Gryp Happenings

Beloved Mothers & Mother's Day

2011-05-09T19:40:00.002+08:00

Speaker: Pastor Peter 7th May 2011

The story of the Seven Lies of a Mother

This story begins when I was a child: I was born poor. Often we hadn’t enough to eat. Whenever we had some food, Mother often gave me her portion of rice. While she was transferring her rice into my bowl, she would say “Eat this rice, son! I’m not hungry.“
This was Mother’s First Lie.

As I grew, Mother gave up her spare time to fish in a river near our house; she hoped that from the fish she caught, she could give me a little bit more nutritious food for my growth. Once she had caught just two fish, she would make fish soup. While I was eating the soup, mother would sit beside me and eat what was still left on the bone of the fish I had eaten; My heart was touched when I saw it. Once I gave the other fish to her on my chopstick but she immediately refused it and said, “Eat this fish, son! I don’t really like fish.“
This was Mother’s Second Lie.

Then, in order to fund my education, Mother went to a Match Factory to bring home some used matchboxes which she filled with fresh matchsticks. . This helped her get some money to cover our needs. One wintry night I awoke to find Mother filling the matchboxes by candlelight. So I said, “Mother, go to sleep; it’s late: you can continue working tomorrow morning.” Mother smiled and said “Go to sleep, son! I’m not tired.“
This was Mother’s Third Lie

When I had to sit my Final Examination, Mother accompanied me.. After dawn, Mother waited for me for hours in the heat of the sun. When the bell rang, I ran to meet her.. Mother embraced me and poured me a glass of tea that she had prepared in a thermos. The tea was not as strong as my Mother’s love, Seeing Mother covered with perspiration; I at once gave her my glass and asked her to drink too. Mother said “Drink, son! I’m not thirsty!“.
This was Mother’s Fourth Lie.

After I had finished my studies and gotten a job, it was time for my old Mother to retire but she carried on going to the market every morning just to sell a few vegetables. I kept sending her money but she was steadfast and even sent the money back to me. She said, “I have enough money.“
That was Mother’s Fifth Lie.

I continued my part-time studies for my Master’s Degree. Funded by the American Corporation for which I worked, I succeeded in my studies. With a big jump in my salary, I decided to bring Mother to enjoy life in America but Mother didn’t want to bother her son; she said to me “I’m not used to high living.“
That was Mother’s Sixth Lie

In her dotage, Mother was attacked by cancer and had to be hospitalized. Now living far across the ocean, I went home to visit Mother who was bedridden after an operation. Mother tried to smile but I was heartbroken because she was so thin and feeble but Mother said, “Don’t cry, son! I’m not in pain.“
That was Mother’s Seventh Lie.

M – O – T – H – E – R

“M” is for the Million things she gave me,
“O” means Only that she’s growing old,
“T” is for the Tears she shed to save me,
“H” is for her Heart of gold,
“E” is for her Eyes with love-light shining in them,
“R” means Right, and right she’ll always be,

Put them all together, they spell “MOTHER”

A word that means the world to me.

-We have to appreciate and love our mother. Not one day, not on Mother's Day, not on her Birthday. But EVERYDAY. Yes, with every beat of your heart.

How Do we Love our own Mother?

- We need to express our love to our mother everyday, not just because today's Mother's Day.

- Jesus even expressed his concern to His earthly Mother!

John 19: 26-27
²⁵ Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” ²⁷ and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.

- Thus, what more us? We obviously NEED to show our concern to our Mother.

- There are a few ways to love your Mother.

1. Love Her Verbally

- Whenever you talk to her, or in your speeches with her, use words of love.

- It would bring assurance, encouragement and comfort to your mother.

- Say words like, "Thank You, Mum," "I'm sorry, Mum" "I love you, Mum"

- Though, sometimes, your mum isn't perfect and she would nag, or even shout at you. Hence, you feel frustrated and angry, then show your tantrum or even shout back.

- Well, not to make you feel dumb, but you AREN'T perfect too! So shouting back or anger doesn't make matters better, or doesn't make you a winner. It just makes you... well, Foolish.

- Instead you could say " Mum, I'm terribly sorry," and then all would be good.

2. Love Her Physically

- Your Mother was the first person to ever touch you.

- She was the one who wrapped you in her womb for 9 Months!

- Then when you were born, she was the first to hold you, gently rub you, embrace you, hug you and held on to you. Your Mother was the first to ever held you in her arms.

- Then when you're a toddler, she's the first to ever wipe your mouth, feed you, bath you, change your diapers, wear your clothes for you, comb your hair, clean your wound to when you injure yourself and more.

- The Physical Touch was there. The touch of love was first poured out on you by your mother.

- Well, how do you express it to her physically? By hugging her, kiss her on her cheek, massage her, holding her hand... All this speaks a lot to her.

-When you embrace her, she could feel your love.

- This would convey a good meaning towards her.

- You could just sit beside her to show that you really want to be with her or next to her by her side.

3. Love Her Patiently

- You must learn how to appreciate what your mother had done for you.

- Sometimes we are not patient to our Mother and we take her for granted.

- When she ask you to do a house chore, you complain. When she ask you to help her, you drag your feet. And when she ask you to do your homework, you scream at her.

- Well, think of it this way... When you ask your mum to wash your clothes, did she leave it dirty? When you ask your mum to cook your favorite dish, did she cook your least favorite? And when you said you are too busy with homework to help her with her chores, did she leave it unfinished?

- Therefore, we must be patient to her and understand what she is going through. Never complain. She did everything for you!

4. Love Her Attentively

- Be patient to listen to your Mother. Obey her.

- Your Mother always listen to you and then give you advices when you come home from school being all worn out and the situations in school.

- Sometimes, we carelessly listen to our Mother. We only listen with half an ear to her.

- We must be able to offer her our ears to listen attentively and patiently to do what is right.

- She would really appreciate it very much.

5. Love Her Gratefully

- Be genuinely thoughtful to your Mum.

- Show you thankfulness for all that she had done. She had done so much for you and even sacrifice her favorite things because of you.

- She did it out of love.

A little boy came up to his mama in the kitchen one evening
While she was fixing supper
And he handed her a piece of paper he'd been writin' on
And after wipin' her hands on her apron she read it and this is what it said...
"For mowing the yard 5 dollars"
"For making my own bed this week 1 dollar"
"For going to the store 50 cents"
"For playing with my little brother while you went shopping 25 cents"
"For taking out the trash 1 dollar"
"For getting a good report card 5 dollars"
"and for raking the yard 2 dollars"
Total amount owed 14 dollars and 75 cents
Well as mama looked at him standing there expectantly
And he could see the memories flashing through her mind
And so she picked up the pen and turning the paper over
This is what she wrote and he read...
"For the nine months she carried you growing inside me, no charge"
"For the nights I sat up with you doctoring you praying for you, no charge"
"For the time and the tears that you've caused through the years there's no charge"
"For the nights filled with dread and the worries ahead, no charge"
"For advice and for knowledge and the cost of your college, no charge"
"For the toys food and clothes and for wiping your nose there's no charge"
"When you added all up the full cost of our love is no charge"
Well when he finished readin' he had big tears in his eyes
And he looked up at his mother and he said mama I sure do love you
Then he took the pen and in great big letter he wrote "Paid In Full"
When you added all up the full cost of her love is no charge.

6. Love Her Generously

- Don't be stingy when it comes to spending something for you Mother.

- Do something for her, like on Mother's Day, buy her something she love!

7. Love Her Honorably

- We have to honor our parents, thus Mums aren't excluded out from it.

- It is very very, essential to obey and honor her words, then your life will be long.

In conclusion, do this not only on Mother's Day but everyday.

Love your Mamas!

~grypers.

Yes! We are praying for you!

2011-05-01T14:52:00.003+08:00

These are the fellow youths who are attends our Sunday service regularly, but not in our Youth.

Well, we are of course praying for them. Hopefully God would make a way. The ages are between 12 years to 17 years old.

LESTER LOH CARMEN LAW CELESTE LAW CHLOE LAW

ISAAC KHO AIZEN YEOH (AIZEN'S SIS) KONG HUEI LING

SAMANTHA SARKAR THOR EU WERN KRISTY TAN JUSTIN TAN

ANGELICA TAN SHANNON CHEAH SERENE PERERA EMILY ONG

MICHELLE ONG VANESSA YAW

~grypers

Ghosts & Spirits

2011-04-30T21:39:00.004+08:00

Speaker: Joe

Humans are tripartite. This means that Humans are composed or divided into three parts, namely our Body, Soul and Spirit.

It is the Spirit of a man that enables him to worship and connect to God.

When we die, our Spirit is the only one to continue its journey to everlasting life.

Then, our Soul, which where our emotions, personality, character, feelings, moral values and more are sourced from.

Thirdly, our Body, it's simply just our Physical being, which when we die would remain on Earth.

1 Thessalonians 5: 23-24
²³ May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

Questions to ponder:

1. Do Ghosts really exist?

- The definition of Ghost, simply means INTERCHANGEABLE.

- The belief of "ghost" among men, already existed several thousand years ago.

Matthew 14:26

- In the Bible, Jesus also talks about the 7 evil spirits. Matthew 12: 44-45

2. What happens when we Die?

- Obviously, there's only two places to go: Heaven or Hell.

2 Corinthians 5: 8
⁸ We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

- Jesus already promised us that we would have a place in Heaven, when we accepted him into our hearts. John 14: 1-3

- Thus, we shall not be afraid to die.

3. Are there such thing as haunted houses?

- The ghosts that are in these haunted houses are usually predicted by psychics.

- These ghosts aren't those who died in that house, but rather are the demons, evil spirits or fallen angels. They could manifest themselves.

- On the other hand, a psychic means in ancient Greek, of the mind or mental, or also called sensitive.

- The psychic is very sensitive to the supernatural world and somehow claims to have a sixth sense. Well, though some say they are true and some oppose to this, there is such a thing in reality.

- The reason why psychics exist is because of the opening up of one man's Spirit to the spiritual world of darkness.

- 1 Samuel 28 talks about a spiritist and Saul.

In conclusion to this topic, we end with the question: In your opinion, do you think Demons could harm us? Why, or why not?

- Certainly, we, as Christians believe that they couldn't.

1 John 4: 4
⁴ You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

2 Corinthians 13:5
⁵ Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?

Isaiah 43: 1
¹ But now, this is what the LORD says—
he who created you, Jacob,
he who formed you, Israel:
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

Well, hope you all are inspired!

This really put our mind in thoughts. I can honestly say that I, personally asked questions that I couldn't answer and had been in my head for quite some time. Well, I had a satisfaction of the answers I got today and some couldn't be answered because it's far beyond everyone of our logics and comprehensions. I guess God have some wonderful secrets to share with us after all. Maybe that's the reason why some questions couldn't be answered. Who knows?

God bless!

~grypers

Hmmmm... What's next?

2011-04-04T20:09:00.004+08:00

Hi there fellow GRYPERS! Great to be here again posting/updating this blog!

Well, let's go back to the 2nd April, which is last Saturday... We played AWESOME-ly or in other words we're just SUPERB.

Futsal

The boys played well, Applause.

For more details, refer to the guys, I'm not that sure either.

Netball

Yeah, we trained. Of course, we played hard.

Team work was seen among us.

Aunty Phoebe was a great coach. haha.

As well as Aunty Amy. (:

Though we may not achieve victory at the first few games, but we had shown our best at the last. Not bad, not bad.

Got lots of motivation from our supporters.

It was great and a really good experience for

all the players.

Overall, it was worth the try. We did our best and pushed ourselves beyond our limits to achieve the very most of our games. Of course, we didn't forget God, who was the main guide and referee in our game. Thank God for his divine protection and strength upon us. WIN or LOSE, we would still praise God. We had fun, and the most important thing is we enjoyed ourselves and bond with one another, united as one body of Christ. hehe. :)

Well, after this event, of course we hadn't stop! What's coming up next...

YEAH! IT'S SWITCHFOOT AND THEIR COMING TO MALAYSIA!

ARE YOU A FAN? WANNA COME WITH US?

Go to our Facebook page or contact John Tan to book tickets fassssstttt! Or you could just visit this event's page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176239085756905

Venue: Dewan Mutiara (4th Floor Kompleks Mutiara), Jalan Ipoh, KL

Date: 1st May 2011

Time & Day: 8pm, Sunday

If you are interested hurry up, contact GRYP now! Come with us, we'll have a splendid time together!

That's all for now. God Bless!

©grypers

Youth Tracting

2011-04-01T14:33:00.005+08:00

Youth has its tracting last Saturday which is the 27th March 2011.

I'm not that sure about the details... lol. **(will update soon.)

Sorry.

Tomorrow would be the AG Futsal and Netball, where all AG churches meet for a tournament. Whoo-hoooo! God bless the players involved! Whoots!

Would hope to have awesome supporters for Hosanna Praise Assembly. Gambateh!

Hahaha.

That's it for now. God bless ya'll.

More updates to come. Stay tuned.

In.Love 2009

2009-09-13T13:05:00.002+08:00

For the full in.love album visit our facebook page.

click here

End of the spear

2009-08-10T23:11:00.005+08:00

Whoa. Quaterly updates. This is long but we're gonna revive it.

We watched 'End of the Spear' movie last saturday and it was awe-inspiring.

This wasn't the 1st time I've watched it. In fact I wanted to watch it in youth after one fine day of reading Jesus Freak II which contained stories from them and to use it to just inspire people to reach out and with the movie having so many things to learn, From using the airplane as a tool to reaching out, Being passionate to make contact to forgiveness. Man!

If you don't already know the movie, it is about how 5 missionaries turned the once cannibalism and man-hunting tribe (Waodani) to a tribe that till today went all around the world to share gospel. This is truly truly amazing. Although the message has very subtle messages about the gospel but the effect that the 5 missionaries remained until today.

One of my favourite quote was actually from Nate Saint when he was answering his son when his son asked if the dad would use his gun. He told him "Son, we can't shoot the Waodani, they are not ready for heaven. But we are." WOW that was a one liner that literally put the whole movie to its height. The passion to its core!

The movie was so good that at 1st I was suppose to do like some sort of closing, giving extra annotation to the movie helping them understand how we can use simple methods to evangelise, going out to the mission field etc... I did absolutely nothing. Because it was just too good and they know it. Some wanted to watch it again. So? What's you opinion of the movie guys?

Steve Saint and Micanyani in real life

Hip hop dance

2009-05-24T23:16:00.001+08:00

I don't know where to post this haha

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

part 5

Part 6

Part 7

THUS FAR

Christmas Hat Partay~

2008-12-29T12:18:00.002+08:00

Yo yo yo guys! while I am sorting out the rest of the photos, here's the complete hat photos. I have missed some people out I suppose hehe. I am sorry if I did. Anyway the rest will be up in my facebook pretty soon and I will add a link here

Christmas Party

2008-12-15T21:52:00.005+08:00

Wohoo! It's that time of the year again. Christmas is here and so is our Christmas party. =) So lets all come and gather together for some time of fellowship, fun and laughter. Details are

Venue : No. 12A Jalan Putra Permai 10/1D, Putra Heights 47650 Subang Jaya, Selangor
Dress code : Hat party (any head-wear)
Gift : min RM 10
Time : 7pm

You're welcomed to bring friends along with you to the party. Please confirm with Christine ASAP at 017-6659616 or at totalgirl91@yahoo.com if you are coming.
Thanks. See you there. =)

GRYP Retreat 2008

2008-10-05T18:12:00.004+08:00

Ok let's set the venue and all first before I talk about it

Date: 26-28 December 2008

Venue: Broga, Semenyih

Price RM110 (Before the 9th of November)

Alright, This is the 1.2.3.4.5th Gryp Retreat we are having and boy I think this will be the best one yet.... Well, today I am going to show you the place where we are going to stay. It is in broga. We'll be doing some activities including the awesome and wellknown FLYING FOX... Oh dun say dowan come because scared... because I am not going to show you the flying fox here. HEHE

Somethings we're going to be doing

Kla Kla I know you all want to see the flying fox la I dunno whether I want to show you the pic of the flying fox or not... OK I SHOW YOU ONLY.... don't tell other people ok... this is going to be the secret between you and me... but I am sorry this is as far as I can show you la

Happy? Now sign up for retreat. To do so, just come see me and take form la... or drop me a mail if you're dropping by at yhjohn@gmail.com

Actually. I am going to show you the flying fox... so here it is

That is all. hehe

Greetings from Hatfield

2008-09-28T17:21:00.004+08:00

Thought I should blog this up.. read on her email is gryp_nat@yahoo.com drop her a word... Or better... Send her a mail! =)

Hello!!

How are you?

Just want to let you know that i've settled in my new temporary home. Am staying at De Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire. Thank God for a safe and smooth journey. All the details fit smoothly into place and registration went well too.

This week is Overseas Student Orientation Week. There are lots of programs and social events happening everyday eg, welcome buffet lunch, film feast, Quiz night, barbeque & garden party etc. Next week is induction week. It's basically for the freshers and level 1 students to mix around and get to know each other. My classses will only start on 6 October.

I went around to explore this place in the past few days. Hatfield is a small, quiet place. There's hardly any attractions. There's a shopping mall near my campus - about 5 minutes walk. It's mostly factory outlets and discount stores. It's probably the size of Subang Parade. Besides that, there's a supermarket -ASDA near the town, which is almost half an hour by walk. The town area is quite small, just a few rows of double single storey shop houses.

My room is quite comfortable. I have an attach bathroom. The Kitchen is right outside my door and I have kitchen duties every Friday - need to clean the rubbish from the Kitchen and take it down to the main garbage area before 9.00am. My hall has 13 rooms but I haven't met all my neighbors yet. There are at least 4 Malaysians including me. Oh, there's a notice board in my room above my table. It's currently empty. You can probably mail me some pictures / stuff for me to post on the notice board.

Here's my contact details:

Address: Room 10

Flat 8
Aldenham Hall
De Havilland Campus
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL10 9BL
UK.

Oh Oh don't ask me about the weather here because I don't know what's the temperature. Googled it and here's what i found -

Weather for Hatfield

20°C

Current:Mostly Cloudy
Wind: E at 8 mph
Humidity: 47%

Fri

18°C 8°C

Sat

18°C 7°C

Sun

19°C 6°C

Mon

15°C 9°C

It's quite cold and windy, and it gets colder everyday.

All right, Look forward to hear from you soon! Take Care!

Warm regards,
Natalie

Nat's farewell

2008-09-08T00:11:00.002+08:00

You know, I really should be updating stuff here more, It is just that I have not gotten any thing to update and besides, everyone should come and update here. If you have any idea, please let me know.

I figured I just post something here and there.

Nat

You must be wondering how big is the table... lol

It is roughly this long lol

We also surprised her with an early birthday celebration and they simply almost spoiled it. But thank God PHEW~~~~

Lol. Anyway, please go to this link >>>>>>>CLICK<<<<<<< To see more image

Rumah Shalom

2008-07-20T14:35:00.005+08:00

Heya!

Yeah sorry for the real delay. We had wonderful and busy weekend after weekend with activities, We went to Rumah Shalom on the 12th of this month and really had a blasting good time with the kids there.

I am sure they are equally happy to see us coming and having a few hours out of their normal routine lives. Which is great!

Alright, below are some of the photo thanks to Aaron, And yep for more photo of the orphanage, Visit Rumah Shalom

Thank you so much for those of you who contributed! and also help out! and also being there! and also being a blessing.

In addition, we would also like to extend our gratitude to Apex Pharmacy Marketing Sdn Bhd and Nippon Paint (M) Sdn Bhd for their generous contribution.

God bless~

Rumah Shalom

2008-07-06T08:24:00.002+08:00

Hi everyone.

Sorry for the lack of updates =) Anyhow, we are organizing a trip to the orphanage this coming Saturday 12th July 2008 and its at Rumah Shalom.

Time: 10 a.m sharp

We hope that you are able to join us on this and be a blessing to others. For location map, visit the address below (it is situated on the pink button)

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=3.060596,101.623192&spn=0.018942,0.026608&z=15&msid=113142786528224592830.0004514fe6a0f0be8e91e

Rumah Shalom
No, 1, Jalan Tiong 5,
Bandar Puchong Jaya,
47100 Puchong,
SelangorMalaysia

For those who wish to come with us, please be in church by 9.15 a.m. on that day itself

God bless.

United & Passion Concert

2008-05-05T11:40:00.002+08:00

Hey guys,

This is an announcement, I am sorry to inform you that only College and University students are allowed to sign up for Passion as Passion's vision and mission is reaching to that age group of people.

OK well, we still have UNITED to look for right? I know it is expensive for some and if you have problems, please come see John... But this is sort of investment that you can go to and learn some stuff from them right?

So let's get on to it ;)

Facing the Giants

2008-04-10T23:32:00.005+08:00

Hey guys! guess what? We're screening Facing the Giants on the 3rd of May and it is a good opportunity to invite your friends because this is a great show and I personally was really moved and totally inspired by it.

It is a story of faith and courage. It is also a story of miracles.

So start inviting your school friends and also start inviting those not in youth to come see it.

1 cents

2008-04-03T00:36:00.002+08:00

Hi people, thus far, we collected the amount (located on the right hand side) a total of RM67.20 Which some say its not enough, but it is good enough to buy at least 12 meals with that amount. Nothing is too small!

Let's keep collecting as there is no date given yet by Bank Negara to stop collecting them from us. So keep collecting! proverbs also got say 'little little long long become mountain'

Thank you for those who contributed and keep on contributing! keep em coming!

Teamwork Lesson

2008-03-20T18:34:00.002+08:00

Watch this before reading the text

I ran across this video while browsing YOU TUBE and this is something I have never seen before (Maybe you have...) I love National Geographic, Discovery but Nothing like this I have seen. I thought usually they would just abandon whoever that got caught as food.

As blunt as it is, this serves as a lesson be in life or in youth group. We need to work as a team to get something done in whichever area. Of course we should not stray away (like the family from the herd) in the 1st place. But when just one is in trouble, the trouble is shared among everyone.

Notice that when the buffaloes came back they were hunters although they are the weaker party of the food chain, they became the hunter because they stick together Leaving no space for the lion to run or escape. And Notice that when they charge against the big cats they did not went alone but with a few strong bulls. That's how we should be when we're having problems bigger than us.

As comical as my imagination gets, I would love to see what happen during the 'disappearance' of the buffaloes. It is almost human isn't it? to go and seek help... This youth group should be that as well. When you're facing problems, of course you seek God's help and guidance but if you need humans, come to us, tell us and we're not perfect but more brains are better than 1 brain.

The Family that sticks together grow together

;)

College Ministry

2008-03-09T23:03:00.002+08:00

Hello fellow Grypers

1stly I apologize for the lack of updates on this blog. Yes as we all know before that we are starting the college ministry. The official launch date is going to be in the 1st week of April this year.

I know, many have doubts and plenty of why this? why that? why can't we...? and what is going to happen? what will happen... ?

Ok... we have said this before and I am saying it again. Part of the reason why we are moving our is because our age are growing however not our numbers it is hard to actually cater and reach to both high school and college level. I guess you can picture this as the cases are similar. It could be like asking the youth to join children in their service not as helpers but as regular members. I am not stating that the youth are like children, but the situation is similar.

I know we have been saying we are "splitting". That word is indeed a very negative remark and sadden people. And we're sorry for that. Don't view it as we are really splitting the group up but rather having the college to move on to a new ministry and began reaching out to college people respectively. In times to come (which I don't see it as very long) we will have to look into young adults ministry when our college one explodes.

Yes the group might be smaller in both the college and the youth. But who say small groups can't do big things? Do not let the numbers pull our spirit down. As to what will we be doing? For the youth, nothing changes we still have service every Saturday. The college and the youth are not both separated bodies but it is still functioning as one. We will still work together in activities and sorts.

As much as I would love to answer your questions, I hope so to, If you still have any questions, please come and ask me. To strip it all down, we are very nervous and shaken as well because we really do not know what outcome would be like because we too have never been in this kind of position. But truly we felt that it is a right thing to do for the benefit of all.

Please always keep us and this thing into prayer and as prepared as we can get we are still not sure the outcome would be like. Do play a part as well in being more active as nothing is successful if everyone chooses to sit back and fold their arms and just see what is going to happen. Give extra 10% of your effort and when you did, give another 10 push yourself to the limit and I can guarantee you that you'll not regret

God bless.
John

GRYP on Facebook...

2008-02-17T16:24:00.002+08:00

Hello... well GRYP now has facebook... the reason why I've created facebook is because of the photo album that is UNLIMITED! so yea it is much more easier than Flickr in terms of photo managing. Althought Flickr is free as well but flickr has got a limit of 200 photos and only 3 sets available.

So if you want to view the photos, please use facebook. Just a few steps to sign up and add this person call Radical Grypers! which you can find through either email grypers@gmail.com or add from other grypers who have already added Radical Grypers person...

Hehe.. Anyway this is just for the photo album and probably some announcement. ;)

CNY dong dong chiang

2008-01-28T00:58:00.000+08:00

BE AT CHURCH by 9.AM this Saturday!!! Drivers needed ;)

Alright guys, it is that time to collect angpow again, Now anyone wants to open house? come on come on... don't just the usual few la... If no one open then we're going to have youth service as normal k.

Houses:

1)Natalie
2)Steph Feli
3)Uncle Micheal
4)Aunty Janet
5)Uncle Peter

Right is Left

2008-01-23T15:11:00.000+08:00

Confusing enough?

Here's the video. To explain, They have to do whatever that's opposite that the gamemasters say or do.. hmm I am confusing. Watch it yourself

Joman Vs Debbie

Toefl Vs Nat

Me Vs Who else -.-

Enjoy the movie... HAHA

Joe got eaten by escargot

2008-01-10T10:19:00.000+08:00

Alright... YE be warned!!! The video clip is not for the faint hearted, snail lovers, and it is very very gross. Viewer's discretion is adviced ;)

And the brave JOE tries again!

HAHA~

Clap Clap CLap

1st YA for 2008

2008-01-05T23:48:00.000+08:00

Goodbye 2007 and Welcome 2008! Yeah, we’ve come to another new year and I would say that many are looking forward for this year as 2007 was kinda ok ok la for YA (…to me la).

Our first YA for 2008.. I would say it’s not really that exciting BUT it’s a meeting that was quite close to the heart to me (dunno what am I saying). I felt peace and comfort throughout the meeting and praise God for His presence was there and moving gently among His children.

Worship… I leave it to God to comment la. Testimonies were more of school stuff since schools have just started. Yeah, by the way…Welcome to YA the form Ones! Pray that you guys can energise the YA more…hehe. We had an interesting game session where we Bang others with our powerful pistols made out of our own little hands (some called them machine guns coz they have Big hands...haha).

The preaching by Pastor Peter for this 1st YA of the year was timely gila… Pastor spoke on spirituality in youths. He mentioned that nowadays many, especially the adults doubt the Christian youths are spiritual but he said indeed there many spiritual youths who are really radical for God despite of those who love to go to church just to have fun with their peers.

However, Pastor warned us to always be careful of bad companies and pressures from the world that would affect our spirituality and eventually strain our relationship with God. All these things may take place in our lives and yet we don’t feel it’s happening until it’s too late because sometimes we tend to compromise our faith little by little and we think it’s ok.

So I would say everyone of us really need to walk closely with God in order to stay spiritually strong and not to forget that we always need to ask God for wisdom so that we’re able to make the Right decisions.

Yeah, before I end… Happy Belated B’day Amy Chong! and Sorry that Felicia thought you’re seating for PMR this year…haha. Ok la that’s all…God Bless!

Love,
Edmund

New Year Blessings

2008-01-01T19:27:00.000+08:00

New year is here. Remember to make your resolutions. It is important to make them as they give you guide on what you're suppose to be accomplishing! For this year, let's try to be involve in project T.A.L.K. (TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS)

Let's get out and just be nice to people, people you don't know, people you know. Although I can't promise that there'll be a star for you on your chart, we should all just do it!

Eh, help promote this blog ar... A lot people don't really visit to this blog I don't know why. Our own member also don't visit so help pull them over. And also we need contributors of all sorts la. No update how people want to return to see???

Alright! May your year be a cheerful and memorable one!

And here's group shot taken during HPA Worship Team makan!

Everybody Dance Now

2007-12-29T10:28:00.000+08:00

Chick Chick Chick bo bo bo bo shake shake shake shake clap clap clap clap

Yes the chicken dance.

My best bit, looking at Dinnesh and Felicia dance.

Do you want a revolution.

2007-12-25T22:12:00.000+08:00

The future.

Blessed Christmas 1970

2007-12-25T01:13:00.000+08:00

Hello!

Phew, after a week long of events and happenings I am sure tired. But it is the busiest time of the year for almost everyone. Apologies if this site hasn't been happening very much, I am still looking for contributors of all sorts. And if you have a heart to sit infront of the computer all day playing with flickr or youtube, I need you...

Well anyways, we just had our caroling and party this year so I'm gonna upload some of them here and on FLICKR as usual. Do go and check it out. And if you have any missing pictures, get them to me I'll put it up there.

So let's look at the styles this year (really sorry if your dress isn't here, I try to take as many as walked in with food haha)

But I think the champion of all champions should be this picture. Toke me 5 shots to get one right. ;)

For more pictures, And I am truly lazy to do up a picture thumbnail after much uploads today, I just put the link to the pictures alright?

For caroling pictures click here <<<<<<
For Christmas Party pictures click >>>>> here <<<<<

Which oh btw, I have montage a caroling video here. Hopefully I will still have the Christmas mood to do the Christmas party one. It is late, I got service later in the morning and I had enough of youtube and flickr. Adios.

Blessed Christmas DUDES

Christmas Caroling

2007-12-17T09:47:00.001+08:00

Hello there people,

We're going for caroling this Wednesday (19 of Dec) to 3 houses. Of course we open the invitation to everyone who wants to join in. But if you haven't been practicing with us, you can come for one last run through on Wednesday itself at 7.00pm sharp in church.

If you still can't make it then you got to sing softer... =)

Well the least is you get to eat some food.

oh and the dress code - guys in greeeeeeen shirt and girls in reeeeeeeeed shirt. Dress with jeans please

Ok then. Will see y'all there!

BLESSED CHRISTMAS

H.U.G.E

2007-12-15T23:30:00.000+08:00

Hello. For the party it has been decided that Back to 70s won this year WEEEE~ can't wait for it. hehe

Anyway that's not my main thing today. Here is a photo caught by Tim of Dinesh 4.55 seconds of fame on stage. He was there for the Fear Factor competition... And so were Lydia and her brother. But sadly all 3 did not make it.

And if this is not enough, You can catch him doing the stunt on the video below

Christmas Party

2007-12-09T17:06:00.002+08:00

It is that time of the year again. Where we have our party! Yeap. So in order to make it a success one we ask that you vote for this year's theme. DON'T CHEAT AR!!!

So this year's party will be at

Venue: Uncle Oliver / Stephwee / Fewee House

And the

Date: 22nd of December 20000000007

And then the
Time: 5.30pm onwards

The
Theme depends on your votes

Futher instructions:

1) Please give one of your baby photos to Felicia Yaw. (better beyond recognition that it's you)

2) Gifts - Minimum of RM10 and wrap them with Layers of Newspapers.... No wrapping paper required. Just make sure that you indicate the gift as yours

3) Food. Please help to contribute or pay RM10, or we should all go on hunger.

Don't compromise

2007-10-07T22:21:00.000+08:00

by Edmund

Pastor Gideon's visit to YA meeting last Saturday was really a blessing to the grypers....which i would say that. I always got excited when a guest speaker comes bcoz want to know what he or she will be preaching or sharing. Pastor Gideon's preaching last Saturday was taken from the book of Daniel, chapter 1. (Don't know why these past few months we've been ministered with Daniel chapter 1 again and again). I didn't jot down any notes bcoz I just wanted to really pay attention to his preaching.

Well, Pastor Gideon was preaching about how Daniel and his three friends kept themselves pure to the Lord even though they were taken captive by the Babylonians. And bcoz of their obedience towards God, God had caused them to become outstanding among the Babylonians and to be qualified to enter the king's service of Babylon. The message was all about living uprightly and not to compromise our Christian faith though we are living in a corrupted world or a world where it is not according to God's way.

At first, I told myself ok, not bad... it was a message that everyone could relate to and it is something that we Christians really have to look into. However later on, it was Ps Gideon's life testimony that really touched me. He shared about how his life was turned around by God, from a really messed up teenage guy to a really successful person. It was amazing to know how God can change us no matter how messed up we are if we surrender to Him and believe that He is in control. God will also bless His children abundantly if they choose to honour Him and not to compromise their Christian way of living.

Though I have listened to many great testimonies from Christians in the past, still I'm not tired to listen of how different people's lives have changed because of God. They always remind me that God is so faithful, so forgiving and so loving and He only offers what is best for us. All God wants is our faithfulness towards Him...that's it.

I want to end this blog by saying this...let's choose to stand for God no matter what for He is worthy after what He has done for us on the cross. Okay the end. By the way, frisbee rocks!

Take care and God bless!

Guest Speaker

2007-10-05T00:44:00.001+08:00

Hey Grypers,

Just to remind you that we're having Pastor Gideon Lee - Youth Pastor of Glad Tidings Assembly Klang as our guest speaker for this Saturday's meeting (6 October 2007). So remember to keep that in prayer and invite your friends okay. I believe we're going to have a great time with him... and God.

See ya and God bless!

The photos are up

2007-09-09T23:51:00.000+08:00

Hi guys, photos are up. Just click on the album below and you'll be taken to Flickr. The photos are upside down though. Just view it as it is, or simply view it as slideshow. Enjoi

Let us know what you think of those photos. which your favourite ones!

G-Race is over but not quite finished

2007-09-05T16:06:00.000+08:00

Day 1-of visions and dreams

As soon as we arrived at El Sanctuary(camp site), we were greeted warmly by the friendly caretaker there. He even helped with the luggages, and ushered us into the hall. After settling down, 36 of us were divided into four groups. There were the blue, green, orange and purple... but soon, each of the groups have their own ~~silly~~ special names! they were Blur Blue?, Beep Beep, SunQuick and Purplelicious.

Then we were given a task, to paint the group's flag. I guess this was a great time for everyone in the group to know one another while painting away. Unity comes naturally because each group wants to out do the other groups. Haha =p Oh! not forgetting in every group there must be a cheer right? let's just say, some are downright original *cough cough*.

After that, we're off to put our luggages in our dorms... climbing uphill to our dorms is not an enjoyable thingy for me,but oh well it is better than guys who need to climb 82 steps to their dorm.

FOOD is AWESOME..(i know it is always to me..but this is REALLY AWESOME-no bluffing you!).. It is so yummy, we had different kind of really yummy dishes.=)

After dinner, we went to the hall, greeted by really enthus ushers! And we were led into a great time of worship by Jennifer and the worship team. I felt really at home, worshipping God in that hall, I guess it doesn't matter where you go,because the presence of the Lord will always be with you =) we were introduced by Pastor Peter to Pastor Eddie Kok and his wife - Pastor Adelyn.

Session One

Pastor Eddy made us see how important it is to have the Holy Spirit in us. He stresses that the Holy Spirit would give us visions and dreams that would never die. And that we should fix our eyes on the ending, the result. Just like how Jesus died on the cross for our sins, He did not see the thorns, the shame or the pain, but He saw you having a relationship with His Father. Ps Eddie also prayed for those who have not receive the gift and there were two came to know Christ that night. Thank God =) And after that, He continued preaching, on how the Holy Spirit would help us when we share God's gospel with our friends.

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Day 2-of killing bears and lions

Second day was an action-packed day, I didn't even have time to layan the dogs there.

Anyway, after breakfast, we went to gather in the hall for Session Two. This time Ps Eddy talked abt self worth, on how we should view self worth. Nowadays, society tend to view self worth has self achievement & other ppl's opinion. the right equation for self worth should be SELF WORTH=RESOLVE OUR IDENTITY+CHOOSE TO STAND FOR SOMETHING+HAVE DREAMS AND VISIONS+CREATE A NEW REALITY. We should know who we are, that our identity should be found in Christ, not by the clothes we wear, the music we rock to or the football team we support. Choose to make a stand. to defend what you believe in, don't let anyone influence you to be indecisive.

we had a photo-taking session,all wearing the awesome GRYP shirt,and then lunch was served =) after lunch and time of resting,we were all geared up for the much awaited AMAZING G.RACE.

It is almost like the real amazing race you watch on TV. Each groups were given clues started with finding the walls of Jericho in El Sanctuary. My hope was not to come in last, cause there is gonna be some kind of penalty for the last group O-O. Then we met with a "road block" which was everyone has to walk across the suspended longgggg rope..but everyone step up to the challenge and overcome their fears of heights and whatnots *hip hip hooray*...then there was the spider web thingy..where everyone had to work hand in hand to carry the members across a gap hole without touching the spiderweb..

then we were given a choice after completing that task-physical or mental? two groups chose physical which is to crawl on the grass in the field-already covered with flour, with a partner tied together around the ankles, all this while being poured all over with cold water. oh how fun! the other chose to do the mental thingy...to find 30 (or was it 29?) names of the books in the Bible in a long article. After that, the last task is to raise our group's flag on a floating flag pole. The last flag pole done up would be the last team and have to suffer the penalty.

Wood choppin', rock stoning, string tying, sweat dropping, names calling, TADA! Blur Blue came out first (Without help from any guy) and Beep Beep, so close behind, followed by a tight competition between SunQuick and Purplelicious. But in the end, SunQuick was the one who had to do the penalty - being squashed by really,really stinky tomato juices.. eww eww yucks. After a quick break...

Finally! we had another yummy dinner-BBQ =) lamb chop, garlic bread, mussels, creamed onion, sausages..need i say more?

Campfire..yup, finally after years of trying, we had our own campfire, great time of Worship around the fire.. then in Session Three Pastor Eddy talked abt David's life-how he killed the lion and bear before he face Goliath. We all know that story. But we overlook the part where he had face the lion and the bear. And so we were asked if we were ready to face our fears and bondages, to face up to them,so when "Goliath" come, we would be prepared to go all out. After the sermon, Joe have us write down our fears and bondages on a piece of paper and to discuss it in our groups.

after that we gathered around the campfire,and throw the piece of paper into the fire,together. (so cool right?!) hence the title, killing of lions and bears =p. The night does not end there. Next we were to face the jungle... It was dark and creepy and scary. And purplelicious gave a hard time to Pastor Peter at the end by doing hide and seek in the dark. It was awesome.

Later that night, most of the campers gathered at the dining hall for supper, games and talk late into the night while others lay themselves down to rest. One of the dorm screamed from the terror of seeing Ratatouille FACE TO FACE. It Is a jungle after all, what do we city girls expect?

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Day 3-of killing bears and lions

woke up to a beautiful weather-it was raining monkeys and rats in the wee hours of that morning. Did that stop us from our devo? nope (John wouldn't cancel of devo) =p breakfast was ....the porridge just rocks my soul!

that morning was the last session with Ps Eddie. He did what he promised-which was to share his life story with us, on how he came to full time in the ministry. And also he told us what it takes for something to be a habit. You would first need knowledge, and then skills and a desire to make something a habit. From that, a habit can develope into a character and later on, be embraced as a lifestyle.

had our last meal there, sayonara good food, and then we were off in the bus. the journey back home were rather silent, many were asleep, probably having dreams and visions of their own.

MegaSales

2007-08-14T16:24:00.000+08:00

Yep get it while stock last. This is our retreat T-shirt and it is awesome IMHO. Anyway do help us by getting one ASAP to pay off the bills. Oh if you buy 2 it will be Rm39

Give your orders to Johanan/Cassie. We Accept Visa, Master, PayPal, but better in Cash lah.

Sizes are as below.
34 - xxs
38 - s
40 - m
42 - l
46 - xxl

cutie

2007-08-09T09:36:00.000+08:00

proverbs 16:9

2007-07-29T20:20:00.000+08:00

dear readers,

prayer last Sat was awesome,we started off praying for church camp and growth,and then divert our focus to thanking God for YA.short and simple,but meanigful prayers.=)

to get the ppl pumped,the chairman for that day,Toefl,got the guys to do pumping and the girls to do "the ear-pulling" thingy.and then worship started led by Joe.we had a special guest that day,Ps Matt from BOH.he gave a short sharing abt his plans and God's plans for him,directing our attention to proverbs 16:9-The mind of man plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps..reminded us again and again,that whatever that the world has to offer is not God's plans for us.the world would tell you that you need a car,a house,a career,money and family,but those are not God's plans for us.though it is not wrong to have those things,but we must always be ready to give up our dreams and desires when God calls us for His purpose and will =) he also joked abt not understanding the term "la" that we,malaysians,are so used to.btw,he's an american,so that explains.hehe.

then we were spiltted up to our respective MAXIS group.and we were dismissed.

if you think this post ends here,you are wrong =p

weee cherry coke cherry coke,bro john kept his word..actually he did more,instead of giving out one,he gave out three cherry cokes and two vanilla cokes.thanks bro john =) and congrats aaron and edmund,but be careful,there's a "pencuri cherry coke"-yes,in church itself!you think i put this pic here for fun?though it's no more cherry coke giving period,i hope that you ppl,those who have not sign up,PLEASE sign up,DON'T WAIT.~~for a blue moon~~

most important highlight..bro john gave out these small papers,where we're to commit the names of the ppl we want to see coming to the Lord,continually praying to them and reaching out to them,bear in mind that you're responsible for these names that you write down,(remember what Ps Matt said?),and if they dun come to Christ,you MIGHT (might only ah) have to answer to God one day =) knowing the seriousness,i personally have not done it =/ and when you have written the names down,pls remember to place a copy of it on the GRYP board with your name below it =)

blogged by,

Cassie =) see ya peeps on Sat!

GRACE (notice)

2007-07-23T12:15:00.000+08:00

Although our camp theme is G.Race or Grace, PLEASE be notified that I am not a person full of grace when it comes to registration...

PLEASE if you're 80% which I know most is already 100% going, Please sign up! So far there is only 4 signed up including me... So please help us in this and sign up this coming week. Can?

I know Malaysian always like to drag and drag, Let's change this, come on. It only 2 weeks away to closing date already.

Thank you,
John.

passion?compassion?

2007-07-03T21:20:00.000+08:00

blogged by:-Cassie

greetings.it HAS been a loonnggggg time since i blogged here.i know i know.terrible me.so what did we have last week?passion?compassion?

YA started off with prayers...and weird that i kinda prefer prayer like it was last week..no one was assigned to pray on anything..no breaking into groups..everything was so spontaneous..and it was obvious that ppl are praying because they want to pray..just like that..can almost hear "Let The River Flow" in the background..yea..

then started off with worship..led by Joe and it was good worship =).off to games..okay ppl..watch me..*takes deep breath* buttercup,juwita,princess Nat,maid servant,michiru,coconute boy,waffle girl,clever *cough cough* boy,tofu-la,yiman,fei fei,supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,brown shoes,megatron,optimus prime,starscream,ahkerA1,liewsiewling,crunchy girl,pinky,scaredy cat *gasp for air*...i know there's no scaredy cat..i added that one in for Charis cause she chickened out and didn't do hers..i wonder if i miss anyone out?*shrug*

then it was sermon time..we had Pastor Brian in the house (during worship session,i thought i saw Pastor Nirhal -_-")..and his sermon was titled "Passion for God,Compassion for People"...he told us that there's 3 types of ppl in this world..the unreach ppl,the unsaved ppl and the unchurched ppl...and how can we cultivate a passion for God.first up,there's prayer.yes we all know prayer is powerful and how it should be a part of our daily life.but are you praying like Jeremiah?are you weeping and mourning for the ppl you pray for?does you heart cries out when you are filled with the burden of the lost?then ther;es the Word of God.Pastor Brian introduced us to the term "yoyo Christian"..well it was new to me..or not so..it's where believers swing from one side to the other..being up-really jolly and thanking God for everything,cause life is oh-so-great....being down-blaming God,being resentful towards Him just cause life isn't going your way.

and last but not least,our lifestyle...."you are the light & the salt".how many times have we heard this before?ppl are watching you..action speaks louder than words.the way you dress,talk,walk..everything.so i guess we should think twice or more before we say or do something,cause we hold a bigger accountability to the Big Man up there,and not just the leaders in church =)

we end the meeting last saturday with refreshments..why do they call it refreshment?don't ppl get slightly sleepy after eating?*shrug* so anyway,there were drinks and muffins and cakes and yea.we just hang out and eat and chat.

and that's all for the day.will be back next week,to bring you more news on YA =)

p/s:-yes ppl i googled up supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Retreat!

2007-06-18T13:17:00.000+08:00

Ok Fellas,

Gryp Retreat is here once again. Now, I am urging you to sign up as early as possible don't delay and wait till last minute all those kinda things. Please help us in that.

The forms will be out by this coming saturday and the closing date is about 2 months away. The camp site just called me and ask me roughly how many people will be coming. Our target is 70-80, and If we can reach that much they'll close the camp for us. If not we have to share it with another group

So sign up indicate how many friends we're reaching.. comeon people =)

Being in Hillsong once again

2007-06-12T11:27:00.000+08:00

I for one have been to much Hillsong events, I even went to Hillsong Sydney for their conference last year.

Last sunday, they were here for concert, And being there just reminds me of being in Hillsong where people come and hour before service, waiting for the door to swing open and flood the arena / hall to grab their favourite seats.

The concert started by them coming on stage, without introduction (which is a little odd) but I guess there weren't enough space to do those "LET'S PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER AND GIVE A LOUD APPLAUSE TO (drum roll).......(keep rolling)..... HILLSONG!!!" (screams and shouts while band member comes out on stage).

They started with The time has come, with the infamous intro and the drummer Mike was bamming away fans like YiJiang and Dinesh who happen to be a hand reach away from him. I was looking at David Andrews and his keys, and He is married ;) back to topic, After that had ended What'd you know? Take it all Well I can't help to wonder why they scream and shout when back at HPA they kept complainig "iyoh that song again?" Well magic!

That lead on Miriam saying "we'll worship you Lord for who you are" and guess what song came on of course For who you are wooo nice selection. Now I must say the worship atmosphere was so great that the voices of crowd was so loud I can't hear Miriam at all throughout all these while.

A new number surface at this point of time Hosanna which is in the new album quickly became our Favourite and they sang hard and loud at least our Guys did. I like it when the part of lyrics that says - "we're on our knees" Miriam knelt down for quite some time. Although the famous SELAH track that follows the CD did not happen, I am quite content. MIGHTY TO SAVE wow, do I need to elaborate on this? well one memorable moment is when I turn and saw some adult from our church sang with their hearts out! wow....

Another new number came in this is got to be my favourite track from the album Saviour King Nothing more need to say, the name speaks for itself. Soon after the senior pastor of the church came and talk few things about challenges in life and a very quick turn I can see Redman Bedham wisphering... Mighty to Save and we ended with Mighty to save.

Redman Bedham talks about HALLEL means ridiculous praise. I couldn't concentrate much because I am squating cramping in one spot while the girl next to me had her flare skirt all over the floor and at certain point I was on it and she was like pulling them out. Man. Soon after the concert continued with The Freedom we Know They did not sang the fourth verse which I wondered why... anyways, They move to King of Majesty and ended with a slow number Into Your Hands and what's amazing was when they moved to free worship (very rare scene you can see from them) But that's when their SELAH tracks all comes in. David Andrews took the lead and sang Mesiah just that words made into a song. Crazy. It was up and down and up. But it ended that way. Of course no concert can go on without an encore.

What's the encore? haha they boring-est song that you guys kept babbling everytime we sang it that's right Take it all =) Final thoughts? It reminds me of Hillsong Church where people are excited about worship, the bands are great and alot children* running around snapping pictures of the band

* = Just a joke

Alright there you have it, Hillsong Concert review in (almost) full detail. Beat that! ;) It is also the 1st time I able to recall the entire concert with my brain. Fuyoh

GRYP on youtube

2007-05-27T22:19:00.000+08:00

Watch very carefully what comes out from Aaron... hahaha... that is seriously hilarious though they say I did came out with that stuff too.

Think Smaller

2007-05-24T11:03:00.000+08:00

Youth Alive WA

2007-05-23T11:08:00.000+08:00

Hey guys. I can't believe this blog wasn't updated for a month! too long eh? thank God for the chatterbox still keeping this alive.

Anyway, Youth Alive Western Australia is coming this Friday playing in Glad Tiding PJ at 8.30PM It is going to be awesome, Please if you can make it, please go for it. Esp if you're a musician. Its been a while since we go for concerts and things like that. So make a trip down if you can. Don't worry if you're like college or what. Have a thick face and make a trip down keke

on Saturday There is this YOUTH ALIVE parents and youth prayer thing organised by Youth Alive Malaysia, It starts at 5pm. I am going for it. (After youth of course) Let me know if you're interested in this as well. We can arrange a trip down to GTPJ after youth. If you want to know more about this let me know. It will be until 7 or 8

;) Hope for some good response

sleepover is over?

2007-04-22T18:00:00.000+08:00

reported by:-Cassie =p
cut and edited (a lot) by JOHN =D

date:-20/4/2007-21/4/2007
time:-night time?
venue:-Yaw's palace
occasion:-GRYG a.k.a God's Radical Young Girls sleepover =p

ok fine..maybe that was lame..well,that's cause i have no idea how to start the blog..i tried being formal,but it's so not my style =p anyway..the night started out quite late..before reaching the Yaw's place..some of us came from church and we dropped by at the ProJet to get some stuff to stuff our face with later.reached Yaw's place...and we were warmly welcomed =)really thank you so much for opening up your house for us crazy bunch to sleepover =)

and so we started off with...eating..yes..that's right..we had junk food..maggi mee and Steph's mum made raisins bread for us too!..so we ate,and ate,and ate(the girls are gonna kill me for this)..until it was time to go down to the room..this is where all the fun started...can you believe that Christine and i danced to Christmas thing?anything for entertainment..and Kristina was playing judge and all..Deborah danced too..then we almost,ALMOST get to see Debbie and mama bear dance,but something happened.

I heard man's voices while the dog was braking wildly into the silent night.told them to keep quiet..so i can hear properly to confirm but girls being girls,they couldn't stop giggling,so i told them "i heard man's voice"..in a blink of eye,all of them screamed and jumped on the bed..ahhh entertainment to MY eyes =p was I imagining it?hmm Debbie and Deborah heard voices too earlier on...then Felicia Y "entertained" us with stories of robberies in her nieghbourhood and cases of slashing parangs and nitrogen explosion..which got some of us really scared?but hehe being God's Radical Young Girls..we encouraged each other that God will protect us,and at least we have each other.then Christine promoted her Picitonary..more like Ju Ping's Pictionary..but not everyone was interested.

then we played a game,better than Pictionary,a game that guys can never be caught playing during their sleepover or they'll be called sissies =p,a game that's like the best ever.nope,it's not Barbie dolls or masak-masak. we played "Spin the drum stick" =) but thanks to this game,it's where we really "berbonding",more like pillow talk.=)

what time did the guys sleep? 3 am?what?!let me hear it again...3 am?!!!..though some of the girls were knocked out by 4am or so..our winner is deborah/debbie..5 something!yay yay..both the Felicias were on the bed with jenn,while the rest just snuggle around the bed,in their mattresses/sleeping bags.

i woke up to birds chirping in my ears (cause i slept near the window)..when i woke up,i was like "where am i?what's this beautiful place?can this be the palace of my future prince?is this it?" then i heard SOMEONE snoring into my ears..and i'm like.."right..sleepover" everyone moved around,got cleaned up,showered,then off to devo.

we did the parable of the Rich Man.we went into deeper talk.abt being each other's Sister's Keeper =) and learning that we should keep our eyes on God,not let anything else hinder us.we have to surrender every part of our lives to God,let it be our studies,our decisions or finding the perfect guy,just everything!and also with God all things are possible.

then we had breakfast...we had nasi lemak,toast egg sandwhich,home-made soya bean and mee...yea..really thank God for the good hospitality =) yummy full brunch!before we bid farewell,we presented the Yaws with a gift,and prayed for them,then Joe came,(and ate some of the mee..hehe)we're off to church for YA!

all in all,i would say this is a great sleepover.though i wished there were more girls..but still,we had great fellowship!

something like this again soon?

and a shoutout:-

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TEH JU PING!!!=) and BRYAN SENG and JEFFERY CHUA and APRIL birthdays!

Sleepover! (guys)

2007-04-15T14:59:00.000+08:00

Well, it was the guy's sleepover night the last fri-sat, and it was quite good! in fact, it was really nice and enjoyable...

We ate a lil after service and head back to church for fellowship. It is indeed nice to have Pastor Peter and Pastor Nirhal to join us for a time of games and fellowship.

I expected more younger generation people (those that knows no sleep) to join. But it turns out that there were more older ones there. Well, anyway, We played pictionary, well indeed we use action. Playing that game is kinda tough because the words given were pretty easy -_- I have to choose some hard ones. And playing with Matthew and all is harder also. Because the words that are medium and hard he don't know. The one that are easy were too easy.

That was done and the winner team was Matthew, Aaron, Pastor Nirhal and Johanan. NICE! After that some of them played scrabble and many played the game of life. It is interesting. I played neither. Just rested a while, chat with Pastor Peter a while.. Chat with Johanan on the bulletin board. And that was it.

3AM lights off! yep we went to bed and Joe got his own inflatable air bed. I slept on the floor. Dinesh was coughing non-stop. A symphony of orchestra was playing every corner of the room. and variations non-stop. I don't really bother. TOO TIRED hahaha.Some can't really sleep. Were there tiny friends? Of course not.. they're good pets they stay in toilets. so girls...Church is not haunted with them.

The next morning... 8AM devotion O.o we did a proverbs and we did everyone think and have a bit of devotion thoughts. I like that. Then we decided to eat MCd for breakfast because it is rare occasion. We ate there. After that I had to rush off do some work. The guys went and watch NEMO hahaha I arrived when the show ended.

My verdict? I like sleepovers haha although I am too old and my bones are too fragile, But it is still fun. CHURCH is really comfortable to sleep in the air-con does get cold in the morning though. DUH!

Alright maybe we'll hear reports from the girls next week huh. ;)

Freebies... but please don't abuse

2007-04-09T16:37:00.000+08:00

Hello,

I was struggling to post this up actually, but since not many people visit here often (which they should instead of friendstering)

There a lot of sermon uploaded by our agent in Sydney. But before I throw in the link,

Note :

1) These Materials aren't cheap. They cost really really a lot. Please do not take and distribute burn and distribute around without asking me first. I will determine whether it is necessary or not.

2) It takes lots of man hour to upload the files to the internet. Many thanks to Eastlyn, when you see her online, thank her. Else you can just sms it to her Maxis number.

3) Take and appreciate the material and the effort. Do not take anything for granted. Due to heavy traffic at times, the website might be slow. Do not complain because it takes twice that speed to put it online. Do remember that.

Now the link

Follow This Link to Sermon Download

Grypers Abroad 2

2007-04-05T18:01:00.000+08:00

Hello fellas... a word from our friend where the surf is always UP!

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Aloha GRYP and the ohana of hosanna,

On the islands of Hawaii, ohana is the word for family and I thought it appropriate for the true identification of HPA’s youth. Asked to write something about my experiences here, I chose instead to write about what I’ve learned. No matter where you are, no matter when I’ve felt alone, which may be familiar to a lot of college kids today, the truth is that not once have I ever been alone. Just ask Jesus.

I’m currently attending New Hope Fellowship church here on beautiful Oahu. We are a dynamic and outgoing church, and in fact, the fastest growing church in America currently. New Hope holds services of up to 12,000 people on a single weekend. Although we don’t have our own church building, our services are held in one of the biggest high school gyms on the island. Nearly half of our congregation are homeless. Our church will house as many as they can during the night, but even so, a few hundred have to deal with finding places to sleep on the streets. One of the reasons for why we don’t own a building is because the majority of funds head to shelter the homeless. We figure better for them to have one than us. This has been a burning issue in my heart ever since I’ve moved here, and would just like to share this with you.

The church recently held many food buffets for them, and just seeing the joy of the church helping out is incredible. Even the homeless have feelings and just want to be secured and loved. A lot of them were successful and had families before, but some lost all of that in days. They live currently lost, many just stroll the streets the whole day. Drunk off alcohol, high on drugs, and abusing themselves. However this was why we were created, to be soldiers for Christ, to be disciples of the gospels, to bring justice to the entire world, to reach out to save the lost. Therefore as an encouragement, Malaysia too has its share of poverty. Give as much as you can afford, give as much as your heart can warrant, give to make an impact on someone. And as all of you know, God has a soft spot for people who give. Your returns will be literally out of this world.

Following the iheartrevolution, just in case some of you don’t know what it’s about, it was basically created as an outreach program by the infamous Hillsong Church. The leader of this, Joel Houston, and his crew have had such a deep passion for using their resources to reach the poorest and the least of nations.

“We live in a broken world. A world where over two thirds of the population live in poverty. A world that's crying out for answers - a world that's crying out for hope. The time to act is now. We can't rely on governments for change; we must be the ones to carry that responsibility. THIS is our mandate: to change the world. The 'I Heart Revolution' is a DVD documentary made by Hillsong United highlighting what's happening in our world today. We believe it's through worship that we touch the heart of God and through the eyes and experiences of Hillsong United we'll be challenged to see the need and moved to do something about it as they bring worship to nations around the globe.

Let's act.

Let's start a revolution.

"The revolutionary kingdom of God is here - advancing by reconciliation and peace; expanding by faith, hope, and love, beginning with the poorest and the least. It's time to change your thinking - be part of the REVOLUTION."

In addition to all of that, it doesn’t mean that you have to attend Hillsong or live in Sydney to be part of this. There is a time for all of us to start thinking about not just your church or our church, but the people that don’t know the church the way we know it. Of course, church is never boring, its fun, its radical, its hysterical, its awesome, its touching, its moving, and it’s Jesus. But your classmate next to you in school, your bus driver, your cousin, your best friend might not know that, and the time is now for you to act. It doesn’t have to be a homeless guy for it to be awesome, for what was that verse again? Oh yeah, for whoever receives salvation, all of heaven and its angels praise!

Come on guys! We are in a generation and a time where there are massive amounts of opportunities to do something, anything to extend the Kingdom of God. We have to be this generation that is able to do more than any generation has ever done. We have to be that generation that doesn’t feel weird or awkward to express our worship towards God. To express our heart for the lost.

“It’s not about highlighting the darkness.

It’s about becoming the light that diminishes the darkness.

It’s the gospel, and it is now.”

My challenge to whoever feels the same, take the time now to follow this, to learn this concept of the “iheartrevolution”. Love definitely has lost a lot of its impact in this world today. It may be from boy band pop songs, romantic comedy movies, and of course all of that isn’t wrong. But what I’m trying to say is that there’s so much more to love than that. All of us have had someone that has died for us. Paid a price for our lives. Continuously bled on the soils of this earth, for you and I. Just so that we will not perish here, but have everlasting life. Now if you ask me, that’s the true meaning of love. And now it’s yours and my choice to take this word onto the rest of the world.

If you choose to accept, how will you know when this mission is finished? Well the answer is simple, if you’re alive, then its not. But I find no greater calling than to love God, love people, and to love life.

“Now let the weak say I have strength, by the spirit of power that raised Christ from the dead. Let now our hearts burn with a flame, a fire consuming all for your Son’s Holy Name and with the heavens we declare, you are our King.

We love you Lord, we worship you. You are our God, You alone are good. You asked your son to carry this, the heavy cross, our weight of sin. I love you Lord, I worship You; hope which was lost, now stands renewed. I give my life to honor this, the love of Christ, the Savior King.”

God bless
Minjun

The boy and his boat

2007-04-01T21:48:00.000+08:00

written by: John

Hello, It is going to be easter in 7 days time. While we don't have snowflakes, Easter trees or gift exchange, we received something from Jesus - An open door to Salvation.

I've got here a little story about (as what the title says). This is not an original story, but it is truly inspiring for me personally. And I created the title because the story didn't have one.

The boy and his boat

There was a boy who likes to build and construct small models. One day he built a small boat and right immediately he went to the beach to test out his new boat. It works, but the ocean waves soon carry the small little boat further and further away from the beach and far into the ocean. It was too far and dangerous to retrieve it back. Sadly the boy went home.

Not long after that, he was shopping around and he passed by a toy shop. To his amazement, he saw a small little boat. A closer look confirmed that it was his boat. He was filled with joy. A few weeks later, with much hard work, he manage to save up the amount and quickly went to the toy shop to purchase the boat.

When he was out of the shop filled with joy, he told that small little boat, "now you are twice mine. I made you and now I bought you with a price."

In the same way, not only did God created us, he send his son to redeem us.

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Have a good blessed Easter everyone =)

Grypers Abroad

2007-03-26T09:19:00.001+08:00

Hello Grypers, Since we have a great communication tool, the blog, we can achieve something that we are unable to do previously, I decided to post this up. If you are familiar with the STAR NEWSPAPER, sometimes they have articles on MALAYSIAN ABROAD. They feature articles of Malaysian who are well do to in other countries. And we, have our own column here in GRYP! We feature GRYPERS abroad.

What is it that I am talking about? A week ago, I have receive this is a mail Eastlyn, I hope you all are still in contact with her, You can SMS her using the old MAXIS number (yes MAXIS is so good that people do bring it abroad). This is a long mail.

MELISSA, KIM, WEE LING, JU PING, If you're reading this, send some updates about yourselves. Why because you are still apart of us. We do hope to spread our Grypiness elsewhere in the world...

- John
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19 MARCH 2007
Hey Grypers ,

Yesterday i had a wonderful time and saw somebody too.. i saw Edwin Teh (Ju ping's brother) in Hillsong. i was so glad and shocked too. yesterday too, was the live worship recording album for Hillsong church 07. it was held in the acer arena at Sydney Olympic stadium. it was the first time that the recording centre was in acer arena as the previous one was in Sydney entertainment centre , Darling Harbor. the bible verse for this year's recording album is from Psalms 24.

The arena was packed with people. Its trully an international church because there were not only australian but also asian,negro's,european,scandinavian, and etc.

As usual Darlene was leading worship along with Joel Houston, Reuben Morgan, Marty Sampson and the rest of the group. there was a new comer too. she sang the hosanna(Song) and another song in the live worship. she has a good voice.

After singing about 6 songs we had break where we saw church news. In order to get a reserved seat for the live worship we had to purchase an AUD 5 ticket. the AUD 5 can be refunded if you choose not to donate to the Koloomandra drought. i decided to donate my aud 5 ticket to the drought. nothing please me more when i see my aud 5 is use wisely. Moreover i was bless to be in the live worship and i believe the aud 5 will be able to help the drought though its just a small amount. Then Pastor Brian was getting a little lame with jokes to make sure than we are awake and etc.

Colour conference was equally great. the amount of delegates exceeded hillsong's expectations. we had good speakers. i didnt make it for the colour conference but am planning to go for the 08 and to get my mum to come. the colour 2008 colour conference is on the 6 - 8 March 2008.(autumn season). by then if you guys are coming to syd you guys can fly by jetstar airlines. its Quantas Ailines low cost carrier. It's almost like air asia. jet star from syd to kl but have to check whether does it fly from kl to syd

http://www.hillsong.com/conferences/colour/default.asp?pid=907&hidetitle=yes

http://www.hillsong.com/conferences/colour2008/

The united album - all of the above is out too. it is a studio album not live version but there are 2 bonus live songs and other clippings. i have not gotten my copy yet but will be getting it by this week.

The live worship album will only be out in jun or july (near to the hillsong conference) . i plan to serve in hosting(Ushering) for the 5 pm service and i will be attending the 11.30 am service.

Its tremendous blessing to be in Syd. staying and studying in the city, attending hillsong and having a good circle of international friends and having my parents approving for my intention to study at hillsong evening college - leadership course. though my parents are not believing christian but when they see how God is leading and guiding me here, they decided to attend church back in malacca. I am excited for their decision making. i know my parents will one day be a believing Christian. Nothing brings me joy when i see my parents praying for me. for those gryp people parent's who are not christian. hang in there and continue to believe. what God has bless me here i will share it with you guys.

Just within 2 months that i arrived in hillsong chruch, there was so much things that i learned . Hillsong indeed is a great church but if you are just attending and not expecting something its just a waste down the drain. to me i see Hillsong church and it's congregation as a married couple. it must has the continious bond of relationship,united,team work and etc and that is how congreation and church grow. Hillsong is a church that never sleep. there is always people behind and infront the scene and in the places that you would never thought too.

take care and God bless

Eastlyn Wee

BACK

2007-03-03T21:45:00.000+08:00

written by:-Cassie =)
added and edited by: John

hello peeps....after what seems like a very very long 3 weeks!...YA is finally back...aren't we all glad that we're back being our bouncy self,saturday afternoon in our comfy church?many turn up today...though there were a few MIA (missing in action) souls..but we have a new-comer..and an old/new comer...ain't i confusing? ok i promise no more monolouging from me after this paragraph.

so...we started off YA with...what did i hear you say?worship?WRONG ANSWER...ppl,where have you been?YA started off with prayers!!!we prayed for encouragement...and before we started prayer..Toefl asked us an unanswered question.."what is YA all about?"...i don't know abt you...but as we pray..and as i hear different youths pray..i found the answers to that one question.YA is about God,and about one another =)

worship was awesome...man..every worship is awesome if you mean what you sing...so i hope many of you manage to trade some,if not all,of your burdens for the joy of the Lord =) then we were off to testimonies...and then games...oh man...God's Radical Young People out of control today...throwing balls at each other...this shows that we know how to have fun too =p..i never got to know if i won or not..i mean if group one or group two won...right Quan Wei,the game master..declared Joman the winner..because he damage the plastic container that they kept the balls in...haha..if you were there to witness it...you'll burst out laughing too!

then we had preaching...first time ever by...*drum rolls*...Joe =) great job...he had some stories,which he did some sound effects himself haha..ok on a serious note,he preach about "Purpose With Passion"...mainly talking about the many reasons(fine...5--->see i pay attention!) why ppl loose passion in things...the first point where he said about something precious becoming familiar...really hit me on the chest..i pray that for all of us..something as precious as Jesus Christ would never just be something familiar in our life =)

and Joe also mention abt loving the unlovable...to have the passion to love the unlovable..why you think God ask us to love our enemy?=p and he ended his preaching with a video...it's about a story of father and son Rick Hoyt(son) and Dick Hoyt(father)..who has been joining marathons and races for __ years (sorry..i'm bad with memory numbers)...and they completed ___miles (same reason as before) of races...well,to cut a long story short..they do things that you and i thought is impossible because the son is paralysed.did i just hear you gasp?*gasp* the song "I can only imagine" accompanying this video...just blow me away...hope it does for you...also that you will be encouraged by this video,believing that with God,you can make the impossible,possible in your life!

FAITH

2007-02-12T18:20:00.000+08:00

written by:-Cassie

Greetings =)

for those of you who couldn't make it for last saturday's meeting...my oh my,what a GREAT meeting you missed!

It was not a usual Saturday for the youths,it was a special meeting in conjunction with the healing rally over the weekend,and the speaker was Rev Ignatius Omoighe.Well,this is just a short summary from Saturday's preaching...all i can say is that hearing him speak made me regret not attending Friday's prayer meeting the night before,which he also spoke...and i did not take notes,because i couldn't take my eyes off him..because his passion in preaching is really awesome,what were you thinking?=p

The preaching was mainly about faith...how faith is dead without actions,which is actually quite true,ppl dun have faith until they see something happen..."so and so...so terrible also can get saved,so have faith that your so and so can also get saved" (my own example) but got the point right?and also he made me see from a point of view that i never saw before...on a simple,yet complex thing that God did for you and me.Creating creations!God took 6 days to create everything there is in this universe,in fact more than the universe,(don't you feel small now?),yet people today,after 6000 years are still making discovery of new stuff everyday!this got me thinking..that he's right...because God took one day to make man,and yet the Human Genome project is yet to be completed.ain't God awesome?

He also mention about the youths,and how useful we are to God,because we are still young and God will use us to do so much more,he's very glad to see us all hyped-up and stuff...oh well,just trying to be God's Radical Young People =)and he also shared a story,where an old man and a small young boy were saved,and when someone asked,"how many are they saved today?"...the pastor answered "1 and the half"..i was thinking that the pastor was referring to their sizes..but he was actually talking abt their life spent on earth,because the old man was already old...half his life is already gone without knowing God,hence leaving the "other half" saved (it's simple mathematics =p ) therefore praise God that you are young and you know God! =)

He also side-tracked to point out that,he's preaching to himself...saying that whatever that God wants to tell us is coming through him,therefore he is the first to get God's message and then preach it.never look at it that way before...

later he concluded by quoting romans 8:11-"And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you"

because God made us,there is no reason He isn't capable or wouldn't heal us and make our body whole again,all we have to do is have faith and ask for it.

and I conclude my post wishing everyone,all Grypers including those overseas!,a Blessed Chinese New Year...say your journey mercy before starting on your journey back home-town..see you guys soon!=)

PYD or YPD?

2007-01-28T19:25:00.000+08:00

Written by: John

Hello-o-o-o

Well It was a good parent-youth day yesterday and I was truly surprised by the turn out, many of them which their children is still very far ahead from being a teenager. But I guess they were curious of what we did in Youth

Glad we showed them that we are actually not bad people MUAHAHAHAHA... haha for those parents who came, I believed that they felt how "packed" our schedule is and usually they'll say.. Why you spend so much time in church la, this la, that la. But in the end I guess they felt that time past that fast too right parents? HAHA

I can see most of them enjoyed being a youth.. A special Thanks too to Uncle Oliver, Aunty Linda and Uncle Micheal for the "promotion" today at church about the youth service, much of what we want to get across today are being said. THANK YOU

Well, I will upload the 'games' video pretty soon I hope >.<

But while we are at the joyous mood, why don't you check out some top ten trivia about GRYP
thesurrealist.co.uk/trivia.

John sign-off

OPEN-DAY

2007-01-22T00:14:00.000+08:00

Hey guys,

Don't forget to invite your parents for our open day, as some of you know that sometimes it is hard to explain to our parents why we serve so much in church and etc, why spend so much time in church etc, invite them to come alright?

=)

If not this planning is wasted and it is not good to waste plans... besides, PN is preaching!!

Parents day
Date: 27/01/07
Time: Same time

Great Start

2007-01-06T22:06:00.000+08:00

written by:-Cassie

hey hey hey!Happy New Year to everyone!well,today was the first week of YA in 2007,and it was a really great start =) amen?

today we had the YES (Youth Enriching School) people with us...they were visiting and i dare say,we were truly blessed with their visit..

oh man,why am i blogging so formally?sorry..i'm just over-excited about the butt ball...i'm here to just tell you about butt ball (yea right..) okay for games,today we had butt ball,it's like captain ball,but the only difference is we can't move around because we're all seated and our butt is stuck to the ground...you see there's two teams,team one and team two..at first team 2 scored,and the team 1,was a bit disappointed..(well,i was!and i'm team 1..so yea)...but i thought we'll have a chance...mana tau,the team 2 kept scoring and scoring till it was 4-0...and i almost want to sub to team 2!(call me traitor...) then quan wei,the game master,said that the next goal will be worth 4 points...and guess who scored?that's right...team ONE!!!and man...suddenly the sun shine so brightly..haha...nah..then the next goal will determine the winner...and you know what?!team ONE won!!!...we won,we won!!!...see,i always believe that each team have a fair share of winning if the game is still on =)

on a serious note,today's sharing was great...we had 2 testimonies from the YES ppl...sau yip and david...and yes,wake up in the morn,and see His face,think of Him and sing His songs..that's a good point...and bro john did some sharing today on resolutions...the thing is ppl have resolutions but don't get them done...so john told us to write this down before listing our resolutions,which is "i will not resolute this resolutions next year"...there's 3 type of resolutions,physical resolutions,professional resolutions and spiritual resolutions...he told us to always have God in all our resolutions,because at the end of the day,man can plan,but only God will strategize our steps...and we should all write down our resolutions and not just have ideas in our mind (*cough cough*)...because habakkuk 2:2 says "write my answers plainly on tablets,so that a runner can carry the correct message to others" (NLT)

though YA got off to a great start,it is always good to end the race for the year 2007 well too...no point starting strong and then wiggle off to a corner,right my frens?i hope that GRYP would grow,not only in numbers,but for each of us to grow spiritually stronger in the Lord,that we would continue to persevere and stay united always,not forgetting to have a passion for Christ,and to reach out...and to...okay,i'll sum it up..to be God's Radical Young People!=p

oh yea...i would like to end by telling you one of my resolutions...but don't go tell anyone,k?shhh...which is to blog more for GRYP

p/s:-thanks bro john for "re-decorating" this blog and for adding a chat box (yay!)

Goodbye

2007-01-03T13:33:00.000+08:00

Text: John Tan
Photo: Chin Hoe

January 01 2007 saw the leaving of one of the greatest friend, shepherd, pastor, father, etc... And the person is of course non other than Pastor Nirhal Philips. It is definitely a great lost to Hosanna Praise Assembly, and more so a great lost to GRYP.

Although this youth group started by the other founders, but he build it up with strong foundations and the youth group became what it is that you see today, 9 years of continuous training and drilling has what made this youth group strong and able to stand on both feets.

After this long 9 years, God has decided to call him to move on to another challenging ministry and another phase of life that he should get exposed to and it is always good to keep ourselves refresh every time before we rot at one place eh?

Thank you for all the years of teaching myself and the others about principles in life and spiritual principle and getting our own foundation and thinking pattern fixed. Really appreciate that and we will do our best to run the youth as good as you did and maybe even better than what you did. Afterall it is your vision that we'll run it better than you did.

Thanks and once again, we'll greatly miss your ministry here.

Code Red

2006-12-21T11:42:00.000+08:00

On behalf of the church and GRYP I would like to thank Peter Wong for helping us get this particular CD. Yep this is our Christmas Play and this item is as good as obselete. we have this in cassete which was like 10 years ago.

But all of a sudden the cassete just failed on us. So I decided to call in friends from the states to get it and rip it to mp3. and that's where Peter came into the scene. He did extra mile of making sure that the cd reaches in time and transfered. Thank You once again.

That give all the more reason why everyone should come and see the play because this is really something AWESOME! =) Be there early so that you don't miss the best seats... 7.30pm is the event and 23rd is the date...

Alright Take Care.. Till Then...

Thank You Note

2006-12-21T11:39:00.000+08:00

Written by: Eastlyn
Edited by: John

To Grypers, Wow ! The blog is in orange.Ok, so be Bright for God ! I am delighted to know that Grypers has its own blog. I never knew gryp had a blog until i went for the night rally of huge camp and i saw the camping booklet. I browsed it and towards the back i saw an advertisment page of gryp. i read it and that was where i saw grypers@blogspot.com.

As it was my first time viewing the blog, i must say that i had input from the writtings of other grypers.it has been nearly 2 months, i have not been attending youth. A big thank you to those of you who posted the keywords for the past youth sermons. One of my all time fovourites is x-ace by Issac.

With this Gryp blog , i no longer feel that i am faraway from youth. i can still know what's latest in the gryp community and events.As i will be leaving for overseas in a month's time,i will not forget this web address. Obviously when i am there(Australia), i will be missing you guys and my cure for missing gryp will be viewing the blog.

Continue to keep the blog active with some wrtting and etc. Finally just one comment - It would be good if gryp could upload a calender. Then it would be useful for those grypers living overseas to know what's the latest happening for that chosen year. For an instance, when is youth sunday and etc. !

With love and regards,

Wee Eastlyn

CODE RED!

2006-12-19T21:57:00.000+08:00

Cassie monolog-ing:-

ppl ppl ppl...all you out there...man it's like only 3 more days till Code Red!...have you guys clear this coming saturday night to watch the Christmas play?if you have not...this is what you should do...

1) keep yourself free on the 23rd of december,saturday night...7:00pm
2) come in proper clothing...nope,your dress code does not have to be red...you see,that's only the NAME of the play
3) don't come alone..no one likes to be alone..bring along a companion..bring friends!
4) get yourself to Hosanna Praise Assembly before time...you don't want to be stuck in the jam..having to fight for a parking space...or end up sitting on the floor during the play..missing the beautiful expressions of the actors/actresses...(okay..i'm just kidding =p )
5) take the lift to 5th floor,find a seat,..sit back..and relax..and enjoy the play!
6) right..handphones...silent mode or switch off..unless you desire for them to be baptized!

man..i'm so excited!...aren't you all?weeeeeeeeee......

UNITED!!

2006-11-26T18:48:00.000+08:00

written by: John

UNITED UNITED UNITED... well the time has come for us to stand united. And after a long wait, they are finally here. the Hillsong United, (Christian Worship Band from Australia). God forgive me that I thought it is almost look too good to be true... But true to their words, Joel Houston and his band came and ministered to us.

I prefer Joel Houston compare to Marty Samson haha I know most people would say MARTY!! but to me Joel is more of a leader kinda guy. If you have seen Marty and Joel maybe you'll say the same thing. Marty is more like a stonner really.

But anyways... they came and they sang like more than 15 songs in 5 albums... haha that's like awesome, which really went beyond my expectation. thank them for that. I am that those who went experience something good, different and I hope that they have really learn a thing or two from that concert, I know I have.

20 Dollars well spent, Well, they have said that they are coming back, although I don't know when, but those who missed it this time, cry-not! because they'll be back.

For more information about United Band Go to http://www.hillsongunited.com

Tickets Sold Out

2006-11-05T17:48:00.000+08:00

Hi, for those of you still have yet to heard of this, UNITED tickets are sold out! not a suprising fact that it was unavailable any more...

However there is still space for HUGE camp!! so sign up early to save up RM20. There is a lot of things that you can do with RM20. The closing date for early registeration is before 13 of november... sign up sign up

for additional info you can visit Youth Alive Malaysia do sign up..

The full price is RM 230/= if you sign up before 13 you will get refunded RM20/= in the camp!... ask your friends all to sign up also... and ask them visit this blog as we are trying to improve it as we go along.. =)

Blessings,
John

Grypday

2006-10-28T21:38:00.000+08:00

hey folks! eager to know what happened last saturday?? lol i hope there're at least afew viewers of this blog yea! okay, firstly, i want to mention how awesome was last friday prayer meeting! God's presence was so obvious within the church sanctuary. people were being moved by the Holy Spirit. and soon ALL those who came for prayer, went to the altar as a symbol of rededicating our lives again to our Jehovah. it was way way waayyy awesome!! haha, ok!

so what happened last GRYP-day?? (btw, now for us GRYPers, its officially declared that saturdays are now known as GRYP-day!!)

started of with prayer (we no longer pray in the praying room, but at the main sanctuary) and two newcomers were with us (happy to have you guys, Yvonne and Wai Men!) then it was worship, led by my own cifu- John lol. we people were jumping and dancing for the Lord and we had a great time praising and worshiping. so, it was games time!! called the 'big squeeze' game. the youth were instructed to squeeze themselves together to form whatever objects that the gamemasters said. example:a platform,high heel sandal,a cupboard. well, sad to say it AGAIN, guys won over the girls AGAIN and AGAIN and over over AGAIN haha what can i say? the guys are just getting more creative and lame each second lol. soon the game ended and weeeeee sermon time!! this is afew pointers from it...

A NEW ATTITUDE.
*Matthew 5:6-8
There must be a difference between the believers and non-believers.

Three attitudes:
1/ upward
--a change in our desire, hunger for righteousness.
# a hunger that motivates us for action.
2/ outward
--showing mercy to those who needs it.
3/ inward
--pure in heart (sincere)
# you can't change the surroundings, but you can change the inside.

God is with us

p/s:hope to see you guys this coming GRYP-day for those who missed last week's meeting!!

| get ready for more |

Hillsong United!!!

2006-10-14T00:40:00.000+08:00

After the long wait, and I for one doubted that Hillsong/United would come to this land, but the wait is no more, HILLSONG UNITED will be in KL this coming 24th November!

United is the one wrote most of the songs we sing in youth services all over Malaysia...

All you have to do is pay RM 20/= and you'll get to see them LIVE at SIB KL, it is something not to be missed, if you do, that'll be too bad, there is also a workshop that goes before the concert at 4-6pm which you have to pay RM 10 more, but it'll be worth it... I've been to hillsong, I know! =)

United Flyer

Workshop Sign Up

Secret Angel

2006-10-10T00:06:00.000+08:00

written by : Debbie Soh
edited by : John
photos : Debbie Soh

YA was good awesome and fun... worship... preaching....

Today is the day that we finally get to reveal day for angel and human/mortal game..FUN!!

Each person in YA are given a "human" and they are to play a role of a secret angel and our task is to do good to his/her human..giving pretty stuff, sweet msgs..blabla.. so everyone in YA were involved in the game the game lasted for one whole month.

The funniest bit was to hear all the sweet stuff their angel did or wat type of angel they have or the weirdest thing that they gave..In the end all was unexpected to know who their angels were.

Lastly, The best angel goes to PETER ANG..aged 13, one of the youngest boy in YA...he's quiet but who knws he's sweet haha... let us be a good angel too... :)

We're now having a new program, it is called "MaxIS" (Maximum Impact Session) Devotional group..a new program in YA..sort of we have small groups discussing about our devotional thoughts and helps in our spiritual growth as well... check out the pictures...not much pics taken coz battery was low..hehe.. next time, will have more interesting stuff...and pictures...wait for more and keep log in to this page ppl!!!!

GBU (God Bless U)

Woship Team Leading in Worship

Chin Hoe on the far left

Peter Ang!! Got award for being the nicest angel aww

Now that's Peter Ang's Mortal - Deborah Gan...

X-ace

2006-09-20T23:54:00.000+08:00

written by: Issac Lim

Life is a race
That i need to face
Sometimes it's tough to keep up the pace
And I get lost without a trace
I want peaceI need peace
The Prince of peace
Given me peace through His grace
True peace can I now embrace

By filling the X spot in the X- ace, life is viewed in various perspectives.

1.No doubt life is a R-ace. A race is what drives us to the finish line. To finish life on top. To fulfill and achieve the best you can possibly able to. Don't race for nothing, know what race it is, why are u racing, and who r u racing for?

2. All of us need to F-ace it. Every breath we take supplies us the air for us to work our muscles and continue racing. Who gave us the breath of life?

3. Nobody likes to fail, but sometimes it is through falling we can learn to be stronger. There is no need to be ashamed of failing and hide oneself without any T-race. Everyone goes through it. In our weakness, He is magnified. Don't worry when u fail, coz He never fails.

4. P-eace is what we lack, what we want, and what we need. Men look for peace in theirwallets. But is not money the cause of unrest?? True peace can only be given and not bought. What is true peace? Only the Prince of Peace can give you true peace and rest needed for this race.

5. All we need to do is Embr-ace. True peace is experienced if one would only receive it and embrace Jesus. Yes, embrace Him. Don't just know Him, embrace with all your heart.

It is true that God is omnipresent but if u want to feel the amplification of His presence and if u are curious who this Prince of peace is.. come on over to GRYP youth alive :)

forgiven and not forsaken,
Issac

How to walk successfully

2006-09-10T17:55:00.000+08:00

written by:- Cassie =)

YA started off with prayer in the nursery room....i don't know about you guys,but for me,YA is not complete without the prayer meeting beforehand,try joining the prayer and maybe one day,we'll be large enough and we'll be no longer praying in the nursery room =)...prayer was awesome..we prayed for God's protection...though it was gloomy outside..the weather and all...pretty cold inside..but worship was full of fire...worship was lead by *drum roll* Christine,cheers for the shorty!...i actually jump...i DID jump joe,so you see,i'm cool =p....(oh btw,no offense to those who didn't jump)

then off to games...games was really fun that day...sorry for anyone who had to miss it haha...we had fun watching the guys lose to the girls...muahahaha..we played human tic-tac-toe...and it was silly of Quan wei to come up with mathemathics equations to confuse us..okay fine,2+2x2 IS 6!...but overall...good job to Quan wei and really,i don't mind playing it again...beating the guys again...=p and oh...now we have the "secret angels" mailbox thingy...so reminder to all "angels"...remember to do your thing =p (ooooo i can't wait to get something <----see,example of wrong mentality...should be ooooo i can't wait to bless someone =) ,don't i just learn fast? ;) )

woohooo...today's the first time i hear bro john share...though he said he had done it 3 times already...simple bible verse..but quite meaningful...proverbs 3:5-6..."Trust in the LORD with all your heart,and lean not on your own understanding;in all your ways acknowledge Him,and He will make your paths straight"....what John said is true..it's hard to trust someone that's not physical nor visible..that's why trust comes only with faith..."don't act smart"..and we should always put God first in all the choices we make,and i was only joking about "Lady's choice"...sorry John =)

and so...YA ended...looking forward to next week

p/s:i was also only joking when i said "yay,Pastor Nirhal not here"....i miss him hehe"

God does not reveals His will for our lives to us by handling us blueprints or manual books,but by opening a long scroll,bit by bit,everyday"

okay..it was something like that la...with a few alteration here and there...=)

2006-09-10T17:48:00.000+08:00

written by: Debbie Soh

Youth Alive, you can call it "YA" that’s where i go every Saturday in Hosanna Praise Assembly Church. okie, i'm here not just to advertise YA but to share the good things in YA that i encounter myself..plus..isn't good to share something COOL!!!! lolz..don't miss it...

YA makes me feel Good…coz God's presence is everywhere and the people there can just either make u laugh, smile, shout, cry…whatever you name it. But all is good. All because God is Good all the Time...well, me myself, I used to be some one who just doubt about Who God is? well today, I found my God.....HE’S NAME IS JESUS....He's real. don’t play play!! ;)

Yup, nothing is better than JESUS CHRIST...try taste and see..it is sweet whahaha…seriously...Jesus makes your live better, we have the joy even in times of trouble...coz HE is with us nah not joking coz I can be your prove when I’m sad / I’m down / I’m depress maybe people around you will just turn away and walk BUT JESUS never leaves me..never never never...He never gives up.

People out there..who are reading this..Comm'on..try to know our God, Jesus, it won't "merugikan" you!!! It is awesome if all of you can join us in this youth meeting YA as it really helps me in my daily walk with God and i bet it will be Great for U…

Youth Alive every saturday in HPA, don't miss this opportunity to join us…coz it is Fun, you get to be Cool, lame, lots of games,gals, guys..yea rite....haha.. Most important..you can get to know God better...feel Him!!!
LOST??? Be found again... YA helps!!...MAN.. it really does... :)

God Bless..and be blessed

Devo Thought

2006-09-06T18:44:00.000+08:00

written by: Jennifer Low

Hey ppl,

Just thought share something that came across during devo this week from the passage in Numbers 9:15-20. It's about how the Lord lead Moses and the children of Isreal in the wilderness using the pillar of cloud during the day and fire during the night. What actually struck me is this...

"...20 Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the LORD's command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out. 21 Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out. 22 Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out. 23 At the LORD's command they encamped, and at the LORD's command they set out. They obeyed the LORD's order, in accordance with his command through Moses..."

The Israelites followed the cloud/fire wherever it went. Because of that, they could not settle down permenantly, everything that they built/set up was temporal. They had no idea what the future was or when they were to leave again. Somedays, it could mean setting up their tents and then tearing it down again the next day. They just trusted God, their Leader to lead them.

Sound really 'mar fan' eh? This is a good encouragement especially for some of us who are constantly involved in ministries in church. Sometimes we think that we have already done so much that we can't go any further or everything seems to be never ending 'doing' or 'going.'

But our lives here on earth are meant to be like that...like the children of Israel... not being able to settle down permanently and be comfortable till we reach the 'promised land.' It's never our purpose to live & be happy here but to strive further in whatever we do for God.We may not know what is in store in the future but we have to continue to do His work and trusting in Him to be our Leader... Our final destination is in Heaven and not on earth :)

Was a good encouragement to me, hope it is too for u!

Be cool, Christ Cool!
Jenn

FEARFUL or FEARLESS?

2006-08-27T00:35:00.000+08:00

written by: Christine Soh

hey pips!

alright, today is saturday! happy day, cheerful day, cool day, happening day and go-church day? lol alright,today we started off with prayer at 2.30pm. as usual, Toefl led the prayer and some of the youth people join in unity to pray for exams-assignments-healings-Pastor Nirhal-unity among YA-grypers' spiritual growth-journey mercy for those went to concert tonight.soon it was 3pm!

officially YA started! we started off with games. Quan Wei led games and he introduced a pretty LAME and old school game. lol its about paper-sccisors-stone and a mixture of expanding both of your legs? well, it was definitely FUN and LAME yet COOL? hehe *thumbs up to qw.

Joe came up and started with 'warming us up'. its time for praise and worship! yippeee! it was an awesome time of worship and its not just about great music, but all that matters are the hearts of all the young people praising and worshiping GOD. and the worship team had practised and done their part so that today's worship will go on well, and definitely as they honour GOD, GOD had blessed them with the talents needed =)

After that, john chaired the service. and some youth came up to testify of GOD's blessing in their lives and today mostly its about GOD's healing over all kinds of sicknesses lol. including me! GOD had healed me of my twisted neck, thanks GOD!

and Pastor Nirhal preached as we listened attentively (pretty sure we ALL did learnt something) ok, i'm not gona write the whole sermon here, but here're the some good pointers...- FEAR- fear can be our motivater- our main motivater? the fear of GOD- use what we have, and we'll be blessed with morealright! thats basically it..what happened in YA today.. overall we had fun and learnt and we will apply it in our lives, amen? =)*GOD bless...

Indescribable

2006-08-23T11:48:00.000+08:00

written by: Pastor Nirhal
photos by: Jeff Chua

Saturday - 19 August 2006. Would we reach 60 persons or not? Well, I had come to church already decided that even if we had just a few newcomers, and although we did not reach the target of 60 persons - we would still screen the DVD "Indescribable"

Well - as it turns out - we recorded a pretty good attendance - 53 persons in all!! Woohoo.... highest for an average Saturday meeting - only like abt 11-12% short of our target ..... 88-89% in school is normally a distinction, yea? ;)

Also we saw at least 2 people indicate for salvation / rededication of life.... angels in Heaven were rejoicing!!! And so was I!!!

The fact was that because school holidays had started as well as college study break for some - there were a number of regulars who were not around - and still we managed to record this number!

Well, this shows that GRYP is capable of moving on with good crowds - inviting our friends to "come and see" what we are really apssionate about - on Saturdays!!!

For all those who took the effort to reach out & invite your friends whether they came or not - my deep thanks to you - your efforts are noted & recorded Up Above....

And better things are yet to come. Let's continue to attempt better & better thnings for our Master.... King Jesus!!!

HUGE CAMP 06

2006-08-17T21:29:00.000+08:00

Start saving now for another exciting HUGE CAMP
HUGE stands for 'Have You Got Enuf '- it is an annual Christian youth camp. Youth come from all over Malaysia, from different denominations and groups.

Date: 11th-14th December 2006
Venue: Water City Resort, Malacca.
Theme: SOLD (Galatian 2:20)

The rest of details will be posted up once we have further confirmation.

Mission Possible:

2006-08-17T10:22:00.000+08:00

written by: Pastor Nirhal

Indescribable Sermon DVD on Saturday? Well, the challenge was thrown out last Saturday - reach a target attendance of 60 persons, and we'll screen the much talked about Louie Giglio sermon. Awesome doesn't describe it, must be watched personally to be appreciated!!! With the new advances in technology & availability of incredible resources from many places - we too in Malaysia can benefit from the "good" coming in from the West - not just the "gunk"!!! So -where will you be Saturday 19th August, 3pm? I hope you'll be joining us!!! :-)

Great Service

2006-08-13T16:16:00.000+08:00

written by: John

We had a great turn out yesterday (12.08.06) we have about 42 people yesterday and that was great! We had a great time of praise and worship lead by the "Shorty Roxx" gang leader, it was just amazing lah!!!!

we played the classic 7-up game.. everyone knows that game well I suppose. 1.2.3.4.5.6.7up!! but that game was so funny... coz the usual people who wouldn't normally lose in any game were losing big time... haha and the punishment?? everyone who lost have to pour water into mugs and those that made it spill have to drink 2 cup of water~ haha.. awesome..

of course preaching by Pastor Nirhal.. about community, and unity among the people la...

oh next week, we'll be screening one chun video.. THE INDESCRIBEABLE dvd... we will screen it if we touch 60 people, which is a fair challenge as they say.. so GUYS n GIRLS bring your friends all come to the service next saturday!!.. you would not want to miss it..

what's the video about?? some cool explaination of the galaxy and universe.. want to know how big the universe is? come to experience it!!!

GI-NORMOUS

2006-08-07T23:23:00.000+08:00

Written by: Jason Soh

This week's YA was awesome! At first, during the discipleship class, a few of us were watching the video about God’s greatness.. GI-NORMOUS (GIGANTIC-ERNOMOUS). [[He Is MiGhTy To SaVe!]] That’s truly what God is! The preacher in the video showed a lot of pictures of the universe, and I was really amazed at the glory of God. Wow…. During prayer time, the presence of God was really felt in us.. Worship was cool, really cool. The games: musical chair. Quite lame rite? But it turned out fun. Keke.. Bunch of lame ppl.. The preaching was good. Pastor Nirhal (PN) preached about a life of GRYPers as a community. United we stand! We are ONE! Hehe… That’s about it, I guess. Sayonara!

YOUTH SUNDAY!!!

2006-07-17T10:49:00.000+08:00

Written by John

July 16th marks a new generation forth coming... it is our yearly YOUTH SUNDAY, which means almost everything was done by our youth for that sunday service.

The highlight of this year is of course the GRYP band for praise and worship. Sure, some couple of old hits and some yet to be heard, but then still Christine, Quan Wei, Jason, Natalie, Jasmine, Toefl and XP did a marvelous job at amusing people. quite a number of people came up and say that they were very impress. So am I...

Then the day followed by song presentation by the older generation of youth. The band consist of myself, Joe, Chin Hoe, Jennifer, Andrew and Jeff. we did 2 old numbers - I can only imagine and What a friend I've found.

Then testimonies of individual start coming up, It was Toefl then followed by Natalie, Quan Wei and Debbie, they are all inspiring testimonies of their life, and how they are willing to keep the faith that they believed in.

It was followed by a short preaching by Pastor Nirhal and soon it was called as a day. Everyone did well for that day including our chairman - Johanan! well that's all, I posted a few picture below, just take a look at it. Adios...

The Opening!!!

2006-07-13T12:47:00.000+08:00

Hey guys!! How are you'all doing? This is the 1st ever official post of the GRYP web blog, do give comments and most importantly, be sure to check back once at least once a week to see updates, latest happening and things like that. Well please help us to keep this blog alive!!! thank you. Cheers!!! =)

Gryp Happenings

Beloved Mothers & Mother's Day

Yes! We are praying for you!

Ghosts & Spirits

Hmmmm... What's next?

Youth Tracting

In.Love 2009

End of the spear

Hip hop dance

Christmas Hat Partay~

Christmas Party

GRYP Retreat 2008

Greetings from Hatfield

Nat's farewell

Rumah Shalom

Rumah Shalom

United & Passion Concert

Facing the Giants

1 cents

Teamwork Lesson

College Ministry

GRYP on Facebook...

CNY dong dong chiang

Right is Left

Joe got eaten by escargot

1st YA for 2008

New Year Blessings

Everybody Dance Now

Do you want a revolution.

Blessed Christmas 1970

Christmas Caroling

H.U.G.E

Christmas Party

Don't compromise

Guest Speaker

The photos are up

G-Race is over but not quite finished

MegaSales

cutie

proverbs 16:9

GRACE (notice)

passion?compassion?

Retreat!

Being in Hillsong once again

GRYP on youtube

Think Smaller

Youth Alive WA

sleepover is over?

Sleepover! (guys)

Freebies... *but please don't abuse*

Grypers Abroad 2

The boy and his boat

Grypers Abroad

BACK

FAITH

PYD or YPD?

OPEN-DAY

Great Start

Goodbye

Code Red

Thank You Note

CODE RED!

UNITED!!

Tickets Sold Out

Grypday

Hillsong United!!!

Secret Angel

X-ace

How to walk successfully

Devo Thought

FEARFUL or FEARLESS?

Indescribable

HUGE CAMP 06

Mission Possible:

Great Service

GI-NORMOUS

YOUTH SUNDAY!!!

The Opening!!!

Freebies... but please don't abuse