Catholics and Protestants

Dear all,

The blog has been dead for some time. But it's back!

This week, as the poster says, what is coming to be an anuual event, judging by the past year or so. It's the difference between Catholic and Protestant faith.

We'll be organizing it with the Christian Fellowship, so note that there's a change in venue. It's now at SR5 (Seminar Room 5) as opposed to the previous SR2.

Do come! Let's see what God wants to say to us.

June 6: Amazing Grace

Break open the popcorn. And the Bible, of course.

*ust who makes these cheesy one-liners anyway?

Anyway, come and see. I promise it won't bore the socks off you. If you wore socks, that is.

May 30: The truth about the Bible

This is good...I'd even go so far to say that it is necessary.
Almost the entire Christian faith is based on the Bible. Even sacred tradition is mentioned the Bible, which led to the formation of the Catholic Church and the faith as we know it today.

Isn't it scary to think that we know so little of the authenticity of this source, upon which lives are built?

Come and learn more.

P.S. Come with questions - our guest speaker, Mr. Bruno Pereira will be happy to field any you may have. You can even post them on the blog and we'll get back to you.

Thanks and God bless.

NEWBEC: DUC IN ALTUM

This is an old one, given to me by Ben. Another gem from the past. Do read and let the Word speak to you.

God bless.

The Street Ministry

Here’s our weekly bulletin for you all. Now this week we will be doing something different.

This is not to say we are going to do stuff like run around with party hats on our heads, nor are we going to go duck-paddling with the frogs in the pond near Vista Komanwel.

No, nothing of the sort. This week, we will be joining the Christian Fellowship, to attend their talk about The Street Ministry. For a brief intro, the street ministry is a volunteer organization that tends to the homeless that populate the area surrounding Chow Kit Road, one of the more notorious places in Petaling Street. Every Saturday, a team of IMU students joins these people for an hour or so, giving out food, medical aid and demonstrating their awesome CPR skills. Okay, so I lied about the last one. But seriously though, it is no joke. It is hard, gratitude-free work. And you will hear all these and more, when their administrator, I think his name is Steven, comes to educate us.

I thought I’d just say this: We aren’t joining them simply because we’ve run out of things to do. The committee thinks that this is a good idea to expose you all to the darker side of Malaysia, and how some people really go out of their way to help a person in need. For love and love alone without any ulterior motive. And anyway, it would be stupid to call the speaker to come and speak TWICE, so these are the reasons why we’re going there.

Anyway, that’s only the first part. The second part is that we will actually get to follow them to help out in the Street Ministry. Then you guys will be able to put everything you learnt on Friday into practice. If anyone’s interested, let us know. Believe me, it is a rewarding experience, and we strongly encourage everyone to join.

So, here are the details:

Location: SR5
Time: 1 pm
Day: This coming Friday
Talk topic: The Street Ministry.

This is also an excellent opportunity for all of you to get to know your CF brothers and sisters, so please, by all means, go! You won’t regret it.

God bless.

Love,
Jon and the CSS committee.

P.S. Please keep the M207 in prayer. Apparently the EOS was a lot tougher than the previous ones. I mean, who the heck knows which Trypanosoma species infects East Africa anyway?And don't forget the N107 who are starting their exams too.

P.P.S I just realized some of the lecturers here probably do. Ha ha!

St John's Cathedral on Google Earth.

Our counterparts in UCSI (University College Sedaya International) have done an excellent job, complete with pictures, showing everyone where St John's Cathedral is.

St John's Cathedral, as they have mentioned, is the only Catholic cathedral in Kuala Lumpur. It's also one of the churches nearest to IMU that is fully accessible by LRT.

Here's the link to their post. In the meantime, why not go and check out their blog. Get to know your Catholic brothers and sisters around Malaysia and beyond!

http://cssucsi.blogspot.com/2008/05/where-is-st-johns-cathedral.html

God bless.

Awesome Might.

Hey peeps,

This is Jon here...and don't ask me why my username is jokken. It's a long story, albeit a boring one.

Thought I'd share something with you:

Yesterday (that being Friday) we had this rosary-making session, then we prayed one full rosary. Among the things we prayed for were the people of Burma and China.

So that day, after lectures, when I driving home, I heard on the news that there was a miracle rescue in China. A child had been found under the rubble of a destroyed school, 80 hours after the earthquake. Still alive.

God works in mysterious ways, and I think we all should not underestimate the power of prayer in our lives.

So let's keep praying. And here's what I think - I think God wants you to pray for everything, no matter how petty or small it may seem. So pray! And God can make this world a better place to live in.

God bless everyone out there.