two years, part iii'm back with part ii.
did i mention i nearly went to the sanctuary instead of the hall on my first visit there, and to top that i nearly went to the wrong church too! but for both i realised nearly as quickly as i stepped in.
okay in order to recap that very day, the person who led worship was clementchow. the preacher was pastor wendywatson. and till now (maybe cos of past bias) i still think clementchow's the best worship leader, and wendywatson most times when she speaks it just touches my heart or the very least stirs me. and note that best is relative here, it's personal, and i do believe different preachers speak to different people better than others, same for worship leaders... that said we should never think that God will only speak to us through our 'favourite' worship leaders or pastors. but i don't wish to digress, so you get my drift.
and the scripture reading of the day was from micah 6:8 (gosh i think it was the first time in my life i heard about this book!)
'He has showed you, O man, what is good.
And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.'
and one song sung included the above verse in the chorus.
2 years ago, i decided to church hop because it seemed right at that point. to be honest it may sound wrong, but well the whole story's like this... i tried to grow in the rc church, i was involved in sjs in 01, and for dec and even jan i tried going to weekday mass. and somehow the more i tried the more i felt i needed a new environment. people might be quick to chide... the thing is although i don't know how 'right' my decision was, looking on hindsight it just might be. and whatever it is, no matter where we are, God is a personal God and He'll know how to supply us wherever we us.
and i could continue writing about the thoughts then, but it'll be too long.
there's just so many things that have happened throughout the 2 years here. but i think most importantly are the friends i've made along the way...
the initial mhi bunch- des, reg, xiaojing. can't seem to remember much but we really grew closer because of the camp. then there's hannah, our dear coordinator. wei nurn, whom was the friendly guy i met during the cny party i think.
and then prior to the starting of sg, there was jon and zy.
and yes lightsticks my dear sg. what more can i ask for an sg, a group of loving friends desiring to grow deeply in Christ despite all our struggles.
and the people i've met along the way, the courses i went for...
from june, july and aug 06:
bmc- brought back sweet memories because me, des, jon and zy attended together. still remember how we had to lead worship twice (when the other groups only had to do it once).
dpl- got to know people like subin, winnie, weewee, edna, jessie... and since i attended it with des and xj, it made it even better. went for cop (concert of prayer), which wasn't much of a problem for nocturnal me, probably the same for owl senior (hoot hoot). it was on the 8th of aug (i still remember, even for one who's lousy with dates). was from 10pm to 6am i think... after that we (me, jon, des, xj) had breakfast at shaw macs!
sign language class where jon was co-faciliatator! it was quite fun, where again the same bunch of people- me, des, xj and zy attended.
then there was the basic small group leader's course i attended...
don't think i'll be able to spend so much time with courses this long holiday though. but that period was special... at least i could look back and instead of slothily lazing about my long hols i spent it more judiciously.
not sure how to end this, because i'm trying to end this quick, but well... 2 years and hopefully counting for many more to come.
tGbtg
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