65: PMC GYM - 21 Nov 12

The GYM fellowship began with the singing of oldies. A few GYMers took to the floor to the beat from the band. Praise songs followed.

The sermon of the day was delivered by Dr Andrew Wee with text from James 5.

Then Johnny Chew announced that a Batam church has invited the seniors and the Peranakan to celebrate Christmas with them on Mon 3 Dec. Those who are interested are to give their names to Charles Koh. After refreshments of laksa cooked by Pauline Ong, the seniors played board games. The line dancers also had their practice. The fellowship ended at 6.30pm.

64: PMC GYM - 14 Nov 12

The GYM fellowship commenced @ 3pm with Aloysius Tan leading, first in the singing of evergreen songs and then praise & worship songs.

Music came from Patricia Chew on the keyboard, Michael Jee on the guitar and Josephine playing the drums.

Rev Jimmy Wong made an announcement regarding an invitation from DS Rev Bahtiar Sinaga of Batam invitng us to celebrate Christmas with them on Dec 3. Those interested to go are requested to sign up with Johnny Chew.

After the announcement and birthday greetings, Albert Ong conducted a Bible Quiz on "Songs from the Bible" with the theme: "Sunday School Days".

To view a video of the quiz, click here.

After the quiz, it was time for refreshments prepared by Pauline Ong.

After refreshments, there was a line dance practice for the Combined Christmas party, and the usual board games.

63: PMC GYM 7 Nov 12

After the usual segment of praise songs, followed by oldies, came the highlight of the day - a sharing by Mrs Estella Lee, our PMC Family Counsellor, on the topic: "The prayer of a righteous person". She drew vivid examples from the Bible, with text: 1 Kings 17:1, James 5:17, Isa 54:6, Rom 3:10 and James 5:13-16. She concluded her sharing by getting the GYMers to form a chain, holding hands together, and led the group in prayer. What an inspiration to know that we are made righteous by the blood of Jesus who shed his blood to cleanse us from our sins.

After refreshment of hokkien mee cooked by Pauline Ong, the GYMers proceeded to enjoy their regular board games. A number of them joined the line dancers led by Juli Ong.The session ended at 6.30pm.

62: Testing Video & PPT for next week's GYM

To prepare for next week's Peranakan Singers' 3rd practice, Albert tested the new video that he created for the occasion. It ran without any problem.

The next task was to run the PPT for next week's Bible Quiz on Songs from the Bible. The embedded music accompanying the text on the PPT performed according to desired expectation.

Albert can now rest assured that the software and hardware will not give him a problem next week as it has done before.