Eaglepoint Pillars

This is indeed a special weekend. Sharon, (which is me actually), decided to move on from working with the church office into her own business. The church prepared a video and a gift to honor her for serving in the church for the past ten years. In the course of her time here, she started as the administrator and then as the office manager and finally as the event manager.

Pastor Tim also took time to introduce all the church staffs. Pr Steven is the Executive Pastor that executes all the administrative and events and the human resources. Pr Cathryn is the other Executive Pastor that runs all the creative administrative together with Kelvin. They are assisted by Kareem, the Creative Director that overseas all the communicative medias. Tham is the Graphic Designer. Chrystin used to be the Multimedia Executive but she'd also decided to move to part-time to help her husband's business. Her place is being taken over by Leong. Khoo is the Admin Officer in the office. Tymi is the Kidzone head and Chris Leong is going to move on to further his studies and is now a part time at Community at Heart. Lastly, Pr Tim himself is a volunteer at the church that happens to the be Senior Pastor.

When you see these people, do try to appreciate them with a thank you or just a "well done"! They are giving the best part of their life to build the house of God instead of climbing a corporate ladder. =)

Marvelous Mothers Celebration

Last May, at Teresa's request, I helped rally some friends and threw a mothers day celebration for her discipleship group which include some of the leaders in the church. 

Everything was kept a surprise. The unsuspecting mothers thought they were coming for a discipleship time and were surprised by the change of the decorated hall. To top it off, I secretly asked their children to be the waiters and waitresses of the event. Imagine the surprise they had when they walk in to see the place and their children serving them drinks and munchies.

the team that made things happen.

 it's really fun to see the mothers play purse scavenger hunt! they can literally litter the whole table with the knick knacks in their handbag! there can be anything and everything! Always prepared!

 David was the chef! He managed to impress the mothers with his culinary skills! And that you know speaks volume!

 Fine dining takes a lot of serving!

the first thing every mom gets when they enter is a "ï'm a marvelous mother" tag! 

did i mention that the first thing each mother did when they arrived was to check out the kitchen? i'm still not sure why but it's like the natural thing for them to go straight to the kitchen! hahah..

 halfway through lunch, the teens started singing. they changed some of the lyrics of the song "you don't know you are beautiful" and i can see the mothers immediately stop eating and start recording their children singing. They of course enjoyed the presentation! The teens were really nervous!

 Another surprise came when each mother gets a special dessert - a hand written card from their husband - on a platter. And also the lunch was sponsored by the husbands!

Happy Marvelous Mothers Day to all of you! 

Disclaimer: although the husbands paid for the "event", there was no profit taken from it. All the funds went into the decoration and the food. =)

Jokes that became memory words

Over the years, there were many jokes that Pastor Tim made that were unforgettable! Here are some and if u remember others, feel free to add on!

Doreen reminded me on this - Once (in the midst of preaching on stage during a church service) when reciting on the verse of Jesus walking on water to the disciples, they (Pastor Tim also) shrieked, "HANTU!!!" and Jesus shouted back, "No! TUHAN!!" In a crisis, if you don't see TUHAN, u will see HANTU! Take your pick. Lol.

Just last week, when Pastor Tim was sharing about King Herod being so evil that he killed his wife, his siblings, his mother in law .. Then he slot in this, "...many ppl thought of doing it but King Herod actually did it." !!!???!!?

Years ago in the midst of a serious bible teaching at a ENLI class, he was sharing about disciples being called lamb and sheep in the Bible and then he posted us with this serious question, "If sheep goes astray, what will they be?" We were going to give answers like "be lost". With a serious face, Pastor Tim said, "Lamb chop lah! If the sheep got lost, they will be devoured as lamb chop. If u don't want to be lamb chop, stay with the shepherd!"

I can still laugh now as I remember the incident! But  I guess it's not just me that kept those words to heart but even Ching n Jess! As that was the first question that we asked each other when we visited the sheep shearing show! Three of us burst out laughing as we answered "lamp chop!". So we took the following photo as sheep!