SurgeCentral (Sept) – Faith: What’s the Big Deal?

had a great time tonight at SurgeCentral. when we started Central i had a vision that this event would be run by our youth, and tonight it was – from programming to execution, it was really awesome to have vanessa service coordinate and administrate, and jiawei lead music,and elliot do video and visuals, and josiah helped with projection, mervin planned games, and tiffany hosted, and terence played keys for the first time. it was great!

i was especially thrilled with some first time friends! (and i’ll be honest, i was a little nervous, coz i really wanted them to have a positive, and fun time!) but that I will leave to God.

here are a couple of photos from tonight

TIffany’s super large small group discussion!!

the groups discussion the talk on FAITH.

and here are a couple of videos:

the band.

mervin and sam on vocals doin John Waller’s “Faith is living”

mervin on vocals, and jiawei on guitar doing jeremy camp’s “walk by faith”

round a rectangle table – programming the next SurgeCentral –

it was great to get a bunch of youth around a table to talk and pray and plan for the next SurgeCentral. i can’t wait for this. not just coz i have faith that God will take the bit we offer Him to impact lives, but also because the planning and running of this will be done by our youth!

Vanessa will be coordinating the event – and running it on the day! Jia Wei is overseeing the music and band and rehearsal, and elliot’s doin all the creatives! and for that – i’m thrilled.

we all have faith in something. but so what? what’s the big deal about having faith? and what does it actually look like? we’ll be looking at some of these questions this friday 4th September at 7:30 pm in the main auditorium. see you there!

MOB Day – The Indoor Tournament (21st Aug 09)

SurgeCentral/August | STORMS

here are some pics for the event.

thanks to jiawei for the pics. you can click here for more pics.

it was a great time together last friday. From the songs, and visuals to the crazy game and prizes to the small group sharing, God’s up to something among out youth!

SurgeCentral in August

just came out of a programming meeting for SurgeCentral in august.

can’t wait for it! so grab your friends, and head on down!

7th August 09.

7:30 pm.

church.

here’s the visual for it!

from anakin to darth

there’s a poster on a wall in my room that reminds regularly why it’s really important that we do what we need to do well.

when i first saw this poster, i looked at it for a while, and i realised this: every darth vader once was a good anakin.

so what we do in influencing the next generation matters.

3:44

it’s 3:44 am and i’ve just gotten home. the water heater’s turned on, and i can’t wait to head in to take a bathe. it’s been a long day, but the re:surge devotionals are done. it was great to have had tiffany help with a section and with the proof reading. and to discover she and nic have a penchant for being picky and anal (in a very good way!). they really have helped to make sure that the devotionals are of a much better quality, had they not do anything.

i am wondering how much all this effort will pay off. will they even turn up? will they even bother with trying to work this through? have we failed them so much, that they won’t care about this?

but having said that, i am looking forward to the finished product, and to the time we share tomorrow.

one day more!

Leadership Lesson – a simple, clear plan

today i saw the effects of something i’ve learnt over the years –  a simple, clear plan. vision is one thing, strategy to achieve vision is totally another. for some people vision comes easy, for others vision is harder. for some, strategy is easy, others it’s not.

both are vital – a clear and compelling vision and a plan on how to achieve the vision.

it’s taken me about 12 years now to be able to articulate with some confidence a plan or strategy for what we are needing to do.

strategy shouldn’t be overly complex. people cannot remember it.

strategy needs to be simple.

wording is important.

the presentation of that plan is important. and it needs to be said over and over again. (“vision leaks” – as Bill Hybels would say)

Vision is “what i see”

Strategy is “how do we get there”

but at the end of the day, by-in and personal ownership of the vision and strategy is vital – otherwise it’s just more writing on a notebook or words on a wall only.

LifeGroup leaders Meeting tonight

it was great to meet our youth leaders tonight. it started with a simple update on each other. from ber’s confrontation, to God’s favour over sam, to dawn being excited that edward’s coming back soon, to tiffany’s journey to mervin’s ‘wah, got so much work’ – it was great to hear where we each were at.

tonight i shared with the team  the vision, and plan for our youth ministry. there’s a lot to do. and i think the leaders recognise that God’s in it. so now it’s really up to us to get behind the vision and to move it forward.

honestly i have my fears too – if this plan will work. but i cannot sit around and do nothing. and it’s great to know that these leaders are willing to get behind this vision.

they have been so awesome – serving this generation faithfully.

may we build fruit that last!

the notebooks are at the printers

well the notebooks have been sent to the printers. i just hope that it won’t cost that much! (we have no budget!! haha) and i hope that our youth will like it and, use it. but ultimately that it will become a tool for growth and change in their lives.

mervin will get a sample tomorrow and then if the price is right then we’ll print the required copies!

not just need to finish the devotions! oh boy!