updates!

hello everyone... IF you know Mr. Joel well you all should know me by now rite rite....
I'm known as... "Uncle Joel's daughter" by some of you people out there and to tell you the truth it hurts deeply.... T________T

eh eh no no joking joking.... :D
call me la whatever you want... =)



First and foremost, THIS BLOG IS NOT DEAD. yet


currently there are only 2 authors for this blog..

Joel Christie Isaiah (Pastor/ my dad)

Jessica Isaiah (that is actually my REAL NAME)

Mr Lee Hock Huat, Mr Paul Cheng and Mr Ravi Nair (elders of G.A.M) has just been send invitations to contribute to this blog! :)

so since i'm very free and not doing anything productive i shall now update what happen one week before Grace Awakening Ministries was open and the opening day of this church..


one week before the opening of G.A.M was the clean up session! 5th April 2009


here i would like to say a special Thank You to all those people who came and helped us out!

and they are:
(names in random order)
Lee Hock Huat and Tan Sow Wah
James, Ivy and Kristen LeeAmos Lee
Suan
Joel Christie Isaiah, Ruth and Emmanuel Isaiah

Elder Lee!


James Lee


Pastor Joel, Elder Lee


Suan and Soh Wah

Amos Lee! *curi tulang resting* :p


James, Ivy and Kristen Lee


that's me! (1st person from the left) this show that i actually did something! =)
Jessica, Ruth, Veni



God bless all of you! =D

first Sunday service! 12th April 2009 ~ Easter Service

our first service turned out to be a big blessing to us!

Ushers that morning~ Ruth and Veni

Elder Lee started with everything...

Intro-ing the Pastor, the Elders, the toilet :p and the very very very pretty children room i must say!

Pastor : Joel Christie Isaiah
Elders :
Lee Hock Huat
Paul Cheng
Juliet Cheng

the service continued with the worship by Sis Jane and team! *thank you!*



Sherrie the great!!! xD


Jeremy (left) and his friend.... *sorry i can't recall his name!* T-T

After worship was announcement time! also done by Elder Lee..

Sunday Service : Sunday : 9.30am

Prayer Meeting : Tuesday : 8.00pm

Bible Study : Friday : 8.00pm

Morning Prayer : Monday - Friday : 9.00am

Next, Holy Communion...

One thing different about G.A.M is that we have Holy Communion for every service EVERY WEEK... Yup... that includes Prayer Meeting, Bible Study and also Morning prayer...

WHY???? Because there is a lot of power in taking the Holy Communion... Especially for Health and Wholeness... I'm sure Pastor or one of the Elders would blog about it really soon! =)

for our first service the Holy Communion was conducted by Elder Ravi... and it looks like he's been doing it every week since then! =)

he does have a lot of testimony of himself regarding taking the holy communion!

Next up! Elder Lee sharing to everyone about the Statement of Faith, Mission, Vision, etc of G.A.M...

Statement of Faith

We believe in one God, who exists in three Persons — the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He is loving, holy and just.

We believe that the Bible is God’s Word. It is inspired and accurate. It is our perfect guide in all matters of life.

We believe that sin has separated us all from God, and that only through Jesus Christ can we be reconciled to God.

We believe that Jesus Christ is both God and Man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He led a sinless life, took all our sins upon Himself, died and rose again. Today, He is seated at the right hand of the Father as our High Priest and Mediator.

We believe that salvation is the gift of God to man. This gift is effected by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and it produces works pleasing to God.

We believe that water baptism is an outward act that demonstrates a believer's identification with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is our Comforter. He guides us in all areas of our lives. He also blesses us with spiritual gifts and empowers us to yield the fruit of the Spirit.

We believe that the Holy Communion is a celebration of Jesus’ death and our remembrance of Him.

We believe that God wants to transform, heal and prosper us, so that we can live blessed and victorious lives that will impact and help others.

We believe that we are called to preach the gospel to all nations.

We believe that our Lord Jesus Christ is coming back again just as He promised.

Mission Statement

To see Jesus in all the loveliness of His person and the perfection of His work and to make Him known through the preaching of the Gospel.

Core Values of our Work Ethics

• serve out of rest
  
• people matter
  
• excellence
  
• cutting edge
  
• honour
  

Right before the sermon was testimony/sharing time!

One of the few who came up was Mr Lum, the person who blessed the church with the building!

finally Pastor Joel was up to preach the Word.
Title of the sermon was He is Risen... (I'll personally make sure he blogs about it a.s.a.p) =D






The service ended with praying and anointing all the elders by Pastors and Elders from various churches and also praying for the people who came for alter call...







last but certainly not least.....
MAKAN!!!!!!!








Random pictures of everyone who came that morning~

The Chengs!!!

from left (back).. Paul Cheng, Ivy Cheng, Juliet Cheng, Rebecca Cheng

from left (front).. Wendy Cheng, Daniel Cheng and Pauline Cheng

Pastor Doctor Chan and family :p

from left.. Clement Chan, Carrie Chan, Sis Chee, and Doctor.

Mr Choi and family

Mr and Mrs Gan

Suan and Andrew
Pastor Joel and Mr Lum

Manomoney Prabhakaran, Shayern, Kuppamah with Pastor

back from left.. Ruth, Eunice, Jennifer, Jane, Lee, Ravi, Shayern

front from left.. Lum, Suan, Soh Wah, Catherine, Pastor Joel

Mummy dan Papa ku~ =)



Mrs Robin, Pastor Pangeran, Pastor Joel, Pastor Robin, Ruth

yes finally i'm done!


heartful thanks to everyone who came and supported us that day...

thanks to everyone who have blessed the church financially...

thank you Mr. Mundee for providing the P.A system and microphones etc...
thank you Pastor Robin for doing the wayering for the church!!!!
thank you ushers, musicians....
and to everyone whose names i forgot to mention THANK YOU! =)



May Grace Awakening Ministries bring more souls to the kingdom of God for His glory.

God bless.. =)