Christmas Carolling 2009

Hi guys,

Christmas service and Starlight of Hope was awesome. Thanks to all of you who helped out and for those who came. More importantly, we have a few people who responded to the altar call. :) Praise God!

On the subject matter, the CDC Christmas caroling is happening this Christmas Eve. Below are the details:

Gathering place: Cornerstone Doulos Church
Time: 6.15pm
Dress Code: White (you can also wear Santa hats, reindeer hairband etc to spice up your costume)

Agenda:
7-8pm- Three apartments at Lagoon Perdana
8.30pm- Khang Zheng's house in Puchong
9.30pm- Jasmine Voon's house in Section 12, PJ
10.30pm- Sue Shen's house in SS2, PJ

Please do let Brandon know if you are bringing friends. :) See you there!

Everything Skit Cast Members (updated)

The youth have been working hard practising for the Everything Skit and dance for this morning's service and the Youth Event tonight. And they are awesome! Thought I'd share some pictures of the cast members. :P


Producer/Second-in-command: Danielle Yoo


Marcus as Jesus/Son of God


Khang Zheng as Boyfriend/Hot Stuff


Adriel Loke as Corporate Guy/Dude with Money


Xue Jen as Model/Sexy Girl


Eric Chia as Man in Hood/Final Tempter


Nicole Yoo as Drunkard/Beer Model


Joey Tan as Main Actress/Redeemed Girl


Director/Reindeer: Max Koh


Executive Producer/Big Boss: Ariel Yoo

(Videos to come soon)

Starlight of Hope and Christmas Service!

Practices for the Everything Skit have been running very well thanks to the dedication and hard work of the actors and team players. Good job guys! :) We'll have a full dress rehearsal before performing it on this Sunday's Christmas service (20 Dec 2009) at 11am and the Youth Christmas party, Starlight of Hope.



Here are the details for Starlight of Hope

Venue :
CDC (Above Klinik Permai)
1-27 & 1-29 Jalan PJS 9/1A
Pusat Perniagaan Lagoon Perdana
Bandar Sunday, 46150 PJ.

Dress code : Costume Xmas Outfit

RSVP : Alwyn Liang +6012 934 7120
Loh Khang Lei +6012 6955 807

Bring along an exchange gift of RM 5.
Bring along "UR" FRIENDS!

There'll be dinner (with turkey!) and Reverend Ronald Ooi will be sharing at the event. :) It's gonna be awesome so please do bring your friends as well.

Here are some pictures from the practices.


Eric Chia as one of the temptations.


The temptations.


Eric and Nicole having a break in the midst of practice.


Eric trying to get poor Joey to commit suicide.


Adriel and Xue Jen fooling around.


And our very own Marcus will play Jesus in the play.


See you guys there! :)

Take me in (Holy of Holies) - Isaiah 6

Hey peeps,

A happy December and pre-holidays to all of you! Believe it or not, we have reached the end of another decade! Yes, it's the end of the 2000s! Scary huh? I remember I was partying on the eve of 2000 like its the new century, and the whole scare about the Y2K bug. What a fuss was that. And that was the pre-9/11 days. Remember that?

Okay. I digress. This coming Sunday worship, Sister Christina will be introducing a new song titled Take Me In (Holy of Holies). So here's the link for the songs.

The first one is the version by Integrity which is probably the one she wants to sing.... but I really LOVE the version by Kutless. So, musicians on duty this weekend, do listen to the songs and practice yeah? Here are the chords and lyrics too. :)

Take me in (Slow version)


Take me in (Cool version) ;D


 

Take Me In (Holy of Holies) - Kutless            

                Em
Take me past the outer courts,
        C
And through the Holy Place
  D                                             
Past the brazen altar,
                        Em               D
Lord I want to see your face

        Em                        
Pass me by the crowds of people
         C
The priests who sing their praise
      D                                                                               
I hunger and thirst for Your righteousness,
               Am                   D
But it's only found one place

Chorus:
      Em                                         D        
So take me in to the Holy of Holies,
            Am7             D                      Em G
Take me in by the blood of the Lamb
       Em                                       D      
So take me in to the Holy of Holies,
               Am7                       D
Take the coal, cleanse my lips,
            Em
Here I am

"Woe to me!" I cried. "I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty."

Then one of the seraphs flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
- Isaiah 6:5-8

Christmas Presentation and Carolling

Hi guys,

As some of you know, we will be doing a variation of the Everything Skit for the Youth Evangelistic Meeting (19th Dec) and Sunday Service (20th Dec).

To all of you who have come for practice this Saturday. Thank you. I think we have made good progress. :)

We'll be having practices again this coming Saturday (5-7pm) so please come and be punctual (note to self).

Please listen to the songs and remember your parts. :) And remember that we want to make this a really affective and moving presentation. It doesn't have to be perfect, but it has to be of good quality because we want to give a good first impression to visitors.

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On another note, we are doing Christmas caroling again on Christmas Eve this year! :D YAY! Brandon Ho is in charge for caroling and practices will soon start after church Sunday services. So, clear your pipes and memorise those jingles because we are hitting the houses to spread the Christmas cheer.

On that note. Blessed December to everyone! :)

Five minute presentation for Christmas

Hello people,

As some of you know, the youth/creative team will present a short 5-minute presentation for Christmas service on 20 December 2009.

What I have in mind is a sort of dance presentation that tells of a story through a song. I am trying to write an original number for this presentation while Julie will come up with the choreography.

As such, this presentation will involve musicians, dancers, minimal props/costumes, and stage/sound assistance etc. It will be on a small-scale basis but I think it would be really exciting for us! ;)

To help get a better idea of what I am talking about, here's a dance presentation set to Lifehouse's Everything which has been getting quite a lot of hits on Youtube.



We will begin practice after youth meetings on Saturdays beginning on 21st November. We will discuss this further on this Saturday's youth meeting. :) If I can't produce an original composition by then, I'll find another song then.

Do let me know your thoughts/suggestions/ideas and how you want to contribute to make this presentation a success! :)

And above all, remember- we are doing this all for the glory of God.


In love,
Max Koh

Come, Christians Join To Sing Hymn

Hi, I will be singing this old hymn this Sunday too.



1. Come, Christians, join to sing
Alleluia! Amen!
Loud praise to Christ our King;
Alleluia! Amen!
Let all, with heart and voice,
Before His throne rejoice;
Praise is His gracious choice:
Alleluia! Amen!

2. Come, lift your hearts on high,
Alleluia! Amen!
Let praises fill the sky;
Alleluia! Amen!
He is our Guide and Friend;
To us He'll condescend;
His love shall never end:
Alleluia! Amen!

3. Praise yet our Christ again,
Alleluia! Amen!
Life shall not end the strain;
Alleluia! Amen!
On heaven's blissful shore
His goodness we'll adore,
Singing forevermore,
"Alleluia! Amen!"

-Max Koh