Next CG Meet (21/9)

Hi everyone!! It's been a great time at the party last friday!! Quite a number of people came and we were so blessed by the Lord!! Let's continue to encourage the newbies to come to our cg k... The pictures of the party are still with Sean (Can you please upload the pics on the blog?? Thank you!!).

The cg line-up for this week :

Ice breaker - Teo Eugene
Worship - Lily Chan (Kay Teck won't be around this week so can you ask Troy to play guitar?)
Word Sharing - Jui Jien
Venue - B2-9-3
Time - 8pm

See you all this friday and God bless!!

CG Welcoming Party, September 2007!

There is a problem with my connection for the past 4 days. I can't seem to upload more photos. The upload window just seizes up everytime. Will try again this evening.

Until then, enjoy these photos! So sorry for the technical mishaps.

-Sean S.

ATTENTION : Dream Center Information

A. Dream Centre Guided Tour

Saturday, 15 September 2007

Please meet at Concourse 2

5 time slots available:

a. 2.30 pm

b. 3.00 pm

c. 3.30 pm

d. 4.00 pm

e. 4.30 pm


You may choose to come for any of the slots above. Each tour will last approximately 30 minutes.


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B. Parking during Sunday Celebration

Our traffic marshals will pass you a contact sheet upon entry.

1. Fill in your handphone number on the sheet given.

2. Display it on your dashboard AFTER you have filled it in.

(Please make sure that your sunshade does not cover the paper.)


If you choose to park at Jaya 33 shopping centre, the parking charges on Sunday is RM3.00 per entry. You may enter into Dream Centre (DC) via the Renault premises which leads to DC's rear pedestrian entrance.


The rear pedestrian entrance will be opened at the following times only:

8.30 - 10.30am AND

11.30am - 1.30pm


Please do not double park OUTSIDE DC grounds. Last Sunday, cars were double parked on BOTH sides of the main road which left only ONE lane for traffic flow. A reminder, if you are parking outside, please do not double park.


If you are parking INSIDE DC grounds, please be prepared to stay back at least 30 minutes after celebration ends. FYI, it was 12.40pm by the time traffic was cleared last Sunday. (2 thumbs up for our traffic marshals! They work VERY hard to serve us (rain or shine), so let's give them a pat on the back or a simple smile, or just obey what they tell us to do ;) )


Forwarded from the admin staff...

Friday's Welcoming Party

Hello peeps!!

A quick update about this coming friday's welcoming party.

Date : 14/9/2007
Time : 7.30pm - 11.00pm (we should prepare by 7pm)
Venue : B-7-3 (TAKE NOTE THAT THIS HAS CHANGED TO JUI JIEN'S PLACE!!)
Ice breakers & Games : Eugene, Chris & Troy
Food Coordinator : Jui Jien & Sing Yee
Ushers & Souvenoir : Pui Fun, Lily, Kiryu & Sean Siew
Photographer : Sean Siew

Notice that we have omitted worship. We shall make non-believers feel welcomed rather than make them feel awkward ya...

Lastly, pray for the event and let's hope that God will bring more people to the event!! See you guys this friday and let's relax!!

Why cg is important

Haha, thought might as well use my APEC holiday weekend to write this.

I guess many of you only got to know me when I was a semi-senior (sem3?) in IMU.
Let me tell you a secret.. haha.. ;)

When I was doing my SAM in Taylors, I was a really studious "kiasu" student. I was the kind of student who didn't go to church if I had a test on Monday. And I did not attend cell group at all. I felt going to church was enough, and if I was busy, as long as I prayed myself or read the bible a little it would be fine. After all God can hear us no matter where we are right?
I guess at the time, I was also practicing self serving Christianity where I would only want to hear sermons that were only relevant to me and not sermons about the church or community.

Even in my first semester in IMU/DUMC, I did not go to cell group! Haha. I only went once and then didn't go again even though Chris and Victor and some IMU seniors urged me to.
Again, I just didn't see the importance of going to cg. And frankly, during the one time that I went, I felt that we were just wasting time chatting/playing ice breakers and that I didn't really connect well with the people there. I had better things to do; namely..study for EOS 1 (nerd!)

I don't know what came over me in Sem2 but I started going regularly. And from then I got to know people better and started to be more involved. One of the turning points for me was going to Jackie Pullinger's Mission Conference; it changed my outlook...my selfishness and my purpose in life. It's from that conference that I told myself I didn't want to just hear a conference and not do anything..so I randomly (I have a tendency to email/call/sms randomly) called up Pastor Margaret and asked her where I could go and serve the underprivileged. That's when I started going down to Petaling Street on Saturdays.

Looking back, I can't believe I was so stupid to not go for cg earlier. How foolish I was to think that I did not need the support of people. I am also amazed at how God changed me; now I feel that cg cannot be divorced from Christianity. A person can only grow if he/she has the avenue to serve and more importantly, fellow Christians to cry, laugh and share with. Especially in DUMC, if one doesn't go to cg, he/she will be lost in the crowd of 2000+! :)

Of course I'm human too. There were times where I rushed to get word prepared on Friday afternoon or complained when I had to do last minute worship song sheets on Thursday night. Lots of times where I felt anxious and unsatisfied with the word that I was sharing because it was not impactful. Even more times where I felt I wasn't qualified to share because I myself was still struggling and fighting through the battles; eg: how to share about prayer when I myself don't understand or apply prayer properly in my life.

But I do want to say good work to all of you who have taken up the responsibility in running & being part of cg. I've learnt a lot from my failures, and those are lessons I'm thankful God taught me. I hope those who are new will be able to fit in and grow in cg. Don't be a nerd like me, because I really can't remember what I scored for exams but I still remember the experiences God taught me in IMU.

:)

Dream Centre

-where dreams become reality-

i know..

wowz.

dats how i felt too when i first step into DC.
i'm still wowing..



The Move
-senior pastor Daniel Ho

Firstly, there is a need to focus upon God always, to be ever grateful and thankful to Him because of His gracious and wonderful provision for us as a church. Out of His abundant goodness He has entrusted us to be a steward for the place. What a great priviledge and a grave responsibility! If this first focus upon Him is shifted away, it would be a matter of time before we become enamoured with the place instead of the Person, the Lord Himself, and we would soon degenerate into something unhealthy.

Secondly, we must always keep in mind the purpose for which God has given us the Dream Centre. It is meant to be a platform to reach out, serve the community and to extend the Kingdom of God. The place is meant to be centred on others and God's Kingdom rather than ourselves. As a people of God, we exist for the community and for mission. Once we have lost the right focus, we would have lost the reason for our existence and that of the Dream Centre. May God forbid that this should ever happen.

Thirdly, it requires us to work together in unity; this is what Scripture underlines to us as "make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace" (Ephesians 4:3). Inspite of this wonderful Centre that God is providing for us, we may have differences over all kinds of things; from the carpets to the chairs and the toilets to the temperature. Sometimes these differences can trip us over and we lose sight of the big picture. We must always keep in mind the purpose for which God has given us the Dream Centre and to constantly keep the main thing as the main thing. Otherwise we can get tangled up in our relationships and become useless for God. We must always be aware of the evil one who will always try to divide the Body of Christ and subvert the work of God so that the blessing of a good gift can later become a burden. We must all guard against the deceitefulness of the human heart. (cf. Jeremiah 17:9, 10). Not only must we be right-hearted and pure-hearted to overlook offences and to pull our weight so that we are contributing positively and effectively.

Finally, the pre-move, the move and the post-move and settling-in would require the whole church to be involved. Besides the crutial element of team unity, it requires great teamwork to ensure that the Centre would be set up and maintained well to fulfil its dream. What a joy and priviledge to have our footprints in the preparation of the place. May "The Move" be a God-exalting and faith-building experience for every one of us. May that place be one where multitudes of people in the nation and beyond discover their purpose for living and the incredible destiny that the wonderful Creator God has designed for them. May the Dream Centre be a place where dreams come alive to the glory of God and where shattered dreams can be rebuilt to the honour of His name! Hallelujah!

AMEN!!!


words to ponder: we are the church, not the building..

credits : pictures by Grace Tan

Updates (7/9/2007)

Hey people!! Now for some updates for this coming cg on friday (7/9/2007)...

Ice breaker - Chris Poi
Worship - Sean Siew, guitarist - Kay Teck
Word Sharing - Pui Fun

Venue : B2-9-3
Time : 8pm

We are going to have a few new comers so do open up and be nice to them k??...=)
See you guys on friday and God bless!!

*Ps : Please pay up the RM5 to me this friday k... Thanks*