Children Ministry

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Hi..!

Welcome to our Children Ministry blog. Thanks for your interest.

Here in Children Ministry, we want to welcome everyone into our 'Friendship Family'. Every Person is valued and is the focus of our ministry.

We believe that Jesus came to break down a wall of great division. Firstly, the division between sinners & a Holy God. Our God, who is also a God of compassion & unconditional love, sent Jesus to our world so that He can take the punishment of our sins. With His sacrificial love, Jesus also removed the wall that kept us from reaching our Heavenly Father; a wall of sins.

Jesus also came to break down the wall of fear, distrust, unforgiveness between each of us. Due to the grace we have received from God, we can also learn to be gracious & accepting towards each other. After having been reconciled to God, we also need to be reconciled with each other, as friends & families.

So, friends, come on in. There's a place for all. However, we would like to re-direct you to our 'Gta Children' facebook. Follow us via facebook to know more about what's going on now.

Just briefly, we have programs for children from Babies till Form 5. These runs on Saturdays, as well as Sundays.

Recently, we introduced the 'Children's Bible Explorer Series' into our Children Church (Sundays, 10:30am till 12:30 pm) for the 7 to 10 year olds.

For the 11 year-olds and above, we just launched 'Faith Case - Investigating the Truth'. You can find out more about it at www.FaithCase.com. It's not too late to join us.

Thanks for dropping in. Feel free to call for more info.

Vin

Salt & Light

2009-07-31T10:21:00.005+08:00

Matthew 5:13-16 (NLT) Teaching about Salt and Light

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.

14 “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. 15 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.

We are each called to be 'salt of the earth & light of the world'. This is a call to a place of influence. In order to influence those that are around us, whether people or situation, we have to be different. Not just different, but different in the right way.

One of the function of salt is that it preserves the earth from corruption. In light of our current situation where corruption & injustice abounds, how are we any different? I'm not tallking about situations beyond our control but how we deal with people we meet & decisions we make everyday.

Light is meant to be seen & not hidden. People are watching us - our lifestyle, attitudes, decision making. What we do will always speak louder than what we say. Our 'deeds' consist of what we do on a daily basis. Does our daily deeds result in 'prasie to our heavenly Father.'?

Who's watching us? Our bosses, peers, employees, family & friends. As parents - our children are watching us. As teachers, our students are also watching us. What do they see? What positive Christian characters can they learn from us?

This short video reminds us of the roles Dads play in their children's life. Kids are watching to see if what we say matches what we do - whether we are Dads, Mums, Teachers, Uncles, Aunties, 'Ko-ko' or 'cheh-cheh'. May we have a postivie influence over their lives...

10 May 2009 – Mother’s Day

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None of us will be here without our MUM. And Mum is the one who somehow kept the family fed, warm & together. Thank God for Mothers !

Children are taught to appreciate their mums in simple ways. Its not the cost, but the thought that counts.

Sunday School

Wonder what they have up their sleeves for the mothers? Can you guess?

Let us take a closer look. They really did have something ‘under their sleeves’. :)

Hmmm…, how does one put into words how much our mom’s worth?

Our little ones have something for their mothers too.

Let’s take a shot before we give this to mum.

Let us visit our Children Church, starting with the Young Explorer’s Class. They sure look busy.

What are these Std 1&2 doing? Tracing their little hands?

OOoohh…, they are making flowers for their Mums ! How sweet !

Come Let us visit ‘Kids Church’. These are our Std 3&4 class. Now, children, follow the teacher. Arh… but, which one …? :)

I look at you, you look at me.., harap boleh jadi !

Look Mum !, I’ve made 3. Which colour do you want?

Mum, You can have 2.. even four or more..!

Quick! let’s move over to the next room & see what the Juniors are up to. They are already 11 & above.

They should have something different to express their love.

WOW! what lovely cupcakes !

Can they really make these?

Well, look who is their ‘SiFu’ !

Watch closely now.., girls.., this is what you want to make.

Ok! Aunty Ai Cheng, look, we can do it.

Guess the boys will just have to make some cards.. :(

And more cards..

Hmm.., how boring…

But..,

wait…

Aunty Ai Cheng is calling them over!

There! I told You. We will also be making the cup cakes !

Hei..! It’s so easy ! Coool..! My cup cake is… D O N E !!

So.., who say boys can’t make cup cakes? Let us show you..!

Eh.. this is not just for show.. You can also eat them! Don’t believe us? You want proof? OK, we’ll proof it to you. We’ll eat & show you. Hahahah !!

HHmmm.., Ko arh, are you going to eat yours also? Cheh.., I made these for MUM !! We too.. !

From All of US in Children Ministry…..

Blessed Mother’s Day !

26 April 2009 – EvangeCube Workshop

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We have the Good News, but do we know how to share it creatively & effectively? The EvangeCube helps us with this.

There are 2 types of cube.

This version is for those who are trained in EE

We have Steve Cretin , the Official Trainer with E3 Partners, to come & give us a short, 1 hour hands-on workshop. He was brought to us by Canaanland, who also brought the EvangCube.

It was held during our Sunday School hour & we got the Youth, about 14 of them to join us. 12 other Children Ministry staff attended too despite the last minute arrangement.

This is the decision page.

At the end of this workshop, our group purchased 26 sets of EvangeCube. Our prayer is that, these would be used to share the Gospel with those who have yet to hear about the Good News.

Awesome Adventure 2009 #2 - 09 June 2009

2009-05-08T22:45:00.002+08:00

YES ! as promised, our next Awesome Adventure is just around the corner. Sign up fast, for this trip, we can only cater for 1 bus load due to the venues we are visiting.

* Subsidised fees are for Regular Students in
Sunday School or Children Church only
RM62 (for accompanying adult)

Non regular students or

Registration received after 24 May 2009

RM52 (7-12 years) & RM62 (13 years & above)

Educational Outing To:

Fire Brigade, Museum

TUDM, Dinor Trek &

Petrosains

Closing Date : 31 May 2009

Enquiries:

GT Church Office: 03-3341 5407

Sis Sally P – 016-331 5040

Sis Phaik Wan 012-206 1710

Refer to Registration forms for more info

Palm Sunday – 05 April 2009

2009-05-08T22:27:00.003+08:00

Jesus Trimphant Entry was a fulfilment of Zechariah 9:9

“Rejoice,… O people of Jerusalem!

Look, your king is coming to you.

He is righteous and victorious,

yet he is humble, riding on a donkey -

riding on a donkey’s colt.”

This year, for the first time, we celebrated Palm Sunday. A good reminder that Jesus is our Triumphant King who came to lay down His live for us so that we can live Victoriously through His grace & enablement.

A combined event for standard 1-6, focusing on Jesus’ triumphant entry.

A craft to remind us..

Praises,glory & honor to Jesus..!!

AweSome Adventure 2009 #1 – 17 March 2009

2009-05-08T21:52:00.001+08:00

This is our first one-day trip for Children Ministry for this year. Through such trips, we hope to get to know the children better. Somehow, children & even adults are more relaxed & more open when we are out on an informal & fun activity. We believe, this is a good way to build relationships outside of the ‘classroom’ environment.

2 bus loads of children, teens & adults signed up for this trip.

Handling almost 60 children is not easy, but we have a dedicated team of teachers.

Ostrich ride, anyone..?

Our Local ‘ostrich boys’ racing..

Some Dayspring children came along. They are also part of us for they have been attending our Sunday School & Youth Alive!

Paint all you can.. what you have in your hand included.

Winners get awarded, even the little ones…

Mother earth’s little treasure

Cool Kids at glass work.

One more before we hit the road. We’ll be back.. with Awesome Adventure #2 (soon….).

CM TEAM BUILDING – 09 March 2009 :)

2009-05-08T19:28:00.001+08:00

We thank God for the 60+ who turned up. After a short fun time of Praise, we revisited our CM Vision.

We also took time to appreciate all those who had served faithfully for many years, both in Sunday School as well as in Children Church.

Both Sunday School & Children Church will not be here today if it has not been for all these faithful fellow servants of the Lord.

Those you see here are only a small representation of about 120 volunteer who served in many different ways as a team.

Our current CM Team is made up of a wide variety of people; the young & the young at heart, the married & the unclaimed blessings, those with 30 years of experience & others who just joined about 3 months ago.

Bro Xavier took us through some Team Building activities.

“Terima kasih!”

Participants presented their view of what are the “Omphs of CM”.

After their work is done, they are rewarded with nice food & a little bit of fun.. at Klang Parade.

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Getting to know each other through healthy fun activities will help to build relationships & strengthen the team.

Our Vision is…

BUILDING PEOPLE OF CHARACTER THROUGH CHRIST-CENTRED RELATIONSHIPS

2009-03-04T19:55:00.003+08:00

Thank God for the 60 plus who had signed up. We want to serve the Lord as a Team.., so Avail yoursefl, Commit to come & Team up.. in short ACT on it !! :) see all of you soon!

IT WORKSHOP #901 (note change of venue)

2009-01-17T14:51:00.000+08:00

Please take note of the change of VENUE.

New Venue: MPR1

(KC's class, it is behind the Sanctuary on the 2nd floor. See you..!)

Special Communion Service (#2)

2009-01-17T14:44:00.000+08:00

This Communion Service is for children (Std 6) who just 'graduated' from Junior Church. Those who missed the first "Special Communion Service" are encouraged to attend.

Parents & JC Teachers are welcomed to accompany them.

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IT WORKSHOP 901

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Date: 18th Jan 2009, Sunday

Venue: MPR2 (KC's class; 2nd floor behind Sancturay)

Who MUST attend : ALL YX, KC & JC Team members

Time: 12:45pm ~ 1:45pm (Or come immediately after end of Sunday service. Light refreshment will be provided.)

Purpose:

Ensure ALL relevant staff have TEACHING RESOURCEs - either hard-copy or on CDs. This will make it easier for Team Leaders to coordinate & assign teaching assignments or other activities. (Bring all Teaching Resources, CD-ROM or CDs you have received earlier.)

To GET ALL into the IT loop - so we can get informations & resources to all of YOU ON-LINE ! Sign-up for gmail accounts, Visit our google group & blog (NEW!)
Introduction to CM ON-LINE RESOURCES & sites we have subscribed to. You'll need to know password to access these sites.

If you have your own lap-top with wireless function, do bring it along. We want all to be sure on how to access some of these resources on-line. Yes.., we do have wireless broadband access in our facilities. Come & find out how you can get in. Access key will only be given to those who are involved in ministry & may need to go on-line.

If you have any queries, feel free to call me (012-379 7030).

Greetings to All !

2009-01-16T16:25:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year 2009 !

To all our faithful fellow workers.. I praise God for you, for faithfully ministering to the children that the Lord brought in among us.. whether in Sunday School or Children Church. The Lord will surely richly reward you for all the sacrifices you have made. Nothing goes unnoticed by Him.

We have been taking our Primaries in Children Church through the "NEXT GENERATION' Curriculum since Jan 2008. Thus far, we have journeyed from Genesis till Esther.

Unit 1 Beginnings - Genesis 1 - 37
Unit 2 On the Road Again - Exodus 3:1-22
Unit 3 God's Mighty Heroes - Judges - Esther

Starting Jan 11, we continue with

Unit 4 God's Word in My Heart

This will take us all from Psalm till Malachi, completing an overview of the Old Testament.

What a journey! Thank you for “sticking on”!

Just as we need some kind of motivation to move forward, our children too will need them. We are going to provide these ‘external’ motivations through our re-packaged “Motivational Reward System” using the “CM Bank Book” for children to collect “CM $tamp$”. Let us take time to read & find out how this is to be carried out. Do refer to guidelines provided. Should any of your team members had missed the briefing on 4th Jan, please do explain to them. If you have missed the briefing yourself, please make a point to find out.
We will try to keep this as simple as possible so that it’ll be manageable. Feedbacks are welcomed. Changes & improvement will be along the way.

Leaders' Retreat

2009-01-15T09:03:00.002+08:00

CM committee, team leaders and lead teachers, please submit your form to Sis Sally P or Church office by 18th Jan . Thank you.

Leaders' Retreat

2009-01-15T09:03:00.001+08:00

Chinese New Year Break

2009-01-13T16:41:00.000+08:00

Chinese New Year Break

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