Clarity Meeting

If you've not heard of the term, well, it's a meeting where it defines clarity for everyone! hahaha.. Pastor Tim, PC, Kel, Kareem, Max and I were called for the meeting to define roles and responsibilities. And Kareem came out with the chart of hierarchy and all complete with arrows!

Can't exactly tell you the conclusion of the meeting was a hierarchy set but being in a small office, I guess everyone's role still overlaps and it's more on a case to case basis, event to event basis and very much scenario based. But at least some things were set to go for 2011!

Pastor Tim's birthday hi-tea!

Today is Pastor Timothy's birthday! and the church office, of course, will take time to celebrate with him and curi-tulang for a bit! hahahhaa... Actually, Pastor Steven initiated the celebration and Jaime and I went to get the food on the table.

Check out the durian cake! OMG!! Even the inside looks like a durian and it tasted like a durian! It was the favourite must-try for everyone. Specially bought from Tong Kee, suggested by Jaime! (Aint she clever?!)

The home-school violin students played the birthday tune for him!

And Phoebe sent a birthday cake just for him! Good for us to have TWO CAKES!

Everyone shared and honored him and then we prayed for him.

Baptism! by Jeyna Lim

On the 3rd of October, Sunday, many gathered at a day care center in Puchong for one thing. A water baptism session. 22 people were baptized that day but many others showed up to give support and encouragement, making the atmosphere filled with excitement.

Each person that was to be baptized was to say a short testimony on why they have decided to take this step of faith. Elaine Yong mentioned that she wanted to start a new life and Aolani, from teens rock said she was doing it out of an act of obedience towards God.

It was encouraging to hear what they had to say as each of them desired to take the next step in their relationship with God.

As each of them got in an out of the swimming pool after being baptized and prayed for, the crowd sang the ever so famous "I have decided to follow Jesus" song. Followed by cheers and congratulations for each individual. It was a joyous celebration for everyone, both those being baptized and those who were there to support.

One great testimony was of a man who decided to be water baptized even though he had cancer. Though he couldn't get into the swimming pool but he was baptized as Pastor Tim poured water over him. Such a man took a step of faith even in his condition inspired everyone there.

Though the water baptism session was over, but everyone left feeling encourage and inspired to continue their walk with God. You would not want to miss the next one as this step of faith is only the beginning to greater things.

last weekend

after i type the title, i realised that i often post what happened during the weekend.. haha... ops.. but let me start by the week days then...

We celebrated Max's birthday. I think we've grown out of doing surprises. Ps Steven sent email to all the church staffs to gather at 1:30pm to celebrate Max's birthday and cc to Max some more! hahhaa.a..... and then later, while waiting for Pastor Timothy to finish his meeting and join us, we even ran a rehearsal with Max. He walk in to cafeteria and we started singing and then we sent him back to wait in the office for the real thing! hilarious office celebration!


the church staff cake party for max! decorated table some more! ahahaha...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MAX!

i think we all sang happy birthday to him, cut the cake, eat it and I don't remember we pray for him! ops! hahaha..

On Saturday night, we were honoured to have guest speaker, Rev Tamara Winslow at 5ive and SNL. Without a doubt, she brought the presence of God. Sitting there without doing anything, I already feel like I was gonna weep like a baby. And the presence of God was so tangible that I can't even stand but got to kneel in His Presence and open my heart to allow God to go deep. What an anointed speaker. I was glad I was in church service.

and on Sunday, I heard feedback that the crowd were laughing so much and enjoyed themselves and even some of the singles that came were able to glean from the video screening. Did you miss service this weekend? You would have missed a lot! We even celebrated PC's birthday at SNL and Mark & Carolyn's anniversary at Sundays Together.

here comes another highlight... PC's girls/her discipleship girls kidnapped her to lunch today! She thought we are going to Chong Hwa Restaurant for lunch on her treat but actually we quietly booked a table for hi-tea at Equatorial Hotel. She was in Hao Ying's car tailing us that's in Charlene's car and she didnt even realise that we did not make the u-turn to go up from Kesas but head straight on to KL. We didn't need to blindfold her because she's a total lost case whenever we reach KL. ahahaha.... when we arrive, the 3-piece 'band' came and sang happy birthday to our surprise. ahahhaa.. so now the whole coffee house knows.

There was no stressful planning or extravagant activities that we did. We just took time to enjoy each other and chat and spend leisure time. I guess the only thing that was extravagant was extravagant time spent and luxury in friendship.

Instead of a cake, we substituted with mooncake as per Mac's idea. Eight of us were just a call away when we announced that we are celebrating PC's birthday. Everyone cleared their calendar to fellowship with her. That's sisterhood for you!

This is probably the only gift that was prepared. A jar of surprises. Instead of asking everyone to write their wishes for her, which most probably will end up with 'happy birthday' on each paper, I wrote like thirty over question papers and each of the girls wrote their answers for a few pieces and some of her close friends did also. Folded it all into the jar for her to open one by one whenever she needs some cheer. hehehe...

some questions include...if pc is a fruit, what fruit would she be? describe a memorable event you had with pc. if there's one thing you can change about pc, what would that be? if pc is your pet, what would she be? if a corn's biggest potential is a popcorn, what do you think is pc's biggest potential? hahahhaa....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PC!

and right now, chinese church is having their mooncake party! i heard there was even a lantern riddle - just like old days! Eaglepoint is really a church full of life...

Change Your World Tour...

... happened last Sat, Sep 4, at Sunway Convention Centre. There was a lot of hype on the surface but i believe after the event, many youths responded to the call and stepped in to the ventures to learn more and to contribute to our own community.

But first let me introduce some behind the scenes stories.... starting from the stage and production...

the concert was of course championed mainly by the 1a.m. Relent Band. Daniel (bassist), Cuz (drummer), Jude (keyboard & electric guitar) & Neil (lead vocal & acoustic guitar). The day before the concert, he fell very sick but by faith and much prayers (and tons of bitter 'leung sui') he pushed on to sing the whole night. You would have noticed that he croaked whenever he speaks and the next day, he just totally lost his voice... until even today, he's still resting it...

If you were wondering why did Nina danced in the dark during the opening dance, it was because the bulb that was suppose to spot on her chose to burst right that time, hence there was no spot for her but it's ok... the show must go on!

the dreamers/brains/energy/producers behind CYW are none other than our very own Kelvin & Cathryn Lim. The idea came as a small seed in wanting to make a difference and you've just witnessed how that seed had grown into the CYW at Sunway Convention Centre that night. More and more youths are challenged to come out of their own world to change the world!

Sixteen dancers, laboured over 60 hours of dance routine drilling for the past month. Besides the week night practices, the killer were the 6-7 hours practices every Sundays! By the time i send everyone home, i literally can only crashed to bed! But i truly honor their spirit in working hard together without complain and in one accord towards one goal! Now that it's all over, i do miss the time we spent together every week! hahahaha...

the crew hidden at the back of the hall. they made the sound, lights and video happen at the hall. they are the technical people. i cant even imagine the stress being there making sure the lights and sound coming on accordingly and the video switching from this camera to that camera to create the whole atmosphere! i dont think i want to be the in charge... i'll go crazy!

this is Sin Cheow. i've got to mention a little about him. ever since the first CYW started, he had faithfully took leave for each city that CYW had gone to. he handles all the projection... lyrics, videos, play my songs...

this is charlene to cili padi that's in charge of the stage. she's the stage manager. what and who goes on and off the stage is in her hands. she make sure my chair is taken off the stage, the mic is pass to me at the correct time... she even helped to check the stage floor is without hazardous weapons for the performers like barefooted dancers dancing on industrial staples! PAINFUL! During the break time, she and the stage crews helped to check thru the stage and threw away all the staples that they can find! THANKS THAANKS!

See any faces that you know? Many! that's cos we've mobilised the whole church and church members from other zones and other churches to help out as helper for the event. from security to ushers to selling merchandise to cd redemption to general helpers - ALL church members .. not just from Eaglepoint but from other churches as well. (sorry dont have the facts on all the names of the churches at the moment)

looks like the tee shirts were selling like hot cakes!

besides the event people, the causes that we supports were also there. Tenaganita, Community at Heart, Rakan Cop and Vote Registration Booths... were all there to provide further information for the youths!

ahh.... i must mentioned about GRAFEED! they made over 300 photo frames from scrap boxes and completed the YOU MAKE THE DIFFERENCE wall art. the frames will eventually be given to the poor families via food bank distribution.

they even rallied the graphic students to come out with the 12 pieces of posters with the theme on HUMAN TRAFFICKING. This is what i call creativity with a purpose!

This is Tham. He not only contributed to the poster behind us, he also helped out in a lot of the graphic work for CYW and church wise... he also helped in the upcoming THE POINT cos i was so packed with the happening. Always serving and Never say Never ah... hahahaha..

and of course the youths came with food contributions for FOOD BANK!

behind every successful man, there's a woman... this is Kelvin's mom! if you've ever heard him share his testimony, you would know that aunty prayed for him for many years to see the changes in him and how God called him at the same time that she was praying for him at a different location!

the night kinda slowed down to the MEET RELENT where there was signing of the album by the band members. many ppl had put in much effort for the night... Vincent Puah & Janice were the two coordinators, Ps Steven rallied the event volunteers, Wai Foong came and be PC's assistant/runner/driver for the week, Joyce coordinated with many churches and pastors, SWai, Peter and Hao Jiang were alertly stationed on both side of the stage to help move things on and off stage, Bern was directing the guy on how and when the lights need to come on... and many many more... if i miss out on your name, please add in the comments...

...has come and gone... but has there been CHANGE?
It's up to you and me to make that change happen.

*disclaimer - some of the photos were taken from other ppl's fb posting

Malaysia! Merdeka!

You should see KidZone today!
All out! All plugs pulled! FORCED-Full-ed!

In conjunction with our national day, August 31 (or close to it), KidZone went all out to teach patriotism to the kids.
Love Our Nation!

Stepping up the stairs already made me incredibly proud with the flags along the stairs all the way up to the second floor and into the rooms! I heard that all the teachers involved were asked to come earlier at 9:30am to start decorating the place!


Even the name tags were specially printed! Impressive!

All the teachers came in costumes representing all the races we have in our country - baju kurung, cheongsam, the indian costume and Joey came shirtless representing Orang Asli.. complete with a styrofoam-spear!

'Pengetua' Bee Kim dengan Penolong Kanan Mei Yen!

Right is Chris, Left is David. Can you believe that Chris is wearing David's samfoo??? jor! all the workouts at Fitness First is paying off! hahahaha...


The morning ended with posting up a giant Malaysia flag hand-painted by the children! And all these were brought to you by the immensely brilliant KidZone teachers team led by 'Mother' Bee Kim!!!
Three Cheers To Good Work Today! Hip Hip Hurrah!!

*i think Marcus (far right) is representing the 'ang mohs' in Malaysia with his contemporary costumes! hahahahaha...

Pastoral Photo Shoot

How did I spent my public holiday today?

Helping out at the Eaglepoint pastoral photo shoot! hahahaa... the location was Mark & Carolyn's house at Puteri 8. The moment the guy-adults came in and saw the Foosball table, the challenge started - especially for Pastor Tim!

Oh my! He was like playing with whoever that will play with him lah! hahahahaha.... but the winner goes to Daniel (Mark & Carolyn's second son)... according to Pastor Tim and Tabitha (Mark & Carolyn's niece), he's the best but Ashley (Mark & Carolyn's youngest daughter standing there in the pix) challenged to say that Joshua (Mark & Carolyn's eldest son) is better than Daniel. Since Josh didn't come down today so it's a theory yet to be proven!!

one of the highlight was I got to know Tabitha a little today. Always see her walk in and out church office but today we played ball together with Kristen! hahahahaha....

To those of you who've not seen Shane Zachary Kong Kai Wen, the newborn son of Ps Shawn and Jill, here's the photo of the day! soo cute la!

this is how we distract Kristen (Ps Shawn & Jill's eldest daughter) - Tabitha and Sesame Street! Very effective for Kristen and Joanna (Ps Tim & Teresa's daughter)! and Kristen play ball with me today! She's so cute after 'warm-up'.

The fan supposedly helps... ahhaha... first off, family shots, singular shots, couple shots and kids shots... it was fun seeing them pose! hahahah...

the more Joash ask Joanna to smile, the more she's frowning.. don't understand what's going on! ahahaha...

Jessica (from Chinese Church) came to help out with the make up. She's 3 months pregnant and doing a great job too! Anyone needing bridal make up or event make up please give her a call! She also does artistic make up and used to teach these (make up, hairdo, body art, nails and such) in a school...

Yu-Xuan jumped onto her papa and caught on camera... she's such a cute little thingy... and she say she will share her nuggets with me at Next Stop Restaurant.. awww..... so nice of her!

Vitagen! I think we easily scoured a pack or two off the NG family fridge! hahahaha... not just the kids but the teens and the young adults too!!! ahhaahhahaa.... such a highlight! can see the vitagen-faces lit up when they see vaitagen!!

oh yah, the crew-wannabe-poser CHRIS LEONG! hahahaha... this was when we were shooting Ps Jonathan & family (Eaglepoint Penang). His sons were so funny... the shooting took only a few minutes... and then he commented, "hah? like that only ah?" In which I laughed and replied, "yes, 5 hours drive here just for that 2 minute shots!" ahahahaha...

Couple shots... awww... soooo loving hor... Ps Steven say this is the most major photo taking he'd done since his wedding photos! hahahaha...

this was when everyone started teasing pastor steven about his smile, his pose, his leng-chai-ness and everyone chipped in... we made such noise at the park opposite the house! hahahah...

when joel climbed onto chris to shoot from 'above', the photographers started shooting them instead of the 'talents'! hahahahaa...

in order not to spoil the actual shots, i'm just going to post the production shots - my version kind of production shots... cos i'm sure joel n choon ean took better production shots than these! mine was just for blogging purposes! hahahaha...

before the break for lunch, we celebrated Bee Kim & Joash's birthday! The Loh family remembered and came with a cake.

Talking about that, I need to tell you how naughty was your senior pastor... I sms-ed him around 10:40am to ask if they are arriving soon cos his session is 10:45am.. in which he replied my sms saying he thought his session is at 12pm! i panicked merata-rata!!! Right at that time, I got another sms reply saying he's just pulling my leg and the whole family enter the house!! jorr...

the crew - Joseph the main photographer, Joel the production photographer, Choon Ean the pose director and Kareem THE director... ops... not in photo... he came wearing the tee bearing these words "MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION"!!!

oh, this was shot when Yu-En (Ps Steven & Bee Kim's eldest daughter) say she dun wan to share her nuggets with me! hahaahahah

Round 3 shooting - formal shots at Next Stop. I mean no matter how I look at it, it does not look formal to me lah... hahhahaha.. too bad Mark and Joseph can't join us... so the pastoral is short of two families... ops...

then they try another angle...

and yet another angle...

and then another angle for all the singular shots!

by the time we leave, Next Stop Restaurant (this side), was in a mess of tables! hahahaha.... of course we helped to clear up lah... Thank you to Cheryl & Rhea for letting us use the premise! Rhea provided entertainment to me... she's soooo cute and always smile! hahahaa.... they went for a walk cos we kinda 'took over' the space! hahahaha...

so many shoppers ACTUALLY stopped and stared... Pastor Shawn say we should have told the ppl not to miss "the movie coming out on so and so a date" .... ahahahaahahahah...

by the time the Director calls it a rep for the day, it was four plus pm.... I came home and hit the bed straight! Now, excitedly waiting for the photos to come out!! yeah!!!!