Wow this weekend was spent mainly in church and at Christian events. First on Friday night was FOP (Festival Of Praise)! WOOT! FOP was awesome with Planetshakers hyping up the atmosphere in the indoor stadium. Don Moen was a breath of fresh air with him leading some of his classic songs such as God is good. Rev Che Anh was a really good speaker and it was very interesting to listen to him share about his relationship with his parents and how we should always honour and obey our parents. His sermon was funny and yet meaningful at the same time which was really great. However that day I was starving as I hadn't had anything to eat since the night before and since there wasn't any porridge, I had to starve throughout the whole FOP...oh well this could be a sign to go on a diet. Haha.
Saturday morning was spent finalizing Joel's and my IHS coursework until around 1+ till we finally submitted it to our teacher via email. The afternoon was used to blackshot a bit before heading for SOMY (School Of Ministry for Youth). I went there about 30 mins early to meet up with Russ, Daniel and Hernshung for the tea that the organizers provided. UNFORTUNATELY, my teeth still hurt so I had to pass on the tea and just watch the other 3 eat...sianz. The session about organizing games by Pastor Bernard was quite enjoyable with him teaching us some important pointers about games, letting us play some ourselves and showcasing some of his collection of toys and books. After the session, Hernshung drove me, Russ, Daniel and Dom to gardens to eat at chomp chomp. But since the place was as packed as ever, we went to the market instead and I got to eat...porridge...sianz man can my teeth stop hurting so I can go back to eating normal food...zzz. Anyways after a good dinner with a vibrant conversation about the different mega-churches, Hernshung kindly sent us home with me being the first to be dropped-off. The conversation in the car was mainly about our youth ministry and some points were raised about certain things we were unhappy about, oh well...
Today was 11.15am service, lunch at market and then mission trip training. Sadly today there wasn't YM and so I went with blossom and a few others for service. After service I met up with Jonathan and we went to market with Ming Xuan and Caleb for lunch. Minqhee and Clara subsequently joined us there for lunch. Guess what I had for lunch....PORRIDGE AGAIN....oh well healthy living haha! After lunch me, Jonathan, Minqhee and Clara hurriedly made our way back to church just in time for the 3rd mission trip training. This time Andy was leading the session about the history of missions in TMC as well as a bit about MMS and MMC. It was nice to know that TMC is the methodist church that has sent out the most pastors, one of them being my uncle, Rev Malcolm Tan. Kudos to TMC! Haha! From Audrey's devotion today at mission training, I shall challenge myself to be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to anger. Hopefully I can do it and not get angry or make anyone angry during the course of this week. And yes I must remember to pass Minqhee my chinese compo notes next week. Remember! Haha
Be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
The mark of a growing church is not about the number of members in it but those being sent out.
