real nice things to each other. We sharedthe things we had been keeping secret for so many years."I was only sorry about one thing --- that I had waited so long. Here Iwas, just beginning to open up to all the people I had actually beenclose to. "Then, one day I turned around and God was there. He didn'tcome to me when I pleaded with Him. I guess I was like an animaltrainerholding out a hoop, 'C'mon, jump through C'mon, I'll give you threedays, three weeks.'""Apparently God does things in His own way and at His own hour....Butthe important thing is that He was there. He found me...! You wereright.....He found me even after I stopped looking for Him."
"Tommy," I practically gasped,"I think you are saying something very important and much moreuniversal than you realize.To me, at least, you are saying that the surest way to find God is notto make Him a private possession, a problem solver, or an instantconsolation in time of need, but rather by opening to love.You know, the Apostle John said that... He said: "God is love, andanyone who lives in love is living with God and God is living inhim.''"Tom, could I ask you a favor? You know, when I had you in class youwere a real pain. But (laughingly) you can make it all up to me now.Would you come into my present Theology of Faith course and tell themwhat you have just told me? If I told them the same thing itwouldn't be half as effective as if you were to tell it.""Oooh.. I was ready for you, but I don't know if I'm ready for your class.""Tom, think about it. If and when you are ready, give me a call."
In a few days Tom called, said he was ready for the class, that hewanted to do that for God and for me. So we scheduled a date.However, he never made it. He had another appointment, far moreimportant than the one with me and my class. Of course, his life wasnot really ended by his death, only changed. He made the great stepfrom faith into vision. He found a life far more beautiful than theeye of man has ever seen or the ear of man has ever heard or the mindof man has ever imagined.
Before he died, we talked one last time."I'm not going to make it to your class," he said."I know, Tom.""Will you tell them for me? Will you ...tell the whole world for me?""I will, Tom. I'll tell them. I'll do my best."So, to all of you who have been kind enough to read this simple storyabout God's love, thank you for listening. And to you, Tommy,somewhere in the sunlit, verdant hills of heaven --- I told them,Tommy, as best I could.If this story means anything to you, please pass it on to a friend ortwo. It is a true story and is not enhanced for publicity purposes.
With thanks,Rev. John Powell, Professor, Loyola University ,Chicago
Some twelve years ago, I stood watching my university students fileinto the classroom for our first session in the Theology ofFaith.That was the day I first saw Tommy.My eyes and my mind both blinked. He was combing his long flaxen hair,which hung six inchesbelow his shoulders. It was the first time I had ever seen a boy withhair that long. I guess it was just coming into fashion then. I knowin my mind that it isn't what's on your head but what's in it thatcounts; but on that day I was unprepared and my emotions flipped. Iimmediately filedTommy under "S" for strange... Very strange.Tommy turned out to be the "atheist in residence" in my Theology ofFaith course. He constantly objected to, smirked at, or whined aboutthe possibility of an unconditionally loving Father/God. We lived with each other in relative peace for one semester, although I admithe was for me attimes a serious pain in the back pew.
When he came up at the end of the course to turn in his final exam, heasked in a cynical tone, "Do you think I'll ever find God?" I decidedinstantly on a little shock therapy."No!" I said very emphatically."Why not," he responded,"I thought that was the product you were pushing." I let him get fivesteps from the classroom door and then called out,"Tommy! I don't think you'll ever find Him, but I am absolutelycertain that He will find you!" He shrugged a little and left myclass.I felt slightly disappointed at the thought that he had missed myclever line -- He will find you!At least I thought it was clever.
Later, I heard that Tommy had graduated, and I was duly grateful.Then a sad report came.I heard that Tommy had terminal cancer. Before I could search him out, he came to see me. When he walked into my office, his body wasvery badly wasted and the long hair had allfallen out as a result of chemotherapy.. But his eyes were bright andhis voice was firm,for the first time, I believe."Tommy, I've thought about you so often; I hear you are sick," I blurted out."Oh, yes, very sick. I have cancer in both lungs. It's a matter ofweeks." Tommy replied."Can you talk about it, Tom?" I asked."Sure, what would you like to know?" he replied."What's it like to be only twenty-four and dying?""Well, it could be worse.""Like what?""Well, like being fifty and having no values or ideals, like beingfifty and thinking that booze, seducing women, and making money arethe real biggies in life.."I began to look through my metal file cabinet under "S" where I hadfiled Tommy as strange.(It seems as though everybody I try to reject by classification, Godsends back into my life to educate me.) "But what I really came to see you about," Tom said, "is somethingyou said to me on the last day of class." (He remembered!)He continued, "I asked you if you thought I would ever find God andyou said, 'No!' which surprised me.Then you said, 'But He will find you.' I thought about that a lot,even though my search for God was hardly intense at that time. (Myclever line. He thought about that a lot!) ."But when the doctors removed a lump from my groin and told me that itwas malignant, that's when I got serious about locating God..And when the malignancy spread into my vital organs, I really beganbanging bloody fistsagainst the bronze doors of heaven. But God did not come out.In fact, nothing happened. Did you ever try anything for a long timewith great effort and with no success? You get psychologicallyglutted, fed up with trying. And then you quit.....Well, one day I woke up, and instead of throwing a few more futileappeals over that high brick wall to a God who may be or may not bethere, I just quit.I decided that I didn't really care about God, about an after life,or anything like that. I decided to spend what time I had left doingsomething more profitable.
I thought about you and your class and I remembered something else youhad said:: " The essential sadness is to go through life withoutloving. But it would be almost equally sad to go through life andleave this world without ever telling those you loved that you hadloved them.'"So, I began with the hardest one, my Dad. He was reading the newspaperwhen I approached him. "Dad.""Yes, what?" he asked without lowering the newspaper."Dad, I would like to talk with you.""Well, talk.""I mean . It's really important."The newspaper came down three slow inches. " What is it?""Dad, I love you, I just wanted you to know that." Tom smiled at meand said it with obvious satisfaction, as though he felt a warm andsecret joy flowing inside of him."The newspaper fluttered to the floor. Then my father did two things Icould never remember him ever doing before. He cried and he huggedme. We talked all night, even though he had to go to work the nextmorning. It felt so good to be close to my father, to see his tears,to feel his hug, to hear him say that he loved me."" It was easier with my mother and little brother. They cried withme, too, and we hugged eachother, and started saying real nice things to each other. We sharedthe things we had been keeping secret for so many years."I was only sorry about one thing --- that I had waited so long. Here Iwas, just beginning to open up to all the people I had actually beenclose to. "Then, one day I turned around and God was there. He didn'tcome to me when I pleaded with Him. I guess I was like an animaltrainerholding out a hoop, 'C'mon, jump through C'mon, I'll give you threedays, three weeks.'""Apparently God does things in His own way and at His own hour....Butthe important thing is that He was there. He found me...! You wereright.....He found me even after I stopped looking for Him."
"Tommy," I practically gasped,"I think you are saying something very important and much moreuniversal than you realize.To me, at least, you are saying that the surest way to find God is notto make Him a private possession, a problem solver, or an instantconsolation in time of need, but rather by opening to love.You know, the Apostle John said that... He said: "God is love, andanyone who lives in love is living with God and God is living inhim.''"Tom, could I ask you a favor? You know, when I had you in class youwere a real pain. But (laughingly) you can make it all up to me now.Would you come into my present Theology of Faith course and tell themwhat you have just told me? If I told them the same thing itwouldn't be half as effective as if you were to tell it.""Oooh.. I was ready for you, but I don't know if I'm ready for your class.""Tom, think about it. If and when you are ready, give me a call."
In a few days Tom called, said he was ready for the class, that hewanted to do that for God and for me. So we scheduled a date.However, he never made it. He had another appointment, far moreimportant than the one with me and my class. Of course, his life wasnot really ended by his death, only changed. He made the great stepfrom faith into vision. He found a life far more beautiful than theeye of man has ever seen or the ear of man has ever heard or the mindof man has ever imagined.
Before he died, we talked one last time."I'm not going to make it to your class," he said."I know, Tom.""Will you tell them for me? Will you ...tell the whole world for me?""I will, Tom. I'll tell them. I'll do my best."So, to all of you who have been kind enough to read this simple storyabout God's love, thank you for listening. And to you, Tommy,somewhere in the sunlit, verdant hills of heaven --- I told them,Tommy, as best I could.If this story means anything to you, please pass it on to a friend ortwo. It is a true story and is not enhanced for publicity purposes.
With thanks,Rev. John Powell, Professor, Loyola University ,Chicago
Monday, August 17, 2009
Church Camp by Chinese Fellowship
Interested, do contact Edwin (016-5898182) or ShaoWei (016-8005654).
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Rosa Sweet talks on "Forgiveness"
Forgiveness: What it is and What it Isn't
Why do we find it so hard to forgive?
One reason we resist forgiving is that we don't really understand what forgiveness is or how it works. We think we do, but we don't.Most of us assume that if we forgive our offenders, they are let off the hook — scot-free — and get to go about their merry ways while we unfairly suffer from their actions. We also may think that we have to be friendly with them again, or go back to the old relationship.
While God commands us to forgive others, he never told us to keep trusting those who violated our trust or even to like being around those who hurt us.
The first step to understanding forgiveness is learning what it is and isn't. The next step is giving yourself permission to forgive and forget, letting go of the bitterness while remembering very clearly your rights to healthy boundaries.
Granting forgiveness
- Forgiveness is not letting the offender off the hook . We can and should still hold others accountable for their actions or lack of actions.
- Forgiveness is returning to God the right to take care of justice. By refusing to transfer the right to exact punishment or revenge, we are telling God we don't trust him to take care of matters.
- Forgiveness is not letting the offense recur again and again. We don't have to tolerate, nor should we keep ourselves open to, lack of respect or any form of abuse.
- Forgiveness does not mean we have to revert to being the victim. Forgiving is not saying, "What you did was okay, so go ahead and walk all over me." Nor is it playing the martyr, enjoying the performance of forgiving people because it perpetuates our victim role.
- Forgiveness is not the same as reconciling. We can forgive someone even if we never can get along with him again.
- Forgiveness is a process, not an event. It might take some time to work through our emotional problems before we can truly forgive. As soon as we can, we should decide to forgive, but it probably is not going to happen right after a tragic divorce. That's okay.
- We have to forgive every time. If we find ourselves constantly forgiving, though, we might need to take a look at the dance we are doing with the other person that sets us up to be continually hurt, attacked, or abused.
- Forgetting does not mean denying reality or ignoring repeated offenses. Some people are obnoxious, mean-spirited, apathetic, or unreliable. They never will change. We need to change the way we respond to them and quit expecting them to be different.
- Forgiveness is not based on others' actions but on our attitude. People will continue to hurt us through life. We either can look outward at them or stay stuck and angry, or we can begin to keep our minds on our loving relationship with God, knowing and trusting in what is good.
- If they don't repent, we still have to forgive. Even if they never ask, we need to forgive. We should memorize and repeat over and over: Forgiveness is about our attitude, not their action.
- We don't always have to tell them we have forgiven them. Self-righteously announcing our gracious forgiveness to someone who has not asked to be forgiven may be a manipulation to make them feel guilty. It also is a form of pride.
- Withholding forgiveness is a refusal to let go of perceived power. We can feel powerful when the offender is in need of forgiveness and only we can give it. We may fear going back to being powerless if we forgive.
- We might have to forgive more than the divorce. Post-divorce problems related to money, the kids, and schedules might result in the need to forgive again and to seek forgiveness ourselves.
- We might forgive too quickly to avoid pain or to manipulate the situation. Forgiveness releases pain and frees us from focusing on the other person. Too often when we're in the midst of the turmoil after a divorce, we desperately look for a quick fix to make it all go away. Some women want to "hurry up" and forgive so the pain will end, or so they can get along with the other person. We have to be careful not to simply cover our wounds and retard the healing process.
- We might be pressured into false forgiveness before we are ready. When we feel obligated or we forgive just so others will still like us, accept us, or not think badly of us, it's not true forgiveness — it's a performance to avoid rejection. Give yourself permission to do it right. Maybe all you can offer today is, “I want to forgive you, but right now I'm struggling emotionally. I promise I will work on it.”
- Forgiveness does not mean forgetting. It's normal for memories to be triggered in the future. When thoughts of past hurts occur, it's what we do with them that counts. When we find ourselves focusing on a past offense, we can learn to say, "Thank you, God, for this reminder of how important forgiveness is."
- Forgiveness starts with a mental decision. The emotional part of forgiveness is finally being able to let go of the resentment. Emotional healing may or may not follow quickly after we forgive.
Excerpted from A Woman's Guide to Healing the Heartbreak of Divorce. Copyright © 2001 Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
More photos from English Fellowship Welcoming Dinner
More photos from English Fellowship Welcoming Dinner by Uncle James Wong. Do visit his blog for more photos, http://jameswong.wordpress.com.
Monday, August 3, 2009
2009, Semester 2 - English Fellowship Welcoming Dinner
Pictures from English fellowship welcoming dinner. Taken by Uncle James. =)
Saturday, July 25, 2009
撒但的聚會（就算你很忙也需要讀一讀）, 基督徒必讀
開場白撒但說：
「我們無法使基督徒不去教會。我們也沒辦法讓他們不讀經、
若是他們與基督耶穌產生緊密聯結我們的權勢就敗落了！
讓妻子外出長時間工作，讓丈夫一週工作七天，
讓他們的腦子裡裝滿世界的事，叫他們再也聽不見那微小的聲音，
讓他們的桌上擺滿各樣雜誌與報紙，
讓他們的信箱塞滿各種垃圾郵件，各大超市百貨公司的減價單，
還要讓那些身材絞好、年輕貌美的女人不停地出現在雜誌與電視上，
讓聖誕老人迷惑他們，叫他們的孩子不懂得聖誕節的真正意義，
讓他們在遊樂場所瘋狂遊戲，回來時筋疲力盡，
而當他們去聚會時，讓他們搞小圈圈、講閒話，對別人批評論斷,
永遠不反省地指責別人,卻看不到自己的問題,這樣一來，
的確，這個計劃實在太棒了！於是，
「我們無法使基督徒不去教會。我們也沒辦法讓他們不讀經、
若是他們與基督耶穌產生緊密聯結我們的權勢就敗落了！
讓妻子外出長時間工作，讓丈夫一週工作七天，
讓他們的腦子裡裝滿世界的事，叫他們再也聽不見那微小的聲音，
讓他們的桌上擺滿各樣雜誌與報紙，
讓他們的信箱塞滿各種垃圾郵件，各大超市百貨公司的減價單，
還要讓那些身材絞好、年輕貌美的女人不停地出現在雜誌與電視上，
讓聖誕老人迷惑他們，叫他們的孩子不懂得聖誕節的真正意義，
讓他們在遊樂場所瘋狂遊戲，回來時筋疲力盡，
而當他們去聚會時，讓他們搞小圈圈、講閒話，對別人批評論斷,
永遠不反省地指責別人,卻看不到自己的問題,這樣一來，
的確，這個計劃實在太棒了！於是，
Monday, July 20, 2009
2009_07_17-19 - Bintulu Mission Trip
Photos from Bintulu Mission Trip. First day, we had UPM students joining us in our one-day program held in Emmanuel Methodist Church (EMC). Second day, went to Sg. Plan Methodist Preaching Centre to preach to the secondary school students there.
It was really a great experience!!
It was really a great experience!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
见证篇 by Pastor Connie
见证篇
感谢神赐给我在校园中心牧养的机会。能够来到这里事奉是我的福气。当我一听见自己被派到美里校园中心和恩典堂牧养时，心中真是高兴又紧张。高兴的时，美里太靠近我家乡，尼亚石山了，回家就不成大问题。紧张的是，我必须以双语（华语和英语）来事奉，这真是极大的挑战，因为知道自己的英语是“有限公司”。
无论如何，经过一年的事奉，我停下脚步，回头看一看，原来是神的恩典一路相伴至今。刚刚“出道”的我，有很多东西都不懂，有很多还在摸索的东西。有的时候，真后悔自己在神学院为什么不努力点、多下功夫、多学一些东西，那么出来牧养时就可以轻省许多。但感谢神，他的恩典够我用。许多东西不是一学就会的，就算学会了这样，也还有其他的要学。最重要的是，我要把握任何机会，并谦卑学习，充实及突破自己。
在校园中心牧养是非常喜乐的！因为这里有一群年轻、活泼、可爱、充满干劲的青年人。你们是我的朋友，也是我的“孩子”。每当我在事奉上感觉繁重、压力、想要逃避时，你们却是我前进的动力。小声告诉你们，有的时候我真的忙得不想去参加聚会，但，还是非去不可。当我一抵达教会楼下时，就听见你们在楼上的笑声、说话、练唱，我心中就喜乐起来。我就会很开心地走上楼梯，仿佛又来到了欢乐的时光。看见你们的出席和笑脸，我的低潮也不见了。就在聚会当中，神借着你们，也借着他的诗歌和话语，使我重新刚强起来！
到目前为止，用英语沟通及写英语讲章还是我很大的挑战。但经过一年的磨练，神叫我学习更加依靠他。我相信他的恩典是够我用的。我也相信他的带领是没有错误的。我要做的就是求告他的名，凭信心一步一步地向前迈进。
感谢神赐给校园中心有一群忠心事奉的领袖们。你们在事奉上的主动、努力、谦卑使我感到安慰及鼓励。若没有你们的同工，我相信校园中心不会有今天。愿神记念你们在主里面的劳苦。每当我看见弟兄姐妹们有一颗追求、愿意学习的心时，我也倍感激励！你们的追求促使我更当去追求主。期望你们对神追求的心是不断加增的！神必要因你对他的渴慕使你的心得到无比的满足。让我们一起在灵程路上前进不懈，使主名更芬芳！
愿神的爱继续充满在校园中心，
愿神的光不断照耀整个会所，
愿神的道被我们传扬出去，
愿神的圣名永被高举！
主仆，
杨锦凤
Sunday, July 5, 2009
More videos from SMCGC 6th Anniversary Thanksgiving Celebration
More videos from SMCGC 6th Anniversary Thanksgiving Celebration. Thanks to longeryu. =)
Introduction to SMCGC 6th Anniversary Thanksgiving Celebration
Give Thanks Fanfare (Piano Duo) by Jeremy and Tina
Tambourine Dance by SMCGC girls (Yiyin, Janet, Angnes, Mary, Carrie, Yiling, Shaowei and Linda)
Introduction to SMCGC 6th Anniversary Thanksgiving Celebration
Give Thanks Fanfare (Piano Duo) by Jeremy and Tina
Tambourine Dance by SMCGC girls (Yiyin, Janet, Angnes, Mary, Carrie, Yiling, Shaowei and Linda)
Friday, July 3, 2009
《加帛短宣-信心之旅》by Yu Ling 梁玉玲
《加帛短宣-信心之旅》
美里禧纳定校园福音中心，SMCGC (Senadin Methodist Campus Gospel Centre) 於6月20日至26日，在教会牧者杨锦凤传道和木山工场的陈俊杰传道带领之下，我们11位第二届门徒班的科廷大学生来到了加帛木山营短宣。此短宣的主题为“信心的翅膀”。
我们在6月21日至25日，以一天一营(camp)的方式去了Amang Camp, Pelagus Camp, Nanga Balleh Camp, Garu Camp 和Simpileh Camp。这五个camp 就是我们进行五个布道晚会的地点。每晚布道会的节目包括舞蹈、敬拜赞美、见证分享、证道、戏剧、播放诗歌影片、献诗和呼召。布道会开始前，我们13人都会聚集在一起祷告，之后就同声宣告“13门徒，为主奋斗！靠主得胜！”，来展开我们的奋斗。
这七天的短宣，对我们大学生而言是磨练我们的信心之旅。我们所拜访的五个camp，平常参与聚会的原是华人占多数，但这次却因短宣队的到来和邀请，很多伊班朋友也出席了每晚的布道晚会，我们向主感恩！我们面对最大的挑战就是要把这先前所准备的华语节目几乎全部都换去国语。已经多时没用国语的我们临时感到紧张，但透过祷告及上帝所赐的聪明智慧与恩典，翻译工作一天比一天更加顺畅。我们的戏剧慢慢地从全华语更换到全国语来带进行。靠着对神的信心，神大大地赐福于我们，哈利路亚！
我们在第二个营，Pelagus Camp时，硬盘（Hard Disk）突然坏了，所有须在布道会引用的资料全都流失了，当时我们突然紧张起来。感谢主，短宣队长刘本樟弟兄在前一晚就有感动要把资料另存在电脑里，而其他队员也有部分的资料存底。当时候，我们就赶紧地收集了所有的资料，布道会也很顺利地进行了。
去到不同的camp时，我们会逐家去邀请那儿的居民或工友民们参与晚上的布道会，这过程又是另一个信心的考验。在邀请的当儿，曾有人说“如果等下有下雨，我就会去”。据知，木山已经一个月没下雨了，我们就向主祈求下雨好让工友们早点儿收工，准备参与晚上的布道会。感谢主，他应允了我们的祷告，当天傍晚就下雨了。当走到长屋邀请伊班朋友时，他们都会说“au ”(“是的”意思)。跟据陈传道分析，他们有时答应了也不一定会出席。但感谢主，当我们看见许多伊班朋友出席时，我们真的感到无比欢喜。
在Simpileh Camp时，我们也拜访了那儿的小学，那间小学共有157位学生，九成是伊班人。据老师透露，不曾有外人去探望他们，我们是第一队。很感恩，我们有机会参与学生事工。我们带领孩子们玩游戏和唱诗歌，也播放伊班语的耶稣传，让他们认识耶稣及他的救恩。当陈传道呼召的时候，所有的学生都站立表明愿意祷告接受耶稣成为他们的救主。
我们从美里一路搭7小时多的车程到诗巫，三小时的船到加帛，在木山里坐车坐船到不同的营，都是为了主福音的缘故。在木山里，我们每一天从早晨开始都得搭车，有时搭船，从一个营到另外一个营，有时要站在车（Pick Up）后“吃灰尘”、暴晒太阳到脱皮又变黑、撞车握把撞到淤青、有时被淋雨。虽然如此，这些若比起耶稣所受的苦，我们所经历的只不过是犹如沙石小的事，我们也深信将来必得着神的赏赐，得着荣耀。我们深被保罗的一句话所激励，【我想，现在的苦楚若比起将来要显与我们的荣耀就不足介意了。】（罗马书8：18）。我们每晚都睡不同的地方，感谢主，几天后，大家都习惯了且睡得很香甜。弟兄们都很主动、甘心乐意地帮助姐妹们拿行李包、扶她们上下车和船、照顾她们的安全，这让姐妹们感动不已。木山的工友们也很热情的欢迎我们。透过这次的短宣，我们一共接触了大约330位当地的居民及工友们。感谢神使用我们为他传扬福音的真理。主为我们所预备的真是超乎我们所能想象的，真是福杯满溢啊！
在这次的短宣里，我们深深经历圣灵的带领和能力。我们要感谢那些默默为我们祷告的弟兄姐妹们。祷告就是我们的力量！我们向主感恩！最后，我们要以一首被队员，林苏生弟兄改编过的歌作为结束：
朋友 (Kapit Mission Trip Version)
这六天，十三人，风也吹，尘也吃，
有过泪，有过愁，还记得坚持什么，
相爱过，才会懂，会珍惜，会不舍，
总有你，总有我，一起过。
朋友一生一起走，这些日子不再有，
一句话，一辈子，一生情，永不忘，
我们不曾孤单过，因为永远有你我，
一起笑，一起哭，信靠主，有能力。
梁玉玲
附送分享：
最后一夜，我们每一个人都分享了我们短宣的感想。
杨锦凤传道：这次的短宣有挑战，我看见门徒们的突破，住的厕所、坐船、吃尘、女生每晚穿一样的制服等。门徒们每一天都重新开始，把握机会不一样，一直想办法改进用国语。我们一出来就不要像家那样，既来之则安之。圣灵给我们能力去做，四律虽无法做，但是回去可分享给他人。最重要的是，我们看见禾场的需要，缺乏工人。
陈俊杰传道：我欣赏门徒们的喜乐与热心的侍奉，会一直问关于新场地、人数、当地情况等。
刘本樟：我学到信心的功课，圣灵在我们当中运行，而且谋事在人，成事在上帝。
林鹏鸿：在这之前，我无法融入教会的群体。经过这次的短宣，我第一次能融入也较积极。谢谢门徒们的接纳！
陈吟诗：我与朋友的关系更好，很高兴能与很多人一起侍奉。
林依霖：我学习适应短宣的环境，也学到很多东西。如果有短宣，我都会想参加。
汤仲伟：透过短宣，我看到朋友们的另外一面。每个人都有魅力。女子面带笑容跳舞很漂亮。这次也同男子们一起冲凉。
林苏生：我喜欢短宣的生活。
梁玉玲：很开心每天睡不一样的地方、一起与女子睡、一起生活等。
王欣茜：我学了很多福州话，每天睡前都学。我很感动、感谢门徒门把我当“豆腐”来关照我。我也看到门徒同心合一、男子很体贴。这一次的短宣是我从去SMCGC到现在，建立最好关系的一次就是这次。感谢神应允我的祷告让妈妈肯我来这个短宣。
何暐典：我很享受，多过短宣就像旅游。我也更深入认识大家，谢谢大家互相帮忙和鼓励。
陈媚媚：门徒该出来一起短宣因感情更好，是在课室里没法经历的。男子体贴女子，都会把好的给女子例如搭无盖的车吸尘。我希望我们再来短宣。
谢昭颖：这次来短宣，我有很大的得着，已学习克服对飞虫和猫的恐惧。我很感动男子的体贴、帮忙夹菜、拿行李包。有机会我还想参加短宣。
美里禧纳定校园福音中心，SMCGC (Senadin Methodist Campus Gospel Centre) 於6月20日至26日，在教会牧者杨锦凤传道和木山工场的陈俊杰传道带领之下，我们11位第二届门徒班的科廷大学生来到了加帛木山营短宣。此短宣的主题为“信心的翅膀”。
我们在6月21日至25日，以一天一营(camp)的方式去了Amang Camp, Pelagus Camp, Nanga Balleh Camp, Garu Camp 和Simpileh Camp。这五个camp 就是我们进行五个布道晚会的地点。每晚布道会的节目包括舞蹈、敬拜赞美、见证分享、证道、戏剧、播放诗歌影片、献诗和呼召。布道会开始前，我们13人都会聚集在一起祷告，之后就同声宣告“13门徒，为主奋斗！靠主得胜！”，来展开我们的奋斗。
这七天的短宣，对我们大学生而言是磨练我们的信心之旅。我们所拜访的五个camp，平常参与聚会的原是华人占多数，但这次却因短宣队的到来和邀请，很多伊班朋友也出席了每晚的布道晚会，我们向主感恩！我们面对最大的挑战就是要把这先前所准备的华语节目几乎全部都换去国语。已经多时没用国语的我们临时感到紧张，但透过祷告及上帝所赐的聪明智慧与恩典，翻译工作一天比一天更加顺畅。我们的戏剧慢慢地从全华语更换到全国语来带进行。靠着对神的信心，神大大地赐福于我们，哈利路亚！
我们在第二个营，Pelagus Camp时，硬盘（Hard Disk）突然坏了，所有须在布道会引用的资料全都流失了，当时我们突然紧张起来。感谢主，短宣队长刘本樟弟兄在前一晚就有感动要把资料另存在电脑里，而其他队员也有部分的资料存底。当时候，我们就赶紧地收集了所有的资料，布道会也很顺利地进行了。
去到不同的camp时，我们会逐家去邀请那儿的居民或工友民们参与晚上的布道会，这过程又是另一个信心的考验。在邀请的当儿，曾有人说“如果等下有下雨，我就会去”。据知，木山已经一个月没下雨了，我们就向主祈求下雨好让工友们早点儿收工，准备参与晚上的布道会。感谢主，他应允了我们的祷告，当天傍晚就下雨了。当走到长屋邀请伊班朋友时，他们都会说“au ”(“是的”意思)。跟据陈传道分析，他们有时答应了也不一定会出席。但感谢主，当我们看见许多伊班朋友出席时，我们真的感到无比欢喜。
在Simpileh Camp时，我们也拜访了那儿的小学，那间小学共有157位学生，九成是伊班人。据老师透露，不曾有外人去探望他们，我们是第一队。很感恩，我们有机会参与学生事工。我们带领孩子们玩游戏和唱诗歌，也播放伊班语的耶稣传，让他们认识耶稣及他的救恩。当陈传道呼召的时候，所有的学生都站立表明愿意祷告接受耶稣成为他们的救主。
我们从美里一路搭7小时多的车程到诗巫，三小时的船到加帛，在木山里坐车坐船到不同的营，都是为了主福音的缘故。在木山里，我们每一天从早晨开始都得搭车，有时搭船，从一个营到另外一个营，有时要站在车（Pick Up）后“吃灰尘”、暴晒太阳到脱皮又变黑、撞车握把撞到淤青、有时被淋雨。虽然如此，这些若比起耶稣所受的苦，我们所经历的只不过是犹如沙石小的事，我们也深信将来必得着神的赏赐，得着荣耀。我们深被保罗的一句话所激励，【我想，现在的苦楚若比起将来要显与我们的荣耀就不足介意了。】（罗马书8：18）。我们每晚都睡不同的地方，感谢主，几天后，大家都习惯了且睡得很香甜。弟兄们都很主动、甘心乐意地帮助姐妹们拿行李包、扶她们上下车和船、照顾她们的安全，这让姐妹们感动不已。木山的工友们也很热情的欢迎我们。透过这次的短宣，我们一共接触了大约330位当地的居民及工友们。感谢神使用我们为他传扬福音的真理。主为我们所预备的真是超乎我们所能想象的，真是福杯满溢啊！
在这次的短宣里，我们深深经历圣灵的带领和能力。我们要感谢那些默默为我们祷告的弟兄姐妹们。祷告就是我们的力量！我们向主感恩！最后，我们要以一首被队员，林苏生弟兄改编过的歌作为结束：
朋友 (Kapit Mission Trip Version)
这六天，十三人，风也吹，尘也吃，
有过泪，有过愁，还记得坚持什么，
相爱过，才会懂，会珍惜，会不舍，
总有你，总有我，一起过。
朋友一生一起走，这些日子不再有，
一句话，一辈子，一生情，永不忘，
我们不曾孤单过，因为永远有你我，
一起笑，一起哭，信靠主，有能力。
梁玉玲
附送分享：
最后一夜，我们每一个人都分享了我们短宣的感想。
杨锦凤传道：这次的短宣有挑战，我看见门徒们的突破，住的厕所、坐船、吃尘、女生每晚穿一样的制服等。门徒们每一天都重新开始，把握机会不一样，一直想办法改进用国语。我们一出来就不要像家那样，既来之则安之。圣灵给我们能力去做，四律虽无法做，但是回去可分享给他人。最重要的是，我们看见禾场的需要，缺乏工人。
陈俊杰传道：我欣赏门徒们的喜乐与热心的侍奉，会一直问关于新场地、人数、当地情况等。
刘本樟：我学到信心的功课，圣灵在我们当中运行，而且谋事在人，成事在上帝。
林鹏鸿：在这之前，我无法融入教会的群体。经过这次的短宣，我第一次能融入也较积极。谢谢门徒们的接纳！
陈吟诗：我与朋友的关系更好，很高兴能与很多人一起侍奉。
林依霖：我学习适应短宣的环境，也学到很多东西。如果有短宣，我都会想参加。
汤仲伟：透过短宣，我看到朋友们的另外一面。每个人都有魅力。女子面带笑容跳舞很漂亮。这次也同男子们一起冲凉。
林苏生：我喜欢短宣的生活。
梁玉玲：很开心每天睡不一样的地方、一起与女子睡、一起生活等。
王欣茜：我学了很多福州话，每天睡前都学。我很感动、感谢门徒门把我当“豆腐”来关照我。我也看到门徒同心合一、男子很体贴。这一次的短宣是我从去SMCGC到现在，建立最好关系的一次就是这次。感谢神应允我的祷告让妈妈肯我来这个短宣。
何暐典：我很享受，多过短宣就像旅游。我也更深入认识大家，谢谢大家互相帮忙和鼓励。
陈媚媚：门徒该出来一起短宣因感情更好，是在课室里没法经历的。男子体贴女子，都会把好的给女子例如搭无盖的车吸尘。我希望我们再来短宣。
谢昭颖：这次来短宣，我有很大的得着，已学习克服对飞虫和猫的恐惧。我很感动男子的体贴、帮忙夹菜、拿行李包。有机会我还想参加短宣。
简短的见证篇 江政和2009 ©
信主之前
我呢，就像其它的未信主的人一样，对于信耶稣得永生，信耶稣上天堂等等的言论持有观望，怀疑的态度。每次都有人传福音时说：“信耶稣得永生”都在想耶稣真的有能力让人上天堂？只要信他就可以了？那么简单？
信主过程
我是来自一个非基督背景的家庭，家里的爸爸妈妈公公婆婆都不是基督徒，而我呢从小就被妈妈送到教堂去上主日学，为什么呢？因为妈妈觉得去做礼拜的孩子会比较听话，比较乖，比较好。从小就在教堂混到大，每一阵子都会有人问，你是基督徒吗？我说我算一半，因为还没受洗啊。那怎么还不受洗，基督徒必须要受洗的哦，我每次都摇头说不了，因为我觉得我还没有预备心来接受耶稣基督为我个人生命的救主，那时候是觉得来教堂就要受洗，有点强迫的感觉，后来渐渐的就没什么去教会了。
信主之后
真正的开始相信主是在来了美里curtin第二年，也就是degree第一年，当时是和朋友，kenny一起来SMCGC崇拜，那是我隔了许久又终于回到了教会，回到上帝耶稣的面前，在这里我开始重新思考圣经里的话语，重新领悟到耶稣是爱我的，爱每个人，耶稣并不因为我不去教会，不遵从他而抛弃了我，他在默默的等，等我在外头流浪，漂泊，累了，从新的接纳我，领我归于他。现在，我决定受洗，接受耶稣基督为我生命中个人的救主，我愿意跟从他，顺从他，因为耶稣基督，我重生了，我是一个新造的人，我会在基督里活出他的样式。
信主之前
我呢，就像其它的未信主的人一样，对于信耶稣得永生，信耶稣上天堂等等的言论持有观望，怀疑的态度。每次都有人传福音时说：“信耶稣得永生”都在想耶稣真的有能力让人上天堂？只要信他就可以了？那么简单？
信主过程
我是来自一个非基督背景的家庭，家里的爸爸妈妈公公婆婆都不是基督徒，而我呢从小就被妈妈送到教堂去上主日学，为什么呢？因为妈妈觉得去做礼拜的孩子会比较听话，比较乖，比较好。从小就在教堂混到大，每一阵子都会有人问，你是基督徒吗？我说我算一半，因为还没受洗啊。那怎么还不受洗，基督徒必须要受洗的哦，我每次都摇头说不了，因为我觉得我还没有预备心来接受耶稣基督为我个人生命的救主，那时候是觉得来教堂就要受洗，有点强迫的感觉，后来渐渐的就没什么去教会了。
信主之后
真正的开始相信主是在来了美里curtin第二年，也就是degree第一年，当时是和朋友，kenny一起来SMCGC崇拜，那是我隔了许久又终于回到了教会，回到上帝耶稣的面前，在这里我开始重新思考圣经里的话语，重新领悟到耶稣是爱我的，爱每个人，耶稣并不因为我不去教会，不遵从他而抛弃了我，他在默默的等，等我在外头流浪，漂泊，累了，从新的接纳我，领我归于他。现在，我决定受洗，接受耶稣基督为我生命中个人的救主，我愿意跟从他，顺从他，因为耶稣基督，我重生了，我是一个新造的人，我会在基督里活出他的样式。
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