Bridging Light Updates!

Hey people,

Take a look at this week's updates and a Happy Teachers Day to all the teachers reading the updates! Your efforts in maintaining discipline and teaching among scolding is much appreciated!

1) West District Exam Mass. Looking to calm your nerves? Join us for the district celebration at St Ignatius Church on the 4th September at 3.30 pm. Celebrant: Friar Michael De Cruz. Please note that this Mass is considered a Sunday Obligatory Mass. Contact Joachim @ 92394826 for more details. Buses that goes to St Ignatius include 93, 153, 165, 174, 186, 855, 961 and 48. SFAians are encouraged to be in blue!

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, on your own intelligence rely not;" - Prov 3:5

2) Feast Day. In line with the Nature theme of St Francis of Assisi, we're organising a pets blessing by the Archbishop and a SPCA talk on these respective dates:

SPCA Talk

Date: 25 September 2010

Time: 7.30pm to 8.30pm

Venue: Canteen

Registration is required and a minimum of 20 participants is needed for the talk to proceed. Registration closes by 19 September.

Blessing of Animals

Date: 3 October 2010

Time: After 11.00 am Mass

Venue: The pathway beside the priests garage

Registration is required for this blessing. Registration closes by 26 September.

Please reply back with:

Name:

Age:

Hp:

Email:

Event: SPCA Talk/ Blessing of Animals/ Both

If you are registering for blessing of animals, please fill in this slot too:

Animal Owned(Type, species):

Further details will be made available in next week's updates

3) Cell Group. Register your interest (Living in God 2010 from ages 14 - 20), or Little Rock Scripture Studies - Acts of the Apostles for Young Adults (21 years to 30 years old) by replying back! If you have registered but no one has contacted you yet, please call Gregory @ 9829 7091.

4) Countdown to WYD Madrid 11 begins! Registration for SFA group has already started. So far, a total of 6 participants have indicated their interests. We're looking to form a group of 20. If you are interested and between the age of 18 - 35, we welcome you to join us! Do you want a registration form? Reply back for one!

5) SFADotComm - If you are interested to sponsor this newsletter, please approach Terence @ 9665 6032.

6) A testimonial project by the young people for the adults - It's time to re-engage the adults into the passion of being in love with God! We are starting a testimonial project where the youths and young adults can express their struggles, pains and joys while being in love with Jesus. The aim is to gather all these testimonials into a BOOK! When people read it, they go "Ah! So I'm not the only guy with this problem!" We are aiming to publish this book by the end of this year. So if you do have testimonies, please do not hesitate to go to this form:https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEZmUkxyeWJ1Y05pOTR6dHBibTBxM0E6MQ and submit. It's ok to be anonymous!

7) Parish youth worker - St Francis of Assisi has an opening for a new full time youth worker beginning in January 2011. We are looking for a 22 - 35, has a passion and love for working with young people, responsible and shows good initiative. Candidate must be a Confirmed and practicing R.Catholic, with a Diploma/Degree in any fields, has some basic knowledge of R.Catholic Church theological teachings and is able to lead a team of youth and young adult leaders. Interested applicants please write in with your resume, work experience with youths and young adults, expected salary and ministry leadership experience (if any) and a recently taken passport sized photo. Please address your resume to The Parish Priest: St Francis of Assisi, Position of Youth Worker.

8) Intercessories - Once every 2 weeks, a group of young adults and youths will come together to pray for the needs of everyone in the parish. If you have any petitions, please send them back to our email. This week we pray for people who are having difficulty in being honest.

Peace,

Joachim

Bridging Light Updates!

Hey people,

I was reading 'The Missing Piece' by Shel Silverstein to my children the other day and this story really struck my heart. This story is about a circle who lost part of itself and it went on a journey, looking for its missing piece. After a long journey and many mishaps, it finally found it's missing piece. However, after a while, it discovered that it could not sing its usual song. In a final act, it left behind it's missing piece so that it could sing it's song.

Many times, we aim for the sky and set goals and targets. Finally after we've got it, we found that we're still not happy. Then we aim for higher goals and aims. And it continues on and on. This cycle will continue until you are satisfied. Are you satisfied with what you've got now? Your life, your family, your studies or your work? St Augustine, in his Confessions, has a well written line, "My heart is restless till it rests in you, Lord!"

1) West District Exam Mass. Looking to calm your nerves? Join us for the district celebration at St Ignatius Church on the 4th September at 3.30 pm. Celebrant: Friar Michael De Cruz. Please note that this is not considered a Sunday Mass. Contact Joachim @ 92394826 for more details. Buses that goes to St Ignatius include 93, 153, 165, 174, 186, 855, 961 and 48.

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, on your own intelligence rely not;" - Prov 3:5

2) Cell Group. Register your interest (Living in God 2010 from ages 14 - 20), or Little Rock Scripture Studies - Acts of the Apostles for Young Adults (21 years to 30 years old) by replying back! If you have registered but no one has contacted you yet, please call Gregory @ 9829 7091.

3) Countdown to WYD Madrid 11 begins! Registration for SFA group has already started. If you are interested and between the age of 18 - 35, we welcome you to join us! Do you want a registration form? Reply back for one!

3) SFADotComm - If you are interested to sponsor this newsletter, please approach Terence @ 9665 6032.

4) A testimonial project by the young people for the adults - It's time to re-engage the adults into the passion of being in love with God! We are starting a testimonial project where the youths and young adults can express their struggles, pains and joys while being in love with Jesus. The aim is to gather all these testimonials into a BOOK! When people read it, they go "Ah! So I'm not the only guy with this problem!" We are aiming to publish this book by the end of this year. So if you do have testimonies, please do not hesitate to go to this form:https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEZmUkxyeWJ1Y05pOTR6dHBibTBxM0E6MQ and submit. It's ok to be anonymous!

5) Parish youth worker - St Francis of Assisi has an opening for a new full time youth worker beginning in January 2011. We are looking for a 22 - 35, has a passion and love for working with young people, responsible and shows good initiative. Candidate must be a Confirmed and practicing R.Catholic, with a Diploma/Degree in any fields, has some basic knowledge of R.Catholic Church theological teachings and is able to lead a team of youth and young adult leaders. Interested applicants please write in with your resume, work experience with youths and young adults, expected salary and ministry leadership experience (if any) and a recently taken passport sized photo. Please address your resume to The Parish Priest: St Francis of Assisi, Position of Youth Worker.

6) Intercessories - Once every 2 weeks, a group of young adults and youths will come together to pray for the needs of everyone in the parish. If you have any petitions, please send them back to our email. This week we pray for people who are feeling lost and needs God's direction in their lives.

Peace,

Joachim

Bridging Light Updates!

Hey people,

Our ministries' leaders just returned from a retreat, well rested. Thank you for your prayers. During the retreat, an interesting observation was made. No matter how many great sessions or humorous talks you gave, the only actions registered in a person's head are the little actions or words that you used. To this day, I'm constantly amazed that my little words or actions have such great impact on people - be it ill or gentle mannered. You might think that the action or word you are saying now is small but when it is sown in another person's life, it will yield a hundredfold.

1) West District Exam Mass. Looking to calm your nerves? Join us for the district celebration at St Ignatius Church on the 4th September at 3.30 pm. Celebrant: Friar Michael De Cruz. Please note that this is not considered a Sunday Mass. Contact Joachim @ 92394826 for more details. Buses that goes to St Ignatius include 93, 153, 165, 174, 186, 855, 961 and 48.

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, on your own intelligence rely not;" - Prov 3:5

2) Cell Group. Register your interest (Living in God 2010 from ages 14 - 20), or Little Rock Scripture Studies - Acts of the Apostles for Young Adults (21 years to 30 years old) by replying back! If you have registered but no one has contacted you yet, please call Gregory @ 9829 7091.

3) Countdown to WYD Madrid 11 begins! Registration for SFA group has already started. If you are interested and between the age of 18 - 35, we welcome you to join us! Do you want a registration form? Reply back for one!

3) SFADotComm - If you are interested to sponsor this newsletter, please approach Terence @ 9665 6032.

4) A testimonial project by the young people for the adults - It's time to re-engage the adults into the passion of being in love with God! We are starting a testimonial project where the youths and young adults can express their struggles, pains and joys while being in love with Jesus. The aim is to gather all these testimonials into a BOOK! When people read it, they go "Ah! So I'm not the only guy with this problem!" We are aiming to publish this book by the end of this year. So if you do have testimonies, please do not hesitate to go to this form:https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEZmUkxyeWJ1Y05pOTR6dHBibTBxM0E6MQ and submit. It's ok to be anonymous!

5) Parish youth worker - St Francis of Assisi has an opening for a new full time youth worker beginning in January 2011. We are looking for a 22 - 35, has a passion and love for working with young people, responsible and shows good initiative. Candidate must be a Confirmed and practicing R.Catholic, with a Diploma/Degree in any fields, has some basic knowledge of R.Catholic Church theological teachings and is able to lead a team of youth and young adult leaders. Interested applicants please write in with your resume, work experience with youths and young adults, expected salary and ministry leadership experience (if any) and a recently taken passport sized photo. Please address your resume to The Parish Priest: St Francis of Assisi, Position of Youth Worker.

6) Intercessories - Once every 2 weeks, a group of young adults and youths will come together to pray for the needs of everyone in the parish. If you have any petitions, please send them back to our email. This week we pray for people who are feeling lost and needs God's direction in their lives.

Peace,

Joachim

Bridging Light Updates!

Hey people!!

The last weekend saw a very positive response from the parishioners on the topic of recycling. Uncle Francis Mani had to make 4 trips to drop the papers. A very big thank you to those who had supported this event. Continue to look out for the series of feast day events coming up...

As mentioned previously, our youth and young adult leaders will be having their retreat this weekend. Please pray for them.

1) Cell Group. Register your interest (Living in God 2010 from ages 14 - 20), or Little Rock Scripture Studies - Acts of the Apostles for Young Adults (21 years to 30 years old) by replying back! If you have registered but no one has contacted you yet, please call Gregory @ 9829 7091.

2) Countdown to WYD Madrid 11 begins! Registration for SFA group has already started. If you are interested and between the age of 18 - 35, we welcome you to join us! Reply back for more details or the registration form. Check this site out: www.madridwyd2011.com.

3) SFADotComm - If you are interested to sponsor this newsletter, please approach Terence @ 9665 6032.

4) A testimonial project by the young people for the adults - It's time to re-engage the adults into the passion of being in love with God! We are starting a testimonial project where the youths and young adults can express their struggles, pains and joys while being in love with Jesus. The aim is to gather all these testimonials into a BOOK! When people read it, they go "Ah! So I'm not the only guy with this problem!" We are aiming to publish this book by the end of this year. So if you do have testimonies, please do not hesitate to go to this form:https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEZmUkxyeWJ1Y05pOTR6dHBibTBxM0E6MQ and submit. It's ok to be anonymous!

5) Parish youth worker - St Francis of Assisi has an opening for a new full time youth worker beginning in January 2011. We are looking for a 22 - 35, has a passion and love for working with young people, responsible and shows good initiative. Candidate must be a Confirmed and practicing R.Catholic, with a Diploma/Degree in any fields, has some basic knowledge of R.Catholic Church theological teachings and is able to lead a team of youth and young adult leaders. Interested applicants please write in with your resume, work experience with youths and young adults, expected salary and ministry leadership experience (if any) and a recently taken passport sized photo. Please address your resume to The Parish Priest: St Francis of Assisi, Position of Youth Worker by 6 August 2010.

6) 1010. A 10 series of 10 minutes play by Walk on Waters Productions at Jubilee Hall on 14 and 15 August, 7.30pm. If you are interested to get tickets, please visitwww.calmtheseas.com.

6) Intercessories - Once every 2 weeks, a group of young adults and youths will come together to pray for the needs of everyone in the parish. If you have any petitions, please send them back to our email. This week we pray for people who are feeling worthless.

Peace,

Joachim

Bridging Light Updates!

Hey people,

Next week, our Youth and Young Adult Office leaders will be having a retreat where they will get away and rest for a little while.. Please pray for them and their intercessions and petitions.

1) Cell Group. Register your interest (Living in God 2010 from ages 14 - 20), or Little Rock Scripture Studies - Acts of the Apostles for Young Adults (21 years to 30 years old) by replying back! If you have registered but no one has contacted you yet, please call Gregory @ 9829 7091.

2) Countdown to WYD Madrid 11 begins! Registration for SFA group has already started. If you are interested and between the age of 18 - 35, we welcome you to join us! Reply back for more details! Registration starts again this weekend! Check this site out: www.madridwyd2011.com.

3) SFADotComm - If you are interested to sponsor this newsletter, please approach Terence @ 9665 6032.

4) A testimonial project by the young people for the adults - It's time to re-engage the adults into the passion of being in love with God! We are starting a testimonial project where the youths and young adults can express their struggles, pains and joys while being in love with Jesus. The aim is to gather all these testimonials into a BOOK! When people read it, they go "Ah! So I'm not the only guy with this problem!" We are aiming to publish this book by the end of this year. So if you do have testimonies, please do not hesitate to go to this form:https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEZmUkxyeWJ1Y05pOTR6dHBibTBxM0E6MQ and submit. It's ok to be anonymous!

5) Parish youth worker - St Francis of Assisi has an opening for a new full time youth worker beginning in January 2011. We are looking for a 22 - 35, has a passion and love for working with young people, responsible and shows good initiative. Candidate must be a Confirmed and practicing R.Catholic, with a Diploma/Degree in any fields, has some basic knowledge of R.Catholic Church theological teachings and is able to lead a team of youth and young adult leaders. Interested applicants please write in with your resume, work experience with youths and young adults, expected salary and ministry leadership experience (if any) and a recently taken passport sized photo. Please address your resume to The Parish Priest: St Francis of Assisi, Position of Youth Worker by 6 August 2010.

6) Intercessories - Once every 2 weeks, a group of young adults and youths will come together to pray for the needs of everyone in the parish. If you have any petitions, please send them back to our email. This week we pray for people who are feeling burdened and overworked.

Peace,

Joachim