People, Peter Troung has blogged about our youths of Hope Kuching in Advance Newsletter. I have copied it and pasted it here. Have a blessed reading yea.

HOPE KUCHING STUDENT MINISTRY

In 2008, Hope Kuching was proud to officially launch the Student Ministry. This ministry consists of the secondary, college, International Fellowship (IF), medical and nursing and Indonesian students, filled with the desire to raise a generation of youths firmly grounded in the Word of God, eager and passionate to fulfil the Great Commission. With Jesus as the banner of this ministry, we believe that these young people will greatly impact their families and friends wherever they go!
Student Ministry Video


Of course, every great thing has its humble beginnings. For the Hope Kuching’s Student Ministry, it all began with a combined student service on a Saturday afternoon, March 2008. The theme was “Zero to Hero” and it blasted off with the vibrancy of the youths worshipping God and Jesus as our Hero and it was indeed, by God’s grace, a success! From then on, similar student services were held on a monthly basis and God’s presence, church fellowship and fun always filled the Main Sanctuary. In this way, the Student Ministry continued to reach out to youths all over Kuching.



A Chosen Generation

History was made on 30th August 2008 as Hope Kuching’s Student Ministry officially launched the very first Student Service in the whole of Malaysia! Themed “Chosen”, Ps. Denis Lu, Hope Kuching’s Senior Pastor, gave a message of exhortation based on 1 Peter 2:9.

Even as youths, we have been set apart by God as his chosen generation to proclaim His good news! It was truly wonderful to see over a hundred youths from various backgrounds united as one body of Christ and being vibrant for Jesus!

Empowering Youth

Being Holy Spirit-led, the Student Ministry has taken a step further by having Student Services weekly on Saturdays, 4 p.m.

This ministry aspires to grow youths to be matured spiritually, knowledgeable in and doing the Word of God, possessing leadership qualities and having a passionate heart for God’s lost sheep.

This empowers youths to be His workers in their diverse harvest fields, especially once Hope Kuching moves into their new church building in mid 2009.



Youth fulfilling God's calling

As Paul the Apostle mentioned in 1 Timothy 4:12, people are never too young to respond to God’s calling to build His kingdom here on earth! As Peter exhorts in 1 Peter 2:9, God’s calling extends to all youths as well.

By God’s grace, the Hope Kuching Student Ministry will continue to expand and nurture youths who will indeed make a difference for God in Kuching and everywhere they go!

(1 Peter 2:9) But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Bible is the Word for our life. It's full of promises from God, Lesson we can learn, comfort we can gain and many more. But sometimes we did find hard to get the story and the meaning behind the passage we read. Here is the tip for a better Bible study "The 8 P's System of Bible Study".

1. Point
- What is the main idea in the passage
- One sentence

2. Problems
- What don't I understand about the passage?
- What struggles do I face in life that relates to the passage?

3. Profit
- What can I benefit from the passage?

4. Principles
- What eternal principles can I derive from the passage, which is applicable across time, culture, and geographic location

5. Passages
- Which other scripture passages talk about the same or related issues and can provide comprehensive classification?
- What scripture examples can I recall that relates to this passage being studied?

6. Pictures
- What illustrations, life examples, quotes or stories come to mind as I study these passages?

7. Practice
- What are the specific and practical applications I want to work into my life from today?
- Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time

8. Pastoral (For Leaders)
- Where is my group at now in relation to this scripture passage?
- What do we need to know and what do we need to do?
- What will I do to lead my group into the scriptural direction?

Greetings to all brothers and sisters in Christ,


Perhaps, most of us are very familiar with our church vision -Matthew 28:18-20-



Perhaps, many of you have been hearing this statement for hundreds times. But right now, i would like to share my little thoughts on this statement.


Just few years back, while doing my usual routine, suddenly there's this quote sparked in my mind which i believe is strongly from the Lord. It says "All disciples are Christians, but not all Christians are disciples".


Reckoning upon the spontaneous quote again, i find it actually makes sense. Utter truth. When i re-read the greatest commission of Jesus Christ to His disciples, He commanded "...therefore, go and make disciples...." He did not say "Go and make believers...."....


I was once again convicted by the word "disciple" by Jesus. Disciples literally does not mean just believers, but followers of Christ. And following of His saying, He mentioned "...and teaching them to obey everything that i have commanded..."


Wow... It's aligned! A follower that obey the commandments. And after i read the Greatest Commission over and over again, I believe that we, Mad Gen should not just build believers of Christ and just stop at there, but beyond that, let us continue on and build strong and biblical people.... strong and biblical students...strong and biblical youths for this generation.


Make up our mind. Take the Great Commission into our heart. Understand every word that has stated by our Lord Jesus. For it will definitely help us in building a true Strong and Biblical disciple of Christ.