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Central D Brothers' Night!

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Did anyone realise that the entire NS ministry was MIA after service? Not that we are unspiritual... In fact, as part of our commitment to build the most pastoral group in the church, we held a Brothers' Night at Hanyang's house(His parents went to Taiwan for a week so they have no idea what hit their house :P) We of cos had Pastor Shirley to pray for the house to stay intact as it will soon be hit by a force stronger than Hurricane Katrina, also known as the men from Singapore Armed Forces(aka SAF).

As usual, Daniel our DL made his grand appearance by coming late. We then took a super duper long bus ride to Thomson where Hanyang stays.

After arriving, we started preparing for our short skit which we were suppose to prepare over the week. The skit had to be based on army life so the 3 cgs came up with 3 different stories.

Skit 1. Life in Tekong BMT(also known as the island of Azkaban where Dementors live).
CD2 Action!
They brought us back to those bad memories... How we suffered in the hands of the Sergeants... How the physical training instructor made us do push ups and jumping jets like there is no tomorrow... I am so getting nightmares tonight...
Skit 2. How to lead a godly life in camp.
CD 3 Action!

They showed us how to live a godly life in our army camps, a godly life based on repentance from throwing away inedible SAF combat ration and pushing the blame to others when being caught for doing something wrong. To gain extra points, Michael even showed us how to do proper push ups! Junyao tried to do the one hand push up too but ended up falling on the ground. No surprise there...
Skit 3(the winning skit! MY CG!). What will happen if CD1 goes to war.
Unfortunately i have no photos for the skit because i forgot to ask someone to help me take photos while i act as the lazy general who refused to use his rifle to shoot because he didnt want to clean the gunpowder after using it. I however have pictures of my CL Nicholas receiving our prize from Daniel and a victory taupok of Junyao.
After a fun time of laughing and taupoking, we went into a time of teaching. Jiehui, our UL, who just came back from the Leadership Conference in Thailand taught us on "Why we are in Hope". It may sound simple but it really hit many of us as Jiehui explained the vision of the Hope movement and the actions that have been taken to fulfill the Great Commission all over the world. Nicholas and Matthew also shared their testimonies about their recent short term mission trip to Thailand.
We joined hands and sang "peng you(friends)"(i hope my hanyupingying didnt fail me) to unite our hearts as one.
To end off the day, we prayed. We prayed like never before for growth in our ministry. We declared our desperation for God to work in our lives, our cgs and our camps. Like Jabez, we boldly ask God to enlarge our group during the coming Christmas season. We raised our hands and entrust our entire ministry into His hands.
"Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request. "
-1 Chronicles 4:10

-Derrick

the centralite at 12:16 PM

CentraLog

Bored of playing wacko and concentration during caregroup games? Looking for something new and fresh? Always wanted to borrow a Christian literature but don’t know who to approach?

Congratulations! You have found the solution to all these problems. CentraLog was created to consolidate all the resources we have so that every single caregroup and member of Central will have easy access to them. This is a service exclusively for Centralites only! Currently, we have board games and card games that can be found in cafes such as Settlers and Minds café and a wide range of famous Christian literature available for loan. Use the games to spice up your CG or even conduct Matthew CGs as these games are great ways to break the ice. Read the books to widen your knowledge of Christianity and grow closer to God. After all, it’s a free service!

How to use this service? Just SMS! Its that easy.

For Board games/Card games
SMS to Derrick at 92256456 the game title and the day/time you need it. You will then receive a reply stating the availability. For popular titles, please try to book in advance as it is first-come-first-serve basis.
Available titles: Citadels, Bang!, Taboo, Ark of Covenant, Mag-Blast, I’m the Boss
Look out for more in the month of April!
Click here for reviews

For Christian Literature
SMS to Derrick at 92256456 the title of the book. You will then receive a reply stating the availability. If available, the book will be given to you the following Saturday during the worship service. Each person is only entitled to borrow one book at a time and has a limited time of 2 weeks to return it. If there is no demand for the book, the due date can be extended.
Available titles: The Purpose Driven Life (Rick Warren), I Kissed Dating Goodbye (Josh Harris), Four Pillars of a Man’s Heart (Stu Webber), Every Young man’s battle(Arterburn & Stoeker), More than a Carpenter (Josh Mcdowell), Just Walk across the Room (Bill Hybels), The Case for Christ (Lee Strobel), Your God is too Safe(Mark Buchanan), The Screwtape Letters(CS Lewis)

Contributions, donations and volunteers are very much needed to sustain this service so that the Kingdom of God may be extended. If you have a board game you wish to donate, or have Christian literature sitting in your cupboard collecting dust, I appeal to you: Please donate them to the Kingdom! Or you may also be a volunteer in bringing this service to the masses. Be a shareholder of CentraLog! For more information, please contact Derrick at 92256456.

Games Review

Citadel
This is probably one of the most interesting and enjoyable game of the lot. Ranging from 2 to 8 players, it is equally fun no matter how many people are in the game. Personally I prefer more players, but a game of 2 players is extremely fun and challenging as well. The aim of the game is to build 8 districts in your city. Once 8 districts have been completed, the game ends and points are counted.

At the beginning of each round, everyone secretly chooses a character in a clockwise manner. This character has special abilities that can be activated during your turn. Once everyone has selected a card, the round starts from the assassin and the race to build 8 districts begins.

This is a game of strategy and persuasion. Every round is different as you get to choose another character. Collect gold as a merchant, or get more cards as an architect, or even switch hands as a magician, but dodge the thief and the assassin or else your turn will be futile. There is just so many ways of playing this game and the element of mystery of who is who just makes the game even more exciting. A problem is that first timers usually take a long time to choose the character they want. Solution: Have the top 3 characters you want in your head, so when the cards come to you, you can choose immediately without cracking your head.

I highly recommend this game at caregroup level and from what I have seen, both guys and girls love this game.