Due to some unbalanced team strength (considering usual attendance), I'm doing some slight amendments to the teams in cell.
You can view the updated list on the teams page.
Specific members who are affected are Harry, Troven, Siew Hor, Jessica, Diana, John Lee and John Chua.
Please take note guys! :)
Blessings,
Lionel
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Saturday, 20 February 2010
Preparation for Cell: 24 Feb 10
Greetings all!
Hope everyone had a fine Chinese New Year celebration! :)
Beginning with next week's cell, I'll start to post the roster here on the blog. Do highlight to me if you are not able to make it (especially for rostered members) so that I can make advance planning and adjustments. Thanks much!
Worship Lead:Adriel Stanley
Preparation for Questions (don't know which team you belong to?):
May our Lord and Father continue to bless each one of you as you faithfully undertake the challenge to answer these questions.
God bless! :)
Hope everyone had a fine Chinese New Year celebration! :)
Beginning with next week's cell, I'll start to post the roster here on the blog. Do highlight to me if you are not able to make it (especially for rostered members) so that I can make advance planning and adjustments. Thanks much!
Worship Lead:
Preparation for Questions (don't know which team you belong to?):
- Priscilla's Team - 11. As Christians, one may feel restricted and shortchanged. How can we overcome such misgivings?
- Stanley's Team - 10. List some of the blessings that Christians will lose out if they begin to doubt God's Word.
- Adriel's Team - 13. Discuss some safe boundaries a man and a woman should observe.
- Gabriel's Team - 12. List some "words of death" that ultimately water down our convictions.
May our Lord and Father continue to bless each one of you as you faithfully undertake the challenge to answer these questions.
God bless! :)
Monday, 8 February 2010
08 Feb 10: News Bulletin
Dear all brothers and sisters in Christ,
Welcome!
During last cell meeting, we have the pleasure of having Jessica Li, Joycelyn Yeo and John Chua in our midst! Praise God and let's give them a warm welcome! :D
There will be cell this week
Although the 2nd week of the month is the week when we have our break, we are going to have cell meeting this week nonetheless. Reason being next week is CNY, and I doubt I'll have the time to prepare for the materials with all the festive rush and visiting.
As Adriel and Priscilla have something to attend on Wednesday, I've decided to therefore shift the day of cell to be on THURSDAY, 11 February instead. We will be covering Convictions Chapter 2, questions 5-9.
Introducing teams
To instill a sense of ownership and to encourage a personal search and longing for God's Word, I'm hereby formalising smaller teams in our cell group. Please read this *important* announcement to find out which team you belong to. Members of each team, please prepare the following questions.
CNY Visiting
A number of people are keen to open their house for the cell to visit during CNY. As an official record, please SMS me or leave a comment on this post if your house is available for visiting. Also, please indicate your day of interest to do the visiting using the poll on the right of the blog. The poll will end on Friday, 12 February. So yup, if you want to have a say in which day, don't wait! (Just click only what. loL~)
Ordering of "Convictions To Live By"
New comers, if you don't have the above-mentioned book, please let me know via SMS or by leaving a comment on this post. I'll consolidate by this Friday before submitting the order to the church. Please prepare $11 to pay for them too ($10 for the book, $1 for the workbook).
See you all this Thursday! God bless and don't forget the memory verse! ;)
Welcome!
During last cell meeting, we have the pleasure of having Jessica Li, Joycelyn Yeo and John Chua in our midst! Praise God and let's give them a warm welcome! :D
There will be cell this week
Although the 2nd week of the month is the week when we have our break, we are going to have cell meeting this week nonetheless. Reason being next week is CNY, and I doubt I'll have the time to prepare for the materials with all the festive rush and visiting.
As Adriel and Priscilla have something to attend on Wednesday, I've decided to therefore shift the day of cell to be on THURSDAY, 11 February instead. We will be covering Convictions Chapter 2, questions 5-9.
Introducing teams
To instill a sense of ownership and to encourage a personal search and longing for God's Word, I'm hereby formalising smaller teams in our cell group. Please read this *important* announcement to find out which team you belong to. Members of each team, please prepare the following questions.
- Priscilla's Team - 6. Is experience always the best form of education? Please discuss.
- Stanley's Team - 9. Discuss some areas that Satan casts doubt.
- Adriel's Team - 7. Many intelligent professional people are bound by the most ridiculous cultic beliefs. How is that possible?
- Gabriel's Team - 8. What is Satan's usual first step of attack? Why does he faithfully use the same approach?
CNY Visiting
A number of people are keen to open their house for the cell to visit during CNY. As an official record, please SMS me or leave a comment on this post if your house is available for visiting. Also, please indicate your day of interest to do the visiting using the poll on the right of the blog. The poll will end on Friday, 12 February. So yup, if you want to have a say in which day, don't wait! (Just click only what. loL~)
Ordering of "Convictions To Live By"
New comers, if you don't have the above-mentioned book, please let me know via SMS or by leaving a comment on this post. I'll consolidate by this Friday before submitting the order to the church. Please prepare $11 to pay for them too ($10 for the book, $1 for the workbook).
See you all this Thursday! God bless and don't forget the memory verse! ;)
Teams
To instill a sense of ownership and to encourage a personal search and longing for God's Word, I'm hereby formalising smaller teams in our cell group. The roles of each team, at the moment, is very simple. :)
For each week when there is cell gathering, I'll assign different question(s) to each team. During cell, each team will share what they have found out during their week of research, and share with the entire cell group. After the specific team has shared, the entire cell is encouraged to share anything else that have relevance to the question.
Not only does this prepare us well for each cell gathering, it also allow us to engage and use our time more effectively. With fingers crossed, we might actually start ending on time. *loL~*
I'm pretty positive that this change will bring about a deeper walk with God, good for maturing as Christ followers as we learn to reflect on what God has done for us, have more meaningful sharing that encourages one and all, and fostering deeper bonds with each other.
As with teams, there will be team leaders. Responsibility for team leaders is also fairly straightforward. Other than researching for the question(s), all you have to do is to turn up and facilitate discussion within your team prior to sharing with the entire cell. :)
Without further ado, here are the different teams (highlighted names are the team leaders):
God bless one and all and have a victorious week in the Mighty Name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
For each week when there is cell gathering, I'll assign different question(s) to each team. During cell, each team will share what they have found out during their week of research, and share with the entire cell group. After the specific team has shared, the entire cell is encouraged to share anything else that have relevance to the question.
Not only does this prepare us well for each cell gathering, it also allow us to engage and use our time more effectively. With fingers crossed, we might actually start ending on time. *loL~*
I'm pretty positive that this change will bring about a deeper walk with God, good for maturing as Christ followers as we learn to reflect on what God has done for us, have more meaningful sharing that encourages one and all, and fostering deeper bonds with each other.
As with teams, there will be team leaders. Responsibility for team leaders is also fairly straightforward. Other than researching for the question(s), all you have to do is to turn up and facilitate discussion within your team prior to sharing with the entire cell. :)
Without further ado, here are the different teams (highlighted names are the team leaders):
- Priscilla Chua
Goh Siew Hor
Hee Yann Lin
Ruth Tay
Diana Li - Stanley Goh
Troven Tiangco
Fiona Zeng
Adelene Chng
Jessica Li - Adriel Kuek
Harry Villanueva
Arianne Boey
Evin Zheng
John Chua - Gabriel Tee
Daniel Tan
Elaine Cheow
John Lee
Joycelyn Yeo
God bless one and all and have a victorious week in the Mighty Name of our Lord Jesus Christ!
Friday, 5 February 2010
03 Feb 10: Memory Verse
Genesis 1:1 (NIV)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
~ Contributor: Lionel
I shared about the importance of this verse in refuting various false religious views during cell. For the benefit of all, the key points are as follows.
Why is Genesis 1:1 important?
It is important because it refutes the following false religious views:
- Atheism - The theory or believe that God does not exist.
From Scripture, we don't even have to argue whether or not God exist. He simply exist, right from the beginning. - Polytheism - The belief in or worship of more than one god.
From Scripture, we see that there is only one true God. - Materialism - The doctrine that nothing exists except matter and its movements and modifications.
Again, from Scripture, we know that we do not come by accident. There is a Creator, and we are His creation. - Pantheism - A doctrine that identifies god with the universe, or regards the universe as a manifestation of god.
This is a popular belief in Egypt and Greece in the ancient days. From Scripture, we understand that God is the Creator of all things, but He does not manifest Himself in those created things to be worshipped.
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