Mass For Osama Bin Laden

When I stumbled on this article I was curious. How can this be, he was a notorious terrorist responsible for about 3,000 deaths in the twin tower bombing. Actually it was a mistake of a church near Dublin which mistakenly sent out this message in its parish bulletin. Just wondering how such mistake can happen in a church.

This mistake reminded me of a US T.V presenter who got carried away, that in announcing the death of Osama mistakenly announced the death of Obama! That caused an uproar in the US.

To read the full article about the church's mistake click on the title of this post.

Fellowship of Evangelical Students (FES)

On Sunday, the General Secretary of FES, Dr.Loh Kim Cheng came to share with our Church the work of this organization. Last year, the Local Coordinator Peter Paris also shared with us in our Church. They are evangelizing to the students at the various colleges in Malaysia. The Sarawak chapter started some 7 years ago. Their works are enormous because they have a few staffs whereas there are so many colleges in our country. Dr. Loh said there are 800 higher education institutions in Malaysia, and they are in only 80 of them. It is an up hill battle, nevertheless, they are striving and encourage people to help in any where they can.

Dr.Loh's life is also an inspiration to many. She was trained as a dental doctor, but gave up this job to go full time only after 8 years work as a dentist. She actually prefers people to address her as Kim Cheng and not Dr.Loh.

Recently we are facing a lot of religious and racial issues as reported in the press, and these are alarming. Her advice is that we must try our best to be friends with our majority neighbors because when we are friends it is easier to talk if there is any issue to address. She said in FES, they encouraged all the students to befriend as least two students not of their own race. This is indeed a very good advise even matured adults can practice.

Kim Cheng encouraged members of our Church to pray for them and if possible support them financially.

Our elders Bro. Tung Hui and Sis. May Sum are committee members of the Sarawak Chapter, and they have been helping FES for a while. As a Church we appreciate their efforts and sacrifices.

To read FES website click on the title of this post.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers. God bless all mothers too!

Redeemed From Hell

Last evening at our Church's Alpha course we were studying the subject "How to Resist Evil", and certainly this is to avoid ending in hell. Here is the inspiring story of Matthew Botsford who was shot and died, he went to hell and came back to tell his story. Indeed we have a loving God, even though at that time he wasn't a Christian, and yet God redeemed him from hell. His description of his time in hell was vivid and scary too. It is an encouragement to all of us to avoid this place at all cost.

Matthew said "I want people to know that hell is real and it's a place that definitely has to be avoided; it's a place of eternal torments."

As Christians we have this opportunity, because we have God on our side.

To read the fully story and watch a video click on the title of this post.

Church In The Pocket?

Soon to be launched Church in your pocket via Face Book live. The church can be in your pocket because nowadays you can access Face Book on internet via smart phones that you keep in your pocket.

An on-line Church St.Pixels,(how apt, pixels made up pictures on computers) U.K will be launching this on-line Church on Face Book on May 10th 2011. It says Face Book has 600 million "neighbors", therefore this is a way to get these members log on to a Church on-line. You can attend "Church" by listening to Bible reading, sermons and even sing along to hymns. You can even say "Amen", by keying "ZZZZZZ" on real-time feedback.

Perhaps this is a good way to get people who do not attend Church anyway. Here is an opportunity to evangelize to these un-church people. Probably this Face Book Church may be more acceptable in the West. In Asia especially in traditional societies, people would attend Churches with four walls.

To read the full article click on the title of this post.

Francis Chan: Church Today Not What God Intended

Francis Chan is a popular author of Crazy Love and an influential former Senior Pastor of Cornerstone Church, Simi Valley, California. He left his successful mega church about one year ago because he was getting too famous in worldly terms. He said he was disturbed that people would travel miles to hear him speak.

Francis said church 2,000 years ago was meeting of people where the Holy Spirit was presence in these meetings. But now church is predictable, you come to church, get a bulletin, sing some songs, hear a message and off you go. It appears that many of churches in Malaysia are no different from those in US described by Francis.

Francis said: "I heard one person say the church nowadays is neither super nor natural,",Everything is predictable and everything is expected."

"When Jesus said this power (of the Holy Spirit) would come upon you, it really did come upon them and they were powerful beings (Jesus' disciples)," Chan points out. "Why is it that in the church so many people are weak or defeated or we get so insecure because we look at ourselves rather than God? It doesn't make sense."

To read the full article click on the title of this post

Alpha Weekend Away

Our Church had our weekend away from 30th April to 1 st May 2011. There were a total of 23 guests attending. The majority of these guests were Batu Lintang Training College (BLTC)trainees, and among them were a numbers of non believers. Other guests were working people some were Christians and some were non.

Our course leader was Bro.Tzin Kit assisted by Bro.Gary,Bro.Nick,Bro Kelvin,Bro Han Wei, Sis Doreen,Sis Ah Moi, Bro Philip, Bro Jesrum,Bro Jong, sis Agnes and hosts and helpers from our church.

Our elders like Bro Tung Hui, Bro Nee Wen,Bro Ho,Bro Song, Sis Georgina, Bro Arthur, Sis Ah Moi, Bro Chin Luk, Sis Stella were there to assist and support this event. Including our church members there were about 50 people at this weekend away.

We had a great time worshiping the Lord and inviting the Holy Spirit to touch our guests. Indeed some were touched and tears just came to them. Many came forward to be prayed for and repented of their sins. We praise God for this outing and that many have been touched by Him.