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Monday, May 11, 2009

SMACAGOW










the widest smile!

the longest eyelashes...

the sexiest wink!



Im sure all who attended would agree that SMACAGOW was indeed a SmAcKiNG GooD weekend!

The theme of this year's talks was on God's Guidance, a very timely message in light of current economic conditions! Paul Harrington preached faithfully on this subject, over 4 separate talks, outlining firstly the key principles to making Godly decisions and then moving on to tackle 3 areas of application:
-God's Guidance and our Job
-God's Guidance through the Holy Spirit, applying the principles to Marriage
-God's Guidance and Money

In addition, there were 4 electives available on a variety of topics:
1. How to REALLY love your husband- we saw many husbands signing their wives up for this one!
2. Relationships - singleness
3. A Christian perspective to Chinese Traditions
4. Case for Christ

We also had heaps of fun games, icebreakers and our very own SMACC pageant,over an 8 course banquet dinner! -
see photos for footage of SMACC's widest smile, sexiest wink and longest eyelashes :)

SO..What else did 80 SMACC/ACA ers do in the tiny town of Kampar over the long may weekend?
...Checked out Kampar town -which consisted of only 2 main roads, but provided enough entertainment in the form of delectable chicken biscuits, some drove to Kellie's castle, football at 2am (tsk tsk - we hear Andrew was involved in this too!) and one group even drove to Ipoh for taugeh chicken at 1am :)
We even managed to include SMACC Team, our monthly prayer meeting on the saturday night.
It was a very fulfilling weekend, packed with excellent teaching and lots of opportunities to build and deepen relationships.

Many Thanks to all who organised it, helped out, ran games n children ministry, designed the lovely striking chilli red tee shirt :) and photographers.

For those who couldn't make it, the talks are available online on smacc.info (sermon downloads page. Check out more photos (and videos as well!) on our Facebook site.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Resources for Chinese Speakers

While SMACC is held in English, there are a number of people in SMACC who are reaching out to people who prefer another language. Here are some links for those among us who are serving people whose main language is Chinese.

Chinese-English Bible (Union Chinese: NET Bible English) - download a book at a time
http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=3976

Christianity Explained in Chinese
http://www.christianityexplained.com/chinesesimple.pdf

2 ways to live in Chinese
Tract: http://www.matthiasmedia.com.au/mmstore/2wtcchs (we have a supply at SMACC)
Online: http://matthiasmedia.com.au/2wtl/chinese/

Moore College Th.C Course Brochure
http://external.moore.edu.au/fileadmin/external/THC_brochure_chinese.pdf

Downloadable Theological Books and Resources
http://www.chinachristianbooks.org

Let me know if you find other good resources.

Andrew

Friday, April 17, 2009

SMACAGOW 2009


SMACAGOW 2009

'Guide to God's Guidance'

May 1st-3rd

Please sign up at SMACC or ACA on Sunday - or email us on smacc.info@gmail.com for more information.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

This Sunday - Community Lunch and Dinner + Dont forget to sign up for SMACAGOW camp!







We will be having our monthly community lunch and dinner this sunday. Please do stay around after the service for food and fellowship.

Also, our SMACAGOW camp registration is now open... do sign up as soon as possible
;) There are more photos of the hotel, rooms and facilities on our FACEBOOK page (Friends of SMACC)
and FINALLY our new website for ACA is up and running, do check it out. http://www.ascendedchrist.org

Friday, March 20, 2009

Guidance on God's Guidance

SMAGOW this year is on the topic of Guidance. It would be great if all SMACCers came for this our annual camp - it's from May 1st-3rd, the speaker is Paul Harrington from Holy Trinity Adelaide and it's to be held at the Grand Kampar Hotel.

The 2 best books on Guidance I have found are:
1. Decision Making and the will of God (Gary Friesen & J. Robin Maxen)
2. Guidance and the Voice of God (Philip Jensen & Tony Payne).

They are strongly recommended reading! A summary of Friesen & Maxen can be found here and a review of Jensen & Payne can be found here. Reading these books or at least the summaries beforehand may raise questions and issues for you to bring for discussion at the camp.

Hope to see you in Kampar!

Andrew C.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Cheshire Home for the Disabled





Here is another ministry you can get involved in! :) We visit Cheshire Home, in Selayang on the first Saturday of every month for about 2 hours. The usual schedule is leave church at 4.30pm, arrive home and usher residents into a meeting room, sing hymns, short sermon, communion and prayer.Transport can be arranged from church and it wil be best to let Andrew know if you will be going at least the day before so he can arrange logistics and transport.
To find out more about Cheshire Home, visit http://www.cheshire.org.my/

Friday, March 6, 2009

Shal Home Ministry








Every Thursday, we bring the Gospel Message to Shal Home, a home for the mentally handicapped. The home is located off Jalan Gasing, PJ and in the 2 hours that we have with them, we share a teaching from the bible, perform a short play, sing songs and play (simple!) games.
Do join us on thursdays from 10am to 12 noon if you are free. No previous acting skills necessary! :)