PRE-RALLY

Calling all Christians

Feel that your holiday Nights are filled with boredom?

No activities planned?

No friends to hang out with because they are all busy?

Desperate to go somewhere with loads of friends?


I am here to spread an exciting news to you guys.

There is the PRE-RALLY that is organized by the ISCF Klang

It's open only for all Christians

Date :7th June 2007
Venue:MPH 2 Glad Tidings Assembly of God, Klang
1)The Workshop(on Evangelism & Follow-Up)
Time :1.30pm-5.00pm
2)The Night Rally:- 7pm-10pm
Price:Rm 5.00 (for materials and dinner. so cheap)

Note that the Night rally and the workshop are two seperate events, so all in all the pre-rally is held in one day.

So keep your dates free. Its a special event organized by the ISCF Klang. So don't miss it.


It will life changing experience for all you Christians out there.


Even the baby is excited about this event. Are you?

LEAK!

Alright, this might not be too exciting but we (committees), discussed about how our flyers are gonna look like. ACS with someone's help, came out with a design...

Here's the leak:



I personally love the idea and the colour. Not sure about you people though.

This design is just a sample only. There'll be another design coming out soon. I heard they might make the flyers as a bookmark as well =P.

Stay tuned for more leaks...

First Promotion Video

Woohoo! It's up on Youtube but we still have to wait for the server to actually broadcast it on the internet. So be patient guys! HAha! Promotion video shot by Jonathan, edited by Jonathan and Kenneth Gan. Two more to come.



Thank God that was quick. Haha! Glory to God!

And I have a leak on the flyers for this year's rally. It's just an idea. Will upload the picture tomorrow =P. Hope I don't get lecturing from the other committees.. HAha!

For those who wants to publicitise this video in your blog, please click HERE for the embed code.

To those who didn't enjoy the video, sorry.

Devotion #5

Jesus Answers Your
Fears

By Jon Walker

“Be friendly with
everyone. Don’t be proud and feel that you are smarter than others.
Make friends with ordinary people.” (Romans 12:16 CEV)

When we’re in Christian
community, we do a lot of things right, but we still have a lot to learn
about being “friendly with everyone.” (Romans 12:16) Many of us,
particularly the guys, are not very good at developing deep, deep
friendships.

But that shouldn’t
discourage us – because we “can do all things through Christ.”
As believers, we can be eternal optimists, and our relationship with
Christ provides us with tremendous potential for developing authentic,
transparent friendships.

The fear in all this
is that, in order to truly know other people, I must be willing to be
known, allowing others to get close enough to see the real me. And that
sounds a little scary, doesn’t it? What if there are parts of me that
I’m not proud of or need a lot of work?

These fears are common
to anyone, but Jesus is the answer to your fears. Did you hear that?
Jesus doesn’t just provide the answers for your fears – Jesus
is the answer to your fears.

Whether these deeper
relationships are with other believers who strengthen us in our faith,
or with unchurched people God wants to love through you, keep two things
in mind:

First, Jesus invites
you to know him intimately. Jesus isn’t afraid of deep relationships.
In fact, he went to the cross to ensure you could be “accepted in
the Beloved” (Eph. 1:6), no matter what you’ve done or no matter
how far you need to come.

Second, your intimate
friendship with Jesus will help others see that it’s not so scary
to know and be known. A godly community emerges when we observe,
practice, and model transparent, authentic, no-strings-attached relationships.

So what?

· You have to take
a risk – “Being known” by others means risk. Every time you
reach out to another person in friendship, you risk being rejected or
misunderstood. The risk may be even higher with non-believers because
of the difference in worldviews and values.

· You can’t do
it alone – Your friendship with Jesus gives you the strength you
need to risk building friendships with others. For that matter, your
friends need Jesus’ strength to develop a deep relationship with
you!

· You need to start
now – If we wait until our lives are cleaned up before we develop
deep Christian friendships, then it will never happen. Growing up in
Christ, and maturing as a believer, are lifelong pursuits and require
a deeply loving, committed community.

· Think about it
– Are there barriers that keep you from building deeper friendships?
Who are the people God wants you to reach out to in friendship?

Wanna Serve?

This might be too late, but, still gonna post it out. Alright, for those who attends CF in your school, and is interested in serving in the Interschool Rally, here are some information and places you can serve in.

Jobs

Places stated in brackets are for EACH school. Example: Ushers (3); means that each school can send a maximum of 3 people to serve as ushers for the ISCF rally.

• Ushers (3)
• Dancers (2)
• Skit (2)
• Bouncers (2)
• Counsellors (2)
• Ground and Maintainance (3)
  

If you're interested in one of the spaces, please contact your CF president/committee about it. Whoever is in charge of this in your CF will contact people who are in charge for respective jobs. Please hurry.

God bless.

Glorify HIS name through serving.

Forums?

Have a question about ISCF Rally? Maybe you have a suggestion or a comment? Or you just want to compliment on the rallies you're been to... Just post it in the forums. Also, if you have a prayer request, please.... please post it in the forums. We would very much like to help you in prayer. God bless you all!

PS: Forums link is at the Navigation sidebar.

Get Blogrolled!

Yeap, if your Christian Fellowship/Union has a website (includes blogs, forums and etc.), please post a comment in THIS topic. Please include the template below:

Name of School:
Link to website:

I'll only blogroll CF websites.

God bless.

2nd Praise and Worship Auditions

On the 29th of May 2007, it's on a Tuesday, at 2PM till 3PM in the Second Hall (first floor), GRACE Assembly, Klang. Yes people, we're having this second audition because we're still searching for a Lead Guitarist, and another Keyboardist. We're also looking for singers to join our very own ISCF Praise and Worship CHOIR TEAM! That's right! It's gonna be our first time we're having a Choir Team to back the Praise and Worship team up... So yeah, if you're committed to your CF, you play the guitar, or the keyboard, or you sing, you serve in your church, PLEASE come for the auditions! We're looking for committed, spiritually matured and passionate musicians/singers for this team. So if you're interested, come for the auditions! God bless!

And oh yeah, this audition is only for students who are schooling in secondary school, from Form 1 to Form 6 (upper or lower) or 13 years old till 18 years old (home schooling). For college students, I'm not sure...

One more important thing.. The songs that you're gonna play for auditions are Time Has Come and Take It All by Hillsong United for the praise songs. And for worship, How Great Is Our God by Chris Thomplins (sp?). All songs must be played FULL (from the beginning till the end). So, be ready! All keys are original/similar to CDs.

Devotion #4

Hey commttees how is it going? I trust everyone is on their toes and working real hard for their exams and preparations for the rally. Well, I've decided not to attach any copied devotion from my resource. So, this would be something different. By the way, this devotion is what I've been through these past three weeks.

I believe we as students share the same agony of exams, work loads and so on. I too, am not excluded. For the past three weeks, it has been energy-draining, tiring and not to mention frustrating because the stress level was really overwhelming. I could basically give you the same old no-time 1001 reasons that 'I GOT NO TIME FOR ANYTHING'. I'm, not to mention, worked up and worn out. My heart's cry on that moment was literally "God please spare me from exams!". Sooner, something really unpleasant came right in front of my face. I was struck down by devastation and started doubting God.(God forgive me!)

Until last week, I woke up and read the bible for devotion. While I was praying, God somehow told me that I'm in His blessing list. To my surprise, the first few words that came out of my mind was " Are You sure?", " Am I 50% awake and 50% asleep" . I was a doubting Thomas. Exams came, first as usual I will spend sleepless nights burning the midnight oil, there came my first paper then the next paper, and the next one. Then, the last night before the last paper, I had the most undesirable dream- I dreamt of situations that really pulls me down to the pit and people start saying mean things about me. Honestly, from that dream, it somehow made me reminisce about my past hurts. That long and cruel night, tears just flow out my eyes and deep down I feel worthless. Just imagine how wrong it is to happen at the night before my last paper!

The next morning I again prayed so hard that my emotions will not affect my performance. Then, the one -real-WOW- factor came and sorta gave me a lift. A voice came into my mind and said, " No matter who you are, what you've went through in the past, my love for you is still the same and you are precious in my sight." I felt encouraged and drawn near to Him. Then still, reluctantly I went for my last paper-Biology. There goes my results, and I still wasn't positive but I told God that whatever happens, make me humble and sustain my emotions. Low and behold, .........(you know what to say hehe=) *predictable*)

From that moment, I am reminded again that God gave us good and bad times for a reason. In our good times, we should foster a good relationship with HIm and when life's toughest moments creep in, we know where we stand in Christ. I thank God that through it all He is FAITHFUL. And all in all, he has an awesome plan ahead for u and I (Isa 49:1-7) Therefore I urge all of you to really be bold and stand strong in Him. Pray and read your bibles, strenghten that foundation with Him and then I would dare say WE could smile even through the storms. Always remember that whatever happens He's with us, and we're just His vessels ready to be used. All glory belongs to Him. My prayer to you guys is you will not let your guard down.

Alright, I've said too much =). God bless and continue to press on for more.
Always believe in you guys!

Samson.

Devotion #3

Set Apart and Appointed

By Jon Walker

"I knew you
before I formed you in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set
you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world." (Jeremiah
1:5 NLT)

Of all my teachers in school, the most influential was Judy Black, my English teacher at Miami Killian High School. Because of Judy,
I can still recite the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet; I
know the significance of Xanadu; and I know one
of the things that attracted me to my wife is that she looked like she’d
just stepped out of a Pre-Raphaelite painting.

But the greatest gift
Judy gave me was the confidence that I was shaped to be a writer. She
believed in me when I didn’t believe in myself. For years, when few
people read what I wrote, she encouraged me. She still writes to me
regularly, asking me to report on the progress of my novel (25 years
in the making – someday, Judy).

In Jeremiah 1:5, we’re
taught that God created Jeremiah to share the Creator’s message with
the nations. I believe God shaped (appointed) Judy Black to share her
enthusiasm for English and literature with public high school students
like me. I now believe God shaped me to share my writing with others
(thank you, Judy); and I believe God created you to share yourself
with those around you.

We are all diminished
if you hide yourself under a bushel, keeping your skills, your talents,
your insights, your joy, and your pain hidden from others. God wants
you to share yourself; he created you with a uniqueness that enriches
the world when you give yourself to the community around you.

Ask God why He created
you and what you’re supposed to give away. Whose life will you influence
by giving your time and talent? Maybe you’re a great singer, or a
great cook, or a great mechanic, or a great teacher. Whatever gift God
has given you, he gave it to you to give away in service to him.

So what?

· God gave you life; now give
– You were created to share your life and talents with the
community around you. Whatever gifts God gave you, he gave them to you
so you could give them in service to him.

· Find a way to share
– What is your talent? What is your passion? Whatever it is,
ask God to show you ways to share it with others.
Tell God you want to be used by him to bless those around you, and then
begin to actively watch for the doors he opens.

· Say thanks to one who shared – No
doubt someone in your life was influential to you, just as Judy was
influential to me. Maybe you haven’t seen or heard from that person
in years or maybe that person lives in the same house as you. Regardless,
talk/call/write/visit that person and say thank you – “Thank you
for what you shared and for the way you so deeply influenced my life.”