This weekend is going to be a very exciting weekend for all of us at City Harvest Church. It will be the Arise and Build Weekend. We will be pledging what we have set to give to build a church building, for the marketplace, to penetrate the marketplace, for Jesus.
I remembered that i first started sowing into the Arise and Build Campaign in 1998. At that time, the church was situated at Paya Lebar, at the Hollywood theatre, next to the Lion City Hotel. That time, our church wasn't as big as now. During that time, we were giving and waiting for a land to come. Though the waiting time is long, but God made a way.
In late 1999 / somewhere 2000, we finally managed to find a land. It wasn't exactly a best land, as it was located like right next to the Causeway in Tuas. But God's ways are always higher than our ways. And we got the land, and built it 4 levels underground for the auditorium, and 4 levels up for carparks, baptism pool, bible study classes etc etc. We shifted into the new building in late 2001. It was a very emotional moment for all of us - Finally, our own building!
This creative idea to build below land level was a God-given idea. Since the building can't expand on the sides, it can only go up higher, or go deeper. And this idea was such a new concept, that NTU students came and studied our building.
Friends, let's begin to arise and build together with the rest of the church. We are all moving together, believing in the vision that God has given to us.
Even though we had about 3 Arise and Build campaigns, there wasn't any news about the land as yet. In spite of it, let's continue to keep on keeping in the faith. Know that God will come through for us. Our land will come! If God can do it for us when we were in Paya Lebar, He can do it for us again.
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