The Church of Our Holy Saviour, Labuan
Anglican Diocese of Sabah
Message
from
Pastor-in-Charge, Ps Sim Shiu Kee
An
email I received recently has once again awakened me on how shall we see
our next generation? In this
technology era, we see man has lost his will in self
learning, especially desiring the Word of God. We also hear that less
and less Christian Parents allowing their children to take up the Bible
Knowledge (BK) as their SPM subject.
According to the past years record, this subject started with 20
students in 1995 and has reached more than 1170 students in 2009. But in
2010, the number has dropped to about 800 students, and 2011, it has
dropped to less than 800 students. One of the reasons is many Christian
parents prioritise tuition in other subjects, many of them have
deficiency mentalities that this subject is not very important, or its
hard to score an A+, etc. Because of these, parents lost the importance
of encouraging our children to master the Word of God in their lives.
BK is not harder than the tougher subjects offered in the SPM, therefore
A+ is achievable. All we need is some committed BK teachers, that many
more will be BK candidates in 2013 SPM if you and I and our Christian
community act now within these 2 months to link with the Christian
teachers/parents/school personnel. There have always been BK classes in
a few Government schools. Christian Head-Master in position and parents
willing to be part of the PIBG (Parents Teachers Association) make all
the difference. We must be vigilant in prayer and diligent in training
the young in this vital WORD.
In a meeting with Malaysian Christian leaders at his residence on
the 4th July 2011, the Prime Minister agreed in principle on a few
issues which were brought up. One of them was that the Ministry of
Education will allow Bible Knowledge to be taught in schools. This
is our opportunity! To grab and make full use to train our Malaysian
youth in God’s Word. Their success in life is built on their knowing and
living the Word. Their impact on our nation is sure. It is an
opportunity not to be lost. Thus, we need to call for teachers
(retired or active) who are willing to volunteer themselves as BK
teachers in Malaysian schools, and not expecting school administrators
to come to look for us.
WE MUST GO IN AND OFFER OUR SERVICES
and we should cover as many schools as possible. Depending on the
students, we will only need to give 2 hours a week per class. It is not
difficult to teach BK. Why? Simply because the Holy Spirit will be
there to help us do the Lord’s work.
A sister who was pastoring in the Diocese used to share with me the joy
and success in teaching BK. After hearing her, I too shared the burden
and realised the urgency of having good, Christian BK teachers. This is
a golden opportunity for us to be in touch with the young people, and
let us rekindle the passion of teaching. If God has put this burden in
your heart, do not hesitate to contact the Church Office. Let us build
the Ministry of Teaching together.
Even though, I was not raised in a Christian home, and I was the one who
discouraged my siblings to join the Children Ministry, but after
accepting the Lord, the Holy Spirit has given me this hungry and thirst
for the Word of God, and within 2 weeks, I finished reading the whole
bible. How wonderful! Until this day, the Bible has been my spiritual
source. How about you?!
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Item No. |
Description |
Units |
Cost per unit |
Total cost |
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01 |
Chairs |
600 |
70.00 |
42,000.00 |
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02 |
Keyboard |
1 |
10,000.00 |
10,000.00 |
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03 |
Keyboard Amplifier |
1 |
1,400.00 |
1,400.00 |
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04 |
Drum Set |
1 |
6,000.00 |
6,000.00 |
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05 |
Electric Guitar |
1 |
2,400.00 |
2,400.00 |
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06 |
Electric Guitar Processor |
1 |
1,500.00 |
1,500.00 |
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07 |
Electric Guitar
Amplifier |
1 |
1,700.00 |
1,700.00 |
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08 |
Bass Guitar |
1 |
2,100.00 |
2,100.00 |
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09 |
Bass Guitar
Processor |
1 |
600.00 |
600.00 |
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10 |
Bass Guitar
Amplifier |
1 |
1,700.00 |
1,700.00 |
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11 |
Acoustic Guitar |
1 |
2,400.00 |
2,400.00 |
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12 |
Acoustic Guitar
Processor |
1 |
1,500.00 |
1,500.00 |
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13 |
Acoustic Guitar
Amplifier |
1 |
1,700.00 |
1,700.00 |
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14 |
Guitar Stand |
3 |
100.00 |
300.00 |
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15 |
Keyboard Stand |
1 |
300.00 |
300.00 |
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16 |
Music Stand |
6 |
160.00 |
960.00 |
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17 |
Air-Conditioning
Unit, 50K BTU/hr |
8 |
5,100.00 |
40,800.00 |
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18 |
Air-Conditioning
Unit, 30K BTU/hr |
1 |
3,500.00 |
3,500.00 |
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19 |
Air-Conditioning
Unit, 18K BTU/hr |
1 |
2,000.00 |
2,000.00 |
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20 |
Air-Conditioning
Unit, 13K BTU/hr |
1 |
1,300.00 |
1,300.00 |
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21 |
Air-Conditioning
Unit, 9K BTU/hr |
1 |
1,000.00 |
1,000.00 |
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22 |
Curtains (estimation) cost) |
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10,000.00 |
10,000.00 |
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NOTE : |
WORSHIP HALL EQUIPMENT DONATION/PLEDGE. |
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FOR ALL WHO WISH TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE WORSHIP HALL
EQUIPMENT FUND PLEASE SELECT WHERE YOU WOULD WANT TO MAKE YOUR
DONATION AND ENTER YOUR NAME, QUANTITY AND THE ITEM YOU WANT TO
PLEDGE . |
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Service Time
Saturday
ENG 7.30pm
Sunday
CHI
7.30am
ENG
10.00am
BM 12.30pm
Prayer Meeting
Monday @ 7.30pm
ENG/CHI: Church
BM: Agape Room
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