up up up!

Our twittersphere’s buzzing with the latest happening – last night’s leaders outing. With Rendition over and National Day holiday coming, there’s no better time to have some celebration and chillin’ together.

There were 147 Care Leaders, Ministry Leaders and Rendition Team peeps crowding out Cathay Preview Longue for dinner and drinks. Ps Jeff dropped by to join us. He took the balcony and shared his heart to us – a 10-min sharing that I know left many of us with something to think about.

After that, it was movie time! And the movie we’ve been waiting for is none other than…

To have an entire cinema hall for ourselves was a really interesting experience. For example, when the the ads ended and the movie started, people actually cheered! That’s so yhope, lol! Everything else (“Gasp!” “Aww…”) was amplified, too! And when credit rolled, we clapped to encourage Pixar, hahaha… Very amusing!

I’m glad everyone enjoyed the night! As a team, we need to work hard and play hard together. And this team’s really a gift from God! Thanks for letting me serve alongside you guys! Let’s continue to scale new heights!

Rendition -encore-

 

41 hours of rehearsals

23 performers involved

20 experts in the tech crew

17 hours of filming

13 solid music numbers

2 weeks of Rendition

1 sole reason for this mad project:

the people God died for

194 of them invited Jesus into their lives

 

All applause for King Jesus

 

P.S. Photos Courtesy of Curvy Mervy

Rendition -crescendo-

Episode One’s over. First Service had so many people turning up that we had to seat some people at the reception – and even then we still couldn’t contain everybody (at which point some of our leaders whispered to me, “We really need a new venue for new growth!”)

The scene backstage was no less than chaos, filled with Asst. Stage Manager Jiali aka Charis dispensing last-minute instructions, the musos fiddling with their pails/cardboards/spoons, and exchanges between Project Managers Yao & Nate and me (for the 10th time), “So the cue for me to go on stage is when the host Dennis said…?”

The efforts put into this production was tremendous. Though we did not reach technical perfection (not the main objective to begin with), the fact that the team ventured into some new stuff deserves mighty cheers! AND, we saw something else even more phenomenal and worth celebrating: 121 friends invited Jesus into their lives!

A big, big hand to everyone who invested time/efforts/prayers in inviting your friends to Rendition. Without them, the whole event would have entirely lost its purpose.

And to our marvellous Youth WAM and every single y-hope volunteer behind every instrument/mic/laptop/mixer/console, I only have this to say: Until and unless all artists in the church get into the game, the church will never reach its full redemptive potential. But because you guys know this is the best place to invest your God-given talents, our future is so, so bright.

This Saturday, finale! Looking forward to greater stuff in store!

masquerade

Quick update: We had exactly 60 friends saying yes to Jesus last Saturday! That could only be God!! Kudos to our drama production, too – we’re going new heights! And now, let’s continue to help our friends in their newfound walk with Jesus, yea?

Countdown to Unstoppable: 11 Days!

your curtain call

 

 

All Photos Courtesy of Wizard Merv