Sun, 10 Jan, 2010

Christmas With The Community 2009

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A Happy New Year dear Reader.

Its now 2010 and the start of a brand new year. First post of 2010.. and defnitely a lot more to come.

Just received a CD of pictures that were taken during the “Christmas With The Community” event organized by our church.. Latreia roped in to help at the event. Some of us were hosts  sitting with guests in the airconditioned comfort of the dining area while the rest of us plebs ran a hot dog stall. Never knew hotdogs were that popular with Singaporeans. Hmm.. might be a business idea in the making.

Long queues started forming in front of the stall while we were setting up and before we were even ready. Had some initial problems with power supply.. apparently our electrical appliances were overloading the circuits. Eventually, we got those sorted and we were able to start.

- adrian t

 

Thu, 24 Dec, 2009

Why We Celebrate Christmas

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Christmas seems to be a controversy for some as well.. There are some who think Christmas should be disassociated from religion – one fire station in the US had to take down a Nativity scene that they put up when it was deemed to “promote” one religion over another.. while others want to ban Santa because the character is a “stooge of corporate interests and commercialism”. Then there are the debates of whether Santa Claus is a derivation of Kris Kindl or St Nicholas. Of course, all of this is nothing new. It happens all the time.

You won’t find any mention of Christmas in the Bible. The early Christians did not celebrate Christmas because their primary focus was on Jesus’s life, crucifixion and, particularly, His resurrection. For two centuries after Christ’s birth, no one knew, and few people cared exactly when He was born. In those early times, Death days were important. Birthdays weren’t. Even the early Church deliberately played down His divinity and birth.

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Sat, 26 Jul, 2008

Angela & Shern’s Wedding

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Based on Latreia’s handling of a past Alpha Course as well as my friendship with the groom, I was asked to help with managing the necessary arrangements for the tea reception at Angela & Shern’s wedding held in church on the 19th Jul 2008. A number of us in the CG were invited to the much anticipated event. I know that the couple would have loved to invite everyone in the entire church but eventually budget and space constraints meant that they had to limit their invitations to family, relatives, close friends, colleagues and etc.

I never got to look at the actual wedding service and reception itself as I was pretty much busy with various things. The photos are available on my Picasaweb account but here’s a slide show containing some pics I took of the wedding.. from a helper’s perspective.

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- adrian t