Tuesday, November 22, 2011

November and December Calendar :)

04 Nov - Video Night
11 Nov - Bible Study
18 Nov - Bible Study
25 Nov - Phileo Dinner & Quiz Night

02 Dec - Christmas Concert Preparation
09 Dec - Bible Study
16 Dec - Carolling

Thursday, October 6, 2011

October Calendar!

07 Oct - Bible Study
14 Oct - Evangelism Workshop
21 Oct - Bible Study
28 Oct - Group Activity

Friday, September 2, 2011

September Calendar! :)

02 Sept - Bible Study
09 Sept - Workshop on "Covenant Theology"
16 Sept - Bible Study
23 Sept - Sparks & YAF "Dinner and Games Night"
30 Sept - Prayer & Share

Monday, August 1, 2011

August Calendar

05 Aug - Bible Study
12 Aug - MUSIC NIGHT!
19 Aug - Share & Prayer
(20 Aug - Nursing Home Visit)
26 Aug - Bible Study

Sunday, July 17, 2011

July Calendar

1 July - Share & Prayer
8 July - Bible Study
15 July - Charismatism Movement Workshop
22 July - Group Activity
(23 July - Visitation to the Creasers)
29 July - Bible Study

Sunday, June 5, 2011

June Calendar

10 June - Bible Study*
17 June - Bible Study (at Church)
24 June - Creation & Evolution Workshop (at Church)

* YAF Bible Study will be held at a different location, please feel free to contact us for address details! :)

Sunday, May 1, 2011

May Calendar

06 May - Bible Study
13 May - Prayer & Share
20 May - Bible Study
27 May - Workshop (Pastor Ki)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

April Calendar

01 April - Group Activity
08 April - Easter Workshop
15 April - Hebrews Bible Study
16 April - Nursing Home Visitation
22 April - No YAF: EASTER CAMP!!
29 April - Hebrews Bible Study

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

March Calendar

04 March - Hebrews Bible Study
05 March - Welcome Outing at Morialta Park! (12:30pm)
11 March - Hebrews Bible Study
18 March - Evangelism Workshop
25 March - Hebrews Bible Study

27 March - Gospel Rally

Contact us if you need transport to any of these events! :) Hope to see you there!
(Unless otherwise stated, all meetings will be held in Church.)

Saturday, February 26, 2011

YAF Welcome Activity

YAF

Welcome Activity

Date: 05 March 2011

Time: 12:30pm

Location: Morialta Conservation Park

(Stradbroke Road, Rostrevor, SA 5073)

Give us a call if you need transport or from the City take bus H30 (towards Newton) to bus stop 27!




Come for a wonderful picnic lunch and a walk around God's beautiful creation!

"For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible… all things were created by him, and for him:" Colossians 1:16

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Phileo BBQ

It was a dark and gloomy day and it occasionally rained... However, a few faithful and optimistic YAFers dutifully made their way to Rymill Park for our Phileo bbq. Minutes before we were meant to start, it POURED! :( But we decided to stay put and wait it out and our decision paid off! Because in 5 minutes, God answered our prayers and cleared the sky and we were able to continue with our plan. :)

So we started with a few games before lunch.
1) Water balloon Captain's Ball!
It was quite a precarious game, with people trying to gently throw water balloons to each other...



And while most of us were busy having fun, two of our faithful sisters started the cooking... :) THANK YOU!


After we had enough of the water balloons, we moved on to our next game- Tug-Of-War!
Our first try was a fail cause the rope broke! Hmmm. I never knew we had such strong people in YAF! Now we'll know who to go to when we need brute strength! >.<
But after fiddling with the rope for a bit, we had one more go at it and it worked! :D


And after all the games, we were getting really hungry, so we all slowly congregated near the bbq pit... Waiting to be fed... :D Which we were!



And after a filling lunch, we had a few more games to get to know each other before heading home. :)


We truly thank God for answering our prayers and holding back the rain! And for the wonderful fellowship we had with our brothers and sisters in Christ! :)
May we all continue to strive together as a body of Christ in all that we do to bring Him all glory and honour!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

The Parable of the Sower

Saturday, January 1, 2011

What is Christmas All About?

Introduction:


Christmas is about the Almighty Creator of the universe who is not Himself part of the creation, moving himself, in the Person of His Son, into the universe that He made. And what makes this fact even more amazing is that this created universe—the personal part of it, the moral part of it—is in rebellion against its holy, loving and merciful Maker, and yet He came into the universe that He made in order to save those who are in active rebellion against Him. What is Christmas all about? One of the remarkable statements and answers in all the Scriptures is 1 Timothy 1:15, "…Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners…" Henceforth, Christmas is about something God initiated—something God did in the history of mankind. It has to do with the way the created universe relates to the one Being who is absolute—no beginning and no ending, self-sustaining, no changing—He simply is who He is. In fact, God says in Exodus 3:14 that his name is "I am that I am." Christmas is about how this great this Creator God relates to us and how we relate to Him. In fact, the gospel of Luke 1:26-38, where the Christmas account is recorded, tells us how this absolute God broke into his creation to save sinners.


How did the Creator of the universe break into His Universe?


By Performing the Impossible


Luke 1:37, "For with God nothing shall be impossible." Archangel of God, Gabriel, gives Mary the bottom line answer for how the Creator of universe can become man in the womb of a virgin. When all our objections have spent themselves, this truth remains: "With God nothing shall be impossible." God had been preparing the world for this impossibility for thousands of years. Listen to the testimonies: Genesis 18:14, "Is any thing too hard for the LORD?..." Job 42:2, "I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee." Jeremiah 32:17, "…behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee." And the time has come for the most impossible thing to be done: God enters his creation as part of it, and without ceasing to be the uncreated God.


By Choosing to Enter Through a Virgin


In Luke 1:26-27 Luke says, "…the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin …" The angel says to her in verse 31, "And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS." And Mary responds in verse 34, "…How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?" In other words, Mary is saying, "I am only betrothed, but I am not married. My marriage with Joseph is not been consummated yet." Yet, this was God's choice. An angel sent from God to a virgin. God's way of breaking into the universe was that He would be conceived in the womb of a virgin. We should not surmise very far from the text why God did it this way. The clearest answer is in verse 35, "….The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." God chose to be conceived in the womb of a virgin so that the fatherhood of this Holy Child would be absolutely unique—He is the Son of God, not the son of Joseph. He has a Divine Father, not a biological human father. He is therefore Divine as the Son of God, and a sinless human as Mary's son, not Joseph's son. God chose to break into the universe by choosing to enter through a virgin.


By choosing for his Son a legal human father who would be an heir of David, the king of Israel


Luke 1:27, "…a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David…" For two thousand years, since the days of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, God had been preparing for this moment in history. Promise after promise had pointed to the day when a son of David would come, a king, an heir to the throne. Prophet Isaiah said, "And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious." (Isaiah 11:10). And at the end of the Bible in the book of Revelation (22:16), Jesus waves his ensign or banner over all of history with the words, "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star."


The Creator of the universe broke into the universe not as a generic human being, but as a Jew, in fulfillment of 2000 years of covenant promises so that Israel would glorify God for his truthfulness and all the nations would glorify God for his mercy. He came as the Son of David and as the Son of God—a Jew to vindicate every promise, and a man to identify with every nation!


By Sending His Holy Ghost with Divine Power to Impregnate the Virgin


Mary asks in Luke 1:34, "…How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?"  And the next verse (Luke 1:35) must be one of the most important statements that has ever been made in any book in all of history. You ask "How," Mary? Here's how: "The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." God himself, the Holy Spirit, with miraculous working power—the power of the Most High—will take the place of a human father, and under the shadow of His wing Mary will become pregnant with the Son of God in a way most Pure, Virtuous, Holy, Unseen, Mysterious!


Conclusion:


That is what Luke tells us what Christmas is all about. The Creator of the universe broke into the universe by doing the impossible, by choosing to enter the universe through a virgin, by choosing a legal human father who would be an heir of David, the king of Israel, by sending his Holy Spirit with divine power to impregnate the Virgin Mary with a divine child.


Dear friends, would you come to Jesus Christ who came into this world some two thousands years ago and trust Him as your Lord and Saviour this Christmas?



Written by Pastor Weng