Date: 5th Febuary 2010 (Friday evening) – 7th Febuary 2010 (Sunday afternoon)
Venue: Harby Centre, Milton Keynes, Leicestershire
Only £40 (per person). It includes:
- Accomodation
- Workshops
- Talks
- Small group discussions/sharing
- Singspiration (music & singing)
- Sharing
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
- Fun Time
A great chance to get to know brothers and sisters better, AND most importantly, get closer to God and be refreshed, renewed and fired up for Him again! 
Whether you are Christians or not we welcome you to join us!
Registration closing date: 13th January – 1st come 1st serve, limited spaces!!
Application form + £ = Booked
(E-mail us for application form)
Contact Person:
- City Fellowship: Asher Lam (asher-lam@hotmail.com)
- Beeston Fellowship: Verity Mok
So what are you waiting for? Register and book your places now!
Date: 5th Febuary 2010 (Friday evening) – 7th Febuary 2010 (Sunday afternoon)
Venue: Harby Centre, Leicestershire
Only £40 and includes:
- Workshops
- Talks
- Small group discussions/sharing
- Singspiration (music & singing)
- Sharing
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
- Fun Time
A great chance to get closer to brothers and sisters AND of course God.
Whether you are Christians or not we welcome you to come.
Registration closing date: 13th January – 1st come 1st serve limited spaces!!
Application form + £ = Booked (E-mail us for application form)
Contact Person:
- City Fellowship: Asher Lam
- Beeston Fellowship: Verity Mok
We are having an (exciting?) eventful week this week…
Join us this Friday (20/11/09) to have some (meaningful) light fun! (ie: probably some games and sharing… and the birthday cake!)
We’ll be celebrating birthdays which falls on October to December 2009.
There’ll be prayer meeting at 7pm before our “birthday programme” starts at 7.45pm.
We’ll be meeting at St. Andrews Church, Goldsmith street, Nottingham NG1 5JT (near Chaucer building of NTU City campus) this Friday.
Just bring yourself and your friends along! The more the merrier .
Image by the icicle melts
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And our annual major event – Gospel Night!
FREE ENTRY
This Saturday! (21st Nov 2009)
There’ll be:
- Drama and Choir performance
- Songs/Music
- A Talk/ Sharing
Language: Cantonese with Chinese (Mandarin) on-floor translations.
Free Food & Drinks afterwards and a chance to meet other chinese students from Nottingham Trent University AND University of Nottingham!
You don’t have to be a believer (你不一定是个基督徒也欢迎你来), just come and enjoy the night.
欢迎你带朋友来! Bring your friends along too! Again, the more the merrier! 
Click here for map to St. Nicholas Church, Maid Marian Way, Nottingham, NG1 6AE.
Click here for Gospel Night’s Facebook event page.
See you this Friday and Saturday!
Have a great week!
Image by Japokskee
I received this email from Suet Ling this morning (before i sent out the weekly fellowship e-mails!), and thought: “Wow, what a wonderful coincidence that our topic for fellowship this week is ‘Suffering’!” What awesome timing . Praise God!
And so i decided to share this with all of you:
If christianity were all just made up n Jesus’ death n resurrection was faked, it would have been the work or these men, for they were the closest to Jesus on earth. If this were really so, it would just be plainly ridiculous for these men to be willingly tortured n to die a cruel death to defend their supposedly ‘made up’ faith!! Nobody in their right minds would have the courage to suffer and die for something they KNEW wasn’t real!! So for them to go all out for their faith meant that they had nothing to hide, that they really saw, heard n experienced the glory of God manifested in Jesus Christ Himself. Praise the Lord for we serve a risen, glorious Saviour!!
Do You Know How The Apostles Died?
Matthew
Suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia, killed by a sword wound
Mark
Died in Alexandria, Egypt, after being dragged by horses through the streets until he was dead
Luke
Was hanged in Greece as a result of his tremendous preaching to the lost.
John
Faced martyrdom when he was boiled in huge basin of boiling oil during a wave of persecution in Rome. However, he was miraculously delivered from death. John was then sentenced to the mines on the prison island of Patmos. He wrote his prophetic Book of Revelation on Patmos. The apostle John was later freed and returned to serve as Bishop of Edessa in modern Turkey.. He died as an old man, the only apostle to die peacefully.
Peter
He was crucified upside down on an x-shaped cross. According to church tradition it was because he told his tormentors that he felt unworthy to die in the same way that Jesus Christ had died.
James
Just The leader of the church in Jerusalem, was thrown over a hundred feet down from the southeast pinnacle of the Temple when he refused to deny his faith in Christ. When they discovered that he survived the fall, his enemies beat James to death with a fuller’s club.
* This was the same pinnacle where Satan had taken Jesus during the Temptation.
James the Great
Son of Zebedee, was a fisherman by trade when Jesus called him to a lifetime of ministry. As a strong leader of the church, James was ultimately beheaded at Jerusalem. The Roman officer who guarded James watched amazed as James defended his faith at his trial. Later, the officer walked beside James to the place of execution. Overcome by conviction, he declared his new faith to the judge and knelt beside James to accept beheading as a Christian
Bartholomew
Also known as Nathaniel Was a missionary to Asia. He witnessed for our Lord in present day Turkey. Bartholomew was martyred for his preaching in Armenia where he was flayed to death by a whip.
Andrew
Was crucified on an x-shaped cross in Patras, Greece. After being whipped severely by seven soldiers they tied his body to the cross with cords to prolong his agony. His followers reported that, when he was led toward the cross, Andrew saluted it in these words: ‘I have long desired and expected this happy hour. The cross has been consecrated by the body of Christ hanging on it.’ He continued to reach to his tormentors for two days until he expired.
Thomas
Was stabbed with a spear in India during one of his missionary trips to establish the church in the sub-continent
Jude
Was killed with arrows when he refused to deny his faith in Christ.
Matthias
The apostle chosen to replace the traitor Judas Iscariot, was stoned and then beheaded
Paul
Was tortured and then beheaded by the evil Emperor Nero at Rome in A..D. 67. Paul endured a lengthy imprisonment, which allowed him to write his many epistles to the churches he had formed throughout the Roman Empire. These letters, which taught many of the foundational doctrines of Christianity, form a large portion of the New Testament
Perhaps this is a reminder to us that our sufferings here are indeed minor compared to the intense persecution and cold cruelty faced by the apostles disciples during their times for the sake of the Faith.
“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: But he that endureth to the end shall be saved.”
Matthew 10:22
P/S: Thank you Suet Ling!
Scary, depressing title? Yet, this is one of the most debated topic throughout centuries.
You’re not alone if you’ve asked any of these questions:
- Why are there so much sufferings in this world?
- If God is loving and in control of everything, why would He allow people to suffer?
- Why, even some of us as Christians, aren’t protected from ever having to suffer?
- Can you imagine a world without sufferings? What would happen if that really come true? Is sufferings really necessary for us as humans?
For this week’s fellowship, we are joining our brothers and sisters in University of Nottingham (Mandarin and Beeston Fellowship) to learn about – Suffering (受苦/受难).
So, on this Friday (30/10/09), we get to learn, explore, discuss, question, or even debate about the topic.
It will be at Beeston Free Church – we will be providing free transport (to & fro).
To get there, we will be meeting at St. Andrews Church’s carpark, Goldsmith street, Nottingham NG1 5JT (near Chaucer building of NTU City campus) at 6.45pm (we’ll be leaving at 7pm).
IMPORTANT:
Please book a place BEFORE Friday so we can make sure we have enough cars. If you don’t book you may have to get the bus! 
As most of the drivers don’t live anywhere near city.
To book a place: Click HERE if you have Facebook, and RSVP as attending. If not, reply to this e-mail stating that you want to come with us this Friday.
Any transport queries please contact Zoe 静仪:
*07878193888
*zoe_chan68@hotmail.com
So, come and join us for the evening this Friday! We will be learning alot, and if you have any questions related to the topic, bring them along! I’m sure the rest of us would benefit from them.
Okay, that’s all. Hope you’ll remember to take joy in all that you do, no matter how busy or stressful you feel.
“...for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” -Nehemiah 8:10
“This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” -Psalms 118:24
“Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy in his dwelling place.” -1 Chronicles 16:27
Have a good day!
Image by Dude Crush
Build me a son, O Lord,
Who will be strong enough to know when he is weak;
Brave enough to face himself when he is afraid;
One who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat,
And humble and gentle in victory.
Build me a son whose wishes will not take the place of deeds;
A son who will know Thee
-and that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.
Lead him, I pray,
Not in the path of ease and comfort,
But under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenge.
Here let him learn to stand up in the storm;
Here let him learn compassion for those who fail.
Build me a son whose heart will be clear, whose goal will be high,
A son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men,
One who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.
And after all these things are his,
Add, I pray,
Enough of a sense of humor,
So that he may always be serious,
Yet never take himself too seriously.
Give him humility,
So that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness,
The open mind of true wisdom,
And the meekness of true strength.
Then I, his father
Will dare to whisper, ‘I have not lived in vain!’
The above letter was mentioned during Eric’s testimony sharing last Friday. Hope it will be an encouragement for you all after reading it.
Remember that no matter what we are going through, with God’s grace, we will come out of it victoriously, a better, stronger and more mature person, even if it seems to be a defeat in the world’s eye. We need not fear because God IS with us.
Have a blessed day ahead!
Hiya all!
For NTU students, hope you enjoyed your first week at uni! If not, you can tell us about it this Friday 
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Anyway, for this week’s fellowship (which marks the last week of ‘Welcoming Month’ for this year):
We will be watching 2 very interesting videos about 2 very interesting people:
- An inspiring , funny, charismatic man from Australia who has no limbs (no hands and legs!)
- Jade Kwan (a Cantopop singer from Hong Kong)
Let us hear and listen to what they have to say! This I am sure: you will be very encouraged and inspired. (whether you’re a Christian or not).
So, come and join us (bring your friends too!) for the evening, same time, same place:
- 14th Oct 09 (Friday)
- 7.45pm
- At St. Andrews Church, Goldsmith street, Nottingham NG1 5JT (near Chaucer building of NTU City campus).
- Free refreshments will be served after watching the videos!
We’ll be looking forward to see and get to know you!
P/S: We will finish before 10pm. If it is too late and dangerous for you to walk home alone (especially if you’re a girl), we will arrange for someone to walk you home or fetch you home by car.
Hi everybody! Hope you all are enjoying the start of term so far. For those whose term time haven’t started yet, hope you’re adapting to life in Nottingham well.
Why not take a break and get out from the city for the day to enjoy nature and God’s wonderful creation! Join us for a trip to Dovedale, Peak District, Derbyshire and experience the beautiful countrysides of Britain.
An opportunity definitely not to be missed while you are in the U.K!
Pictures courtesy of Lim Suet Ling.
The schedule for the day:
9:00am: Meet at Byron House (Student Union) for students in the city (N.T.U students)
9:30am: Meet at East Drive (University Park, near Portland building) for University of Nottingham students (Beeston Fellowship).
12:00pm – 2pm: Reach Dovedale, Peak District and start a little hike upwards.
We’ll be having lunch (your own packed lunch), games and just relax and enjoy the scenery (and the company of lovely people ) when we reach the top.
4pm: Start hiking downwards and head back to Nottingham.
We’ll be reaching Nottingham at around 6pm-7pm and we will be having dinner at Mandarin Restaurant, Nottingham.
Cost of trip excluding dinner: £7
Cost of whole trip including dinner : £15 (Remember it’s a bargain for a chinese dinner!)
State whether you want dinner or not when you register!
Remember to bring:
- Warm (waterproof – just in case of bad weather) clothing
-Good, comfortable walking (hiking) shoes (we’ll be doing A LOT of walking!)
- PACKED LUNCH!
- Your camera
….and try to pack as light as possible as you don’t want to be burdened by a heavy bag!
So, start registering people! There are limited spaces! First come first serve! Spread the word and invite your friends!
To register, contact:
Phoebe Leung (Beeston Fellowship)
Email: phoebeleung95@hotmail.com
Mobile: +447915996059
Xin Wei Tai (City Fellowship)
Email: txw89_weiwei@hotmail.com
Mobile: +447590910750
Zoe Chan (Mandarin Fellowship)
Email: zoe_chan68@hotmail.com
Mobile: +447878193888
Or register at fellowship this Friday / Wednesday (Mandarin Fellowship).
See you all soon!!
P.S: Check out this event on Facebook!
Sounds boring ay?
But but but…don’t leave yet!
This is a good opportunity to be inspired and encouraged by how God has been so moving and real to us.
3 lovely people- Jenny Huang, John Law and Eric Lee are going to share how God has been real to them in experiencing His faithfulness in their own different situations and lives.
We’ll also be singing some songs related to what they are going to share with us. So, it’s a plus if you like singing, even just singing in the shower.
We’ll be serving free refreshments after the testimonies. And you will get to mingle around and talk and get to know us, and we, get to know you.
As usual, same time, same place. 7.45pm at St. Andrews Church, Goldsmith Street, NG1 5JT (near Chaucer building of NTU City campus).
See you there!
Fear not! We’ll be having our welcoming dinner party this Friday! (2nd Oct 09) Which means…Chinese / Asian food!!
It will be starting at 7pm (Doors will be opened at 6.30pm) at the same place (St. Andrews Church, Goldsmith Street, NG1 5JT (near Chaucer building of NTU City campus).
Bring a dish if you can cook (show off your culinary skills! ). If not, just bring yourselves and your friends! Don’t worry, it’s free .
Shortly after the dinner we will be having an introduction on U.K and the British culture, and also cultural differences we have. It will also be a good opportunity to have your questions answered about anything related to that.
After that, we will be going to Goose Fair!
Goose fair is an annual event held at The Forest in Nottingham. There will be mostly theme park rides and lots of food and games stalls. It is an event not to be missed when you are here in Nottingham!
Sounds exciting?
If you are in Facebook, do drop by the event page and let us know if you are attending or write on the ‘wall’ to tell us what food will you be preparing if you are bringing any. And spread the word by inviting people!
That’s all. We look forward to you joining us this Friday! See you.
And yep, we are moving on to a new year people! Bye summer and hello classes, hello studying, meeting up with university friends again (or even better, for the first time!), new challenges, new lessons, new experiences and so much more!
Ready for it?
I apologize for the long absence during summer and I hope people who stayed in the U.K for summer fellowship had a good time learning more about God, growing spiritually and fellowshiping.
So, let’s get straight to the point.
We are starting our programme for the first time of this year this week! We’ve decided to make it light and fun for the first fellowship meet of the year. So, we’ll be having…
GAMES!
Sounds exciting ay?
So, do come and join us this friday (25th Sept)! It’ll be from 7.45pm – 9pm, at St. Andrews Church, Goldsmith Street, NG1 5JT (near Chaucer building of NTU City campus).
And it will be great if you’d join us for a prayer meeting before fellowship which starts at 7pm – 7.30pm.
Oh, free refreshments will be served too after games.
See you!!!
