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Welcome to our Children Ministry blog. Thanks for your interest.

Here in Children Ministry, we want to welcome everyone into our 'Friendship Family'. Every Person is valued and is the focus of our ministry.

We believe that Jesus came to break down a wall of great division. Firstly, the division between sinners & a Holy God. Our God, who is also a God of compassion & unconditional love, sent Jesus to our world so that He can take the punishment of our sins. With His sacrificial love, Jesus also removed the wall that kept us from reaching our Heavenly Father; a wall of sins.

Jesus also came to break down the wall of fear, distrust, unforgiveness between each of us. Due to the grace we have received from God, we can also learn to be gracious & accepting towards each other. After having been reconciled to God, we also need to be reconciled with each other, as friends & families.

So, friends, come on in. There's a place for all. However, we would like to re-direct you to our 'Gta Children' facebook. Follow us via facebook to know more about what's going on now.

Just briefly, we have programs for children from Babies till Form 5. These runs on Saturdays, as well as Sundays.

Recently, we introduced the 'Children's Bible Explorer Series' into our Children Church (Sundays, 10:30am till 12:30 pm) for the 7 to 10 year olds.

For the 11 year-olds and above, we just launched 'Faith Case - Investigating the Truth'. You can find out more about it at www.FaithCase.com. It's not too late to join us.

Thanks for dropping in. Feel free to call for more info.

Vin

Salt & Light

Matthew 5:13-16 (NLT) Teaching about Salt and Light

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.

14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.

We are each called to be 'salt of the earth & light of the world'. This is a call to a place of influence. In order to influence those that are around us, whether people or situation, we have to be different. Not just different, but different in the right way.

One of the function of salt is that it preserves the earth from corruption. In light of our current situation where corruption & injustice abounds, how are we any different? I'm not tallking about situations beyond our control but how we deal with people we meet & decisions we make everyday.

Light is meant to be seen & not hidden. People are watching us - our lifestyle, attitudes, decision making. What we do will always speak louder than what we say. Our 'deeds' consist of what we do on a daily basis. Does our daily deeds result in 'prasie to our heavenly Father.'?

Who's watching us? Our bosses, peers, employees, family & friends. As parents - our children are watching us. As teachers, our students are also watching us. What do they see? What positive Christian characters can they learn from us?

This short video reminds us of the roles Dads play in their children's life. Kids are watching to see if what we say matches what we do - whether we are Dads, Mums, Teachers, Uncles, Aunties, 'Ko-ko' or 'cheh-cheh'. May we have a postivie influence over their lives...

10 May 2009 – Mother’s Day

None of us will be here without our MUM. And Mum is the one who somehow kept the family fed, warm & together. Thank God for Mothers !

Children are taught to appreciate their mums in simple ways. Its not the cost, but the thought that counts.

Sunday School

Wonder what they have up their sleeves for the mothers? Can you guess?

Let us take a closer look. They really did have something ‘under their sleeves’. :)

Hmmm…, how does one put into words how much our mom’s worth?

Our little ones have something for their mothers too.

Let’s take a shot before we give this to mum.

Let us visit our Children Church, starting with the Young Explorer’s Class. They sure look busy.

What are these Std 1&2 doing? Tracing their little hands?

OOoohh…, they are making flowers for their Mums ! How sweet !

Come Let us visit ‘Kids Church’. These are our Std 3&4 class. Now, children, follow the teacher. Arh… but, which one …? :)

I look at you, you look at me.., harap boleh jadi !

Look Mum !, I’ve made 3. Which colour do you want?

Mum, You can have 2.. even four or more..!

Quick! let’s move over to the next room & see what the Juniors are up to. They are already 11 & above.

They should have something different to express their love.

WOW! what lovely cupcakes !

Can they really make these?

Well, look who is their ‘SiFu’ !

Watch closely now.., girls.., this is what you want to make.

Ok! Aunty Ai Cheng, look, we can do it.

Guess the boys will just have to make some cards.. :(

And more cards..

Hmm.., how boring…

But..,

wait…

Aunty Ai Cheng is calling them over!

There! I told You. We will also be making the cup cakes !

Hei..! It’s so easy ! Coool..! My cup cake is… D O N E !!

So.., who say boys can’t make cup cakes? Let us show you..!

Eh.. this is not just for show.. You can also eat them! Don’t believe us? You want proof? OK, we’ll proof it to you. We’ll eat & show you. Hahahah !!

HHmmm.., Ko arh, are you going to eat yours also? Cheh.., I made these for MUM !! We too.. !

From All of US in Children Ministry…..

Blessed Mother’s Day !

26 April 2009 – EvangeCube Workshop

We have the Good News, but do we know how to share it creatively & effectively? The EvangeCube helps us with this.

 

There are 2 types of cube.

 

 

This version is for those who are trained in EE

 

 

 

We have Steve Cretin , the Official Trainer with E3 Partners, to come & give us a short, 1 hour hands-on workshop. He was brought to us by Canaanland, who also brought the EvangCube.

It was held during our Sunday School hour & we got the Youth, about 14 of them to join us. 12 other Children Ministry staff attended too despite the last minute arrangement.

 This is the decision page.

At the end of this workshop, our group purchased 26 sets of EvangeCube. Our prayer is that, these would be used to share the Gospel with those who have yet to hear about the Good News.