heyhey! heres the list of what we'll need for bbq during cell chalet(:


list for bbq food:
chicken wings
chicken - other parts
other kind of meat
crabsticks
otah
satay
hotdogs
squid
garlic bread/toasted bread
marshmellows
corn
sweet potato
fishballs
sotong balls
prawns
stingray


cooked food
fried rice - mich
logcake - lynette loo
icecream - lynette loo
turkey - lynette loo
Shepard's pie - grace


utensils we'll need
plastic fork & spoon
paper plates
cups
serviettes/tissue (lots of it)
juice concentrate
containers for mixing
ice
tongs
skewers
satay sticks
charcoal
fire starters
grills
butter
honey
brush
snacks - potato chips
sambal for stingray!


yups heres the list. eh is it agreeable that each one of us pay $10? oh yes, and pleasepleaseplease volunteer to help buy food on sat morn. i think alex will drive yall to ntuc or wherever you all going.

alright see yall in cell on sat! rmb to come earlier for prayer=)
have a fantabulous week ahead!

ANNOUNCEMENTS - 9 DEC TO 15 DEC 2007

Hello all

Cell session on 15 Dec is ON. We will be having our 24.365 prayer starting from 4pm sharp for one hour. As such, I will need you to reach our cell room around 3.45pm to prepare your heart and mind before we go into prayers.

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alex

ANNOUNCEMENTS - 2 DEC TO 8 DEC 2007

Hi people

Cell session on 8 Dec 2007 is ON. Please be present.

Those who have yet to confirm if you are going for the cell chalet cum bbq, please do so asap.

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alex

ANNOUNCEMENTS - 25 NOV TO 1 DEC 2007

Hi all

Cell session on 1 Dec 2007 is ON. Please be present.

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alex

hello!
i'll be buying donuts for all of you this sat
SO if you want one (duh?!) come okay haha
its from the F-A-M-O-U-S donut fac
=)

MICHELLE

ANNOUNCEMENTS - 18 NOV TO 24 NOV 2007

Hi people

Cell session on 24 Nov 2007 is ON. Please be present and please be punctual. If you want to try out the donuts (compliments of Michelle), please remember to come :)

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alex

ANNOUNCEMENTS - 4 NOV TO 10 NOV 2007

Hi all

Apologies for this late posting.

Cell session on 10 Nov is ON. Please be present.

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alex

ANNOUNCEMENTS - 21 OCT TO 27 OCT 2007

Hi all

Cell session on 27 OCT is ON! Please be present!


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alex

ANNOUNCEMENTS - 14 OCT TO 20 OCT 2007

Hi all

1. Cell session on 20 OCT 2007 is ON. Please be present.

2. EAST TIMOR MISSION TRIP - There's another unannounced trip to East Timor from 8 to 16 Dec 2007. Those who have yet to go for any trip are encouraged to sign up. Your life may never be the same after that.


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alex

ANNOUNCMENTS - 7 OCT TO 13 OCT 2007

Hi all

Cell session on 13 OCT is ON. Please be present.

Those who were present for the hospitality duty on 6 Oct, thank you for your hardwork which you had put in. Keep up the good work which you are doing for the Lord.

And lastly, congrats to Jemina and Sarah for going through the water baptism on 6 Oct.

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alex

ANNOUNCEMENTS - 30 SEP TO 6 OCT 2007

Hi all,

1. In lieu of our usual cell session, we will be performing hospitality corner duty on 6 OCT 2007. Please meet in Room 214 at 4pm for a short time of fellowship and games before we proceed to hospitality corner and report to Uncle Patrick. On top of serving drinks and snacks, Nicholas will be leading some praise and worship songs as part of the "performance gig". Let us join him in worshipping God even as we serve our fellow brudders and sistahs.

2. YOUTH BAPTISM DAY - Also on 6 OCT 2007, Jemina and Sarah will be going through water baptism. You are strongly encouraged to stay behind and support them in this occasion. Don't forget to congratulate them after they have gone through the baptism. If you like to buy them small gifts to congratulate and encourage them, you can consider pooling your resources and buy something for them as a group. As this is not compulsory, you are not obliged if you do not want or are not ready to.

3. YOUTH MISSION TRIP - COOS has added three youth mission trips. This is an opportunity for you to reach out and to bless, as well as allowing our Heavenly Father to touch your life and bring you to another deeper level of your love relationship with Him. The dates and venues are as follow:
26 Nov TO 1 Dec 2007 - Bangkok, Thailand
14 Dec TO 21 Dec 2007 - Bangkok, Thailand
14 Dec TO 21 Dec 2007 - Laoag City, Philippines

Registration Forms are available form the Take-One Rack, facing the Admin Counter. Please sign up today.

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alex

Hello all

1. Cell session on 29 SEP is ON. Please be present.

2. YOUTH HEALING SERVICE - please pray for the youth healing service that God will use this moment to demonstrate His glory and love to all the people who needs healing. If you know of any friends or family members who need healing, please invite them for this service.

3. CELL CHALET AND BBQ WEEKEND - It will be held from 21 - 23 Dec 2007 (Fri - Sun) at Garden Terrace Unit A, Aloha Loyang Resort. You are free to stay over for two nights. Check in will be on 21 Dec 3pm and checking out time will be before 10am on Sunday. More details will be released to you in due time.

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alex

ANNOUNCEMENTS - 16 SEP TO 22 SEP 2007

Hi people

1. Cell session on 22 Sep is ON. Please be present.

2. HEALING SERVICE ON 29 SEP 07 - Please invite your friends who needs healing and be touched by God because of their illness or hurts. Take note that there will be cell session that day too.

3. CLARIFICATION ON 15 SEP'S SHARING -

I would like to clarify two points:

a. I mentioned that if you do not hear God's voice, it means you are going to have trouble in your Christian experience. I felt the need to rephrase this - if one do not build a intimate relationship with God, which part of the process also involves learning to hear His voice, eventually, he or she may not know how to hear Him and it can lead one to have a troubled Christian experience. Those who are committed to have a relationship with God, God will help them to hear His voice which may be different from each other.

b. Sometimes, God chooses not to speak ... as in He is keeping silence. I believe that when He is not speaking, He may also be telling you to be still before Him, to wait upon Him and His timing. God may use silence to speak to your heart.

4. THE FERN AND THE BAMBOO

Some of you are going through struggles in life to establish your identity in this world, to find your place in His purpose .... and I empathize with you that it's not easy for you to go through this phase of your journey while being afraid of other people despising you, afraid to tell others your weaknesses and confusion. Please forgive me if I have not been spending time over these years with everyone of you at a personal level, to reach out to you, to understand and hear you out, to be there for you or support you as a cell leader. If I am given the last words, I would like to say that - You are God's beloved ones and I still believe in you, no matter what you are going through now. I hope this article about a person's encounter with God during trail time, will give you inspiration to press on ... to focus on His unending love for you :

One day I decided to quit.... I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality..... I wanted to quit my life.

I went to the woods to have one last talk with God. "God", I said. "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?" His answer surprised me..."Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?" "Yes", I replied."When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. I gave them light. I gave them water.

The fern quickly grew from the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo". He said. "In the third year, there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not quit.

In the fourth year, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would not quit."He said. "Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant. But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall.

It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle." He said to me. "Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots. I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you.

"Don't compare yourself to others." He said. "The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern, yet, they both make the forest beautiful.""Your time will come, "God said to me. " You will rise high!" "How high should I rise?" I asked. "How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return."As high as it can?" I questioned."Yes." He said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can."

I left the forest and brought back this story. I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you........

Never regret a day in your life.
Good days give you Happiness.
Bad days give you Experiences.
Both are essential to life.Keep going...

Happiness keeps you Sweet,
Trials keep you Strong,
Sorrows keep you Human,
Failures keep you Humble,
Success keeps You Glowing,
But Only God keeps You Going!


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alex

ANNOUNCEMENTS - 9 SEP TO 15 SEP 2007

Hi people

1. Cell session on 15 SEP is ON. Please be present.

2. YOUTH HEALING SERVICE - With effect from 29 Sep 2007 onwards, COOS will have its own youth healing service, along with the adult healing services. In view of this, we will have cell session on those days too. If you know of any friends of yours who need the healing touch, please invite them to the service and allow them to have the opportunity to be healed by God.

3. END OF YEAR CELL CHALET AND BBQ - Think we missed out this discussion during cell. Please feedback if you are keen to have it when we discuss it next week.

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alex

ANNOUNCEMENTS - 2 SEP TO 8 SEP 2007/

Hello all

1. Cell session on 8 Sep 2007 is ON. Please be present.

2. PRAYER 24/365 - COOS is one of the participating churches in this LoveSingapore network project. Please prepare yourself between 9 DEC - 16 DEC 2007 for a time of prayer. More info to be released in due time.

3. CHALET AND BBQ TIME - The ACGLs have suggested having a chalet and BBQ time for the cell either over the last weekend of November or 3rd weekend in December 2007. We would like to hear from you if you are keen. The venue is likely to be Aloha Resort at Pasir Ris. Please let us know your feedback so we can plan and book the place.


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alex

THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER

Extracted from "My Utmost For His Highest, 28 Aug 2007". Recently, you have been taught on Prayers. This devotion is pretty appropriate. Read it, meditate on it, put it into action and be blessed ...

alex

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Prayer is not a normal part of the life of the natural man. We hear it said that a person’s life will suffer if he doesn’t pray, but I question that. What will suffer is the life of the Son of God in him, which is nourished not by food, but by prayer. When a person is born again from above, the life of the Son of God is born in him, and he can either starve or nourish that life. Prayer is the way that the life of God in us is nourished. Our common ideas regarding prayer are not found in the New Testament. We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.

"Ask, and you will receive . . ." ( John 16:24 ). We complain before God, and sometimes we are apologetic or indifferent to Him, but we actually ask Him for very few things. Yet a child exhibits a magnificent boldness to ask! Our Lord said, ". . . unless you . . . become as little children . . ." ( Matthew 18:3 ). Ask and God will do. Give Jesus Christ the opportunity and the room to work. The problem is that no one will ever do this until he is at his wits’ end. When a person is at his wits’ end, it no longer seems to be a cowardly thing to pray; in fact, it is the only way he can get in touch with the truth and the reality of God Himself. Be yourself before God and present Him with your problems— the very things that have brought you to your wits’ end. But as long as you think you are self-sufficient, you do not need to ask God for anything.

To say that "prayer changes things" is not as close to the truth as saying, "Prayer changes me and then I change things." God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things. Prayer is not a matter of changing things externally, but one of working miracles in a person’s inner nature.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS - 26 AUG TO 2 SEP 2007

Hello all

1. Cell session on 2 Sep 07 is ON. Please be present.

2. Please pray for Michelle, Grace and Gideon who are taking their prelims exam this week. Pray for God's strength and wisdom when they are preparing their papers and going through the exam. Pray for God's peace to remain with them and His presence will always be felt as they go through this period.

3. Please pray for Michelle to recover from a hairline fracture in her leg, that God will heal her in His good time, that God will give her peace in her heart, that she will continue to find joy and peace as she copes with her exam and her injury.

4. To all the ACGLs, we are all behind you in prayers ... jiayou! ganbatte! do your best for His glory!


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alex

ANNOUNCEMENTS - 19 AUG TO 25 AUG 2007

Hello all

1. Cell session on 25 Aug 2007 is ON. Please be present. :)

2. MOTORCYCLE FUND RAISING PROJECT - I'll be doing a one-time fund collection on 25 AUG 2007. If you have already set aside some funds to support this project, please hold it on to that day. If you are still keen to be part of this noble cause, feel free to contribute that day.

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alex

SWEETLY BROKEN

If you have attended the previous two youth services, you would have seen the video on Worship. In case you are wondering, the song in the video is "Sweetly Broken" by Jeremy Riddle. Here are the lyrics:

To the cross I look, to the cross I cling
Of its suffering I do drink
Of its work I do sing

For on it my Savior both bruised and crushed
Showed that God is love
And God is just

At the cross You beckon me
You draw me gently to my knees, and I am
Lost for words, so lost in love,
I’m sweetly broken, wholly surrendered

What a priceless gift, undeserved life
Have I been given
Through Christ crucified

You’ve called me out of death
You’ve called me into life
And I was under Your wrath
Now through the cross I’m reconciled

In awe of the cross I must confess
How wondrous Your redeeming love and
How great is Your faithfulness

At the cross You beckon me
You draw me gently to my knees, and I am
Lost for words, so lost in love,
I’m sweetly broken, wholly surrendered


Here's a video done by someone which uses the song (not the same as the one we saw). May you be ministered by it.

ANNOUNCEMENTS - 12 AUG TO 18 AUG 2007

Hello all

1. Cell session on 18 Aug 2007 is ON. Please be present. :)

2. MOTORCYCLE FUND RAISING PROJECT - Apologies for not conducting the fund collections last Saturday due to memory failure on my part. I'll be doing a one-time fund collection on 25 AUG 2007. If you have already set aside some cash to support this project, please hold it on to that day.

3. END OF YEAR MISSION TRIP - I've checked with Ps Victor Seet regarding the end of year mission trip. It sounds like the East Timor trip is quite a firmed thing. The team leader could be Peter Tan. Once again, I would like to encourage you, that if you have never been for one mission trip in your life, please make this your first one. If you have been there before, you are also strongly encouraged to go again. Please start saving up for the trip, as well as keeping yourself free from 8 to 16 Dec 2007 period. If we can go as a cell, I'll let the church know.

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alex