EOYs

Hi guys!
EOY/N level/O level period is here again.
Everyone is probably in a "blue mood" and all mugging hard.........
Just wanna say a word of encouragement...
remember Pastor Michael's sermon on Sunday??
One part of the sermon he was talking about this line in the Lord's prayer "and lead us not into temptations...."
The meaning behind it : we have to overcome trials and tests in our lives to be the person God want us to be.
Let's all take these exams as a test from God that we have to overcome with His wisdom...
Let us persevere and fight through this time,
And come out VICTORIOUS and displaying HIS GLORY!
PS : and and and... Let the JOY of the Lord be our STRENGTH :D
ALL THE BEST!
Don't fall in your walk with God *wink* =)

ALPHA SESSION 0 - Christianity Boring, Untrue, Irrelevant

Christianity Boring Untrue Irrelevant
Jesus is the way the truth and the life.

JESUS IS THE WAY
Picture of Plant -Blur Vs Clear
Sometimes we use our (maybe 5 mega pixels) cameras and think we already have very good pictures of our objects just like how we live our lives , very satisfied, very comfortable. But when we use another friend’s (10 mega pixels) camera, we realize that their pictures are so much better .. Just like how we are when we get to try the Jesus way, Life becomes so much BETTER!

JESUS IS THE TRUTH
This is reality in a confused world. We live in a crazy world and it’s important what we believe in. It matters because it determines where our life is heading towards. Our direction.

*Pauline shared about how Jesus being the truth*
One day she asked God, If you are real, change me. She read the Bible and this verse appeared to her. Psalms 34:8 Taste and see that the Lord is Good. So she decided to pray and do just that. She went to sleep not thinking that there’d be anything different at first.
Thereafter everyday she woke up and saw little changes in herself everyday. Suddenly her parents were not quarelling and family was at peace with one another. God slowly but surely showed how He was true in her life. Friends asked , “how come we used to have conflicts but not anymore. “ She acknowledges the fact that Jesus was the one who transformed her life.
Now she looks back and thanks God for this experience and said we need to accept God to be able to experience His goodness and understand that JESUS IS THE TRUTH.

JESUS IS THE LIFE
It’s a dark world out there. There is evil in the world and we always need to make the choice between good and evil because everyone has the potential to do good and/or evil in their lives.
With Jesus we have the strength to chose the right ways. Jesus help us to fulfill our potential, He sets us free from things that spoil our lives.

The Line between is not like the line between countries but it’s the line in everyone’s heart to make that choice.

Wk 0 Intro

Hello all,


We had our first session of Youth Alpha last Sunday.
It was a great session, led by this lady named Theresa from Youth Alpha (:
A good start, indeed :D
All of you are encouraged to join us for the next 9 weeks of sessions!
If you miss any one of the sessions, you can approach Lynette and Anthony one of these days to catch up with us.
They are offering to do one-to-one session with you, before the following session.

Lynette mentioned that we are only allowed to invite our friends for the next session.
It's this Sunday, 04 Oct.
Our monthly prayer meeting will be replaced by SF.


See you all over this weekend!

MHI Sunday Fellowship - Alpha

Dear SFers,

As we step into a new season of Sunday Fellowship, let’s remember and thank God for the abundant blessings He had showered upon MHI over the years.

In this coming SUNDAY, Sunday Fellowship will be integrating Alpha Course into our program (do take a look at this form below, no need to fill up) specially for MHI. It is a 10-week fellowship and learning time with one another. There will be lots of food, fun and fellowship!

We would like to specially invite all the past and present SFers to join us.
It will be a DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE for all of us =)

When?? 27th September

Where?? MHI-DIC

What time?? 1130am -130pm

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Hi all,

Thanks for your prayers!
The Ipoh mission trippers are all back safe and sound (:

Reminder about this Sunday, 27 Sep!!
Church service as usual, 930am.
You are encouraged to come and join in church service in MHI as one family.
Remember..
We are one body of Christ, one body of MHI!!
Sunday Fellowship(1st session of Youth Alpha) is starting this Sunday, 1130am.
You are encouraged to bring a friend along.
Food will be probably provided.
Lots of fun and joys!!

See you all, there!
You are free to tag anything in tagboard, we will be back soon to check out (:

Hello all,
Thanks to those who came down for Prayer Focus @ church yesterday!

Please take note!
This Sunday (20 Sep),
there will be NO Sunday Fellowship.
Let's keep all Ipoh mission trippers in prayers as they will be going to Ipoh this Saturday.
Those who aren't going, you are encouraged to come for service as usual at 930am.
Interpretation is still provided, as usual.
Thanks! (:

Next Sunday (27 Sep),
there is Sunday Fellowship.
We will be starting on a new exciting topic.
It'll be 10-week topic.
Do come and join us in fellowship!
All of you are encouraged to bring a friend each on that Sunday!

See you all there! ♥

By the way!
MHI CHRISTMAS PARTY ON 12 DEC 09!
1PM @ RENDEZVOUS HOTEL, DHOBY GHAUT.
Performances, games and lots! :D
Come, join us!
All your deaf friends & all MHI hearing volunteers are invited.
Please email your name and contact details to joycenqm@gmail.com if you are confirmed coming.
Thanks! (:
DEADLINE: 1ST OCT 09!

Hi Everyone!

This Wednesday(16 September 2009) the prayer focus is on our ministry, MHI (as stated in Wesley Weekly).
So do come and join in for a time of prayer!
Time : 7.30pm
Where : WMC L3 Hall (actually not L4)

For those who are unsure of where the L3 hall is, there will also be a dinner meeting around 6 plus, then the whole group will go to the place together from MHI.
Thanks!

S.F. comes aLiVe with a new PROGRAMME

Time flies and we've wrapped up our series of Rick Warren's - Purpose Driven Life.
Also, we thank God for Wei Tjin and Yanzhen in their generous contribution to MHI in so many ways and want to continue keeping them in prayer in their endeavours in a faraway land!!!


So..................

What's happening next?
Look out for the introduction of the next programme at Sunday Fellowship!!

When: 13th Sept 2009
Where: MHI (DIC room)

Who's invited: Anyone who's been to S.F. or who want to find out more about this unique ministry and of course what we do on Sundays! =)

The Flywheel

YO, ALL !

Victor has planned for non-Christian HI students to watch a movie called 'The Flywheel'
this Friday from 5pm to 7pm at MHI DIC, YWCA level 8

To know more about 'The Flywheel', go this website : http://www.flywheelthemovie.com/story.php



Shall we go down and interact with students to know more about God ?
COME DOWN AND HELP, OKAY? :D

Thanks ! (:

Hey guys! the 2nd quarter tidings for this year has come out some time back... the mission trip team has been featured :D
Just head to wesleymc.org to download the tidings quarter 2, and turn to page 42.

Kayaking @ Seletar

wow...what a fun fun time!

Thanks to everyone who made the effort to come down.

Thanks to SKIERS PARADISE for kayaking with all of us :)

The Lord's Prayer

Yesterday was "Bible Giants" by Patrick and Caroline :D *claps*
The topic they were speaking on was the meaning of the Lord's Prayer.
We have 3 main points to remember for this session, that was,
to ASK for CHANGE and GUIDANCE.

Notice the prayer says "Our Father in heaven"... and not "my Father"... Why is this so?
It is to signify the brotherhood of all Christians, and that we should pray for all our brothers and not only for ourselves. In, "Hallowed be Thy Name", Hallowed means holy and the nature of God is perfect.
"Thy kingdom come, Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven" implies our duty as Chrstians to establish the kingdom of God on earth. "Give us this day our daily bread..." means God will provide in abundance, all we have to do is ask.

"Forgive us our tresspassers, as we forgive those who trespass against us". Sin separates us from God as it is rooted in selfishness. However, when we forgive others first, only will God forgive us. In 1 John 4:20-21, it states : "If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother."
For when we don't love, we can't enter the kingdom of God as God is love.

"Lead us not into temptations, but deliver us from evil..." wants us to seek everyday guidance from the Holy Spirit as we can be easily tempted by worldly desires. The last verse "For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen." sums up God's power and presence as His power alone can change everything.

Some questions for you to ponder on...
1. What does the Lord's prayer mean to you now?
2. Why do we end our prayers "In Jesus name" ?
[ Hint : John 14:13-14, And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. ]
3. What do you think "Amen" means?

Psalms 119:105
"Thy word is a lamp onto my feet and a light onto my path."

FOR MEN AND WOMEN! RBC MINISTRIES...

This is a conference for WOMEN but all MEN are invited.
MHI will be going !!!!

Details are as follows:-
RBC MINISTRIES WOMEN BIBLE CONFERENCE 2009
Theme: Jesus Speaks To You Today
Speaker: Dr. Alice Mathews
Associate Bible Teacher with RBC Ministries, Academic Dean at
Gordon-Cornwell Theological Seminary
Date: 9 & 10 July 2009 (Thursday & Friday)
Time: 7.30 p.m. - 10.00 p.m.
Venue: St Andrew's Cathedral New Sanctuary

*** Please get in touch with VICTOR if you are interested to attend ***

Notes Summary and Sermon.

Greetings everyone...some of you may be aware that Wesley provides a recording and notes summary of the sermons each week. You are able to download the contents from the Wesley web and may access the most recent here (2009) or even go as far back as 2007. The Kingdom of God is the theme for 2009...and you can find out more at this theme on the wesley web.

May this source help us all on our journey of FAITH.....

** Do you have any Christian websites/literature/links that you feel would be helpful to the rest? Come and share them.....

MHI-SF CAMP

What an amazing 2.5 days at Salvation Army. Indeed let us give thanks to God for a wonderful time of fellowship and learning together. Not forgetting the protection of our health and safety in all the activities.

There is so much to write about the past 2.5 days and i would like to ask for your help. Can you send me your views, comments, testimonies and thoughts so we can compile and post it all up?

For all those who did take pictures, please bring them to MHI so we can all share them together this weekend :)

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope
for and certain of what we do not see"
Hebrews 11:1

June E Highlights.

On 14th June, we looked at the 4th Session of Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. This time, we were looking into How to be more Christlike.

Working out is your part
Working in is God's part
Ephesians 2
How does God help us to be Christlike?

God's tools :

1) His Word - All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17

It will change your character.
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.Romans 10:17

2) Holy Spirit

3) Circumstances - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.Romans 8:28-29
God brings good out of bad.

3 choices we have to make that will help us to be more Christlike :

1) We have to change what we think about.
What we feel affects our thinking, and eventually our actions.
to be made new in the attitude of your minds;Ephesians 4:23
If you change using willpower alone, you will be stress and go back to old ways.

2) Depend on God - Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. -John 15:4-5
Depends on your prayer life

3) Respond the way Jesus did

Following Jesus is a process, not a 1 time thing.

PDL - Made for Relationships

For Sunday Fellowship on 31st May 2009, we had another series of Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Life. The topic we focused on was 'Made for Relationships'.

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited.

In Romans 12:9-16, it states that God wants us to have fellowship with the church, which is, other fellow Christians. However, there are 5 blocks we have to overcome in order to have true relationships.

1st Block - Authencity.
We should take off our "masks" and be truthful to others. "If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth." 1 John 1:6 says that when we lie, we fool ourselves, not others.

2nd Block - Courtesy.
"to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men." Titus 3:2 tells us to respect and love like a brother.
An example : If someone has a problem and comes to talk to you about it, you have to be willing to listen instead of trying to resolve the issue on the spot. This is validation and tactfulness, showing that you understand that if you were in the other person's shoes, you wouldn't have known what to do.

3rd Block - Mutuality.
It's a 2 way relationship on "you care, I care". For those who have studied Biology, the definition of mutualism is "a relationship between 2 organisms in which both organisms benefit."
"If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!" - Ecclesiastes 4:10
"And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds."
According to Hebrews 10:24, we should consistantly give mutual encouragement, mutual honoring and mutual accountability to our fellow community.

4th Block - Hospitality
"Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts," - Acts 2:46
"Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart." - 2 Timothy 2:22

5th Block - Unity
"Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited." - Romans 12:16
Humility is an important aspect to being united.

Bible Giants - Queen Esther by Patrick/Aunty Renee

From:
the book of Esther old testament

Key characters:
Esther
King Xerces
Mordecai - Esther's cousin
Haman - the court official

Story summary:
The story tells of how a beautiful young jewish girl was chosen to be the queen by the king of persia (Xerces).Her cousin Mordecai, who was also serving in the palace, was happy to see Esther being chosen as the queen.Morcecai discovered a plot by the King's enemies to kill the King. He quickly informed Esther and the plot was disovered and the guilty parties was killed. The King was informed by Esther that Mordecai was the person who saved him.

In a separate incided, Haman - a top court official passing through the palace gates and noticed that Mordecai did not bow to him. This is because Jews do not bow to anyone except God.That infuriated Haman and he plotted to kill all Jews by tricking the King to pass a decree.When this was make known, Mordecai was very sad and he cried and mourned. Esther came to know of this decree and wanted to save her people.

She asked Mordecai to instruct them to fast and pray for 3 days while she seeks an audience with the King and thus risking her life by doing so.

Through her faith in God, he managed to exposed the plot of Haman to the King. The king was furious and ordered Haman to be hanged. The King also granted the Jews the rights to defend themselves.

This is a story of the true courage of queen Esther and her great faith in God that we all should follow.

This coming Sunday!!!

Since we met 2 weeks back sharing on What on Earth Am I here For, the next series of Purpose Driven Life drills deeper into the 5 reasons why you and I were born...

This SUNDAY, we look at the very first reason - WORSHIP.

What does that mean?

Join us at 1130am this Sunday after service as we discover more :)