Welcome to 2010!

Choose God & Abundance this Year!

We had our very first cell meeting of the year last evening! There seems to be a sense of His presence with us and that is just so encouraging! Clearly, everyone was glad to see everyone, and there was a very comforting sense of familiarity, I am sure all would agree. :)

Living 'On Target'

God's Spirit was with us and prompted us to position ourselves, fortify our team, so that we can be Christians that live 'ON TARGET', not just generic and vague. It is a prime (and subtle) strategy of our enemy to keep us as generic and vague Christians, so let's refuse that and break out of it! The following are first steps to more actively involving everyone, in fact, mobilising everyone, to do greater things for Him this year!

Everyone can Lead

This year, we will continue with the concept of a Roster for leading our weekly meetings. This arrangement was well received in the last few months and we have decided to continue doing this. We want everyone to feel a sense of ownership to this group, and to use the gifts, talents and inspiration God has given you in this fellowship group setting. [I will be e-mailing the roster and members' contact list shortly.] Each group will be responsible for leading worship and sharing, and this year, we have also scheduled musicians (Sharon requested this!) :)

The 'A' Team

In addition, we have also assigned various roles to our members, as follows:

Simon & Audrey - Social Service Coordinators
Teik & Gim - Treasurers*
Chai Lih & Joyce - Prayer Coordinators
Susan - Birthday Coordinator
Sharon, Paul, Simon, Kah Lin - Musicians

Don't worry if some of you don't see your names here yet - we are working on your special roles and will mobilise you in due time! :)

We brainstormed a bit on how best to coordinate prayer and suggested a few things. We shall leave Chai Lih and Joyce to think thru' this a little more and propose to us what's the best arrangement. Our vision in this space is simply that we want to leverage on prayer to move God's hand in matters that matter - eg. claiming salvation for our loved ones, upholding members who are facing challenges, etc.

Kingdom Building Fund

* For a start, as suggested at last night's 'AGM', we would like to invite each member to contribute $20 into a Cell Group Fund. This will mainly be used to cover the costs of our social outreach activities, birthday gifts for members, and get-well gifts for members/their parents or children. Kindly arrange to pass this to our Treasurers, Teik and Gim, at our next meeting (22 Jan). We will only request the next collection after the funds are depleted (don't worry, we will try to go easy on our wallets.) :)

Our First Social Service Effort!

What better way to kick-off the New Year than to bring cheer to our friends at PeaceHaven Nursing Home! Today (9 Jan) marks a historic start in our community service endeavour. We had a lovely time with a bunch of folks and brought songs (incl. Teresa Teng's), conversation and energy to them. Of course, our young ambassadors - Josiah, Eleanor and Ian - stole the show outright! Cheers to Simon and Audrey for helping us get this off the ground! This is not just going to be ECA, but will be an integral component of our fellowship life, as we seek to be more community-centric Christians, to bring His fragrance into the lives of many.

So, here's wishing you all, my dear brothers and sisters, a year of abundance, as we put God first in our lives!