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A year of MTS: Some reflections

Ministry has been full-on in church and my rest days are usually just times for me to catch up on sleep and food – my apologies to everyone for not writing for such a long time. However, since ‘Foundation Day’ is coming up, I thought it best that I write

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Posted on 19 Aug 2011

Trusting God = Giving up

Dear supporters and friends, I am really glad that you are reading this blog as what I am sharing with you comes from my heart and reflects how things are going in CERC, from my side. It has been more than a month since I was formally inducted as Pastor

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Posted on 17 Aug 2011

The final instalment of “Mark’s Malaysian Adventure”

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Welcome to the latest instalment of Mark’s Malaysian Adventure, which happens also to be the last one from Mark the FES staffworker. There is plenty for me to update you on in this letter, so I’ve increased it from its normal two pages to

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Posted on 14 Jul 2011

Hi everyone!

My name is Daniel Lu. Currently, I am the MTS-er or pastor’s apprentice in Christ Evangelical Reformed Church (CERC). MTS stands for Ministry Training Strategy and it is a 2-year pre-college programme designed to prepare Christians for full time paid ministry. Why Join MTS? Deciding to join the MTS programme

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Posted on 10 Jul 2011

Reflections on the church and relationships

Reflections on the church and relationships in light of Isaiah and the Heidelberg Catechism I have been meaning to write for a while now but due to God’s providence, it has turned out for the better that I am writing upon the completion of CERC’s series on Isaiah and the

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Posted on 10 Jun 2011

Writing a study on Isaiah

Isaiah 53 is one of the most frequently quoted passages from the bible and I am writing a bible study on it for my church. Four drafts are done but I am still not getting the tone of the passage nor the warmth that the passage is supposed to bring

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Posted on 24 Apr 2011

Post-camp blues

Recently, I had the opportunity to organize CERC’s annual camp and the topic for this year was ‘Wisdom’. The schedule was packed with both biblical teaching and hardcore fun! We had 5 talks, 4 bible study sessions and 6 sessions for personal reading on the book of Proverbs. Intense, right?

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Posted on 3 Mar 2011

What I’ve learnt over the past few months

Dear Friends, After spending more than a year in CERC, there is much that I have learnt in terms of the character of God, who we are, and who I am, personally, in relation to him. As you read, perhaps you will find much food for thought as I proceed

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Posted on 28 Feb 2011

MTS

MTS (Ministry Training Strategy) has been very humbling. In ministry, we’re dealing with God’s word and sinful people both of which you have to completely trust God to work through his Spirit. I’ve also realised that before I went into full time, I was not doing very much but I

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Posted on 22 Nov 2010