Alright, Now that MSt's over. i can slack back abit,but i have fyp and reports to be done.I browsed the internet and saw this video from CHC ppl performing at Easter,using other ppl's song to praise jesus.The 1st one was based on Tokyo Drift, which made me ROFL. However, when they used Lady Gaga's song,it was like -.- like, not making any sense to me ,i knew, the 1st church i went to is none other with City Harvest Church,which was located at Jurong West near NTU(they now moved to suntec), when Lennerd attempted to drag ting and myself there. It was founder's day during 2008. To me, CHC's sermons was like too hard and dull for me to catch, and someof their song was like..diao.using other ppl songs to praise jesus -.- (it seemed that they did this only on special occasions such as Easter or Christmas). ting did not attend lennard's cellgroup meeting, but i did attend his cellgroup meeting..Well, to be honest, i felt awkward and felt 'out of place' as well was pressured & stressed down there, they attempted me to convert to chirstianty in just one sermon that i attended, and did not explain the sermon to me, as i did not understand what the sermon was about. so in the end, i did not attend any of the services,leaving me a bad impression of chirstianty. Lennard attempted in vain to get me to go to their services for a few months before he gave up.
My bad impression of chirstanty ended when i met upon NISSI GAP, another of the cellgroup, this time from ImpactLive, which was based in Bukit Timah. i 1st met them during Joshua's 21st birthday party. my 1st impression was, they dun looked like as if they are from church and just like some other cool teens i always saw . They seemed easy to get along, but i only bothered to talk to Sam, pg and joshua,as i did not dare to open up to the rest at that time(I 1st met sam in a lan-gaming session back in 2010). ppl like peijun,bryan,szern, luwei, ewan, alexandra also did came as well.Little did i know that, my perception of them of being easy to get along was true in the few months to come..
That picture was'nt clear,ps.





During Easter, ping guang invited me over to Impactlive. I was at 1st hestitant,but agreed to take a look down there. At Impactlive, it was different from what i encountered back at CHC 3yrs back. Their sermons was easy to understand and NISSI Gap cellgrp members such as pg explained the sermon in such a way that i could understand better. Slowly in a few months' time, i eventually opened up to them and shared my problems with them, espically peijun,alexandra,shuen,szern,bryan,pg,roger,joshua,sam (i might as well say all). And even Sister wan ping, who was the so called big sister of impactlive, soon wanted to find out about me. I also encountered Rebecca, a former primary and secondary schoolmate of mine. She was a leader of her own cellgrp.
Funny, thinking back, i often thought that Alexandra was NISSI GAP's cellgroup leader as she often send reminders about sermon sessions, intially placing some of god's messages until i foun d out peijun was the leader some time later.
After attending one sermons after another, i decided that, Impactlive was to be the church i will visit and learn more about relationship with god and more..

There are reasons why i chose to be in Impactlive
-Impactlive always make alot of efforts to make newcomers welcome.
-The people down shown to be genuine about learning relationship with god and unlike some other big-churches,where there are ppl coming for the wrong reasons
-Paster Daniel was able to make preaches meaningful, interesting and can make it easy to understand, even from non-chirstians point of view
-Impactlive band performance was like a High school musical rock concert and all of their songs was original, not blindly using other ppl's song to praise god (:
-When it comes to tilts (correct my spelling), they are not too particular about the 10% 'quota', but Paster Daniel wants us to give willingingly and cheerfully.
-My cellgroup make me feel welcome, making me able to open up to them in time. i was never feeling stressed or pressured all these times with them.
-When i was struck down on shingles a few months back, they constantly asked me about my progress and i knew they often prayed for me. By this, i knew, that NISSI GAP members are concerned about each members' well being.
-I was able to learn alot from the past few sermons.
-There are cellgroups in other churches that will shut off contacts with you, or shun you if you dun attend just one of their meetings or sermons or just pressure you badly to come.Well,i'm proud to say that NISSI GAP did not do this to me as they are very understandable, as i only came to 3 of their lifegroup meetings so far, as i am very busy throughout my 3rd year of poly life(:
-My cellgroup always celebrated their members' I did recieve their card and several presents with them they celebrated my birthday.
A few of my friends were aware of that and asked me about it. It looks like impactlive was'nt famous. But i told them, a church like impactlive is not famous does not mean that it is not good, and famous churches may not be good. And there are always good chirstans like my cellgroup, as well as many others in Impactlive and other churches throughout singapore(:

Anyway, in conclusion, i came to the right church,right paster and right cellgroups.
Looking forward to their xmas bash( might not be able to eat dinner with them as i have sth on and i trust that they will understand),as well as the retreat at 31st Dec!Oh, i better finish off whatever assignment i have in the meantime.