While getting ready for church one Sunday, this conversation was heard between 2 brothers, Mike (3) and Matt (6).

Matt: Come on Mike, let’s play legos.

Mike: Nope, I don’t wanna.

Matt: Come on Mike, what would Jesus do? Jesus would play if I asked Him!

Mike: So…go play with Jesus then.

Venue: Champion Badminton hall on Jln Omar, opposite the former bus station.

Make this a weekly FAMILY event! Invite your non-Christian friends!

We are looking for volunteers to start this community service. call 4312152

• CELL 1

Leader: Raymond Chua

• CELL 2

Leader: Neo Soon Siak

• CELL 3

Leader: Pastor Bill Eng

Leader: Sarojini Azariah

Adult & Senior Citizens’ cells: call Sis. Chan Bee Lian for more information

 If Jesus Came Back Today...

Would you have to change your clothes
Before you let Him in?
Or hide some magazines, and put
The Bible where they'd been?

Would you hide your worldly music
And put some hymn books out?
Could you let Jesus walk right in,
Or would you rush about?

And I wonder...if the Savior
Spent a day or two with you,
Would you go right on doing
The things you always do?

Would you go right on saying
The things you always say?
Or would life for you continue
As it does from day to day?

Would you take Jesus with you
Everywhere you go?
Or would you maybe change your
Plans for just a day or so?

Would you be glad to have Him
Meet your closest friends?
Or would you hope they stay away
Until His visit ends?

Would you be glad to have Him
Stay forever on and on?
Or would you sigh with great relief
When he at last was gone?

It might be interesting to know,
The things that you would do,
If Jesus came in person,
To spend some time with you.

 NOVEMBER 2001

forum with Rev. Tang Chee Sing . He founded House of Joy in Puchong in 1992, a home for orphans, children, the elderly, problem youths, and the mentally retarded. During this special forum, Rev. Tang will share about tough love to the needy & unfortunate in our society. Everyone is invited to attend.

SUNDAY, NOV 18 at 3 pm

Date: Nov 18 (Sunday) Time: 9.30 am

Venue: Kluang Swimming Pool. Come give your support to those who want to follow the Lord in water baptism! Sign up with Sis. Jasmine Tan. Bring your swimming gear!.

Cost (includes entrance & lunch): RM5.50 (adult) RM4.50 (child).

Aaron & Moses – Exo 7:1-13

Venue: Champion Badminton hall on Jln Omar, opposite the former bus station.

Make this a weekly FAMILY event! Invite your non-Christian friends!

We are looking for volunteers to start this community service. call 4312152

• CELL 1

Leader: Raymond Chua

• CELL 2

Leader: Neo Soon Siak

• CELL 3

Leader: Pastor Bill Eng

Leader: Sarojini Azariah

Adult & Senior Citizens’ cells: call Sis. Chan Bee Lian for more information

Lili, Alyssa, Choon Ann and myself went on a mission trip to Medan from Sept 12-17. We had a very fruitful trip! Every meeting seemed to be ordered of the Lord. The first night, at a town 2 hours from Medan, some 30-40 people were filled with the HS and many received healings. We spent some time fellowshipping & discussing church matters with several pastors the next morning. They want us to minister in their villages the next time we visit. During this visit, we exposed a "pastor" who is a con-artist. He had told the pastors he has a Hokkien congregation in Johor Baru, and knows some well-known M’sian & S'porean ministers. He was a bit surprised when he met us. We found out that he couldn't speak fluent Hokkien, & had given a false M'sian address & phone numbers to the pastors. A pastor's sister was almost raped by him that night. He had been going around preaching in churches, receiving offerings, and has raped several women. God had a purpose for us being there right at that moment.

At a village near beautiful Lake Toba, we had an open-air meeting. The pastors had decided to trust God by renting a tent for the meeting. We were told it had been raining non-stop for 2 weeks. Though there were rainclouds, we didn't see a single drop of rain when we arrived, until the very second we got into our departing vehicle! During that afternoon, Lili felt impressed by the HS to intercede for the meeting & against the spiritual powers over the village. The devil tried to cut off the electricity twice during the meeting, but immediately after each time the Christians prayed, the power came back! Many repented of their sins, were filled with the HS, & instantly healed. A pastor told us the crusade was "dahsyat" (awesome). We were later told that they have had many crusades with different people & teams in the past, but nothing like what has happened. It was a first time they witnessed such a powerful demonstration of the power of the Holy ' Spirit!! We thank God for giving us the privilege to be His chosen vessels.

During the final night, we ministered at a church that is situated in the middle of a hostile religious community. By this time, I was very tired and had a fever. At the beginning of the meeting, we heard rocks being thrown onto the church. God moved powerfully in the small church - after we prayed for the baptism of the HS, 2 ladies fell and manifested demons. We cast them out, & prayed for the sick & the villagers crowded around the windows and the entrance of the house-church to see what was going on. We doubt if they'd throw any more rocks at the church.

There were probably about 100 people filled with the HS during the week. Alyssa helped to pray for the people. We saw her trying to read the song lyrics & lifting her hands in worship to God. Choon Ann gave his testimony on how God had healed him of hepatitis B, and the song he sang "UrapanMu" became a hit with the churches!

Our friend & interpreter, John, travelled with us throughout the week. Only married for just 2 months, we prayed that he & his wife will have a baby next year as his wife has difficulty conceiving. ALL GLORY BE TO GOD!

Dates Oct 30, Nov 6 , Nv 13

Time 8 pm

This 3-week class is for those wanting to be water-baptised and to take up church membership with Berean. Pls register with Ps Bill by Oct 23.

Date: Nov 18 (Sunday) Time: 9.30 am

Venue: Kluang Swimming Pool

Come give your support to those who want to follow the Lord in water baptism! Sign up with Sis. Jasmine Tan. Bring your swimming gear!

Cost (includes entrance & lunch): RM8.30 (adult) RM6 (child).

"In order to realize the worth of the anchor, we need to feel the stress of the storm."

Venue: Champion Badminton hall on Jln Omar, opposite the former bus station.

Make this a weekly FAMILY event! Invite your non-Christian friends!

We are looking for volunteers to start this community service. call 4312152

• CELL 1

Leader: Raymond Chua

• CELL 2

Leader: Neo Soon Siak

• CELL 3

Leader: Pastor Bill Eng

Leader: Sarojini Azariah

Adult & Senior Citizens’ cells: call Sis. Chan Bee Lian for more information

Have you noticed how easy it is to react in a negative manner when something negative happens in your life? Doubt may creep into your thoughts and cause you to question God and His Word.

Proverbs 17:22 (NIV) says "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."

Thomas Hearne was an adventurer who took an expedition to the mouth of the Coppermine River. He recorded that a few days after the journey was started, Indians stole most of the expedition's supplies.

What was the explorer's comment on the theft? Surely he must have been upset and distressed about so great a loss. Not so!

The optimistic Hearne wrote: "The weight of our baggage being so much lightened, our next day's journey was more swift and pleasant."

Remember, negative reactions only make a bad situation worse. Choose to look for the bright side of problems this week.

She was a celebrated singer & a top recording artiste. After her encounter with Jesus Christ, she now shares about the love of God through her songs. BRING YOUR FRIENDS to this special concert!

Venue: Champion Badminton hall , Jln Omar, opposite the former bus station. Make this a weekly FAMILY event! Invite your non-Christian friends! Sundays from 5-7 pm. Pls refer to above calendar for schedule

Lilian Sheng

We are looking for volunteers to start this community service. call 4312152

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"Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know?

(interpreted into Mandarin)

Speaker: Rev. Dr. Patrick Lau

We are organising a trip to a DURIAN ORCHARD – the purpose for which is obviously known (hint, hint & yum-yum…). Interested? pls give your name to your Cell Leader or call Priscilla Raman.

Date: SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 (tentative)

Time: sometime in the morning (to be announced)

Venue: Champion Badminton hall , Jln Omar, opposite the former bus station. Make this a weekly FAMILY event! Invite your non-Christian friends! Sundays from 5-7 pm. Pls refer to above calendar for schedule

Author: Ray Comfort. Read many fascinating personal experiences including encounters with big name Hollywood stars. Learn how to persuade the most avid skeptic of the reality of God. He has authored more than 30 books; his instructional videos have been seen by more than 30,000 pastors. This book will set your heart on fire for evangelism.

Speaker: Pastor Jean Lim

BRING THE UNSAVED & THE SICK!

Dates: July 1-August 9

Venue: Champion Badminton hall on Jln Omar, opposite the former bus station.

Make this a weekly FAMILY event! Invite your non-Christian friends! Sundays from 5-7 pm

to MEDAN, INDONESIA

Dates: September 12-17

Church subsidy available. See Pr Bill for more info. Pls submit your name early so that logistics & other preparations can be worked out.

Note to all Dept. Leaders:

there will be a meeting on Tuesday July 10 at 8 pm.

• CELL 1

Leader: Raymond Chua

• CELL 2

Leader: Neo Soon Siak

• CELL 3

Leader: Pastor Bill Eng

Leader: Sarojini Azariah

Adult & Senior Citizens’ cells: call Sis. Chan Bee Lian for more information

June 17 at 6.00 pm

Venue: Ocean Restaurant, Jln Shahbandar

Tickets at RM14

Speaker: Pr Teo How Ken (message in Mandarin)

Special Guest Vocalist: Steven Yap

Venue: Champion Badminton hall on Jln Omar, opposite the former bus station.

Make this a weekly FAMILY event! Invite your non-Christian friends!

to MEDAN, INDONESIA

Church subsidy available. See Pastor Bill for more info. Pls submit your name early so that logistics & other preparations can be worked out. Closing date: July 14.

Chief Usher: Cindy Woon

2 * Lee Kee Hua / Julie Toh / Saras

9 * Lilian Sheng / Evelyn Tee / Roselyn Choon

16 * Ong Ah Boon / Lee Soh Wah / Kamala

23. * Ng Hui Li / Lim Siew Li / Segar

30 * Ter Gern Hock / Mala / Elizabeth Raj

(*Head usher)

• CELL 1

Leader: Raymond Chua

• CELL 2

Leader: Neo Soon Siak

• CELL 3

Leader: Pastor Bill Eng

Leader: Sarojini Azariah

Adult & Senior Citizens’ cells: call Sis. Chan Bee Lian for more information

When a boy or girl thrusts his small hand in yours, it may be smeared with chocolate ice cream, or grimy from petting a dog, and there may be a wart under the right thumb and a bandage around the little finger.

But the most important thing about his hands is that they are the hands of the future. These are the hands that someday may hold a Bible or a revolver; play the church piano or spin a gambling wheel; gently dress a leper's wound, or tremble wretchedly uncontrolled by an alcoholic mind.

Right now, that hand is yours. It asks for help and guidance. It represents a full-fledged personality in miniature to be respected as a separate individual whose day-to-day growth into Christian adulthood is your responsibility.

Bayu Beach Resort,

Port Dickson May 27-29

Includes Family Life workshops & children’s workshops with Joy Yeo Hwee Ming.

May 6 at 2.30 pm Venue: Garden Hotel

Tickets at RM14

Speakers: Rev. Ruth Phua, Sis. Joyce Yeo

(interpreted into Mandarin)

We’ve secured a badminton hall for Berean’s recreation purpose. Bring your family & friends!

Location: the badminton hall on Jln Omar, opposite the former bus station.

Church subsidy available. See Pastor Bill for more info.

BLOOD DONATION DRIVE : contact the church office for more info.

• CELL 1

Leader: Raymond Chua

• CELL 2

Leader: Neo Soon Siak

• CELL 3

Leader: Pastor Bill Eng

Leader: Sarojini Azariah

Adult & Senior Citizens’ cells: call Sis. Chan Bee Lian for more information

Chief Usher: Cindy Woon

5 * Ong Ah Boon / Evelyn Tee / Lim Siew Li

12 * Lee Soh Wah / Segar / Mala

19 * Ter Gern Hock / Ng Hui Li / Elizabeth Raj

26 * Cindy Woon / Tang Chian Wen / Poh Tian Hee

(*Head usher)

Though often times weak and unstable,

YOUR GOALS are Jesus to someone.
What you put first, they believe,

are the goals of God for the Christian.

YOUR FAITHFULNESS...

that's Jesus to someone.

YOUR LOVE is Jesus to someone --
that someone who is seeking to know

Make plans to Sign up

Bayu Beach Resort,

Port Dickson May 27-29

Closing date: April 30

Speakers: Rev. Lawrence & Nettie Koo

Speaker: Dr Lay Keu Ney

APRIL 13-14

Leader: Neo Soon Siak

Leader: Pastor Bill Eng

Chua Chee Kheong/ Pastor Bill Eng

Host home: Regina Daniel

Adult & Senior Citizens’ cells: call Sis. Chan Bee Lian for more information

Chief Usher: Cindy Woon

7 * Ng Hui Li / Poh Tian Hee / Kamala

14 * Cindy Woon / Elizabeth Raj / Regina

21 * Lilian Sheng Ong / Saras / Tang Chian Wen

28 * Lee Kee Hua / Roselyn Choon / Julie Toh

(*Head usher)

Dates: September 12-17.

Crusades in Medan city & Lake Toba areas. Cost est. RM750-800 (incl. airfare, lodging & food). Those interested pls see Ps Bill. START SAVING YOUR $$ NOW!

Note: all DEPT. LEADERS & COORDINATORS

Meeting on April 10 at 8 pm. Venue: church

Kindly submit/email/fax your report by April 7^th.

From the back of the room, in a quiet voice, the man's wife agreed, "I, too, do my best praying while you're driving."

Sometimes in the daily challenges of life, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, or something else nice. Congratulate someone on something that has happened, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason at all.

Lt. Charles Plumb, a US Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent 6 years in a communist Vietnamese prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience.

One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, "You're Lt. Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!"

"How in the world did you know that?" asked Plumb. "I packed your parachute," the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude.

The man pumped his hand and said, "I guess the chute worked!" Plumb assured him, "It sure did. If your chute hadn't worked, I wouldn't be here today."

Plumb couldn't sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, "I kept wondering what he might have looked like in a Navy uniform - a Dixie cup hat, a bib in the back, and bell bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have seen him and not even said good morning, how are you or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor."

Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent on a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn't know.

Now, Plumb asks his audience, "Who's packing your parachute?" Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day.

Plumb also points out that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down over enemy territory-he needed his physical parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute, and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these supports before reaching safety.

His experience reminds us all to prepare ourselves to weather whatever storms lie ahead. As you go through this week, this month, this year... recognize people who pack your parachute!

Leader: Neo Soon Siak

Leader: Pastor Bill Eng

Sponsors:

• Chua Chee Kheong
• Lee Kuan Hock

Host home: Regina Daniel

Adult & Senior Citizens’ cells: call Sis. Chan Bee Lian for more information

Chief Usher: Cindy Woon

* Lilian Sheng / Tang Chian Wen / Segar

* Lee Kee Hua / Lee Soh Wah / Julie Toh

* Ong Ah Boon / Roselyn Choon / Lim Siew Lee

* Cindy Woon / Saras / Regina

* Ter Gern Hock / Evelyn Tee / Mala

(*Head usher)

Dates: September 12-17. Evangelistic crusades in Medan city & Lake Toba areas. Cost est. RM750-800 (incl. airfare, lodging & food). Limited places. On first come first served basis. Those interested pls see Ps Bill. START SAVING YOUR $$ NOW!

he theme for 2001 is based upon Christ’s two foremost commandments. In Luke

10:25-37, a lawyer wanted to put Jesus to the test. He asked the Master, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Having already discerned the motive behind the question, Christ answered this intellectual man by asking him a question – "What have you read in the Law?"

After the lawyer had answered the question correctly, Jesus pointed out his weakness – he had a swollen head, but a small heart. The lawyer was a religious person who met every stroke and whim of the letter. Yet there was something lacking – his relationship with the one true God was merely a robotic response. He failed to understand the motivation behind his relationship with the Lord.

Loving God wholeheartedly should result in strong relationships with people. The fruit of the Spirit is a by-product of a submitted relationship to the Holy Spirit, and this fruit is to be evident in our relationship with people around us. In the parable, a Samaritan ministered to the injured man. The former is symbolic of a Christian who may not be religious or spiritual in the watchful eye of the church, but knows how to love another person in a practical way.

Loving God should not make us more aloof or detached from people. Instead, we should

• be more concerned about their needs and respond to them
• be able to love the unloved
• be able to relate with people who are different than us
• have a passion to make a difference in our community through our love actions

As we venture into another year, we are challenged to not just know and love Him more. We also want to be similarly just as fervent in our relationship with people around us.

~Pastor Bill

Leader: Neo Soon Siak

Leader: Pastor Bill Eng

Sponsors:

Host home: Regina Daniel

Adult & Senior Citizens’ cells:

Person in-charge: Sis. Chan Bee Lian

Chief Usher: Cindy Woon

* Ong Ah Boon / Sarah / Roselyn Choon

* Ter Gern Hock / Cindy Woon / Mala

* Elizabeth Raj / Poh Tian Hee / Regina

* Ng Hui Li / Evelyn Tee / Kamala

Love God wholeheartedly,

The theme for 2001 is Love God Wholeheartedly and Love People Fervently (Mat 22:36-40). It is the commandment of our Lord Jesus Christ. I believe by the power of the Holy Spirit we are able to make it if we build our relationship right with God daily.

Now it is harvest time. Let us rise up to bring in the harvest and be fruitful Christians. Paul said for me to live is Christ and to die is gain (Phil 1:21).

THIS MONTH’S CALENDAR

BULLETIN BOARD

* Elizabeth Raj / Ter Gern Hock / Evelyn Tee

*Lilian Sheng / Tang Chien Wen / Poh Tian Hee

*Ng Hui Li / Lim Siew Lee / Julie Toh

*Cindy Woon / Lee Kee Hua / Segar

Leader: Raymond Chua

Leader: Neo Soon Siak

Leader: Pastor Bill Eng

Sponsors:

Leader: Sarojini Azariah

Host home: Regina Daniel

Wang Lee Fock

Chan Bee Lian

We need volunteers to help to clean the church on Sundays. All that is needed is 1 hour a month from 1 pm – 2 pm. Please inform Bro. Yau Sam if you are available.

• To bring people to Jesus Christ as members of God’s community,

• to disciple them into maturity,

• to equip them for ministry effectiveness both in the local community and in world mission.