Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Alert!

Happy belated birthday to Chow Tze Kit! His birthday was yesterday...

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Goh Chee Kiat =D!

Watch Night

Tomorrow is 1st January 2010!

So, tonight...

Petra will be having a Watch Night where
we will be celebrating the coming of a
New Year together as a church.

Come together at PGC at 9PM tonight!

There will be a baptism as well.


Friday, December 25, 2009

Araunah Report #1 - CHRISTMAS!

Hey guys,

I'm sure we all had a lot of fun during Christmas! WHOOO!

First it was the caroling, and we had the opportunity to make our own hats. Sure they were wonky but they were our own brainchild(ren)! And it's a refreshing change from wearing the same old red Santa hat every year. It's instead more like a Birthday party hat celebrating Christ's birthday, which is the real celebration!

Then we took off to Hooi Ling's house and played some games! After which, the drivers were all given special ribbons to tie on our cars' antennas for fun =D. Mine is still there, mwahahahahaha...

Went to Mr Liew's place, where we had our abundant dinner... THANK YOU! Next was Mr Hing's place, where we continued our snacking... Lastly, we rushed to Carmen's place where we had an onslaught of desserts and everyone was full up to the neck.

We rushed back to church (after visiting four houses and singing at least 15 songs or so!) and continued singing! We countdown-ed and then played games led by WC and John Lian. We were united and close as a new group in the CLAP, SNAP, STOMP game =D.

Today Christmas morning worship, we enjoyed a time of praising God and watching cute and entertaining performances. There was also the time where we all informally exchanged gifts. Chocolates, cookies, lollipops and baskets of make-up were everywhere! Passing the love :).

Christmas Outreach Night had us singing a lot of our favourite songs again with multitudes of newcomers. The AMP gave us yet another wonderful dinner. After that, we heard a message from Steven Yam (in Cantonese, banyak giler Chinese sayings he give eh) and he told us how priceless God and his sacrifice for us is.

And of course, the night ended with a breaking note as MAD team presented us the sketch, "Beautiful" Syok right looking at all those lumps of disease??? Actually they are a combination of hard-work, chewing gum, make-up, tissue, glue and sweat. Our commander WEN CHEONG and deputy KIMBERLY was also in the sketch, along with JEN RUW, LOUIS (counted lah since he married our mentor XD) and WING! They and the whole cast did a good job on their musical numbers and the message of their songs echoed around the church hall.

Just a brief report for GROUP ARAUNAH's first expedition!

Come, comment on the chatbox! Also remember to greet and talk to our new members that joined us...

Adeline, Lawrence, See Ling (Carol's friends)
Elvira, Win Lee (Carmen's friends)

[forgot some of the new friends, anymore? tell me at chatbox >>>]

Merry Christmas, folks of Araunah!

PS: Pictures coming soon...

Monday, December 21, 2009

Christmas Caroling with Araunah

This coming Thursday Caroling:

6.00-6.10pm Gather at church
6.10-6.40pm 
Ice-Breaking game by Linus
6.40pm 
Depart from church to Linus' house for Christmas dinner =)
7pm-8.45pm 
Dinner + Game
9pm 
Reach Mr Hing's house
10pm 
Reach Mrs Png's house - 
11pm 
Back church ready for Christmas count down



This Thursday is going to be our first time gathering together as a 
spankin'-brand-new GROUP ARAUNAH!


Our apparel theme is red and white! There will be a stayover at church
after countdown for whoever that wishes to join too =), so bring
your sleeping bags.


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Christmas morning worship starts at 10.00AM.


(Performances from various ministries, worship
and a time for gifts-giving and receiving.)


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Christmas Night, 6.30PM
Beautiful Sketch and
Christmas Dinner, 
Free of Charge for new members!
(not sure about old fellers punya payment, wencheong tell us? XD)




So do remember to come and join us for this time of Christmas,
 and bring your friends as well!


If you're coming, do tell us here ------------------------>
or email commander Wen Cheong :). 


Book your places for Christmas dinner on the 25th as well!
You wouldn't wanna miss out the scrumptious food
and the big-scale Christmas Sketch, BEAUTIFUL.


(For those who are interested, you're welcome to join us 
on Wednesday, 8.30PM at church as we prepare items for caroling =D.)

Sunday, December 20, 2009

A Brilliant Answer


A Brilliant Answer


An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to his Class on the Problem Science has
With GOD , the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . .

Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, you Believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD Good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor : Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?
Student : Yes.
Professor : My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him. Most of
us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn't. How is this
GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent )

Professor : You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, Young Fella.
Is GOD Good?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Is Satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor : Where does Satan come from ?
Student : From . . . GOD . . .
Professor : That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?
Student : Yes.
Professor : Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor : So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer)

Professor : Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?
All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor : So, who Created them ?

(Student ha d no answer)

Professor : Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe the World
around you.
Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor : Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor : Have you ever Felt your GOD , Tasted your GOD , Smelt your GOD ? Have you
ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Professor : Yet you still Believe in HIM?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your
GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor : Yes, Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor : Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor : Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn't..

(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )

Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat,
White Heat, a Little Heat or No Heat. But we don't have anything called Cold.
We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any
further after that.
There is no such thing as Cold. Cold is only a Word used to describe the
Absence of Heat.
We cannot Measure Cold.
Heat is Energy. Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.

(There was Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )

Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?
Professor : Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?
Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the Absence of Something
You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light . . .
But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness,
isn't it? In reality, Darkness isn't.
If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?
Professor : So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor : Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and
then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD. You are viewing the Concept of
GOD as something finite, something we can measure.
Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought. It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has
never seen, much less fully understood either one.
To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that Death
cannot exist as a Substantive Thing.
Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it
Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?
Professor : If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where
the Argument was going )

Student : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and
Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor,
Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir?
Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?

(The Class was in Uproar )

Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?

(The Class broke out into Laughter )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's Brain, Felt it, touched or Smelt it?
No one appears to have done so.
So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science
says that You have No Brain, sir.
With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir?

(The Room was Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face unfathomable)

Professor : I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly !

The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.
That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.
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Just a very interesting note I found =D. 

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Christmas at Petra



So the first event for Group Araunah as a group together is CHRISTMAS!

Yesh!

19th December
- which is this Saturday
- will be PYP's Christmas Party!
- 2.30PM onwards as usual
- FOOD (of course food)
- GAMES
- WACKY PERFORMANCES
- groups notchet start lah
- but remember to come!
- bring your gift exchange present, must be at least rm5!
- no photo frames and scented candles...
- please? XD

 24th December
- ni dah start group!
- we go CAROLING (with Carol Phua)
- (hahahahaha)
- to 2/3 houses
- we'll be singing Christmas Carols
- eating
- playing games
- breaking each other's ice
- COUNTING DOWN to CHRISTMAS!
- lots of singing
- lots of crazy
- come.

25th December Morning
- CHRISTMAS DAY
- Christmas morning worship...
- after all the fun, do come to praise God
- for the greatest Christmas present : JESUS CHRIST
- we sing again!
- and this a time of thanksgiving,
- gifts-giving
- and gifts-receiving :D

25th December Night
- BEAUTIFUL sketch
- dinner!

- will post up exact time and details
- later...
- sorry, so messy...
- ini usaha orang malas XD
- now 6AM, can't think properly...

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Birthday Alerts

ALERT!

These are the folks of Group Araunah whose birthdays are late 2009 (aka between groups XD). So remember their birthdays and wish them!


June Sim - 19th December (THIS SATURDAY!!!)

Amelia Chan - 27th December

Chow Tze Kit - 30th December

Goh Chee Kiat - 31st December

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(Side note/Forewarning: January babies)

Hooi Ling - 15th January

Kimberly Chang - 18th January

Esmee Tan - 18th January

Araunah in Brief

Araunah is the name of a guy who owned a threshing floor (where they sift through their grains and all) on top of Mount Moriah (same place where Abraham sacrificed Isaac in Genesis). Araunah is also the name of the altar built by King David there.

The significance of our group's name is found in this verse:

24 But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing."

More details when the permanent website is up. For now, records of Araunah are found in 2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21.

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2 Samuel 24:18-25


David Builds an Altar
 18 On that day Gad went to David and said to him, "Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite." 19 So David went up, as the LORD had commanded through Gad.20 When Araunah looked and saw the king and his men coming toward him, he went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground. 21 Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?"
      "To buy your threshing floor," David answered, "so I can build an altar to the LORD, that the plague on the people may be stopped."

 22 Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take whatever pleases him and offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and here are threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood. 23 O king, Araunah gives all this to the king." Araunah also said to him, "May the LORD your God accept you."
 24 But the king replied to Araunah, "No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing."
      So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels 
[c] of silver for them. 25 David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. [d] Then the LORD answered prayer in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.


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- Araunah!

The Folks of Araunah

This is a list of the folks of Group Araunah for 2010:

Mentor:
Khoo (Png) Hooi Ling

Commander: 
Lee Wen Cheong

Deputy Commander:
Kimberly Chang Pui Kim

Designate Commander:
Linus Liew

Assistant Commander: 
Soo Jen Ruw

Assistant Deputy Commander:
Davina Loo, June Sim

Committees: 
Carmen Thong, Carol Phua, Derrick Chan, Esmee Tan, Wing Chua, Lam Jian Zhou, Ross Choong, Lian Bee Ying

Members:
Aaron Wong
Abigail Hing
Chin Wei Quen
Chen Lee Lian
Kane
Lian Shueh Yi
Chew Tze Kit
Amelia Chan
Chee Kiat
Thong Kar En
Chai Ming Wei
Regina Ong
Mok Zhuang Chun
Chrystal Choong
Ian
Sim Loo
Johnson
Irina Ong
Sunny Yong
Nicole Chang
Kar Yan
Yee Sek Ling
Natasha Chan
Saw Xian Leng
Lee Khai Sin
Woon Han
Terry
Kor Chee Kar
Brandon Goh
Cheok Ken Yew
Lian Yun Perng
Lee Ming Hern
Melissa Yoong Jia Ling
Mogan
David Lui
Andrew Kee
Jamie Leong
Cheah You Jong
Choo Kae Shyan
Choo Kae Che
Foo Stefan
Ailing Yong
Jeffrey Yong
Sherry Yong
Kingsley Teh
Mohan
Alexander Yong
Mok Zi Xin
Ng Boon Liang
Bryan Wu Jia Kit
Kerry Tong Ming Li
Tong Ming Shi
Thomas Charlie
Raymond Aung
Sailag
Zau Dan Aung
John Bosco
Joseph Bosco
Peter Janaw
Monica Suai
Ho Qi Hui
Chow Chun Kit
Eugene Tan Yee Hong
Lee Kar Shing
Michelle Eng
Peter Tan Yow Lam
Samantha Low Kah Yan
Ravin Silvarajo
Kong Mun Kean
Ivan Tang Wai Yew
Lee Mun Boon
Richard Low
Ivan Lim
Chiang Fai
Rufina Tan
Tiew Kee Aun
Ravin Silvarajo
Syazana
David Chin
Gibson Yep
Chan Jia Wei
Chin Yan Ling
Chin Lee Ling
Flora Chong Jia Wei

"Cut Ribbon" Post

Welcome one and all,

This is a very brief and temporary blog for Group Araunah 2010 :D. We will be using this site until the permanent layout is finished (which I hope is before the end of December).

Hokeh, so for the time being, we will just chill out or lepak here at the chatbox. Important early announcements will be posted.

This layout is taken pre-set from a Blog Style website. I plan to make a simpler, more exclusive layout with Araunah graphics - but if you guys like this type of layout, do voice up at the chatbox :).

(Dear fellow leaders, I'll give you all the password and stuff when the permanent blog is finished. =D)

- Araunah!