From the Land of the Leprechauns...

...A wrinkled, wizen'd, and bearded Elf,

Spectacles stuck on his pointed nose,
Silver buckles to his hose,
Leather apron — shoe in his lap...

- The Lepracaun; or, Fairy Shoemaker, William Allingham

Ireland brought the world Guinness, weaved folklore with the likes of leprechauns, birthed forth Oscar Wilde and William Butler Yeats, and, recently, one of its own came all the way to speak to the fireBRANDS =)

7:30 p.m., and the ball starts rolling.

Enter Sharon Leow and the worship team.

And everyone gets up from behind those chairs.

Here we go =)

The avid worship leader and her backup singer.

The people listen.

And yeah, not forgetting, the sound system guys =D (the LCD boy was up in front)

Next to hog the podium, announcements!

Firstly, Alex, promoting the PFA Rising Star Floorball Challenge 2009 - Women. Which means.. IF YOU'RE NOT A GUY, YOU'RE INVITED TO PLAY!

And of course, fireBRANDS' Marvellous, Insane, Nonsensical Girl Yakking Endlessly Neverendingly (MING YEN). Our favourite announcer, introducing:

That lovely couple! (okay BOTH are lovely but you know which one i'm referring to kan..) Weird lah, two of them looking at Ming Yen, the other two looking at the camera.. LOL. funnyy.

Now that the page-long (yes i'm serious!) introductions were over, the two blues (oooh chelsea =D or birmingham hahah) can now come up.

Ireland meets Venezuela!

His name: Robert Reid.

Twiddling to on the LCD.

And Sharon getting called upon to explain the t-shirt (Recess Revo!)

Open your Bibles, get your notebooks and pens ready...

Robert the Irishman spoke on MISSIONS, beginning first with some quotes, a few of them here below:

"You have one business on Earth - to save souls." - John Wesley (founder of the Methodist Church)

"God isn't looking for people with great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him." - Hudson Taylor (founder of the China Inland Mission, now OMF International)

"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot (missionary who was killed while attempting to evangelize in Ecuador)

He also shared his testimony, how he was called from a high-flying career in Ireland to the mission field in Yunnan, China.

With some interesting stories of his experiences tucked in neatly, he continued on to speak about helping the poor, not only in other countries but in Penang, they're everywhere.

Sharing ended with a video clip on missions, the world, the poor, and the children.

Small glitch with the sound system while setting up..

...and here we go!

So, how to help??

1. PRAY

2. SEND

3. GIVE

4. GO!

Service ended with a prayer for Robert and his wife =)

oh and a reminder: next's meeting's NERD PARTY!

If you're brainy and you don't know it

Well then it's about time to SERLAHKAN KEBOLEHAN ANDA dari segi INTELEK.

uh-huh!

Who knows, YOU might be the next Einstein!

okay maybe not la.. hahaha jkjk

but still, it's gonna be FUN =D

I think can click to enlarge. uh you try la.

The invite! Nice eh? thankyoujames.

it's open to ALL, so BRING YOUR FRIENDS!

Any questions just uhh go ask in the tagboard la =)

Weirdly, I think it's gonna be cool seeing everyone in nerdy outfits.

What Nicole Tan calls a...

MAJOR PICTURE SPAM!

So here's a recount of last week's youth service (15/8)...

..in heaps upon heaps of PHOTOS!

the photographer is the writer, if and only if the writer is the photographer =)

oh and um, i think i accidentally left the camera in 'Food' mode while taking some of the shots.

oops.

LOL.

and the photos might take a while to load? super high resolution. upload pun makan masa lama.

Before Service Started - fellowship

Meet Hephsibah =)

Indyyyyy.

Another very happy Indy, with Malcolm, one of the newcomers that night.

Tengoklah betapa komitednya! CGLians who came right after school.

Icebreaker - aliens and laser guns

Our resident icebreakeress. She spent two years getting a diploma in icebreakers :) and that's Justin in the background.

Listening.

Also listening.

Meet Jonathan, Hephsibah's brother =)

After getting kicked out of the sanctuary while the laser guns hide.

Elisha, Louis, Zeph, Jesher, Alex.

It was dark, dark, dark! No lights. And yes, this IS a photo!

With flash :)

...what's he pointing at?

Bersatu kita teguh, bercerai kita roboh.

The rush of getting a laser gun. (spot eulene! look closely hahah)

The lone victim of the aliens.

Um. An extreme version of 'Bersatu kita teguh, bercerai kita roboh'. Group photo, everyone! =D

Post-icebreaker.

Worship - more than just songs

Take one.

Take two.

fireBRANDS' new drummer =D

Pastor Victor, Aunty Rama and the fireBRANDS.

The congregation.

What you'll see if you happen to walk in now. But what you'll feel is beyond what this photo can convey.

And the unsung heroes - the LCD Boy and the sound technicians (sounds better than sound system people kan).

How Worship Assistant looks like. Interested in this job prospect? Come and inquire! :)

Announcements

Ming Yen: powerful woman delivering announcements, complete with power-packed stints of drums and electric.

fireBRANDS' videographer, presenting..

fireBRANDS video announcements =D this time on NERD PARTY

The invites. ALL ARE INVITED so BRING YOUR FRIENDS!

And introducing fireBRANDS' two new worship team members: Gary Lee & Daniel Tan.

Sharing - the Lord's Prayer

Yup. You saw him at the sound system, then handling the video, and now he's PREACHING!

Note-taking 101: You need a notebook with at least one empty page and a pen with ink.

Formal shoes xP

Pushing out a point.

Nice handwriting lol

Notes on James' breaking-down of the Lord's Prayer, verse-by-verse.

In a nutshell, remember the meaning and substance in the Lord's Prayer. It's not something you just recite out for the sake of reciting it.

And chew on the Word :)

Service ended very appropiately with the reading of the Lord's Prayer.