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Lantern party @ the Tans

Jan and Chuan organised a lantern party & treasure hunt for the Sunday School kids recently and this is what Jan had to say...

"We had great fun at the 22 Aug lantern party with the Sunday School kids and their families (total about 22 adults and 12 kids) at our home. I hope the kids enjoyed their treasure hunt and the adults, fellowship time. We had the yummiest durian cake (made by TP) and celebrated Yin Ling's birthday.

We had some great looking lanterns and our judges (Lim Lee and Lee Lan) put on their "thinking caps" to select the winner. Most of all, we hope the parents and kids bonded in the making of their lanterns. One thing that I noticed from the treasure hunt, our younger generation is quite unfamiliar with nursery rhymes. But it is not too late to remedy that - parents go see Dana Ward, who had kindly compiled a small compendium of rhymes for the treasure hunt."


Sunday schoolers



Treasure hunt briefing



Solving one clue



Lanterns galore



Beaming with joy... winners of the best lantern

Best lantern... from the Yeo family

Here's the Yeos' story behind the making-of the winning lantern...

"Being the winner (of the lantern-making contest) was fun, but, what was more fun was actually the process that went into making our prize-winning lantern.

When we came home from church that Sunday CC announced the dinner cum lantern contest for Sunday School children (and their families), ideas, lots of crazy ideas flew around the lunch table. We were practically trying to out-do one another with out-of-the-box ideas, having a good laugh at the wilder ones. No, we will not divulge...who knows, we might just make that for next year's contest. Finally, Key said, "You all come up with the idea(s), and, I'll help to make it happen." We agreed on a biblical theme, it being a church spring-off event. A round lantern? A 4-sided one? Mom wants a burning bush.

Along came Monday, and, all of us were swept into the busy river of exams, baking, homework, practising music, cooking, working, phone calls, a tooth broke, another tooth ached, unscheduled dentist visits, rushing to classes, no time to think!! Uh-oh...is it Saturday already?!

A hurried and condensed brainstorming session took place over a late breakfast. We prayed for practical ideas, bringing down to earth the more flighty ones we had the previous week. Somehow, one idea after another fell into place. Plastic cover of egg trays were thought to be good material...Mel painted them while Dad made a stable frame from rescued clothes hangers. Kimberly!!! You do the burning bush, mom draw the fish, dad cut out Jonah. Nat picked up our mess.

As our lantern took shape, we felt a warm camaraderie from working as a family, as a team, each one contributing, each one giving his/her best. As ribbons were added as the final touch, whether or not it was going to be a winner that night, we were proud of our efforts and were surprised at how smoothly we worked as a team.

Thank you, Jan and Cheng Chuan, for giving us this opportunity...actually, forcing us...to put on hold our individual pursuits...and creating a good memory for our family. And, indeed, that is how we should work...contributing through our own abilities...but, together, to build up the Kingdom of God."

The Yeos' "Eco-green" lantern

Burning bush?



Another view

Thanks again Jan and Chuan, for organising the event and congrats to the Yeo family for coming up with the winning lantern.

Song session

This Sunday, 5th July at 9.00 am, come and join us for a special time of learning new songs. It is going to be an interesting session as the girls from the Shelter 2 home will be teaching us Tamil Christian songs. Wilson and Eddy will lead the session.

Special session

This Sunday 21 June, after the worship service, Dr Lim Kar Yong will continue with his teaching on "How to read the Bible".

Please remember to bring the outline notes given to you during the church camp.

Video show

This Sunday 14 June, we will be showing a video on the work of New Tribes Mission in Indonesia called "The Taliabo Story" & "Deliver from Power of Darkness".

It will be shown after the worship service.

Special session

Dr Lim Kar Yong will continue with his teaching on "How to read the Bible".

Please remember to bring the outline notes given to you during the church camp.

Date: 7 June 2009

Time: After the Worship service.

No church service

Please be informed that there will not be a service next Sunday (3rd May) as most of us will be away at Harvest Haven from 1st-3rd May for our annual Family Retreat.

Cat & Dog Theology - final session

Please take note that the final part of the video series on "Cat & Dog Theology" will be shown on Sunday, April 12th.

Cat & Dog Theology

The next three sessions on "Cat & Dog Theology" will be shown on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sunday of March immediately after the worship service.

Special video sessions

A series of videos on "Cat n Dog Theology" will be shown on every 2nd and 3rd Sunday of January and February 2009 after the Worship Service.




Here's a little info on the video:

Cat 'n Dog Theology is a high-impact experience that examines the heart of Christians in the 21st century and the typical modern message about Christianity being presented in today's churches. Through humor and scripture the presentation pricks our spirit and tickles our funny-bone resulting in an overwhelming sense of "joyful conviction".

Using an illustration of "cats and dogs" and how each relates to its master, Cat n Dog Theology challenges Christians to see how we tend, like a cat, to use our Master mainly for getting what we want. The illustration points out the difference between "us living for God" and "God living for us". The average Christian while saying he lives his life for God is actually living his life to get from birth to death in the safest, softest, easiest and most comfortable fashion possible -- and often just uses God to keep him safe, soft, easy and comfortable - and to keep the difficulties, trials, tragedies and adversities away. Cat n Dog Theology will help the people of your church switch from "Me-ology" to "Theology". Cat n Dog Theology focuses on the Glory of God as the primary motivation and purpose of our lives. It challenges the church to recognize that MISSIONS is one of the best ways to radiate God's greatest glory! Cat n Dog Theology takes missions off the back-burner and moves it to the front so your church will want to incorporate missions into everything it does. Your church will never do missions the same way again!

Source: http://www.catndogtheology.com/

We encourage everyone who is not involved in the Sunday School or Youth Fellowship to join us for these video sessions. The first video will be shown on January 11th.