Saturday, August 1, 2009
Updates

Sorry for the really infrequent posting, this blog has been dead for 1/2 a year! but not anymore...

First of all the August to October schedule is out and you can get it from the link on the left. You will notice some changes such as the lessons for the various instruments and as well as the 灵修 which appears beside the 主席. The lessons are targetted at those who have a keen interest in picking up the instrument and aim to serve in the praise and worship band. Your group leaders will inform you on the time and venue for the lesson. As for the 灵修 thing, it is basically a thing that stopped at the end of 2005. The person in charge of 灵修 is to come up and do a short sharing on something that he/she has read in his/her quiet time and find it meaningful to share to others. The sharing can be based on the Daily Bread or any other related material.

Really hope more of you guys would use this blog... :)
Cheers

Monday, February 16, 2009
UPDATE!!!!

Hello all, The band schedule has been updated , you guys can get it here... and please post more often, if you need an account, please email or sms/ call me :D

thanks

Saturday, February 14, 2009

The Pearl Necklace

A cheerful girl with bouncy golden curls was almost five. Waiting with her mother at the checkout stand, she saw them: a circle of glistening white pearls in a pink foil box. "Oh please, Mommy. Can I have them? Please, Mommy, please!"

Quickly the mother checked the back of the little foil box and then looked back into the pleading blue eyes of her little girl's upturned face. "A dollar ninety-five. That's almost $2.00. If you really want them, I'll think of some extra chores for you and in no time you can save enough money to buy them for yourself. Your birthday's only a week away and you might get another crisp dollar bill from grandma."

As soon as Jenny got home, she emptied her penny bank and counted out 17 pennies. After dinner, she did more than her share of chores and she went to the neighbor and asked if she could pick dandelions for ten cents. On her birthday, Grandma did give her another new dollar bill and at last she had enough money to buy the necklace.

Jenny loved her pearls. They made her feel dressed up and grown up. She wore them everywhere--Sunday school, kindergarten, even to bed. The only time she took them off was when she went swimming or had a bubble bath. Mother said if they got wet, they might turn her neck green.

Jenny had a very loving daddy and every night when she was ready for bed, he would stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs to read her a story. One night when he finished the story, he asked Jenny, "Do you love me?"

"Oh yes, Daddy. You know that I love you."

"Then give me your pearls."

"Oh, Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have Princess-- the white horse from my collection. The one with the pink tail. Remember, Daddy? The one you gave me. She's my favorite."

"That's okay, Honey. Daddy loves you. Good night." And he brushed her cheek with a kiss.

About a week later, after the story time, Jenny's daddy asked again, "Do you love me?"

" Daddy, you know I love you."

"Then give me your pearls."

"Oh Daddy, not my pearls. But you can have my babydoll. The brand new one I got for my birthday. She is so beautiful and you can have the yellow blanket that matches her sleeper."

"That's okay. Sleep well. God bless you, little one. Daddy loves you." And as always, he brushed her cheek with a gentle kiss.

A few nights later when her daddy came in, Jenny was sitting on her bed with her legs crossed Indian-style. As he came close, he noticed her chin was trembling and one silent tear rolled down her cheek. "What is it, Jenny? What's the matter?"

Jenny didn't say anything but lifted her little hand up to her daddy. And, when she opened it, there was her little pearl necklace. With a little quiver, she finally said, "Here, Daddy. It's for you."

With tears gathering in his own eyes, Jenny's kind daddy reached out with one hand to take the dime-store necklace, and with the other hand he reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue velvet case with a strand of beautiful genuine pearls. He had had them all the time. He was just waiting for her to give up the dime-store stuff so he could give her genuine treasure.

Question- what imitations are we holding onto that stops us from receiving God's genuine treasures?

Author: Unknown

Source: http://www.gagirl.com/stories/thepearlnecklace.html

Sunday, February 1, 2009
band schedule

Here the band schedule for feb to april 09, please take note, will update you guys if there are any changes, btw its in sheet 2 when you open the excel

http://www.mediafire.com/?uz43nnmdzny

Labels: band

Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Some time back: OCH

I wonder if you guys still remember...

Labels: long, och, old, photos, scary

Monday, January 12, 2009
Photos

Saturday, December 13, 2008

things to do this december:

1) Deal or no deal for christmas banquet!
2) Skit for SAC visit!
3) Ikea shopping for youth room!
4) Wild wild wet!
5) Youth band presentation for christmas lunch!
6) Youth Choir camp!