Happenings@W74

Morning prayer meetings

2009-02-16T23:22:00.004+08:00

Last week, we had a very wonderful week of morning and evening prayer meetings at the various locations:

Mornings
- Jurong West St 91
- Kreta Ayer (Church of Singapore Harvest)
- Singapore Post (Heart of God Church)

Evenings
- Jurong West St 91
- Riverwalk.

Having attended all the morning prayer meetings at Kreta Ayer, i feel very spiritually charged up and yearning to wake up early for prayer meetings. Though physically the tiredness is added on more and more, but spiritually the hunger for the presence of God increases day-by-day.

Racing against time is of the essence especially for the morning prayer meetings, which started at 6.30am at the 3 locations. It's not easy to be waking up at 5am in the mornings, even on a normal work day.

Strangely enough, during the whole week of prayer, even the sleepyheads are wide awake before 5am in anticipation for the prayer meetings. And i'm sure everyone is very bless during this whole week.

So, if u hasn't attended any prayer meetings yet, be it in the mornings or evening prayer meetings (which is from 6pm - 7pm), try to attend the next one, which will be in April 2009. I'm very sure u will be bless, and yearning to come and pray more and more!

Hi!! From a while ago...

2009-02-11T22:32:00.005+08:00

Hello there!

Finally, after a 6 week hiatus, i'm finally back and raring to go.

First up, it is great to be finally back and serving everyone on W74ers blog. I hope everyone had a very properous 牛year, where good quality time was spent with family and friends.

And not to forget, our very own 捞鱼生.

捞阿捞。。。捞个大肥年！！

So, as usual, this is usually a very messy affair. =)

Before the mess started, say 新年快乐!!

In the midst of all the economic gloom, may 2009 be a more prosperous year ahead for all of us. As we began to trust in the Lord, He will lead us out of this economic tsunami. Know that our God is not limited by the economic situation; He's unlimited!

Amen!

We will be right back

2009-01-05T00:52:00.003+08:00

Hi Guys,

Just in case anyone think that this blog is ~~dead~~ no longer updated, then u are wrong!!

It's true that it's been a bit stale right after the brief entry on the Asia Conference. But hold on your horse feathers!

W74ers.blogspot.com will be bursting back with more entries coming up!

Just to give u some heads-up what's expected in the next entries:
- Coverage on the X'mas and Thanksgiving party
-Many others (hehe....)

For the month of January, we have
- Weekend services with John Bevere this coming weekend on the 10-11 January.

Look forward to it!!

19 - 23 Nov 2008: Asia Conference

2008-11-25T00:47:00.008+08:00

Yesterday was the finale night of Asia Conference 2008.

After 5 power-pack days of sessions with Pst Phil Pringle, Dr A.R Bernard, our very own Pastor Kong, and the healing service with Rev Benny Hinn, 6 sessions of electives, the 'Special' Musical, we are glad to say that we are tremendously bless by the whole conference.

At Hall 7

At Hall 8

To sum up, most of us whom i have spoken to, has been tremendously blessed by the whole conference. Though we need to sacrifice our sleep (waking up very early to queue up so that we won't end up at the overflow hall) taking leave to come and risking our heap of work on our tables when we come back from leave, but everything that we have done to come for the conference, every moment is worth it. Our minds have been renewed, and we have received a new vision for our lives and how we should engage culture in a more effective way.

Our next Asia Conference is in 2010! Look out for it!

*Photos provide by: Karen

3 Days to Asia Conference

2008-11-16T22:35:00.004+08:00

Hi Everyone!!!

Can u feel the excitement bursting in the air? Asia Conference will be starting in 3 more days!!

I believe that you have already taken leave and ready yourself to come for the conference. And you have already made the selections on what electives you want to attend. By now, you would have be given a lanyard, which looks like this.

This lanyard has a few uses:
a) It's for your entrance to the hall for the day sessions.
b) It will also tell u which are the electives that you can go for (see pink space in picture). There will be 6 boxes (2 sessions each day, for 3 days) which has a color code for u to follow.
c) It will also entitle u for the lunch at Hall 7 in the 5 days.

For more information on the electives, please click Here. For exact locations, please refer to the urshers on the day itself, or you can take a look at the handouts that are given with the bulletin this weekend.

Have a great conference, and hope u are greatly bless by this conference, this is Jenna, signing off for now. =)

9 days to Asia Conference

2008-11-11T00:52:00.002+08:00

Finally!! The countdown to Asia Conference is getting nearer and nearer by the days go by, and as at today, we are 9 days away from it.

I believe as the First Asia Conference, it is gonna be such a great event, that lives are going to be transformed, people will be equipped to be able to function even better in the marketplace, and where yours and mine potential will be released.

So people! Look forward to the event. I strongly encourage you to come for the event.

Arising and Building the House of God

2008-10-30T11:23:00.006+08:00

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.

My words and thoughts frame my world

2008-10-20T23:33:00.004+08:00

Last weekend, Pst Kong shared on the message of the power of the heart. And we learnt that the heart works on 4 levels:

a) Thinking
b) Visions and Dreams
c) Faith
d) Speaking

True, we may say in our hearts:

"Aiya, we already know this la.. Confession right?"

Yes. Many a times, we confess a lot alot a lot for the things that we want to see happen. Because whatever a man thinks in his heart, so is he.

The thing is: Do u keep on confessing until u see things happen?

It is very very important that we must keep on confessing positive things. Because there are times where the time has not come where God comes thru for us, and we get discouraged from all the confessing and nothing happens. At times, we either stop confessing, or get into negative confession.

And that's dangerous when u get into negative confession, because u will tell ur mind that things are not going to happen, things will not happen, and start to blame God and blame anyone that u can push the blame on.

~As a man thinks in his heart, so is he~

Something to think about
Pst shared about the findings of this Japanese researcher, Masaru Emoto, who researched a lot about water, and how words and music can affect the shape of the crystals created in water.

This is based on Dr Emoto's findings of water crystals formed when he exposes words spoken to the water.

We can see that when positive words are spoken to the water, eventually beautiful water crystals are formed. But on the other hand, when negative words are being spoken, hideous and ugly crystals are formed.

Now, our body make up is made up of at least 65% of water. So if water can react to positive words, our bodies will be able to react to the things that we hear [or we want to hear], the things we want to think [our visions and dreams], what we believe [our faith], and the things that we want to say to ourselves.

Therefore, friends, if u are confessing negatively about your daily life....

STOP. Stop thinking negatively about your life, about how miserable your life is. Because when u keep thinking of how miserable you are, u will become more miserable as ever.

Instead, put on your focus on the dreams and visions that you have dreamt, and confess that these will come to pass. Though circumstances arise, though there are many many many hurdles to pass through, when u believe that u can breakthrough it, somehow, you will work towards achieving it. Confess it everyday that it will come to pass.

I believe everyone has confessed negative things. I have my own circumstances that i am going/ have went through, my doubts, my insecurities. And yea, i admit, i have also confessed negatively.

But, knowing the power of confession even more, in a more theoretical [scientifically proven] basis, i know that my words frame my world. So from now on, i'm gonna confess on a daily basis:

I WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE FINANCIAL CRISIS; I WILL BE PROSPEROUS!

I WILL BE IN THE PINK OF HEALTH

(and many many more confessions.... )

Now, what have u been confessing in your life daily? Do u need to confess something positive?

Yours for Victory
Jenna

Updates???

2008-10-14T00:30:00.002+08:00

Sorry guys,

I have got the pictures from the Bangkok Trip from our camera-women already. But as u know, i was knocked out for the past week due to the gastric flu....

But, i'll start to align and arrange on how to post up the pictures in the next entry.

So in the meantime, do continue to pray for one another, esp the members who are sick/recovering from sickness...:
- Berwin : Had his shoulder operation last week. Do pray for speedy recovery
- myself : i have this inner ear imbalance, causing giddiness (i dunno when it goes off, seriously).

So do look out for the next entry!!

Serving you via blogging, this is J signing off.

More improvisations up

2008-10-04T02:39:00.003+08:00

Hi everyone,

We are finally back from our Sawadee-ing trip in Bangkok.

We were away from 27th Sep - 1st Oct for 5 days of fellowship. It was a great trip where lotsa (and i mean a LOT) pictures were taken with one another, a lot of shopping (yeah, the baht brought forth quite a BIG bit of shopping frenzy), eating Tom Yum Goong and seafood from SomBoon, and a time of relaxation at the spa.

Pictures will be coming up soon. Do look out for it.

Also, u would be able to see that i've made more improvisations to the blog. It's really great that our members are bringing in more ideas on how to make it work.
- Becky's suggestion of adding a counting down software made me sit up and research on it, and i'm glad to say that i've managed to find one, which you are looking at on your right. Counting down 1 month plus a bit to our inaugural Asia Conference 2008.
- I will be updating our events calendar for us to be updated on our happenings within the zone, be it a cg event or zone event. I'm trying to have it available within the same interface you are looking at (but that will take some time on research). In the meantime, u can check out the events happening here at http://w74ers-calendar.blogspot.com

Peeps! Do keep your suggestions coming. =)

Serving you through blogging, Jenna

Updates and improvisions

2008-09-26T13:23:00.002+08:00

Hi All,

If u have been checking back, you would have noticed the following additions to the blog:
-Announcements (Dare to be you)
-Additions of Birthdays of our members
-CBox for leaving messages
-W74ers event calendar

For this W74ers calendar, i've tried the iFrame, which didn't look very good. It's currently accessible with a click of the Google Calendar, subject to owning a google account. Do note that this is only temporary, as NOT everyone has a google account.

My plans will be to add a tab (which i'm in the midst of researching - IT-savvy guys are welcome to provide your expertise).

Further plans for the blog:
I'm the unofficial Project owner of this blog, so i'll be introducing things such as:
- Book reviews and recommendations by members.
- Picture Slides/Flickr on side panel.
- Coverage on events.

All the plans are kinda raw for now. Will share on it more in next entry when they are finalized.

Serving you via blogging, this is J signing off.

Dare to be You

2008-09-24T15:09:00.004+08:00

Hi Everyone!

There's a very exciting event coming right up in the next 3 weeks.

Following up with Enriching Life Series 1, where it ended on a happy note with Ballroom dancing event at the Safra Mount Faber, Enriching Life Series 2 is back.

Besides getting to know more people from WYZ zone, you can also learn about the importance of image and your own self-image, social etiquette and personal grooming. Not forgetting the exciting makeover contest, it will be a great time to bond with one another.

What are u waiting for? Invite your friends for the event!

See u at Enriching Life Series 2 next week!

Reaching the Online Space

2008-09-22T16:43:00.000+08:00

Hello there to everyone reading.

Today marks a new milestone for our cg, as we have successfully set up our blog! =)

Everything that you see right now is very raw, but with time, things will get bigger and better, level-by-level.

Do check back often for updates, events and photos and many more!

Cheers!