At the invitation of Pastor Ezra and Pastor Janice of Elim Kairos Church in Berastagi, Pastor Simon and Pastor Marilyn travelled to Medan to speak at Elim Kairos’ church retreat. Pastor Ezra’s G12 team, along with the full-time church staff travelled several hours from Berastagi to Medan for this retreat. The Singapore team who joined Pastor Simon and Pastor Marilyn were Clement, Clare, Stephen, Sam and I.
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Time stood still for the 18 couples who attended the Marriage Encounter. A much-needed pause for reflection and soul searching. Aiming for perfection, every couple entered into marriage with high hopes. Their initial idea was not far from the truth of what God had envisioned marriage to be. Pastor Simon Yee remarked of God’s perfect plan of marriage: “Marriage is a conception of something that is perfect. It sets the standard of excellence. Let’s all fall in love again.”
“Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers.
Christmas Magic was brought back to China in 2017, from 23 November to 16 December, as we felt it was important to continue to share the Christmas message of faith, hope and love with the Chinese. The four cities we visited this time around were Shanghai, Chongqing, Xiamen and Hangzhou. A total of nine shows were performed in these four cities.
Pastors Simon and Marilyn led an excited team of 20 FCBC members from Singapore to attend the first G12 conference in Indonesia. Besides Pastor’s 12, the team also included Pastor’s 144 and 1728!
Pastor Simon and Pastor Marilyn, together with their G12 leaders led a Marriage Encounter to help couples renew and strengthen their relationships.
My husband Sam and I had the honour of being invited by Pastor Simon and Pastor Marilyn to join their G12 team retreat in Muar Prayer House in March 2017.
眼前的任务看似有挑战性:5名来自坚信浸信教会和佳伟传媒的同工要在13天的巡回演出里进行八场演出,并从韩国最南部的西归浦,济州岛开始,到韩国最北部的金浦城市,也就是韩国非军事区大约一小时的车程。
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一开始,神就给予我们恩惠。我们乘搭国内航班从仁川到济州的时候,尽管我们所带的七件行李超重了三成,但是我们无需缴付行李超重的费用。我们在离开大邱几个小时后,还避开了济州的台风暹芭。这是韩国自2003年来所发生最强的台风,风速可高达每小时200公里,降雨量在济州的西归浦市也高至280mm。相比之下,我们抵达大邱的第二天只见到50mm的降雨量,可见影响不大。感恩的是,招待我们的列邦教会场地有少许的淹水状况,只需要替换两个天花板窗的结构。整栋教堂的建筑完全是由教友建的。
这是我们的主任牧师首次到访列邦教会新的建筑。主任牧师邝健雄向会众分享主日的信息,并在那晚表演Sterling Maiden的魔术,点响了布道魔术巡演的第一炮
2013年在台北演出的《神奇圣诞》成功落幕,佳伟传媒打算在今年11月将这个福音魔术的制作带回台湾,高雄和台中。主任牧师邝健雄和杜月娥,连同佳伟传媒的同事和我去了一趟台湾洽谈演出的细节。
今年的复活节,坚信浸信教会突破以往的惯例,没有举办小组派对。我们没有邀请朋友们来复活节聚会,也没有借着故事、视频和短剧分享基督耶稣的受死和复活。相反的,我们邀他们和我们一起参加爱心捐血赐生命的捐血活动。
这是爱新加坡首次举办的捐血活动。
当我们向来自新加坡国立教育学院的学员了解为何要在服务学习计划上选择伸出援手,外地邻舍爱宴的其中一位志愿者Yvette Leong所给予的回应就是“身体力行”。
新加坡人有的是一份爱心。很多人也许还记得有一次在傍晚时分的非繁忙时顿,地铁上有一位善良的老伯鼓励三位外籍客工继续坐着,而无需将座位让给一些本地的乘客。这个由记者Melody Zaccheus在面簿上分享的温馨的事件,已得到超过19,000个赞和转发次数,并留下多个肯定的评语如“外籍客工在建设新加坡。我们要为他们所做出的贡献给予赞扬与肯定!”我想问的是,为何我们只把赞美的言语限制于社交媒体?
圣经在约翰一书3:18里说,“小子们哪,我们相爱,不要只在言语和舌头上,总要在行为和诚实上。”身为神的儿女,在我们的行为上表达出基督的爱是必要的。我们将神的爱彰显在外籍客工身上再恰当不过了,因为他们为了养生糊口背井离乡,离开亲人到异国工作。他们帮我们建设了城市和家园,我们最基本能为他们做的就是给予感激。
学校假期终于到来!你若是学生,假期一定是你最喜欢的日子。在你准备玩得尽兴之前,别忘了辛苦教育与门训下一代的教师们。我们有机会认识到坚信浸信教会的3位教师,在今年2015年重要的一年荣获“爱心教师奖”:
“爱心教师奖”是由学校的教师和学生提名后,颁发给教师的奖项。这是要肯定与鼓励教师们所做出的卓越贡献。你也许会问,这有什么特别?其实,这3位教师都来自巴耶利峇美以美女子中学。今年,校方颁发了5个奖项,而来自坚信浸信教会的这3位教师,就获颁了3项。更有趣的是她们之间的关系。Hwee Hwee曾是Lay Leng的学生,Melissa Choo曾是Lay Leng小组的组员。她们3位都在本教会的青少年事工里服事,并担任领袖的服事工作。
坚信浸信教会(“教会”)当初提出司法检讨,主要原因是因为在部长作出决定后,教会重视相关课题,并要澄清像坚信浸信教会这样的宗教组织,在管理自己组织时,能否在不违反国家法律的情况下自行处理内部事务的界限。