25 july 2009-MOVIE with orphanage kids!!!!

Hey guys,

MYF will be bringing orphanage kids to watch a movie on 25th JULY 2009. The show that we are watching is..............

: ICE AGE 3!!!..the show starts at 7 but we will be having dinner in church with them first. Meet in church for dinner with them at 5pm sharp!!!


Because we are watching the movie in a cinema, i would need to know exactly who is coming. If you are coming can you please email me to let me know@ becky476@hotmail.com or sms me @ 012-3225019.

All MYFers invited. Another important thing is i need everyone to bring food for the dinner. Can you please let me know what food you are bringing. I need to know all these and get your RSVP BEFORE 15 JULY 2009. Any date after that, i will not entertain!!

All MYFers are invited...including under 12, if they have been coming to Myf. All 12 yrs old are invited to...LET ME KNOW ASAP!!!!


one last thing, INFORM as many MYFers as you can....CG leaders...inform and get RSVP from your whole group!!...don't leave out the new people too!!! THANKS=)



-becky-

Visitation: Aunty Esther

Hey.

Just to update everyone on her condition, aunty Esther has been admitted into a nursing home for physical rehab as she cannot walk at the moment.

We are planning a trip to go see her tomorrow during MYF time, that means 6pm, 4 July 2009. You can bring stuff if you want to give to her. That would be sweet.

The home is near her house; its called Impressive Nursing Home (or something like that).

Please do come. She really has been missing us =)

Call Becky for more details.

Play for Fun

Hey

to all who are going to Play for Fun, if you need transport please feel free to sms your name to Khong Mei-Yan @ 012-3271179. Do this ASAP so that we are able to arrange transport for you.



besides that, please be on time on Sunday, we start at 2pm sharp! we are on tight schedule and if you are not there you will miss your game=). Dress appropriate for sports, SPORT SHOES, girls try not to wear short shorts. Bring water if you don't wanna buy it there k=) i think thats about it.

For those who have not paid, please bring on Sunday.

Thanks

-Becky-

IMPORTANT - 4th July MYF

Hey,

Important reminder:

There will be NO MYF this saturday. The reason for this is that our MYF activity is Play for fun, which was postponed to Sunday, 5th July 2009. If you have not sign up for play for fun, come join us, just give send an sms with your name and age to 012-3225019.


See you on Sunday=)


-Becky-

Important Events

Hey,

Just a reminder to all MYFers, please give your names to your CG leaders or me together with the payments for the following events:-

1. Play For Fun - 4th July 2009 - RM10 per person

2. Pastor Phillip Lyn - Power Prayer Seminar, Meekness and Majesty - 17th-18th July 2009 - RM 20 per person

3. TMC PJ 50th Anniversary Celebration Dinner - 22nd August 2009 - RM 25 per person


(2) and (3) are compulsory for all MYFers in support of our church activities.

The closing date is this Saturday (20th June 2009). Anyone who does not sign up before this Saturday will be charged RM50! =) If you really cant make it, please let me know your reasons. Thanks.


-Becky-

20th June 2009- FATHER'S DAY-

Hey guys, this saturday, we will be celebrating father's day with our dads=) Please invite all your fathers to come for MYF.



The activities are worship then carrom, table tennis, board games and maybe captain ball. It is a chance for fathers and kids to bond while playing=)...Please invite your fathers.. Everyone else is invited though.. We will have dinner after that as well..




btw, i need people to bring board games, table tennis racquets as well as food. If any of you can provide any of these please sms me=)

Thanks so much.

becky

012-3225019

Scripture Reading Workshop

Hey guys, there will be a Scripture Reading workshop this Saturday (6 Jun 2009) 9.30am – 12.30pm. It is conducted by Rev. Yong Wai Yin who is the chairman of TRAC Board of Worship and Music to facilitate the interactive workshop. It will be good if all MYFers could make it.

If you are interested,
Please be in church by 9.15am so that we can get settled in and start at 9.30am.

Please remember to bring along your bibles.

TAKE NOTE: Play 4 Fun

Take note that the dates for Play 4 Fun will be changed! This is because of miscommunication of venue. Play 4 Fun will be on 4th of July instead of 20th June. More information will be given later. Thanks

MYF Sunday – A Word Of Thanks

From The Desk Of Ms. Rebecca Yong

 

HEY! YAY! Thumbs Up to everyone who was involved in MYF Sunday! What a day it turned out to be =) Everything just fell into place!

To ALL MYFers. you guys did such a great job, each and every one of you =) From the worship team, led by our very own worship coordinator, Mr TAN, Jason...who formed his team, chose songs, schedule practices, and is so committed. His team, pianist, Isabel and Weng Yee, Drummer, Gabriel! (you did so well =)....cunted =)...), guitarist - Ee Rick and Jason, bassist - Mike S, and the voices, Denissssssssse, Sssarah and Hash! (you guys were great=) time to join choir...hahahaha)

The Greeting and Ushering team, Yuen Xin, Ryan, Shaun Benjamin and Dion Lee! The 4 of you had to smile to everyone...haha great job...you standing at the door before service is the first sign for the congregation to see that the youths are involved! Good job there! Mei-Yan, Lauren, and Kimmie, thanks for going out talking to the youths and encouraging them to come for MYF...giving out the cards and all...you guys did perfect =)

The PA team, Ian Lam, Khong Mei-Yan, and Noel J! you did well with the handling of the sound system, the microphones, the many many many videos, practically everything that has to do with sound and visual you handed so well =) thumbs up =)

The Sketch team, great job, thanks to your sketch, a clear message was sent out to all!, great actors all of you were! main actor: Zhi Wei, crew: Michelle T, Letisha N, Edwin, Isabel (change from formal clothes to MYF shirt just for the sketch and then change back again...wow =)), Nicholas W, Chen Yi, Glenn, narrator: Joel! The Alabaster Jar video: Glenn and not forgetting, the director, GLENN=). With such short practices, you guys did so well! Thanks for your effort and everything, I know it’s not easy to memorise your lines =)

Hash for sharing, I know how scared you were, but you did great! You manage to give a great testimony, I know your busy with so many things but you managed it=) Thanks so much!

Weng Yee for doing the MYF video =) it was grea t=) sorry u had to do it alone but great job=)

Mei-Xin, for your board and booth preparation, getting all the pictures, cutting the papers one by one, putting everything up, thumbs up =)

Regina for the designs you made...the name card and the shirt, thanks for your time and so creative minds =) sorry for the never ending bugging you XP but thanks a lot =)

Mum, aka Aunty Roslind, thanks for helping with the t-shirt and name card printers...couldn't have done it without you, thanks for helping me with my testimony thing, and with the feedbacks you gave, thanks for planning all the food for us to eat =)...and to all who prepared food, Thanks so much...it was yummmmmy =)

Uncle Choong Meng, for your help in mending the booth as well as your feedbacks, much appreciated =)

Gracie...........thanks so much for your hard work...I know you do a lot of behind the scene stuff and nobody knows it!....so here goes.....for first setting a date to talk to pastor, for working with church office for the bulletin, for your ever ready transport, for your time coming for meetings planning things out....for your communication to inform all the counsellors, even though you’re so busy! Thanks thanks thanks =)

For Grace Sentul, TRAC president and also Choy Quin, thanks for your support and thanks for coming for our MYF Sunday =)

Thanks Pastor Ricky, for your support in everything, believe it or not, he agreed and support all the way in every suggestion we had! so cool =)))

Thanks all MYFers, I know all of you played a part this Sunday. It was great to see all, every single one of you involved=) Don't matter your role, big or small, whether people notice or not, you were all important in God's eye, all of you had a part, and if anyone didn't do well in their role, MYF Sunday wouldn't have turned out so well... so once again, thank you all =)

Once again thanks Glenn for organising this whole MYF Sunday...Thanks thanks thanks =)

I thank God above all else for making the whole MYF Sunday run so smoothly, for making it all fall in place, and for using the Youths of our church to touch our congregation =) All glory to You =)

Oh one more thing, congrats to my committee, you are all now officially installed as committee =) continue to fire up for God!

Growth in Thought, Word and Deed

Message by Peter Shankar

Compiled by Joel So

Mr. Peter spoke about the statement above revealing many interesting ideas throughout his entire sermon. “Growth in Thought, Word and Deed” combined together is actually Spiritual Growth. All of us Christians must grow spiritually and physically. We cannot grow without maintaining this balance, or we would be thrown of course of the path which God has set for each one of us.

Our earthly body can be divided into 3 sections, mainly the Spirit, Soul and Body. Spiritual aptitude, psychological aptitude and physical aptitude are all under these sections, they all play an important part during our walk on Earth.

Prompting Pull

Of God’s <<< Spirit <<< Mind <<< Will >>> Emotions >>> Human Nature >>> of the Spirit Lower Nature

While this diagram explains the battle of tug-of-war between the prompting of God’s Spirit and The lower nature. These forces pull against our spirit, mind, will, emotions and our sinful human nature. Conflicting, decisions, emotions, thoughts all play about all these areas. Whether we choose to follow God’s Spirit or the lower nature, that’s our choice. We MUST make the right decisions in our life, sometimes we are stuck in a sticky situation and are tempted to do wrong. Whatever the problem is… Remember the prompting of God’s Spirit. If you are still not sure or have doubts on your choice… Always PRAY… Prayer is your most powerful weapon in your fight against sin.

Mr. Peter also stressed on youth’s who think they are making the right decisions but to find out eventually that they were deceived by Satan to allow the Word of God to saturate their mind, so it will wash out thoughts which oppose the Scriptures. For the more you read the Word of God, the more you will be like Jesus for you have the Word of God hidden in your heart, and don’t just memorize the Scriptures, USE it in your daily life. Utilize it to the maximum. In doing this we shall reap the abundant life God wants us to have.

Lastly he concluded with a list of areas which the youth of today struggle with:

1. Self (Romans 6)
2. Dating (James 1:13-15)
3. Clothes (Philipians 4:19)
4. Money (Matthew 6:19-21)(Malachi 3:10-11)
5. Knowledge (Collosians 2:8)
6. Friends (Matthew 5:11-12)(1 Peter 3:10-14)
7. Music (Collosians 3:16-17)
8. Future (Hebrews 12:1-4)
9. Health (2 Timothy 2:3-4)
10. Reputation (1 Cor 8:4-13)(James 1:1-4)
11. Time (Romans 14:16-23)

That concludes Mr. Peter’s sermon for that day.

MYF Sunday

 

Once again, MYF Sunday dawn upon us. A time where we the youth come together and lead service on Sunday (and get told that we play too loud). 

Preparations are already on the way. The worship team have been vigorously practising over the past month and the skit is coming together fine.

Come join us on the 31st May 2009 at either 8:30am or 10:45am @ The Sanctuary, Trinity Methodist Church, Petaling Jaya.

 

 

We also have this really awesome T-shirt that we will be selling during that weekend. It goes for RM15 a piece.

See you there!

Mother’s Day Celebration

Mind Your Language

Message by Lee Bee Teik

Compiled by Denise Lee

Introduction

• Ephesians 4:14-16
• Colossians 4:5-6
• Self-research: Proverbs, James, Colossians

A. Why discuss speech?

Three reasons

• Genesis 1:26; 3:8-9; 18
• Exodus 3:6

B. 3 Factors Influencing Speech and Relationship

Temperament + Character = Personality

C. What shall we do then?

• Psalm 141:3
• John 2: 24-25; John 3:16-17
• Revelations 3:20
• Exodus 3 and 4
• 1 Samuel 3:10; 3:19-21

 

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Coming Up: 18 April 2009

Annoucement: Event Cancelled

Hey all.

Just to inform everyone that the Making The Cross activity has been cancelled.

Thanks! Have a great week.

Urgent: Aunty Esther

UPDATE 5
The operation was successful. She is recovering =)

UPDATE 4
The operation will finally proceed (31 March) after further complications. Please pray that it will go well. 

UPDATE 3
Aunty Esther has developed a lung infection, so her operation has been postponed. She is recovering, but still a while to go. It looks like she will be there for a while.

UPDATE 2
Aunty Esther has been diagnosed with Felmoral Hernia. Surgery is required. Will proceed when she has enough strength. Thanks to all who have been praying and visiting her.

UPDATE
She is feeling a little better now. CT Scan is tomorrow to better understand what’s going on.

Hi all.
Just to let you all know, Aunty Esther has just been admitted into University Hospital for internal complications. Please keep her in prayer.
Thanks.

Youth Camp 2009

DAY 1

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DAY 2

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DAY 3

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Thanks to Arthur for taking them =)

Important: Youth Camp 2009

For those going for Youth Camp, please be at church by 9am, Saturday.

We will be arriving back 2pm, Tuesday.

For any other information, email Isabel or call/SMS her @ ZeroOneTwo-3705779.

There will be no MYF this week (you sorta figured that one out yourself, didn’t you?)

Being A Malaysian Christian

Article by Ian Lam

This is quite an interesting topic that I have to give quite some thought before writing about it. To start of, maybe the definitions of ‘Malaysian’ and ‘Christian’ have to be properly defined. ‘Malaysian’ is someone who is a citizen on Malaysia (duh…:P). ‘Christian’ is someone who knows and believes in the Risen Savior, Jesus Christ, who died for the sins of the world and now sits at God the Father’s right hand after his resurrection. A Christian has also the Holy Spirit, the third person in the Triune Godhead, who is actively at work in sanctifying the believer’s life to be more like Christ. A Christian is also committed to his fellow believers and to the Body of Christ. Note that going to church does not make one a Christian just as much as being in a garage does not turn one into a car.

The majority race of Malaysia is the Malays and the official religion of Malaysia is Islam. In Malaysia, there is law that no one from other religions can evangelize to the Malays, including Christians. This law has led to Christians to being fearful of evangelizing to their fellow countrymen. We Malaysian Christians have indirectly proclaimed to the Malays that the message of salvation is not for them just because they are Muslim (Malays born in Malaysia are automatically Muslim from birth). For any Christian event, we put a clause in the bottom that says “For Non-Muslims” and yet ironically, it is at such gatherings that the people are called to preach the gospel to the ends of the earth! What hypocrisy! Is this what it means to be a Malaysian Christian?

Were not the apostles persecuted by the Sanhedrin when the Pharisees and Sadducees had warned the apostles not to speak the name of Jesus ever again? Did not the apostles defy the official command of the Sanhedrin and continued to preach even in the temple? Did they not suffer floggings for proclaiming the gospel and yet they rejoiced for being counted worthy for suffering for the gospel?

Why is the situation in Malaysia any different? People may say we should not get into trouble with the authorities because if we do, people would see Christians as troublemakers and Christianity in Malaysia will be jeopardized. On the contrary, I beg to differ. Were not the apostles branded as troublemakers yet their teaching continued to spread like wildfire? Christianity will not be jeopardized either in Malaysia, Afghanistan, Europe, China or whichever country. Quite the opposite, it is their earthly possessions that the institutional church is not willing to lose. If the church gets into trouble with authorities, our grand buildings, our expensive equipment and our self-gratifying activities are going to be lost. Nay, for the Malaysian church, this must not happen. Therefore, they will go to great lengths to preserve this even if it means keeping Malays out of Christian gatherings and disobeying the very command of God to share the gospel to them.

Am I saying the Malaysian Christians should go against the authorities? Yes, to a certain extent. We should obey the laws of the land as they are placed to preserve order in society. Nevertheless, if a law of the land stands in direct opposition to the command of God, the command of God takes the highest authority. There is without a doubt that there are Christians working with the majority race and bringing many to Christ at the risk of their own livelihood. These people should be commended for their courage and willingness to give up their own lives for the sake of the gospel. Note that Paul, when he was addressing to the Greeks in the Areopagus, he did not refer to the Mosaic Law and Old Testament prophecies as he did with the Jews. Likewise, we should present the gospel to our majority brethren in a way they can understand and accept.

What else does it mean to be a Malaysian Christian? As stated before, Malaysia is made of a myriad of races, cultures and traditions. Yet, we Malaysian Christians have become like Western Christians. We gobble up everything that comes from the West: music, Bible resources, theology, etc. This situation has made many people to think that Christianity is a ‘white man’s religion’! I have encountered people before that ask me something like this:

“Are you a Christian?”

“Yeah.”

“Oh? Is that why can’t speak Chinese?”

Here, I shamefully admit that I can’t speak any Chinese dialect fluently enough to carry a conversation. But that has nothing to do with me being a Christian. I am to blame as I did not take interest in learning the language when I was young. The point is that people associate Christianity with the West! How far can that be from the truth when Christianity came from the Middle East! Look at how much Malaysian Christians have imitated the ways of the West! Our instruments and our songs are exactly like the West and we try so hard to replicate even the style of playing!

What happened to the instruments of Malaysia? Where are the ‘kompangs’, ‘gu zhengs’, ‘er wu’, etc? If our musicians are so talented or ‘gifted’ (to use a Christian term) as they claim they are, cannot the songs be at least adapted to fit traditional instruments? Nay, they are talented/gifted for being able to replicate how Planetshakers or Hillsongs style of playing. Malaysian Christians, therefore, face a dilemma. How would they correct the misconception that Christianity is not just a ‘white man’s religion’ and yet continue to do what they are doing? As a realist, I admit that the Western culture has become too entrenched in Malaysia. Only really committed Christians can break this norm. Does this imply that being a Malaysian Christian means imitating the West?

To summarize, what does it mean to be a Malaysian Christian? Does it mean to be hypocritical and to imitate the West? I jolly well hope not. If it is not, then what does being a Malaysian Christian mean? In my opinion, the truths of Christianity cross over boundaries of race and culture. Even in Scripture, the Apostles did not force the Gentile believers to follow the Jewish style of worship nor were the details recorded in the New Testament. Rather, Paul exhorted and taught the churches to do things in an appropriate manner. It is my guess that probably the Gentile churches adapted the style of worship to their various cultures while maintaining the truths of the gospel and the teachings of the Apostles. Therefore, to be a Malaysian Christian means to be proud of our diverse cultures. Also, it means to be ready as a witness in a majority Islamic country even if it means persecution in any form.

Youth Camp 2009 Promo!

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Unpacking God’s Word

Message by Michael Gong

Notes compiled by Sarah Chen

The Bible
What use is a gift box left unopened?
Unpacking means opening the box, and finding the gift inside it. Just like the Bible.

3 Ways To Unpack The Bible

1. Learn some Jewish history and culture

• To know something, we gotta know the background first.
• Jonah 1:1-4 = Jonah ran away to Nineveh to "get away" from God, because if he didn't he afraid he might suffer at Nineveh.
• When we have more choices, God becomes only ONE of those choices.
• If we want the application, we must unpack it! Then the bible comes in, as reference.
• The more we do, the more chances we get to hear His voice.

2. Look up and look down!

• In short, read up the whole passage when we read the bible.
• Do not just pluck out verses out randomly, just because its related to a situation your facing at the moment.
• Verses come together, connected from top to bottom.
• By just plucking out one verse, the meaning could be totally different when it's put together with the verses before after it.

3. Irony

• Sometimes what we expect it not that we get.
• There are many things we have yet to know about.
• The book of Jonah shows some similarities of Jonah's situations and Jesus.
  

So in conclusion, the Bible is a gift to us, but many don't use it in full yet. One of the way to grow is through God's word.

Photos – 17 January 2009

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Growth/Maturity

Message by Christopher Chan

Notes compiled by “Kenny” Chan Ee Ken

Key Verses

• Hebrews 6:9-10
• Hebrews 5:12
• Hebrews 6:1
• 1 Samuel 17:14

Quick Notes

1. God will use young people’s energy to do great things
2. Let God speak to us
3. Don’t miss out on what God is doing right now
4. Even the simplest of actions has a great affect
5. God lives in us
6. God can use even the “insignificant” ones to do great things in the future
7. Everyone has their own special talent
8. Inspect the Word of God
9. Steps – prayer, sin confession, promises, examples to follow, commandments to obey, traps & temptations to avoid

Excerpt of Louie Giglio's "How Great Is Our God" message

MYF 2009 – The Game Plan

Vision: To Grow Spiritually, Individually and Collectively

Mission: Grow in Love, Faith and Purity

Theme: Through Word, Though and Deed

Verse: Ephesians 4:15-16

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

As the year goes by, we hope all of us will keep these statements in mind, not just as a cool tagline, but as a goal we all strive to. Everyone has a part to play – be it the members, the committee or the helpers. We all hope to look back when December comes by and proudly say that this year was different. That this year was one that in all circumstances made us grow.

2009 COMMITTEE

• President: Rebecca Yong

• Admin Coordinator: Denise Lee

• Prayer Coordinator: Paul Lim

• Worship Coordinator: Jason Tan

• Fellowship Coordinator: Hashendra

• CG Leaders: Isabel Tan, Khong Mei-Yan, Nicholas Wong

  
  

YLDP T-Shirts For Sale

We have extra YLDP 2008 T-Shirts!

1-piece: RM20

2-pieces: RM35

Faster. We only have a few left!

 

Contact Chris Sam @ 019-2163440

Viewpoints: YLDP & BersatUnite

Once in a while, we are gonna have members share on this blog. It can be about anything from thoughts to recapping experiences on events and activities.  This section is gonna be called “Viewpoints”

Sharing by Khong Mei Yan

Few months ago i attended the Youth Leadership Development Programme, also known as YLDP!, which is often tailed with a "Yeah man!" Anyway, the camp was great. What really struck me during camp was the prophecy that was revealed to us through Pastor Daniel and Uncle Robert about revival coming to Malaysia starting with the Methodist Youths!

Uncle Robert shared with us that during his time, they were waiting for this so called revival too, but “tak jadi” cause got lah stuff ang “terjadi”. But he continued to speak that we are a NEW generation. We are a Joshua generation! Called into the promise land! (go read up on it).

So during camp, God gave me Jeremiah 31 during my personal devotion time. I was disturbed by it throughout camp, not knowing what it means. So I came home and read up, and Jeremiah 31:31-34.

"The time is coming," declares the LORD,
"when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah.

It will not be like the covenant
I made with their forefathers
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to them,"
declares the LORD.

"This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel
after that time," declares the LORD.
"I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.

No longer will a man teach his neighbour,
or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,'
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,"
declares the LORD.
"For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more."

Did some research on it. And God confirms that something is happening and WILL HAPPEN in Malaysia! I believe it! Do you? Then we had this BersatUnite Concert yesterday. And it was really good. The worship band, Juwita Suwito and hers, and the whole congregation made up of multiple church denominations were joining hands in prayer and worship! It was amazing!

This sharing is mainly to AWAKEN the youths out there who are still blur about what's going on in Malaysia. Recession is so out! Revival is IN! So lets join hands in prayer! God works through prayer.

Really really REALLY wan!!!! AMEN!

MYF Events Calendar

Wah, maju-nya MYF ni!

As you can see on top, we have installed a Google Calendar widget. From now on, all events will be published there.

You can click on the event itself to expand (and contract) it for more details. It even includes a map and directions using Google Maps.

If you do already use Google Calendar on a regular basis, then you will have no problem syncing the MYF calendar with yours.

If you have any questions about how to use the Calendar, feel free to ask using the comment box.

Enjoy!