Church Camp 2008

Camp 2008 had just ended. The past four days will be one episode of our lives that we will never forget. This church camp has marked a new beginning of our church. The "Restart" button has been pushed.


Our camp theme this year was: "O Lord revive us; Restore unto us the joy of the Lord."
Throughout the entire camp, God spoke to our church through Uncle Christopher Leong, our camp speaker.
Here's a short summary on the different sessions that we had during the camp.

Day One
Session 1: The Need of the Hour- Renewal and Restoration
Uncle Chris Leong first spoke about the need of renewal and restoration in our church. Church as in the people of the church not the physical building of the church. He showed us a picture of a church building after the China quake and he challenged us with this question, " The church building cannot stand the shake, but can we as the body of Christ stand the shake?" He also spoke on repentance. What is God asking us to repent from? Are we ready for that revival that God wants to work in us.

Day Two
Session 2: Recovering/Renewing Community( Membership)
He then moved on to talk about the community in our church. There are four different levels of community.
1. Membership
2. Friendship
3. Partnership
4. Kinship

He also quoted from various verses on the call to belong NOT only believe. Our church ministry should be people-oriented and that relationship between members is PARAMOUNT. A church should also be led by the Spirit and not by the elders alone. TTDIGC is not only his church, her church, Elder's church BUT our church.

Session 3: Recovering Community- Community of the King (Restoring the Church as the Community of the King)
We were told that after the Fall, the world belonged to Satan. Man was created with power and authority to rule over the earth but lost his position to Satan when he sinned. Jesus came to earth to inaugurate the Kingdom of God by defeating Satan by His death on the cross and resurrection.

Day Three
Session 4: Renewing the Joy of Growing up- Growing in Maturation in Community
Where are we at in the process and phases of discipleship. Uncle Chris spoke about spiritual warfare in us and what can we do about our weaknesses.

Session 5: Renewing the Joy of Ministry- Serving in the Spirit's Power
He talked about the five fold ministry. We are to serve in a team like Jesus' team: Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, Teacher.
Each and everyone of us has got various spiritual gifts from God. In 1 Corinthians 14:12, these spiritual gifts are to build up the Body of Christ. Thus, we are to discover our spiritual gift and deploy it to edify the church. We are also to serve the church and not ourselves.

Day Four
Session 6: Renewing the Joy of Multiplication- Reproducing spiritual off springs and leaving a legacy


On another note, this church camp was not any other ordinary church camp others have. I think that the camp theme this year was so relevant and much needed by our church as a family. Many things have been happening in the past in TTDIGC. Good or bad, big or small. Is God really calling out loud to us? Uncle Chris not only felt for the church but he also prayed very very hard for the Spirit to not only touch us but to heal and restore our broken hearts nd souls. Young or old, we all have a responsibility. Like I mentioned above. TTDIGC is our church. Not his church, her church, the elders' church but OUR church. Not only did 7 of our youths get baptized but two senior citizens had made the decision to take this step of obedience. I was very encouraged to see Uncle Lim and Aunty Lim( Phoebe and Aaron's paternal grandparents) getting baptized. God has truly worked silently in their lives after so many years. Now we officially belong to the TTDI family. Yes, family. Quoting Johnson on what a family is, family simply means nobody is ever forgotten or left behind. Young or old. I, myself had various episodes in this church. But after this camp, I realized that I was not placed in TTDI by accident. I was placed here for a reason. As youths of the church, we are not just childhood friends, we are not just here to grow our faith in Christ but also to grow the Body of Christ. Through those altar calls, we as a church found our way out of the pain and agony that we have been suffering through the years. Revival and restoration must begin with forgiveness within a church and confess our sins before God.

-Anon-