Everybody Dance Now

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.

The future.

Blessed Christmas 1970

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

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

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

 


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

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

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

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

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.

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proverbs 16:9

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)

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?

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!

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

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

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

Youth Alive WA

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