August happenings

This is the forth year that FCC is doing a mission trip and 6 of us are going to Philipines. Jim and laily Lim will be there for 4 days while the rest of us [ Samuel Young, Lemuel, Joash and myself ] will stay until August 10. Please remember us in prayer.We will be visiting prison, schools, dumpsite [ smokey mountain ] churches and trying to connect with some pastors for future partnership. FCC can and is a blessing to other nations. Amen.
While we are away, please continue to participate in the House of Prayer and Healing. There is a prayer camp on August 7-8 at FCC House of Prayer. If you have been coming for the monthly Unity Prayer, All night prayer and Wednesday Power Encounter, encourage the other cell members also to join.
We are encouraged by the great response to the Prayer Drive - Cell by cell. I hope that we had a clearer glimpse of our community and the Holy Spirit would have imparted a burden and a passion for us all to seek His Face on behalf of our community.
I am also very thrilled to see many of you staying back for table fellowship at our Level 2 Cafe with free coffee and inexpensive simple food. In the near future we hope to get many more people involved in preparing inexpensive and creative menu. The funds raised will go towards good causes to help those in needs. We need both those who has the cooking talent as well as eating talent. We like to see building of better relationships of old and new people at FCC. Halleluyah.
Well if you have not register for church camp. maybe it is still not too late. Check with your cell leaders. It's going to be a fantastic family gathering to experience His love and healing in our midst - August 30- September 2.
By the way some youths will join me in a short mission trip to Malacca on August 17/18. See your youth leaders if you are interested.

Shalom and love...Ps. Luke and Ps.Nellie

2 questions

At our staff devotion I asked them to think about these two questions.

1. What do you think is your joyful earthly reward in ministry? Why do
they choose this "vocation'? This was asked in the context that to
serve sincerely and genuinely in ministry is usually not easy,
requiring one to die to self all the time, facing much trials and
testing of our character, frequently judged and misunderstood, not
much appreciated by those we served and even mishandled many times by
those we choose to love. The answer did not come fast. After some deep
eye-brow expressions 2 of them said that their own character
development itself is their reward.God uses their "vocation" to hone
their character and personality. Well I really thought that it was a
very noble perspective.I probed them further..about what is their joy
in ministry...We finally all agreed that our deepest satisfaction
comes when we see lifes touch, healed and transformed by the Lord
Jesus Christ through our humble, imperfect respresentation of Christ
in the ministry.

2. When would you regard FCC to be a "great church"?
Is it when we reach thousands in number?.......NO
is it when we have great Music, Worship and Preaching?.......NO
Is it when we have produce our own CDs and is well known?.....NO

So.....when is FCC a great church?
We concluded that FCC is a great church when the people of God have a
growing intimate love relationship with God. To us all, that is the
non-negotiable foundation of greatness, be it in numbers, performance
or productions. When God's people at FCC take ownership of their
relationship with God, to be loved by God and to love God...then they
will enjoy loving others, they will enjoy serving others, they will
enjoy sacrificing and laying down their lives for the ministry. They
are here at FCC not because of the great music or preaching or the
beauty of the building. They are here excited because of their love
for God and His House and His people and Work.

That's why and where we begin....The place of Prayer...the place of
dependence upon God and His Holy Spirit. Not by might or power, but by
His Spirit.Zech 4:6 The place of intentional humility.The place where
we acknowledge that we can do nothing without Him. We stand strong and
firm by being on our knees together...Fcc - House of Prayer.

What do we want to see? We want His Name to be Praised & Glorified
when we see lives touched, healed and transformed by the work of the
Holy Spirit in and through our lives, our ministry and our sacrifice
together. We desire to see individuals, marriages, families,
communities and nations being healed...Fcc - House of Healing.

We are created to receive love and to give it away.