yckcYOUTH

WE'VE MOVED!

2011-05-23T22:44:00.000+08:00

www.yckcyouth.wordpress.com

A marathon coming!

2011-04-30T17:28:00.000+08:00

Helloooo… to all youths aged 12 to 20!

Ever wonder how you are going to get some ‘relaxation’ in your holidays while in the midst of camps, structural remedial, CCA trainings placed in your June holidays?

Come and CHECK IT OUT at our Youth Service because we are screening MOVIES every week..

No movie tickets needed, just enter CAPERNAUM Theatre at Level 3.

Look out for more details to be posted in the coming weeks right here so stay tuned!

Enquire: Contact Ms. Pauline Mok @ 62881675 or email paulinemok@yckc.org.sg

WYUMI: Why You And Me Camp - The Big Picture 2

2010-05-11T08:58:00.000+08:00

** YCKCian Youths, please register by 15th May! **

Why You And Me Camp - The Big Picture 2:

Medical work in missions
Literacy & Bible translation
Role of support ministries
Cross-cultural church planting
Training & equipping
Empowered by prayer

From New Tribes Mission:

We are planning our second youth/young adult camp for 1-4 of June. Our past one went fantastic and we are looking forward to this one being even better. We hope you or young people you know will be able to attend this exciting and challenging camp. The camp will have two tracks running simultaneously. One will be catered for youth, ages approximately 13-16 and the second for young adults aged approximately 17-26.

Brad Buser and Darryl Palmer, missionaries with New Tribes Mission will be our featured speakers again. Missionaries from other organizations will be assisting with various modules and the camp programme. Brad, along with his wife Beth, and their four children, served with New Tribes Mission in Papua New Guinea reaching the Iteri people (1979-1999). They are now living in San Diego, California where Brad serves as mission pastor in his home church. Brad also teaches “Cross-Cultural Church Planting” modules at The Master College, at Eternity Bible College, the book of Acts at Ecola Bible Institute, Perspective courses all over the US, as well as serving as an National Representative for New Tribes Mission.

Brad has been involved in conducting 3 youth camps in Germany, speaks at youth conferences every year in Mexico, and takes numerous speaking opportunities at Christian colleges in the US: Biola University, Heritage College, Westmont University, Azusa Pacific University, Liberty University, Ecola Bible College, Masters College and others. Obviously, Brad communicates and relates well with youth.

Darryl Palmer was on staff at New Tribes Mission’s mission training centre in Camdenton, Missouri for about 5 years, teaching phonetics, culture and language acquisition before he and his wife went to Indonesia to serve in reaching the Taliabo People. Darryl and Kyla are featured missionaries in the award-winning videos, “The Taliabo Story” and “Delivered From The Power Of Darkness.”

Any young people attending this camp will leave with a new perspective on missions and with a challenge to be a part of what God is doing to complete the Great Commission in their lifetime.

We will be needing help so, please let us know if you would like to assist us with some or our continued planning for this camp and or assisting with the operations of the camp. Please pass this on to youth, young adult and mission leaders in your church or organization. If you would like more information regarding the camp, return an email or give us a call.

Ken Springsteen,
NTM Singapore

youth movers' retreat 2010

2010-03-07T15:50:00.000+08:00

Book Review: Tortured For Christ, by Richard Wurmbrand

2009-11-17T17:49:00.003+08:00

By Beth Tang

We Christians in Singapore take our religious freedom for granted and try to ‘sugarcoat’ Christianity with egos of thanking God that we are safe from troubles and objections in our minds, not knowing what lies beyond the comfort we have received from Our Creator.

Richard Wrumbrand (1909-2001) was imprisoned in Romania grip of communism, just because he stood up for Christ during one of the communist relays with a Bible in his hand.

It began with his wife Sabrina telling him to ‘wipe the shame from the face of Christ’ which led his family to unspeakable torture like freezing in a box with little clothing (so much that he became fearful of opening his own fridge!), and being poked by sharp objects. Despite the brainwashing, assaults and having been denied from ever seeing God’s creation that is nature, he still trusted God and learnt more about Him each day. He never doubted God for what he was going through. He not only mentions his ordeal but also talks about other Christians who suffered in persecuted countries like Iran, China and North Korea. This book is the a glimpse of what it is like living as a Christian in a persecuted country.

It is also a great insight on missions, for example Richard made his son Mihai and the other children roam around streets distributing ‘illegal’ bibles and Gospels. In turn the soldiers treated them nicely and gave them sweets or chocolate (Richard mention Russians have a soft spot on children).

It’s a good wake up call for Christians in free countries and those who wanted to go to the mission field. It will make you read this again and again. It’s a good book to see what a persecuted church is like.

‘Will you hear our message? Remember us. Help us. Don’t abandon us.’
-- Richard Wrumbrand ‘s message to the Christians in free world

“You're blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God's kingdom.” -- Matthew 5:10 (The Message)

2009-09-30T22:56:00.000+08:00

Desert Song (This is our God) by HIllsong

2009-09-02T19:29:00.002+08:00

A touching account of a worship leader in her struggles...

What is our Purpose?

2009-09-02T19:18:00.002+08:00

Here's a summary of what we learnt in youth cell 1st Aug 09 kindly done by gracia :)

Overview: What is our purpose of existence, and what is God's desire for us?
Passage: Ecclesiastes 1 - 5

Ecc 1:2
"Meaningless! Meaningless!"
says the Teacher.
"Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless."

Everything is meaningless, if we don't have God in our life.

So where does God fit in our life? Why did God create us? Ultimately, the most important question of the day: what is the purpose of our existence?

During our discussion, we shared what our plans for the future were (some mentioned getting married, having children, becoming successful, earning big bucks.)

So what happens after we've fulfilled our dreams?

We die and go to heaven. What do we do in heaven? Praise and worship God.

So what can we say our purpose here on earth is?

Would we spend our entire lifespan doing something that is not what we're gonna do for eternity? In other words, while here on earth, do we perform that which we're not made to do for eternity? (Duh no!)

We considered Revelation 5, and realized that we'll spend eternity worshipping God. This must mean that we're created to worship God! That is the sole purpose of our existence.

How then do we fulfill our purpose here on earth? How do we worship Him here on earth? We worship Him through the various things that He has tasked us to do!

We considered how in Genesis, God gave work to Man. We thus realized that worship can take place all the time...! In every single moment! And that is our purpose. Worship.

Everything by Tim Hughes

God in my living
There in my breathing
God in my waking
God in my sleeping

God in my resting
There in my working
God in my thinking
God in my speaking

Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything
Be my everything

God in my hoping
There in my dreaming
God in my watching
God in my waiting

God in my laughing
There in my weeping
God in my hurting
God in my healing

Christ in me
Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
You are everything

Reversed Thunder: Prayer

2009-07-31T13:11:00.000+08:00

The Seventh Seal and the Golden Censer

1 When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. 3 Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. 4 The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, went up before God from the angel's hand. 5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

Revelation 8:1-5

Can you imagine, about half an hour in heaven? One day in the house of the Lord is like a thousand years (2 Pet 3:8). So there was half an hour of silence in heaven... Whatever for?

Isn't it simply amazing?? That silence was for the Lord to hear all the prayers of the saints -- the prayer you made in your bedroom last night, and the prayer I made in my time of sadness yesterday, and all the world's prayers, from the beginning of time to eternity... All those prayers were taken up to Him... and what's the more astounding thing...

Our prayers are burnt through the fire from the altar, and hurled back down on to the earth as like thunder & lightning. Our prayers are reversed thunder. Our prayers shake the earth.

Because the Lord has heard our prayers; because He has answered them.

Ushering Roster - July

2009-06-28T23:06:00.002+08:00

2009-06-28T19:02:00.003+08:00

Parents Appreciation Day
Saturday, 25th July 2009

Block out this date and please invite your parents.
More details soon!

2009-06-23T23:22:00.004+08:00

Agapella's youtube video of its rendition of Pachelbel's Canon in D has been viewed more than 20,000 times and has attracted rave reviews from around the world for its smooth blend of harmonies. Yet they've never performed the song in public... until now. Be among the first to hear them perform this song and many other contemporary numbers spanning a plethora of genres, all this in a two-night only musical fiesta on 10th & 11th July 2009!

In celebration of their 7th anniversary, Agapella presents their biggest concert yet, Seven @ 8. They'll serve up fan favourites like "I Will Follow Him" (popularised by the movie, Sister Act) and "Testify To Love", on top of brand new arrangements. Among the new numbers, don't miss the re-written lyrics to the tune of the classic "Good 'Ol A Cappella". The concert will be a delight for the entire family with Agapella's unique brand of music and tight harmonies, together with a zany dash of theatre for a toe-tappin' good time!

Agapella's debut album, Follow That Star was released in 2007 to much acclaim. The album will be made available for sale at the concert. Don't forget to stick around for the post-concert refreshments (included in the ticket price) and hang out with Singapore's coolest vocal band!

Tickets @ $7 on sale now at all SISTIC outlets, or book online at www.sistic.com or text Ronald if you're interested..

Seven @ 8: the birthday concert
10th & 11th July 2009 (Fri & Sat), 8pm
NAFA Lee Foundation Theatre
NAFA Campus 3
151, Bencoolen Street

a bunch of verses.. to tell us about Evangelism..

2009-06-16T22:51:00.001+08:00

Why Evangelize? We are called to evangelize.

^{Ezekiel 3:18 - 21}
When I say to a wicked man, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he will die for his sin; but you will have saved yourself.

"Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die for his sin. The righteous things he did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood. But if you do warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he took warning, and you will have saved yourself."

^{Mark 16:15-16}
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

^Matthew5:13
"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

-Salvation depends on evangelism too..

How do we evangelize?

^{Matthew 5:14-16}
"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

- all this is to glorify God.

God will stand by us, every step of the way..

^{Acts 23:11}
The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."

^{2 Timothy 4:17}
But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.

Ezekiel 3:8-9
But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are. I will make your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious house."

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 6:23

Ushering Roster - June

2009-06-03T00:27:00.002+08:00

Cell this week- 25th April

2009-04-24T23:33:00.002+08:00

Hello!

cell this week will be at Gracia and Edna Pang's! 25th April, sat, from 4-6pm.

Their address is 9A Sommerville Walk - 3 bus stops down from Serangoon MRT (in the direction of Potong Pasir), it's along Upper Serangoon Road. You can also take 147 from church. :)

As Lam said, please check out how to get there by Street Directory.com! :) haha.

For any enquiries, please don't hesitate to contact me, Ethel, at 97924065! :)

God bless and see you guys there. :)

Love,
Ethel

additional abt cell

2009-04-09T00:18:00.002+08:00

An additional note about cell from this week onwards:

We'll be starting a new book called "Prayer - too busy NOT to pray!" :)

it's very clear, easy-to-understand but insightful at the same time! i think it'll really be refreshing and fascinating to see what there is to learn about prayer! There's more than meets the eye when it comes to prayer... mmmm... so i'll see you all this sat at David Wong's! :)

if anything, feel free to contact me (ethel) at 97924065.

much love!
Ethel

Ushering Roster - May - UPDATED!

2009-04-07T13:13:00.003+08:00

Ushering Roster - April

2009-04-07T13:10:00.003+08:00

cell this week - 11 April

2009-04-06T22:41:00.003+08:00

Hullo!

Cell this saturday from 4-6pm, will be at DAVID WONG'S house. :)

15 Jalan Binchang, opposite Bishan MRT and J8. Look for the wide road opposite the MRT leading into the estate!

Buses: 13, 52, 54, 55, 58, 88, 128, 156. :)

see y'all there!

much love in Christ,
Ethel

cell this week - 4 April

2009-04-03T14:10:00.002+08:00

Hello!

Since Ern's away, a few of us will be updating the cell venues here on the blog.
Cell this week is on the 4th April, Sat 4-6pm.

At: Ethel's house. 33 Kovan Road #02-39, Kovan Melody MRT. Nearest MRT station is KOVAN Mrt. pls take the escalator up at exit A and the condo gate will be right in front!
Buses that go there: 80,81,82, 101, 107, 112, 113, 115, 119, 136, 153.

snacks will be provided. Bring your own too! :)

Hope to see you there! :)

Smiles
Ethel

MAR 09 Ushering Schedule

2009-02-28T12:56:00.004+08:00

FEB 09 USHERING ROSTER

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JAN 09 USHERING ROSTER

2009-01-04T01:20:00.003+08:00

[Living Word] The Road To Emmaus

2008-12-26T00:45:00.001+08:00

The Road To Emmaus
Luke 24:13-35

In this incident, God prevented 2 persons (Cleopas and companion) who were on their way from Jerusalem to Emmaus (about 10km away, or perhaps half a day's walk) from realising that the person who had joined them on the journey was Jesus Christ himself. They were downcast, and perhaps in despair... [Read more on the iWrite section]

2008-12-13T11:57:00.003+08:00

HELLO FELLOWS, just to remind ye, its 7days 12 hours to camp, so get signed up!! Do check the camp blog soon for camp packing lists, info and such. Meanwhile, a little teaser PUZZLE to start the lazy afternoon...

-David

Flags!

2008-11-24T22:31:00.002+08:00

Announcement!

2008-11-07T10:08:00.001+08:00

Hi Hi

From 19/11-3/12, YCK Chapel will be hosting a team from Doulos. As most of us would have known, Doulos team are good at creative ministry, sharing the message through creative means like mimes, skit, tricks, action songs etc. And it is a rare opportunity for us to have them to serve alongside with us in ministry for this period.

We would like to ask them to conduct an workshop for the youths & young adults on some possible creative communications that we can learn and use for ministry and outreach.

We have 2 tentative dates, according to the available schedule of theirs.

22/11 (Sat), 10am-12pm or

27/11 (Thurs), 7.30-9.30pm

We would like to hear responses from your cell groups and also the various youth WS groups. It is open to friends or other Church members that you know who would be interested in learning these creative arts as well.

Please respond by end of next week, so that Jan & I can confirm the schedule with the Doulos team.

-Pauline

Post Exam Outdoor Barbeque 2008

2008-11-06T22:51:00.002+08:00

aiight folks.

post exam party is 1 week from now. its time to start planning the food. it'll be a pot luck BBQ. so we will need stuff like sausages, satay, otah, corn, potato, crabsticks and the like. some salad to balance the carbon we're gonna be taking in and some carbs to fill the tummies. some dessert or fruit to round everything up. so those who are able to volunteer food please reply to this email. drinks and fingerfood would be nice too.

other requirements:
1. expected number of people: 30 hungry people or 20 hungry kevins
2. no cooking or preparation at the Hus

yeap thats all. reply asap so i can plan the menu! thanks! :)

*pls reply all to eewnivek@hotmail.com

-Chef Kev

Special Event:

2008-11-01T09:28:00.001+08:00

Youth Camp 08.

2008-10-28T14:24:00.002+08:00

There's a new link on the blog! It links to the new Youth camp Blog. Camp updates, photos and everything else related to camp, will be there.

Hit the button to send you to SeekingGod08.blogspot.com!

So.. See you there!

registration

2008-10-26T14:28:00.000+08:00

Hi guys 'n girls, use this week to decide if you're coming for the camp, ask your parents, look at your schedule, cancel all appointments during that period etc, and COME for camp!

It's gonna be fun stuff, but exact details can't be given away so soon. If you're reeeaaallly interested(which is good), you CAN ask me personally..

That said, next week indemnity forms are gonna be distributed, but better still if you can confirm your attendance before submitting the form. Just tell me, daryl or any camp comm member.

Cheers!

-David.

[Review] Manga Messiah

2008-10-19T23:05:00.002+08:00

Manga Messiah
Review by Beth Tang

Manga is the latest thing for teenagers and is widely read by everyone in the world. So a Japanese Company called Next decided to come up with a Christian manga for non-believers. This manga was actually drawn by Japanese manga artists unlike the UK “Manga Bible Extreme” drawn by Western ‘manga’ artists.

Manga Messiah tells the familiar story about our Saviour Jesus Christ (Messiah YeShuah) and His ministry on Earth. First impressions from non-Christians who read this book are generally that this book is just a manga comic. The content is in fact very accurate to the Bible. The artwork is simple yet it visualises the Bible in a good way as if it was like watching a movie. There are even some jokes peppered inside which lighten the story.

What is good about it that at the end of the manga, it shows the profiles of the characters and disciples, and of course, the map of Israel for those who want to know more about Jesus’ period. The Manga Messiah is a good evangelism tool for youths. It’s a good Christian manga comic to read about the life of Christ. I can’t wait for their next book “Manga Metamorphosis”.

And Jesus said, "Come."

2008-10-19T00:52:00.000+08:00

Jesus went out to walk on the lake. His disciples were shocked and frightened, thinking it was an apparition. Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."

Then Peter said, "Lord, if it's you, tell me to come to you on the water."

And Jesus said, "Come."

So Peter stepped into the water and began treading on the surface in amazement. After a few short steps, he saw the wind blowing and began to panic. He crashed and sank into the water, crying out, "Lord, save me!"

Immediately, Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, "You of little faith, why do you doubt?" (Matthew 11)

This is our God, our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Songs..

2008-10-05T17:47:00.002+08:00

Ready Now - Desperation Band

very cool MTV!

Burn us up - Shane & Shane

Not a very cool MTV.

FINALLY!

2008-09-21T22:11:00.001+08:00

Today, on the 21st of September, this youth blog was officially launched! HoORay!!

so..
LINK ME!!!

2008-09-14T21:49:00.003+08:00

wheeeee! we're flying without wings!!

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?!" Mark 15:34

Daryl Goh - Ladies' Man, Man's Man, Man About Town, with the victorious winners. Thumbs up girls + Daryl! :D

Ahh, the face of defeat.

All's fair in love, war and captain's ball. But... "THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN!"

YCKC Youth Girls make CAPTAIN'S BALL HISTORY!!

2008-09-07T21:41:00.006+08:00

The 7th of September was a momentous day my friends, for this was the day that the (yes, you've already read it in the title) YCKC YOUTH GIRLS MADE CAPTAIN'S BALL HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It started off like any other captain's ball session, with a prayer (by Lam) at the beginning to commit the games into the Lord's hands, and to ensure that church property would not be abused (!!) . After two scintillating rounds of mixed teams captain's ball, the guys (**names changed to protect identity), comprising of Yearnie, Quek, Cement, Blandon and Zek, felt like they needed a challenge, AND BOY DID THEY GET ONE.

It was **Quek's idea to have a final guys vs girls game to shake things up a lil before we ended the session. At first, we debated about the merits and demerits of having such a seemingly unbalanced arrangement, with some of us girls concluding that perhaps the boys wanted an ego boost of sorts if they should succeed at beating us.. and the idea was almost canned completely. But eventually we were all sporting enough to go with the arrangement given that the girls could have 1 guy on our side (we were outnumbered by the boys 6 to 4!) Gracia promptly chose Daryl (for strategic reasons), and with that, the game began!

With Daryl (very surprisingly) NOT playing the captain's role of catching but in defence, Gracia in defence/mid-court, Sylvia and Edna up front and Ethel catching, the girls found themselves an UNSTOPPABLE FORMULA! Sealing the first 4 goals to bring the scoreline to an incredible 4-0 within the first 7 minutes of the game, we felt like we could have gone onto the final score of 10 goals (first team to 10 goals would win) without conceding, but alas, the boys eventually hit one back, and then another to bring the score to 4-2! (once they did, **Yearnie let out a classic me-tarzan-you-jane-like OOOGGHH *ALPHA MALE FIST PUMP*)

As the game went on, there were many thrills and spills : thunder-balls, hits and misses, flailing limbs and such, and we even suffered one injury! In the midst of a particular limb-flailing ball scramble, Jocelyn skidded/tripped and hurt her big toe! As a result she had to sit out for the rest of the game (GET WELL SOON JOCELYN!!) NONETHELESS, the girls still pushed on UNFAZED and continued to play with all their might in order to secure the victory and make CAPTAIN'S BALL HISTORY! AND THAT, WE DID!!!

As the goals kept coming, the girls held the boys out with a constant two-goal difference, and we eventually hit 10 GOALS to WIN THE GAMEEEE!!! In that instant that the final goal was scored, time seemed to slow down as the boys crumpled to the ground letting out long low moans of NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, and the girls jumped up with ecstatic fervour screaming out triumphant yells of YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA and running around high-fiving and hugging each other as though we had just won the world cup. IT WAS A GLORIOUS MOMENT.

But credit shall and must be given where it is due. DARYL: YOU ARE THE MANLIEST MAN!!!!!! We girls couldn't have done it without your quick reflexes and assists!! *BANNER: WE LOVE YOU DARYL!!! (don't listen to the other guys' taunts!!)
And also, BOYS: you guys played very very excellently yourselves. Praise God for your athleticism and for being so accomodating and sporting about it all!

Thus concluded a very excited, thrilling and HISTORY-MAKING day in YCKC, why, in THE SPORTING UNIVERSE! But yes, as **Quek cried out, "WE (the guys) SHALL LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY!" :D
.... in the most friendly of ways/matches of course. :)

God's love and blessings be on all of you, as we thank Him for another fun-filled day of sport and fellowship. :)

NEW SONG

2008-09-07T18:59:00.001+08:00

"from this week's worship! have a great week.."

Cell Update.

2008-09-06T17:21:00.000+08:00

Cell at Nigel's!!!

Pepperoni Pizza,
21 people,
a sick kickboxer..
and an intense discussion about faith..

After the lies

2008-08-23T22:38:00.002+08:00

Michael Guglielmucci , the writer of massive hillsongs' worship title Healer wasn't actually suffering from cancer, despite caliming to have written the song following 'an aggressive form of cancer'

How should we respond when respected church leaders are found to be liars? How do we handle worship material of deceptive origins? Can they even be considered genuine songs of worship?

Kerri quotes from several christian sources and shares some ideas of her own. Read all about it here.

The white board

2008-08-20T23:26:00.002+08:00

ClickPic for high res.

Ah! First lesson at cell.. The white board, courtesy of Auntie Queenie!

2008-08-17T18:34:00.001+08:00

The first Satuday Cell..

2008-08-02T13:19:00.000+08:00

Prayer

2008-08-01T23:03:00.001+08:00

It doesn’t have to be
the blue iris, it could be
weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
small stones; just
pay attention, then patch

a few words together and don’t try
to make them elaborate, this isn’t
a contest but the doorway

into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak.

- MARY OLIVER -

One Sunday.

2008-07-28T21:54:00.001+08:00

Ed-na.

hee hee hee.

Le-mon tie.

牛肉 He.

Lam finally got her Hot plate black pepper beef rice.

Claypot rice

Duck Rice + Roast pig

Chicken Cutlet

Don't Forget The Lyrics - YCKC Edition

2008-07-27T20:54:00.004+08:00

Last Sunday, 20th July, for the first time in Singapore, the popular gameshow Don't Forget The Lyrics was played in Singapore at Yio Chu Kang Chapel Capernaum Room, by the YCKC youths! Everyone was divided into 5 groups and each group sent a representative per round to play to 5 categories of Christian melodies: Hymns, Sunday School, Retro, Greatest Hits, & Songs You Can Jump To.

The energy was rocketing; voices were soaring; the tension was high... We belched out tunes that ranged from popular contemporary songs like Chris Tomlin's How Great is Our God to all-time favourites like One Way, reminiscence-inducing Jesus Loves Me This I Know to power-packed hymns like How Great Thou Art and even uber-retro songs like Jehovah Jireh.

Everyone from recent graduates of Sunday school, to old folks like Wayne had their bit of fun recalling lyrics and singing (often out of key) to the amazing band consisting of Amy, John, Nick, Ern and Kevin that played every single song live! Marcus, being the game master, carried the whole show with his electric energy and sugary (for lack of better word, needed an 's' word) singing.

All in all, everyone had a good time playing along, singing along to the tunes and remembering lyrics to the very songs that we sing almost every Sunday. One important thing I took away from that Sunday's activity was how all of us Christians were a family in Christ, and even simple things like Praise & Worship songs are but some of the common threads that bind us together.
In a superficial way, it forms a part of our identity. On a deeper level, I am reminded how we are a family in Christ, worshiping God in unity through songs (amongst other ways) because of our single faith in Him, because we have been blessed and chosen by Him to be His children, to so freely go to church on Sundays to sing songs of praise and worship to our Lord.

And when the session ended, I felt gleeful and warm; it felt like we just had a family bonding time - in the form of a gameshow. And I know that the cheer, smiles and joy that resounded in each one of us was also pleasing to God, because in our doing (perhaps unknowingly), we had glorified God for His grace to us, in choosing us, sustaining us, and blessing us as a family so richly.

All glory to God!
Ronald

[What's Up This Week] Video: That The World May Know

2008-07-24T13:10:00.006+08:00

'That the world may know', a video by Focus on the Family is a visual tool to bring us on a tour to the famous Holy Land, Bible lands and historic sites, led by Dr. Ray Vander Laan who is a historian and a great teacher.

In this session we are going to have Ray who would help us revisit the theme of 'WHO IS GOD' on Mt. Carmel. That is where God answered Elijah's prayer and threw fire down upon a sacrifice and 'defeated' the Baal prophets in 1 Kings 18:21! Further, Ray will bring us through some familiar characters that we have been studying about, such as Solomon, Ahab, Joshua and Elijah.

Be prepared to watch how we can learn the the important lesson of recognizing God for who He is and become like an Elijah of our world today!

Scheduled for 27 July 2008 Youth Service

[Living Word] Love of God - Part 6

2008-07-22T01:00:00.002+08:00

Wrath is defined by the Oxford American Dictionary as extreme anger. In the Bible, ‘wrath’ is exemplified as God’s righteous anger. The anecdote above illustrates rather clearly something I believe most of us can understand or relate to; that is, because we love someone, we expect certain standards from him or her, that when they fail our expectations, we not only become disappointed, but also, angry. Did you think God had a very ‘cool’ persona? Did you think Jesus was a very ‘cool’ guy? You’re very wrong. He’s probably one of the most emotional persons in the Bible***. [Click here to read on.]

[Living Word] Love of God - Part 5

2008-07-17T22:51:00.000+08:00

“ For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. ”

- Ephesians 1:4-6

In the previous chapter, I have covered what it means by God’s love, which I believe have also effectively touched the first three points I mentioned in Chapter 3, i.e., God’s intra-trinitarian love, sacrificial love and providential love. We now arrive at the fourth point, one that is highly contentious and hence the cause of divide amongst Christians since the Reformation – God’s love for His elect. This chapter must be seen in light of God’s sovereignty and His love; so do not restrict your focus as you continue reading, but more importantly, do keep an open mind and a Spirit-led heart to seek out answers and it may just benefit you.

This particular chapter is also especially messy due to its perplexing and gargantuan nature. I have however tried my best to structure it into 6 essential questions covering the following issues... [Click here to continue reading]

Captain's Ball Day 3

2008-07-16T11:19:00.004+08:00

[Living Word] Love of God - Part 4

2008-07-12T00:51:00.003+08:00

" The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. ”
– John 3:35

The idea of a father-son relationship is depicted in many points in the Bible. It is interesting to note that the first time such mention surfaced in biblical history is in 2 Samuel 7:14-16, when God told King David through the prophet Nathan about His own plans for building a temple for God... [Read the rest of it]

[Living Word] Love of God - Part 3

2008-07-09T12:27:00.003+08:00

The love of God is indeed greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell. Yet, because He loves us so much He has sent His Word down to earth that we, in spite of how fallen we are, may have a chance to know Him and to seek Him. From Scripture, we can see many examples of God’s love.... [Click here to read the rest]

Youth's skit on Christian family life..

2008-07-06T23:05:00.001+08:00

Yesterday’s main service had the Youth kickstarting YCKC’s family month with a witty, relevant skit on Christian family life. The skit featured two Christian families and revolved around Michelle and Michael Tan(Olivia and Clement) spending some time at Ben Lee’s(David Chu) house while their parents go on a short holiday. Basically, over the course of them staying over, the Tan kids see how unloving Ben’s parents are with each other, and how how both parents’ relation ship with God (or lack thereof) affect their marriage and Ben’s growth emotionally and spiritually.

The plot utilizes a very basic set of family stereotypes (Godly parents with kids who seem to pray incessantly, ungodly couple always in conflict at the expense of the long-suffering only-child) to show how the two families make vastly different choices with regards to God and each other.

It is probably this use of these well-known stereotypes that allowed the audience to instantly connect and relate to the characters presented- they know what each character represents and what he’s going to do. This doesn’t make the skit less pertinent; in fact, it forces us to come face to face with ourselves- I’m sure every family has elements of both ‘Tan’ and ‘Lee’ families. Of course, many families may not be as devout as the Tans (Daryl & Charmaine) or brimming with distrust like the Lees. However, because we can relate to the characters, what is right and wrong should be very clear to us and serve as examples we should avoid or work towards.

The scenes last Sunday, thankfully, were a mix of light-hearted and intense moments. There were a few funny moments like Mrs. Lee’s (Cat Chong) jab at Mr. Lee’s (Jeremy) choice of TV programme (Victoria’s Secret?? My idea, heh), and her sardonic punch line after he tries to defend his show(Yes, ABSOLUTELY intellectual!). Also memorable was the scene with the Tan kids and Ben (David Chu) playing video games got the audience cackling with laughter at the realism of it all.

This may sound like a separate note altogether, but when humor is used illustrate a point or teach us a biblical lesson- I thank God.

Also, towards the end where Mr. and Mrs. Lee have a huge argument, the kids huddle together and pray after Mrs. Lee storms out of the scene. It was intense, loud, even jarring. But seeing the kids praying was reminiscent of real-life moments where we are pushed to a corner with our problems and struggles till we cry out to the Lord with the very basic of faith, child-like faith.

I remember another youth skit I saw many years back, also focusing on family. That skit was so packed with intense arguments that I could barely make out what the skit was trying to say. It felt like a Die Hard double-bill. This skit, however, wasn’t like that at all. It was clear and clean and said what it had to say. It was NOT like that from the beginning, I assure you. Many couldn’t remember their lines; David Chu and Clement didn’t enunciate their words or project their voice, to name a few obstacles. To God be the glory, then, that the result was such so true and resounding.

If you’re wondering why I didn’t quote scripture, I’m leaving that to Ronald ☺
See ya’ll.

-David.

p.s. the skit was written and directed by ethel & ronald, with God's guidance.

New Song**

2008-07-06T15:04:00.002+08:00

Ready Now
Desperation Band

This is a video of the new song we sang during youth today. Hope it inspires everyone to take that step forward for God, to tell Him we're ready and for Him to take control of our lives. Enjoy! =)

-Kwek

Captains ball 29th Jun

2008-07-06T13:06:00.001+08:00

I'm sure everyone is pretty excited to read about what happened last week at church....especially after seeing all the wonderful pictures, and reading all the wonderful captions ( except the armpit hair one which i assure you will be removed shortly). So im gona try my very best to share with all u guys what happened for captains ball on sunday =)

Most of us started gathering at 2.30pm...some of the youths had skit practice so we waited for them, plus most people were pretty tired from the AMAZING RACE earlier in the morning. To be entirely honest, i was afraid no one would turn up because of the exhausting and demanding activity in the morn...plus when i went down to e basement, all i saw were the sec 4 girls amongst others (deborah, audrey, benita, elaine, edna....etc etc...sorry i cant rem). But thanks to God's grace, people started pouring in...and i mean...pouring. for the record, we had 23 people that day...MOST EVER in YCKC history. Even new people showed up...brothers darren and brandon brought their friend zach(or zack)...wilson who recently joined our youth also came down looking ready to game...Kevin also joined us for a 2nd week in a row ( coming back from an ankle injury...woohoo!). It's really God's grace that so many people joined us that day...and man did we have alot of fun. We split up into 4 teams...with nick, nigel, ern and kevin as leaders. Being the sporting people they are(haha!)...they split up the teams evenly and we were good to go.

Here were the line-ups:

Team A: Nick, Kwek, Zack(Rookie), Gracia, Deborah,Cheryl
Team B:Kevin, Brandon, David Chu(Rookie), Amanda,Benita, Syl, John Tham
Team C: Ern, Geri, Elaine, Clement, Daryl
Team D: Nigel, Darren, Wilson, Edna(MIP=Most improved player), Rachel Lam(Rookie), Ethel

And with that, the battle for middle earth ensued...Nono, of course not, just a fierce battle ensued. Not before we stood in a circle and prayed for God to watch over our safety, and for us to play like true sportsmen and sportswomen =) Team A was owning in the beginning(haha....) with Nick's ferocious blocking...Gracia was intercepting balls as if she could bend time and space...Deborah and Cheryl were making space and making opponents run...and Kwek was doing was doing what he does best...Run' N Gun' =p. Over time, teams stepped up their game...Team B had Kevin moving like he never got injured, Syl was being a nuisance to opponents by scoring at will, David Chu was catching for Team B and he did really well considering its his first time. Team C led by the veteran Ernest Hu Yi Ren, YCKC's no 2, was making a good run by bringing his 'A' game and blocking well...and Geri was literally running all over the place, Elaine was holding the team's defence well with her good court vision, Daryl(aka Magnetic Hands) was weaving his magic as usual, grabbing goals from impossible angles....too bad we changed the ball, if not im pretty sure he could have caught more(phew) Clement showed his attacking prowess by scoring a few shots of his own. Team D pretty much lost most of their games...but they played with an excellent team spirit and never die attitude, nice. Nigel was keeping the team in the game with top notch blocking and Ethel was leading Team D's attack with her pin point passing.

I guess that down-side to sunday would be that, Rachel Lam injured her ankle. The perpetrator/accused is sorry and guility. Let's all pray for her speedy recovery =)

After the grp stage, everyone was pretty much exhausted and we decided to have a MASS GAME. with teams 1 and 4 pairing up and teams 2 n 3 pairing up. I can't describe much about this game cuz it was seriously chaotic(picture 23 people 1 ball....go figure). But all i know was that, it was still alot of fun..haha. in the end teams 2 and 3 emerged champion...congrats! and that was it for a truly tiring sunday, where im sure everyone had alot of fun, and had a good sweat in the process. Keep it up guys, even though i wrote a whole lot up there about how everyone played well, it really doesn't matter how well u play...I'm really encouraged by everyone's participation, your ethusiasm in inviting people and your admirable sportsmanship =)

With that said, we're gona be taking a break this sunday 6 jul and we'll resume next sunday. In the meanwhile, stay safe and we'll hit the basement again soon. All For His Glory.

-kwek

[Living Word] Love of God - Part 2

2008-07-05T23:52:00.005+08:00

It is a strange world to be ‘in love’ now – there is such a wide buffet of interpretations of love available for your palate. Tune in to Class 95 FM and you will hear but a few opinions on what love is: “love is about giving your heart away”, “love is about being blind to the other person’s faults”, “love is…” etc. Similarly, our comprehension of God’s love has also been corrupted by the plethora of deviant ideas of love... [Click here to read the rest]

[Living Word] Love of God - Part 1

2008-07-03T12:05:00.001+08:00

"God is love" - 1 John 4:8

Sounds good, doesn't it? This is what the God of Jesus Christ, of Israel, of Abraham, of Moses, of Noah, of David, the Lion of Judah is explicitly stated in the Word to be - love.

The problem is that in our post-modern world today, we have varying notions of "love". That in itself is not a problem: the real problem is that God's love is the Original Love, the intended absolute example of love, while we... [Click here to read the rest]

The Amazing Race - Our edition.

2008-06-29T00:21:00.000+08:00

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun...

YCKC Inaugural Weekly Impromptu Captain's Ball Competition on the 22nd of June.

2008-06-23T00:58:00.000+08:00

Teengames 2008: Captain's Ball

2008-06-07T08:21:00.000+08:00

6th June 2008
Warriors & Winners,
Plate category