Apologies for being so late, but this is the updated schedule, so please note down on your calendars alright? See you at LM! +)

Life Meeting Schedule this semester!

Last Thursday (9th Oct), we were treated to a special LM - A Walk To Remember. We had to take a walk around the campus to remember and pray for the needs of the campus. It being my very first prayer walk, I was a little clueless at first but nonetheless, excited (:

After a time of worship, we set off for our prayer walk. We were given seeds (green beans!) and were told to ‘sow’ the seeds as we pray along the way.

The act of praying for the campus and ‘sowing’ those seeds reminded me of the verse from 1 Corinthians 6. It is our responsibility to sow the seed (I planted the seed) of Christ into the hearts of the lost, and commit them in prayer to God (but God made it grow).  

We also took some time to pray for the law and music faculty. At the station dedicated to them, we had an interesting session whereby we shot plastic arrows in their respective directions. It served as a reminder that we should persevere in praying for them and the people God has placed around us.

This prayer walk helped me to see the needs of our campus through God’s eyes.  Many people whom we come into contact with everyday are still lost. May our presence in NUS be purposeful as we go forth and reach out to the lost! (:

Through His love our hearts can feel 

All the grief they bear.

They must hear the Words of Life

Only we can share.

In Him,                                                                                                                                                               Shermaine

Date: 9 October 2008 (Thursday)

Time: 6.00pm – 8.15pm

Venue: Crusade Corner

Dress Code: Anything comfortable, white bottoms are quite a no-no and for the girls, try to avoid skirts.

This week’s LM promises to be something different. In light of Harvest week, it will be an exciting time of praying for the ground that we see as our mission field – NUS and hearing from the Lord about the needs of those on campus. Come join us for this extraordinary Life Meeting that will be “a walk to remember”!

Ministry Day was held on 11 September 2008 at the Crusade Corner.  So what was the purpose of Ministry Day?  It was meant to be a time for Crusaders to fellowship with people outside their DG and, ultimately, to have fun as a Crusade community.    

Ministry Day started with our very own Crusade games café (a la Settler’s Café) at the Crusade Corner.  Through ice-breakers, Crusaders were (largely) randomly sorted into groups with people they do not usually meet.  Each group then embarked on an hour long game session with games like Apples to Apples and Bohnanza.  I was engaged in particularly stressful rounds of Halli Galli with my group which consisted of Crusaders with admirably fast reflexes.  We were also adequately fed with games café fare such as nuggets and potato wedges.  Also, in light of Ministry Day’s proximity to the Mid-Autumn Festival, DGs contributed mooncakes to share among the Crusaders.  And after the games, Crusaders were treated to a surprise organised by the committee!

As the presence of mooncakes might have hinted, we took the opportunity to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival as well.  There was, however, a twist to the lantern carrying tradition.  We had a lantern carrying cum prayer session.  This was when each group went to different areas of the school to pray for students in NUS.  It was a good reminder of Christ’s burden for the campus and it was encouraging for me to be able to pray with other Crusaders for our schoolmates.  However, carrying (and in some cases, burning) lanterns was not the end of the fun.  For what’s Mid-Autumn Festival without sparklers!  We went to the open space behind the Crusade corner to light up the sparklers.  Judging from the atmosphere of excitement, Ministry Day ended on a high note.

As tired as I was after Ministry Day, I was refreshed by the fellowship and interactions with other Crusaders.  Given the limited opportunities to venture beyond my DG, Ministry Day helped me to get to know other brothers and sisters in Christ whom God has placed in school.  With God’s grace, we will be able to build an even closer knit Crusade community!

In His love,

Yifang

4th September 2008 marked the very first prayer-focused LM of the semester! We hope that it was a memorable experience for all Crusaders who attended. It was definitely an exciting time of fellowship and of learning more about prayer through a time of fun and games!

After each station game, some time was given for Crusaders to reflect and pray for themselves, for one another, as well as for the ministry as a whole. It was indeed a refreshing time of laying aside our burdens and just coming before the Lord through a time of prayer at the end of a hectic day in school.

All in all, the take-home message is for Crusaders to remember to make prayer part and parcel of their everyday life. We hope that this LM would serve as a spark for every Crusader; that each and every one of us will be excited to start a prayer movement in our own lives, and experience a breakthrough in the process!