Extreeemmee Exam

from the inside

the skit

MCs for the day

Kelly Yong n Ian Teh

TEACHERS

this is what happened on the outside.

counting money very stressful huh?

but i guess not when you are playing?

Makan & minum!

WOW we have new architect in Youth Alive!

teruk kan...?

finee....

Cube-cube

Try harder!! Kelly

must be Ian's work.

Emo-Times

Jokers Time.

what happened to Cmdr ?

but..check this out!

whats with Cmdr. and BAGS?(handbags) >.<"

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

URGENT ! ! !

SMS from Cmdr. Gideon

PLEASE pray for Josiah (Cmdr's son) because he is having fever. Pray also for Elisa and Elena(cmdr's daughters) that God will keep them healthy. Pray for extra strength for Sis. Serena (Cmdr's wife) as she takes care of them.
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Please keep Cmdr. and the first sarawak team in prayer and also Ps Leslie and Sis. Ruth. (Sis Ruth will be helping out for both the Sarawak team. This means from 28/11-16/12)Pray that they will not be exhausted. Pray for strength. Well you know what to pray! follow your heart! :)

Seaw Chin and Andy will be leading separate teams in the first Sarawak team. Pray for wisdom and guidance

The team members :

Adrian Ng
Adriana Ng
Angeline
Anna Joy
Ernest Tee
Huei Lin
Jason Ponniah
Jason Ong
Kelly Yap
Ker Shin
Melvin Lee

Michelle Ng
Phaik Joo
Rachel
Samson Yap
Sherlyn Wong
Simon Ong
Su Vien
Tessa Lim
Vivian
William Ong
Win Li

*hope i dun miss out any names! =>

Lifehouse's EVERYTHING skit

BUTTER or MARGERINE

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavorings.

DO YOU KNOW.. the difference between margarine and butter?

Read on to the end...gets very interesting!

Both have the same amount of calories.

Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams.

Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.

Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few
only because they are added!

Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods.

Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years .

And now, for Margarine...

Very high in trans fatty acids .

Triple risk of coronary heart disease .
Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)

Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold.

Lowers quality of breast milk.

Decreases immune response.

Decreases insulin response.

And here's the most disturbing fact.... HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC..

This fact alone was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

You can try this yourself:

Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area. Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things:

* no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something)

* it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value ; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic . Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

Share This With Your Friends..... (If you want to 'butter them up')!

Chinese Proverb:
'When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.
So..., DO IT !

STOP complaining!

Jean Chatzky talks with Pastor Will Bowen

According to Pastor Will Bowen, you could be leading a happier, healthier life—if you just quit complaining! Jean talks with Pastor Bowen, author of A Complaint Free World, about his message of positive thinking and the benefits of a complaint-free attitude toward life.

Pastor Bowen says he saw the negative effect complaining was having on himself and the people in his community and decided to find a tangible tool to help solve the problem. So he distributed purple plastic bracelets to his parishioners at Christ Church in Kansas City, Missouri, and instructed wearers to simply move the bracelet from one wrist to the other every time they caught themselves being cranky, nagging, whiny, mean-spirited or critical.

Within 21 days—or the time psychologists say it takes to form a new habit—Pastor Bowen says he and others began to transform for the better. He says the bracelet helps wearers become more mindful of their negative thinking, and in turn replace complaints with more constructive thoughts and words. "You will notice that your life improves—you become a happier person," he says.

Pastor Bowen says the bracelets have impacted many people's lives. To date, he's shipped 3.6 million bracelets to people in 86 countries around the world. He says when people shift to a complaint-free attitude about life, their health, relationships and even financial situations often improve. "If you want to be prosperous, you need to focus on what you do want in your life as opposed to what you don't want," he says.

Related Resources

A Complaint Free World: How to Stop Complaining and Start Enjoying the Life You Always Wanted by Will Bowen

Golden Compass

> There will be a new children's movie out in
> December called "The Golden Compass". The movie
> has been described as "atheism for kids" and is
> based on the first book of a trilogy entitled "His
> Dark Materials" that was written by Phillip Pullman.
>
> Pullman is a militant atheist and secular humanist
> who despises C. S. Lewis and the "Chronicles of
> Narnia". His motivation for writing this trilogy
> was specifically to counteract Lewis' symbolisms of
> Christ that are portrayed in the Narnia series.
>
> Clearly, Pullman's main objective is to bash
> Christianity and promote atheism. Pullman left
> little doubt about his intentions when he said in
> a 2003 interview that "my books are about killing
> God." He has even stated that he wants to "kill
> God in the minds of children". It has been said of
> Pullman that he is "the writer the atheists would
> be praying for, if atheists prayed."
>
> While "The Golden Compass" movie itself may seem
> mild and innocent, the books are a much different
> story. In the trilogy, a young streetwise girl
> becomes enmeshed in an epic struggle to ultimately
> defeat the oppressive forces of a senile God.
> Another character, an ex-nun, describes Christianity
> as "a very powerful and convincing mistake." In
> the final book, characters representing Adam and
> Eve eventually kill God, who at times is called
> YAHWEH.
>
> Each book in the trilogy gets progressively worse
> regarding Pullman's hatred of Jesus Christ.
>
> "The Golden Compass" is set to premier on December
> 7, during the Christmas season (and staring Nicole
> Kidman), and will probably be heavily advertised.
> Promoters hope that unsuspecting parents will take
> their children to see the movie, that they will
> enjoy the movie, and that the children will want
> the books for Christmas.
>
> Please pass this information to everyone you know
> including church leaders). This will help to
> educate parents, so that they will know the agenda
> of the movie.
>
> Don't let kids see "The Golden Compass"

MISSION TRIP(s) !!!

1) Mission trip to Sabah is cancelled due to unforseen circumstances;

2) As such the mission trip to Sabah will change venue to Sarawak instead. This means we will have two (2) teams going to Sarawak. 1st team leaving as planned 28th Nov till 9th Dec. The 2nd team will leave 8th Dec till 16th Dec (same timing as in Sabah)

Both teams will meet up in Pastor Gremen's church - Christ Baptist Church on the 8th & 9th before leaving for their respective destinations.

3) Rough itinerary for the 2 Teams are as follows:-

A) 1st Team - Arrive 28th (Wed) travel to Sibu for 3 days conference for all the Iban Churches in Sarawak. We will be conducting the youth seminar in the afternoons for those 3 days. We will then travel on Sat afternoon for Ps.Leslie's church - Betong Sion Church. We will minister during the Sun service there. Leave for longhouse on Mon. The team will be split into 2 groups - 1 group to Luing, Jelang & Kerapa; the other group will go to 3 new longhouses in that region. Meet back in Betong on Fri. Leave Betong on Sat for Kuching. Meet 2nd Team in Ps.Greman's church on Sat for a night rally. Minister with 2nd Team for Sun morning service. Afternoon do some shopping for souvenirs in the waterfront before leaving Kuching in the evening for LCCT;

B) 2nd Team - Arrive 8th (Sat) in Kuching. Meet up with 1st Team at Ps.Greman's church for night rally. Basically 2nd Team will spear head this rally because of the time factor. 1st Team will play supporting role. Minister with 1st team on Sun. Mon leave for 3 new longhouses. Sat arrive back Kuching. Afternoon shopping in the waterfront. Sun minister in a church. Leave Kuching in the evening for LCCT.

6) Thailand Team-Thung Wa / Thung Song / Suratthani / Ko Rat / Pumphin (8D/7N) ETD from Klang Outstation Bus Station: 10.00pm on 7th Dec. ETA at Klang Outstation Bus: 4.00am on 14th Dec.

Rough Itinerary:
Day 1 – Travel to Hatyai
Day 2 – Travel Thung Wa + ministry to GTA Thung Wa leadership
Day 3 – Sunday Worship service + Children’s Church in 2 locations (AM&PM)
Day 4 – House to house ministry in nearby villages
Day 5 – Travel to Suratthani + ministry to Thung Song Church
Day 6 – Ministry to Ko Rat & Phumpin houses (AM) & Suratthani Church (PM)
Day 7 – Travel back to Hatyai + shopping + travel back to Klang
Day 8 – Arrive at Klang Outstation Bus Station at 4.00am

There will be a meeting going on today at 745pm in church. At this meeting Pastor Gideon will be praying for the missionaries.

Please do keep all the mission team in prayer. Especially the 1st Sarawak team which will be leaving TOMMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(time flies...)


NOW..lets see our youth mission team's checklist!

Mission Trip 2007 Checklist

Bring along 2 bags – One big bag for your entire luggage, and a backpack (slightly bigger- sized ones) for the longhouse trips.

Items to bring:

1) Sufficient clothes for 9 days (ladies, pls bring some dark t-shirts)
2) Long pants/jeans (compulsory for Sunday Services)
3) Trackbottom/jeans (for services at the longhouses)
4) Comfortable sandals / shoes (for longhouse trip)
5) Socks
6) Shoes (for Sunday services)
7) Sleeping bag
8) 2 x Sarong (for ladies)
9) Slippers
10) Toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, beauty kit, facial products, etc)
11) One roll of toilet paper (For some people, better bring 2 rolls!)
12) Personal first aid-kit (plasters, panadol, charcoal pill, etc)
13) Insect repellent (important!)
14) Pyjamas (if you still wear this to sleep…)
15) Bible!
16) Testimony printed out clearly (big fonts)
17) Undergarments (pls avoid flip-flopping ‘em..)
18) Sweater (for cold mornings and winter nights)
19) Torchlight with extra batteries
20) Cap/sunblock lotion
21) Shorts (not too short though…)
22) Extra plastic bags for dirty clothes, misc…
23) Handphone charger
24) Raincoat

When you pack your bags, don’t forget this rule…

FILO – First In, Last Out!
Basically what this means is…for items you intend to use immediately, pack it last. For those to be used only at the end of the trip, pack it in the bag first.

Also, please pack all your clothes in a plastic bag to keep them waterproof (in case it rains, bag falls into the river, etc etc).