2. Biblical Group Image

2. Biblical Group Image

Key Learning Points:

1. We need to build real friendships and bonds in our small group so that we can build a God-driven community.

2. Our God-driven community should seek to serve God's Purpose.

Smallgroup Love!

Remember the line game eg.. line up in your height.. birthday.. no. of siblings!... The wacko chinese name game.. and the pyramid card game where everyone got to know each other better?

The mainpoint of the games is so that youths can get to know each other more and built that group bond that "GEL's" together really well! And we can move from being members of the same small group to being friends and members of a Godly community.

Being a member of God-driven community is one that does not seek to be popular, but one that seeks to serve God's purpose and to obey God.

John 6:22-27, 60-66

v. 22-27: a great crowd of people followed Jesus because He was able to do miraculous things and also feed them. Jesus was popular with the crowd.

v. 60-66: yet many did not truly believe in Jesus, and therefore left them when they could not accept Jesus' teachings.

Hence, we should learn that being in church doesn't mean you're popular but soley to serve God!!!

An Atmosphere Of Love

Lesson on: 1/2/09

Key Learning Points

1. Love is intentionally doing something in Jesus' name, regardless of the cost or consequence to oneself.

2. There are different types of love: agape love, family love, love between friends, love between couples etc.

3. We love because God first loved us ( 1 John 4:19 ). We love also as a demostration of God's love and our discipleship.

What Is Love?

Love By Man: Mother taking care of her sick children when they fall sick

Love By Jesus:
Mark 1:4 (Jesus had compassion for the leper, reached out his hand and healed the leper.) Matthew 20:34 (Jesus had compassion on the blind beggars, and touched their eyes to heal them.)
John 3:16 (God so loved us that He sent His one and only son, Jesus to us)

What Is Common Across All The Stories?

1. Love requires sacrifice
2. Love must come from inside-the heart
3. Love is intentional: acts of love don't "drop from heaven"

Why Do We Need To Love?

1. Because God first loved us. He gave us the gift to love.
2. Because it is God's commandment. To obey his commandments is to love God. John 14:21, 15:9-13.
3. Because it is only by loving each other that we show ourselves as disciplines of God. John 13:34-35.
4. Because God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in Him. 1 John 4:16.

In Conclusion,

Love is intentionally doing something in Jesus' name, regardless of the cost or consequence to oneself.

Importance Of Knowing And Living Out The YM Foundational Principles

Key Learning Points

The Ym Foundational Principles form and help to grow the encuronment for youths to become Disciples of Christ. Every YM foundational principle is important.

As members of the YM, we need to adhere to the six YM foundational principles so that all of us can help each other to grow to become Disciples of Christ.

Objective Of Wesley YM

Discipleship - To make Disciples of Christ. ( Hence, through the YM foundations )

Through the next few lessons, we will be covering:

YM Foundational Principles

1. An Atmosphere Of Love
2. Biblical Group Image
3. A Consistent Contacting Ministry
4. A Proper Concept Of Christ
5. Prayerful Dependence
6. Communication Of The Word

Some of the G.E. L Happenings the last few mths...

some of the icebreakers played...







the line game eg.. line up in your height.. birthday.. no. of siblings!






GEL FIRST YM FELLOWSHIP SUNDAY @ Fort Canning!












































God's Everlasting Love (GEL)
first Fellowship Sunday at
fort canning park on 29 March 2009!

This was the picnic where we had soooooooooooooo many left over food!
Anywayss thanks everyone for being so faithful in bringing all the delicious food!!!

God's Everlasting Love

A bunch of youths coming together from the 1130am group Children's ministry in 11 January 2009... the group was officially formed and called God's Everlasting Love (G.E.L) on 18 January 2009 when they move to Wesley Ym on 18 Jan to Faith Room (YWCA Level 3)












(G.E.L before they were formed at Children Ministry(CM)....)

The Group verse... The Lord says, "I have loved you with an everlasting love." Jeremiah 31:3 ,

The Group Vision! “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” Colossians 3:14














(G.E.L grp formed on 18 Jan 2009!...our first ever group photo at YWCA Faith Room!)

The GEL members!

YSGL: Benjamin Lau
AYSGL: Andrea Tan/ Hilary See

Members:
- Rachel Chan
- Angeline Koh
- Hazel Boon
- Grace Ng
- Joshua Ng
- Marcus Seah
- Charmaine Ng
- Seet Yun Ying
- Eugene Goh
- Sean Ng
- Kesley Lim
- Thaddeus Lim
- Kazuki (kaz)
- Robin Kang
- Kenneth Lay