August Rush

August Rush

A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents through a musical journey of hope and waiting. Bring a friend and chips along! Tissue boxes are provided.

When: 20 August 08, Saturday

Where: The Lighthouse, Lvl 4

Time: 8.15pm - 10.15pm.

Joachim@92394826

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Hey guys!

It's a rainy morning as I'm lazing in front of my computer typing this email to you. Rain is such a bliss to Singaporeans that we forget that in many parts of the world that some countries are in drought, especially one neighbour which is close to us: Australia. Some parts have been in drought since 2 or 3 years ago and it has seldom rain. Let us intercede for them as we pray for rain and hope in their country as preparation for Advent, the season of Waiting and Hope.

1) Advent Nights' timing is changed to 9pm this Friday, 13 Dec in the Lighthouse, due to Father David's memorial mass at 8pm. For the last session, Father Michal lead us into discussing free will, God's hope for us and the 'poor' and 'afflicted' in our society or beside us. John 10:10. Micah 6:8.

2) Youth Alpha has just ran its second session. Please continue to pray for these participants. For more details, please contact Celine @ 90906469.

3) The Testimony Project is still on! Check out our blog or add yourself to the our Facebook account at http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?ref=sb#/group.php?gid=14846641385.

4) School of Witness (A youth formation project by CAYC). A six week program helping participants to deepen their relationship with God and discover their call for evangelisation.Check www.cayconline.org or contact Joachim @ 92394826 for registration.

5) Up Close and Personal with Daughters of St Paul. Calling all young women aged below 30 if you are interested to discover your vocation in life. Contact 65608003 or RSVP fspvocation@yahoo.com.

The Sec 1s just completed their retreat last weekend. All thanks to God and the team for making this possible as this is our first parish Sunday School retreat! Hope for more to come next year with other classes!

Peace,
Joachim

2nd Advent Cell @ The Lighthouse

Started with a song, "Father We Come to Worship You".
One of my favourites.
And the five of us gathered in a circle on a colourful rug
Candles lit, books ready and wondering where's everyone else?
Hah...well it's the season of Hope anyway.
Be it two, three or ten people, we'll just do our bit to share,
to listen and to prepare.



Somehow, started off talking about what's God's hope for us?
Fr Michal sums it up with John 10:10
"I came so that you may have life."
Certainly, God wants us to live our life to the fullest.
And this fullness of life and knowing what's the Truth will fulfill that.
Nevertheless, He wants us to receive the gift of salvation.

And then we digressed a bit further and talk about God's will.
Well, we often question if we say that God has given us free will,
then why is it that we still talk about God's plans for us?
To make things less complex, this free will given to us,
if it satisfy certain "criterias" of God's will, then we won't go wrong.
Again, Fr Michal interprets God's will as what prophet Micah has said in Micah 6:8.
- Act justly
- Love tenderly
- Walk humbly with our God.
and this reminded me of the song "Companions on the Journey"!...

AND so...moving on to the Gospel reading...
Prepare the way for the Lord's coming...
How to prepare?
Hmm...we were asked to identify the "poor" and "afflicted"
in our societies. Not necessarily physically, materially, but also spiritually and emotionally.
What about ourselves?
Have we felt "poor" and "afflicted" at times?
Has any form of help been offered to me? Any comforting words from people?
Did we see hope?

As we continue with this Advent journey,
let's think how we can offer a certain hope to people around us
People whom we might not know, people we are "poor" and "afflicted",
and maybe ourselves even, to stretch out our arms to receive some kind of hope from others too.

May we pray and ask the Spirit to increase our faith, strengthen our hope, and find joy in fulfilling God's will and yearning for God's hope in us.

~ Mike.