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As majority of the crowd strolls into the restaurant at 7.30pm, one is easily reminded of a typical wedding dinner setup – except there was no elegant bride and dashing bridegroom in sight. Or maybe just perhaps, it was the wedding banquet of Christ and the church.

Tables were slowly filled up by people of a common struggle. Indeed, Christ could have also hung on the cross to fight off hung-er. Since God is faithful and will not let us be tempted beyond what we can bear, we were shown grace in the form of peanuts. We also learnt that we should not find relieve in temporary things, but know that God is our all sufficiency and we will find rest in him. With everyone gathered in unison to sing praises and invite God into the midst of us and enjoying the table that is laid before us the entire dinner kick-start with a spirit of anticipation and enjoyment with representatives from ROLLED-72 bringing in dishes in true blue banquet style.

There were exchanges of introductions and activities that took place throughout the evening with witty hosts of Adrian and Shi Jun. The highlight of the blessing draw was overshadowed by an unexpected event. The challenge for every table to decorate a dish with scraps from a sumptuous 8 course meal turned out to be a popular one. With each finalist coming up onto the stage to do a presentation on their theological findings in their partially consumed prawn and chicken heads, the deserving winning dish was one whose presenter intoxicated everyone by her presentation. The entire event was a meal, wedding banquet, theology lesson and whacky games all ROLLED into one. We could all agree that indeed, this was family time.

Truly, the greatest blessing we have in life is knowing God. As a family, let us all continue to grow, and have a restful and blessed year ahead!

Written by Stevie Zeng (Ps Roland’s Tribe)

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On the 22^nd of July, the ROLLED cluster gathered in Omega Room 1 and 2 for a time to spur one another to PRESS ON in the 100K Blessing Campaign. One and a half weeks had gone… Some of us had finished blessing 20 people and more. Some of us were only able to bless a few. Nevertheless, all of us had started and were determined to be faithful and finished the race. 

As we gathered together, testimonies were shared and prayers were uttered. It was a time of encouragement. Here are the testimonies shared…

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Matthew 28:18 – 20 (100K Campaign)
Go and make disciples… baptizing… teaching them… I AM WITH YOU…  100K campaign to me was a journey of walking close to God, partnering with the Holy Spirit and understanding His heartbeat and desire to use us to be His blessings. 

From the start, 100K didn’t kick off as fast as I will like. Part of the reasons is that I was trying to overcome my own inertia and partly I feel that I need to start this 100K by praying. Hence at the end of the week, I only managed to bless one person. Nonetheless, the Lord is gracious. As I took time to wait upon Him, He reveals to me the numerous opportunities that He has given to me to bless and that I have completely missed His open doors. One good example is on one occasion, I sms a contact that I knew in my previous job and eventually found out that she is in the hospital. To many, this is an excellent time to share with her the 100K campaign, somehow it didn’t occur to me till some time later.  

Learning from the mistakes the Lord reveal to me on the 1^st week, my prayer to God is that Lord please help me to be sensitive to your leading and prompting. The 1^st breakthrough came on the 17^th August, Tuesday where I have the honor to pray for my younger brother on His 26^th Birthday!! Originally I wanted to share with him the 100K 2 days ago but he was at the chalet without my prior knowledge. When I finished praying for him I realized the significance of why God did not allow me to pray for him earlier but instead on His birthday!! I knew in my heart God care and will be with me in this journey. My faith grew and I began to be sensitive to His leading     The next few days that followed was really Spirit lead. 

One instance is that I managed to pray for a stranger I meet at the bus stop in a funny circumstance and I believe only God can orchestrate this!! There are only 2 of us sitting in the bus stop, one on each benches and both waiting for 196. What happen next was that there came 3 buses back to back of the same route number – 16. Now, how many times does this ever occur to you. The moment we realized this, the only reaction we had is to turn to each other and frown. Knowing in my spirit that this is the prefect opening God has created; I jumped into starting a conversation with him. In the short time we had, I discovered  

- We stay very near one another- He came from the same home town and the same fishing village as my dad- His sister is a Christian – His concern for looking a new job 

And of course I end up sharing the 100K and keeping him in prayer  

Other open doors from God were  

-          Went back camp for 2 hours and managed to pray for my 2 sergeants because it was raining heavily and they decided to wait for me to fetch me out from the camp  
-          Given a sumptuous treat at Chijmes by an ex-colleague and then sharing the 100K with her after the treat
-          Received  an sms from a friend who went overseas since January and never got in touch with me till the very same day I have no one to bless and am asking God for open door   

To end, just want to encourage you all that when we make ourselves available to God echoing to Him our desire to want to bless, step out in faith and be sensitive to His leading. The Lord will be with you and 100k campaign is no longer difficult to accomplish! In fact, this journey will be equally a blessing to you seeing God moved in your life as it is to the people you bless!!! STEP OUT in this rewarding journey for GOD!!       

From Faith to Faith
Jerome (Pastor Roland’s 12, RL Tribe) 

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To God be the glory!

At the start of the year, when I filled out the Warrior of light matrix, I filled up in the family portion, that my whole family would accept Christ and we could all worship God together as a family. I thought it was almost a gone case situation as my parents haven’t been completely open about coming to church. However the 100K campaign proved otherwise and have inspired me to continue praying for a breakthrough in my family.

On the Sunday last week before coming to church, I approached my grandmother and offered to bless her. I was afraid that she would reject me and she would say it’s alright, that she could pray for herself. To my surprise, my grandmother was rather forthcoming and she went ‘WHOA. YOUR CHURCH IS DOING THIS BLESSING THING ARH? OK BLESS ME BLESS ME!’. I went through the list with her, and she ticked most of the boxes including the box labeled eternal life! Thank God! I couldn’t believe my ears at first and had to ask her again and she said yes, she was very sure. Hence she prayed the sinners’ prayer, and I handed the remaining slip to her and told her to pray it every night. When I came home from church that night, she conscientiously asked me how to pronounce every single word and read the whole prayer out asking me whether it sounded alright!

On that same Sunday, I managed to bless my relatives too. I intended to bless my Aunt and cousins but I wasn’t sure when I would see them, so I wanted to do the blessing campaign by phone, however their phones were engaged. I felt like giving up, but on my way home from service, my cousin text messaged me to come home quickly, as they were coming over to visit.

Upon rushing and reaching home, I promptly whipped out my 100K blessing cards, and blessed my aunt and cousin. My uncle wasn’t so open about it but my aunt actually persuaded him and encouraged him to receive the blessing, exclaiming ‘ you lau pek kong, leg everyday pain, let her bless you with health la ‘. Although he still refused eventually, I’m convicted to keep praying for him.

My mum and dad were also open about it, my mum insisting that she wanted more and more blessings, even some which they did not need! My dad also told my mum that he would like to go to church regularly and volunteer in church after he has retired. Thanks be to God!

God has also let the hearts of my friends be open to the 100K campaign. Previously when I asked classmates to go to church, the response would more often be no, or another time. But this time, many of my friends welcomed the idea, and a classmate by the name of Nigel whom I wanted to bless, but he was busy and told me later. I forgot about it until he even reminded me about it! Thank God that my friends open to receive blessings in this 100K campaign!

This weekend, Candy checked with me the number of blessings I have done and whether I wanted more 100K blessing cards. I was afraid and worried that there was no one else for me to bless. But thank God, He prompted me to bless the entire Prefectorial board, and many more others! I intend to start right now, and not rest till I finish blessing the entire Prefectorial board.

May this inspire you to go forth and be a warrior of light. Seize the opportunities to let the world know about God!

God Bless,
Elizabeth Foo (Candy’s cell, DE tribe)

Many of you would have heard “Welcome to FCBC, God bless you!” along the walkway leading to Max Pavilion, or “God bless you, see you next week!” at the gates of Hall 9 every week. But for the month of July, not only did you hear all these, you would also have seen familiar faces in the green vests and yellow caps smiling at you!

 Yes, it was the RLL tribe on Hospitality Duty this month!

And God is good to us. He gave us 5 weeks to serve Him this time round. Hohoho.
I thank God for the privilege to serve Him in this area, together with the RLL family. Someone once shared this with me:
It doesn’t matter where we are serving the Lord. Be it in the worship team, the choir, the Lord’s Supper team, the hospitality team or even the security, it’s all the same to the Lord. Leading worship is not more superior than the choir, nor the hospitality more inferior than something else. God takes delight in ALL our services.
This has greatly encouraged my heart for the 5 weeks of service in the Hospitality Team.

Today, as we ended our service in the Hospitality Team, Danny shared this with us:
It is not only during the month of Hospitality Duty that we put on a smile and say, “God bless you”. In fact, we are to be hospitable every week. Be it smiling to the one sitting next to you, or shaking the hands of those around you, it is a form of hospitality. And this is worship unto the Lord. Worship is not just singing songs and jumping around. This simple act is also an act of worship.
So, though our duty in the Hospitality Team has ended, let the spirit of hospitality continue on! =)

And before we hear more from our fellow Hospitality Team members, take a look at this warm-up session that Clarence led us in before service!
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Written by: Huimin (Xiangru’s tribe)

“I think what I caught from this year’s cluster camp is a practical equipping experience from the lord to be a spiritual father, I could feel that right from the beginning, the Lord was putting the love that I had, the love that wants to see my friend come to Christ, the love to see my brothers grow stronger in the Lord, to the test. How desperately did I want that? Desperation was the key.

And that was just what i had asked the Lord for, going into this camp! I was thirsty, craving for the Lord to come and fill me again with a greater measure of his spirit to love the people around me. It’s not easy, you & I both know that its nothing to love the lovable, but I think God has been constantly challenging my love for the “unlovable” as well!

Being a superstar, not by the world’s standards, because God’s standards are way higher than that, and yet…What amazes me is how we can fight to meet the world’s standards and fail but we’re exactly how God likes us, nothing short! We set expectations on others and even ourselves, and the unfortunate conclusion is that the greater the expectation, the greater the risk of disappointment- but that’s not how it is with God! God’s love overlooks our imperfections, He is perfect YET easily pleased!

God doesn’t set any expectations in loving us, giving us His all but expecting nothing in return except that we love him with all we are too. So what gives us any right to do that with others? I know He’s working in my life even now, teaching me how to love just as He did!

Lord I know I’ll falter, but even then- hour hand is steady and firm, a gentle yet powerful reminder that Hou first loved me and because of that, I can love me for me and others for who they are, though we are imperfect- but God You take delight in our imperfections,through which You can be made perfect.  So I pray that in You we will stand tall, Your people will not be silent- like a city on a hill,we cannot hide! We will not hide, so let us burn bright. Amen.”

‘You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on it’s stand,and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way let your light shine before men,that they may see your good deeds and praise your father in heaven.’  (Matthew 5:14-16)

Gifford (Lionel’s tribe) 

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“This is my first ever cluster camp I have ever attended. I was particularly excited since I’ve been hearing so many fun stuffs happening during this camp. This camp was also very different for me, cause as many of you people will know, I have this “Marist ONLY” group and cause of that, I was only close to them and only John came! Xianbin, Ryan (hongchow) and Don didn’t come! Even Lionel was not there! I felt very lonely.  On my way to Temasek, not very sure why, I was praying for the worship not to start without me. I had this urge to worship him. When I reached there, Kenny brought me up to the hall and THANK GOD! They were playing games and worship was just about to start.

During the worship, God said “Be Free. Be Free.” I didn’t understand what it meant at all.  The games were extremely fun! At night, we had a tough time making our “beds”(tables la). We didn’t want to sleep on the floor cause its real dirty and HUGE spiders everywhere. We had a lot of fun deciding who sleep with who and other rubbish. I opened up. I used to think that they were a bunch of very dull people and did not want to be part of them. But I was wrong. They truly are very funny people and people that give their 100% to God.

–Fast-forward to the second night—
Because I had to leave for wedding lunch, I came back just to realize that I had to dance! I was really afraid because I forgot all the steps. I went around looking for the possible dancers and managed to gather a few of my “competitors” and shared about what we know. Oh yes, Candy came to help us after that! Haha… she helped us ALOT. THANKS CANDY! (:  When the dinner was about to start, all the dancers were to gather at the back of the hall. I was very very scared. My group, Group 9, had tambourines and shakers, I think, to cheer on for me. I felt very very stressed that I might not be able to live up to their expectations. At the back, we were arranged according to our groups and briefed about what we had to do. There was this section that’s like free dance- dance to whatever song they gave you. There was even more stress now! I don’t know anything about dance, what will I have to do during that segment!? Yu Ping came to pray of us. I remembered clearly what she said. “This dance is NOT for your group, its FOR God. No matter how lousy it is, just have fun!” At that point, those words really felt senseless to me. I was really very scared. To make matters worst, everyone was rehearsing. Finally it was showtime, the first group came out and the dance was really impressive. The look at how hard the group members were cheering was very stressful. Once again, I thought about my group members expectations for me. I was scared. Before I knew it, I was out. There were many times I struggled to remember the steps but I slowly began to have fun. I slowly began to understand what God had told me initially! Be Free. Surrender all fears to him and have fun. He had already planned for me to dance in front of everyone!! I won the consolation prize (:

There was a skit after the segment. The skit was about someone who has to learn to dance just because his company wants him to. He feels lost, dejected. Then Casey sung “Who am I”, a beautiful song which I have always held close to me. The leaders were told to pray for us. I was shagged by all the things happening around me, I felt very very tired and God gave me rest! Hallelujah!

I LOVE MY BROTHERS NOW!!”

Nigel (Lionel’s tribe) 

“This was the first superstar camp I’ve been to. Thank God that 2 of my friends accepted the invitation to come for this camp. Was hoping that one of them, who’s not a Christian, may be able to be touched by God’s grace through the worship or talks given by the pastors. But they left on the second day, as they were quite uncomfortable and shocked about the slaining. I guess God has everything planned in his time, and I’m glad they came. Was overwhelmed by the activities eg. Amazing race, which were fun and enriching, special thanks to all who helped to organize them. Am looking forward to the next camp ” 

Isobel Nga (Xiangru’s tribe)

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“This is my first church camp. Even though I attended a lot of camps this year, but this is definitely one of the most memorable camps that I had. I learnt many things which I am not able to learn in school. I also meet different people and made a lot of friends. This camp also helps me to understand my cell group people better as we get to spend a lot of times with each other. I treasure these times and will always remember those happy moments I had with them. . This camp also brings me nearer to God. I know more about Him and understand more about His love for me. Overall, I enjoyed the camp a lot.” 

Shuwen (Xiangru’s tribe)

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“Although I attended one day of it, but I know that God is speaking to me through Pastor Roland. I heard about the “Ask the Experts” part 1 and it left me with a great impression. Pastor mentioned that every one of us is a superstar in God’s eyes. In our daily lives, we always try to “overdo” ourselves to be special to our friends. Because we want everyone to accept us. But we aren’t our true self. We are an imitation of others or someone. So, all we have to do is to be yourself. Because God loves us for who we are. Because we are special in our own ways. God created us this way. We need not be perfect towards others, because nobody is perfect at all.  Through the amazing race, I learnt that God has always been very patient towards us. I don’t know why I will think this way. But it’s through the counting of beans that made me realized that I don’t have much patience with others, whenever one committed a mistake or make me irritated. But God, He is different. No matter how much sin we have committed, He is able to forgive us. And He did not want us to change immediately. He gave us time to repent to realize our mistakes. GOD is just so great! (:” 

Michelle Chen (Candy’s tribe) 

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 ”The cluster camp has been a great time where I have learnt more about God, discover more about myself, made new friends, and received the revelation of my gifts and plans that God has for me. Not only that, I also learnt how to deal with the performance trap that is so evident in today’s society. In this year of victory. I want to go deep, look far and ask big, to be that superstar that God has created me to be! I want to be a SUPERSTAR!” 

Sarah Teo (Sharon’s tribe) 

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Let’s look at some great shots of the Amazing Race!

The Committee & Mentors Appreciation dinner was held on 24/June/2007, and this was the slideshow that was produced for them. Enjoy… )

CLICK the picture above to play the slideshow, or [CLICK HERE] to download the hi-res (1024×768) version. (43.55Mb)

For the full photo gallery (600+ photos), CLICK HERE!

Update: The photo gallery from the appreciation can be found HERE!

RoLLED Cluster had our SuperStar Training Academy during the June holidays. After 3 days of training, let’s hear what the campers have to say!

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“I was truly blessed by this year’s cluster camp!! Actually, I wasn’t exactly looking forward to it. Yet, I wasn’t unwilling to go either. I’ve been bogged down by a very hectic holiday schedule and before I knew it, POOF, it was cluster camp. In fact, I was shocked. “Huh? It’s cluster camp already?” I went for the camp in a kind of neutral feeling and feeling quite tired. However, throughout the camp, the Holy Spirit was greatly manifested in every worship session and every ministry session. On the first night, He had already spoken to me and touched me. I was refreshed in His presence. God reminded me that irregardless of what circumstances we come from, whatever our present state of hearts are, we should give Him due praise and glory simply because He deserves it. So, rather than bothering about what is happening around us, we should instead focus on the one who gave His life for us, Jesus Christ. The bridge of the theme song aptly describes how I feel and the reason why we should worship Him:

“Not because of who I am
But because of what you’ve done
Not because of what I’ve done
But because of who you are”

The most significant thing that happened to me during the camp was that God healed me of my rejection that He had been dealing with me over the past year. I could really literally feel like I’ve been set free. God took away the pain and replaced it with a heart full of joy (I’m a happy kid!! Lalala.) He took away unforgiveness and filled me with His forgiveness. He put the past behind me to prepare me for His destiny. He took away all the negative things in me and gave me a heart of gratitude, a heart burning with passion and fire for Him once again. Even when worshipping Him now, I can feel the difference. I feel free. I don’t know how to describe the feeling. But I really thank God for what He has done in my life. He allowed me to come to a point where I have to acknowledge that, ”Apart from Him, I’m really nothing.”

God was truly good throughout the whole camp. I believe that each and every single person was touched by God in one way or another. Thank God for His sweet presence!! Definitely, we can see His hand in every activity that was planned; the sunny weather for Amazing Race (hot!) etc. Woots! I also thank God the camp committee for planning this camp. Games, especially, were much more interesting as they were planned for the youths. Personally, I quite like the idea of fishing for the Amazing Race clue (I suspect I’m the only one. Haha.) Furthermore, meals are getting better. They taste better than last year’s food, I think. Plus, I thank God for the mentors for setting themselves apart to be used as an empty vessel by God to minister to His people.”

Jarelyn (Sarah’s tribe) 

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“This is my first time going for the cluster camp and I really enjoyed myself. The activities that were organized were fun and exciting especially the amazing race. But what impacted me the most was not the activities we had. I remembered that on the last day of the camp pastor talked about trust, about trusting in the Lord and being disappointed in him at times. This message really impacted me greatly; it had brought back my trust in him. Knowing that he’ll be there for us and that we should trust him and have faith in him because he’ll never leave us nor forsake us. “Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your path straight.”(Proverbs 3:5, 6)  Through some events in my life, I had doubts about God; whether He’s really there for me… But, all these doubts had been cleared as I am sure that He’ll always be there for us and I’ve regained my trust in the Lord. I really thank God for this camp and for even being able to go for it and not forgetting the big family. I had really enjoyed this camp and of course, making many friends.”

Danica (Sarah’s tribe) 

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“I thank God for this camp as it helped me to understand why being Christ-like and chasing my dreams are important. Holy Spirit reminded me to live a life as a true worshipper and believer of God in all things I do. He said that I could look to Jesus as the perfect example. God ministered to my heart during one of the sessions when Pastor invited us to receive a hug. The hug once again reminded me of the Father’s love; that He loves us even if we fail in everything we do. After this camp, I made a commitment to God and a renewed desire to draw close to Him each day.”

Arel Yip (Jerome’s tribe)

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“During the cluster camp, I learnt the main purpose of coming here and that is to be a superstar for god!! I always felt that I wasn’t especially good at anything so I went on a search of importance for myself. One of them was education and I slowly became addicted to the performance trap. I wanted to ace in every subject except language. Eventually i grew tired and weary mentally. It was through this camp that I found my importance in Christ. Whenever we try hard to be special, it hinders our relationship with God. Hence it becomes hard for God to execute his plan. So seeking God’s presence will seize His purpose in my life and bring out the superstar in me!!!”

Rachel Foo (Candy’s tribe)

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“Cluster camp allowed me to know more people,had a fun and enjoyable time with my group members. Through this camp,God also reminded me that He loves me for who I am, that though Man is hard to please but God, being the heavenly father that He is, loves us no matter what we wear, how we look like etc cause we’re all special in His eyes. =)”

Juliane Lee (Candy’s tribe)

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“During this cluster camp, Renette and I invited Huixin & Marisa to come for cluster camp. At first when I heard that Marisa was in my group, I was rather dismayed as I wasn’t as close to her as I was to her as Huixin. But then, I wanted to work harder to “connect” with Marisa instead to reach out to her.
When I saw that she wasn’t open I felt discouraged, I felt like I’ve failed.  I almost gave up on the second day, but then bit by bit Marisa opened up, she started asking me questions about why we christians did this and that and what happens. During the church service, she was much more on high and open. I realized that it wasn’t a one step thing. That I could just pray and touch her enough to accept Christ & that was enough. Instead I’m gonna press on to continue telling her about Jesus, that one day she’ll come to know Christ.”

Elizabeth Foo (Candy’s tribe)

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“Being a non christian, i didn’t know much about God or about the things that He did, but after going for the cluster camp, i got to know more about Him and that Hhe sacrificed alot for all of us. Even though most of the time i didn’t know what to do, like for example when they starting praying or started singing, i didn’t know whether to join in or just remain silent, but nevertheless, this cluster camp was a real eye opener and i really got to see the other side of christianity.”

Marisa Ong (Candy’s tribe)