Children of God
YouthZone
Trueway Presbyterian Church
yz.core@gmail.com
Mission Statement:
We delight in the Lord Jesus
choosing to serve Him as a family
assisting people to find freedom in Christ
building them up to help change the world
Calendar:
Month of January 2010
3 : Trumpet Call - Combined Service
10 : Getting to know each other
17 : Message - Let It Show
24 : Time of Sharing cum B'Day Celerbration
31 : Gospel Sunday
*navigations are the 4 polaroid pictures
4:33 PM
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Hello people!!!
Yesterday was our SYNOD Youth Games Day and well, I hope that all of you who went down had a lot a lot of fun even though we did not come back with any prizes. I wonder what was going through all of your minds as you were out there playing the games and facing your opponents. Even more so as you were playing and your opponents seemed to be so much stronger than all of you.
Well, some of us would have felt pretty discouraged by the scores that reflected in all the matches that we played. Some of us would have also been discouraged when we felt that no one seemed to be cheering for us. However, I want to let all of you know that we are proud of all of you for displaying wonderful sportsmanship!! You all have shown great maturity in handling all your loses well. For that, I really want to commend all of you. =)
Anyway, I hope that all of us would continue to come down for our monthly games in church even as this games day is over. REMEMBER THERE ARE MANY MORE SYNOD YOUTH GAMES DAY TO COME!!! HAHAHA. I hope that all of us would be there next year and we will be there either to play or to spur one another on. Let us be a community that seeks to love on another. Even if we cannot win any trophies back, by living in love as a community would definitely be much much better than winning a physical prize.
love,
dora =)
10:38 PM
Saturday, May 19, 2007
hey people,
i guess our first ever YZ Annual Challenge is finally over!! (and many of us exhale sighs of reliefs..) nonetheless, i hope you guys enjoyed yourselves today as much as i did whacking some of you with powdered pillows(:
and while we did enjoy ourselves, let us not forget too the people who helped make this whole event possible. an extremely big thank you to mingbao, linus and rachel for planning this entire event! and for all the other people who helped out in one way or another, people like lance who so "willingly" placed aside his self-image to do the advertisements for us to enjoy, xionghai and jianhorng for helping out with the logistics, dora for catering, the team and station marshalls and many many others who sacrificed their time to contribute to this event. A VERY VERY BIG THANK YOU(:
so YZers, if perchance you see them tml during YZ, do rmb to thank them k?
and just a gentle reminder for people who signed up for the SYnod Youth Games Day. it will be held at kuo chuan presbyterian school NEXT WEEK, so set that dat aside and pls be present by 1300h. dora will provide the list of those who are playing on that day soon, and even if you're not playing, you could always come down to support your friends and cheer them on. cheers(:
daryl
8:51 PM
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Dear YZ
Greetings! Thank you for your support for the past few months. The few months in project serve have indeed been a fruitful time for me. I have learnt many things during this time of full time project serve. There were occasions when I got corrected and rebuked for not doing something well or correctly but I thank God for those times. It helped to remind me of my sinful nature and has caused me to be humble when I received feedback or comments. Once again it dawn on me the need to serve God in humility. It is only when we humble ourselves to serve God; we would be willing to let God use us in whatever way He pleases. Pray for me that I will continue to learn to be humble not just during project serve but also in future.
In the first week of April, we had our Good Friday event. Thank God for all the Christian and non-Christian students who turned up for the event. I managed to share to 1 non-Christian student during the event. Thank God that she is actually very interested to know more about God and is willing to meet up for bible study. I have met up with her for twice in April and for each time we meet, she showed keenness to learn and I thank God for that. Pray that as I continue to meet up with her, God’s grace may cause her to see the need to repent and turn back to God. Pray also that she will respond positively to God’s word.
I have also taken up the challenge to help some students with their school work during their exams. Why do I take that as a challenge? That is because it has been a long time since I last studied or read my notes so it may take a little more effort for me to recall things that I have learnt in secondary school. Besides being able to help them in their school work, I see this as a great opportunity to catch up with some of the students that I met on the streets previously and hopefully through the meeting I will be able to share the gospel with some of them. Pray for me that I will have the discipline to revise my work and will be of help to the students.
During one the staff meetings that I attended, we learned from Mark 13 about the end times. It was a lesson that has encouraged me tremendously. It actually talks about Jesus giving advice to the disciples of how they should respond to the situations during end times. The three main points are to stand firm, trust God and keep watch. To stand firm is to not be alarmed by things that happens during end times and not to be misled by other versions of Christ that people may preach to us. To trust God that He will protect His people and deliver His people in difficult times. To keep watch is to anticipate the return of Christ by remaining faithful in doing God’s work. The part which encourages me the most would be the promise that difficult times are never endless and that God will deliver His people. Sharing gospel may seems very difficult nowadays when many refuse to listen or are hostile towards the gospel but God promised that difficult times will end when Christ returns. One application I have for myself is to remain faithful and continue to share the gospel wherever I may be. I hope that you will pray along side me that by God’s grace that I would be able to share the gospel wherever I go. I too, pray for you that you will remain faithful in doing God’s work.
I have decided to extend my project serve term till the end of June; I hope that you will continue to pray for me as I devote this coming two months to serve the Lord full time in project serve. Pray that I will continue to serve with a humble and teachable heart. Pray for me also that I will trust God for the plans He has for me as I await my application results for the different universities.
Lastly, I want to thank God for His provision this few months, though there are times when it seems that I could not raise enough allowance but according to His own timing provided for me. It is a great encouragement to me to know that there are people supporting the work in prayer and even giving to the work financially. Please continue to support the work by praying and/or financially.
Thank you for reading this letter.
In Him
Chen Liqun (North Area)