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Reminder: Join us to bring Christmas cheer to Rumah Hope kids this Saturday!

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Tomorrow, Saturday, 8 December 2012, as part of our Advent and Christmas celebration and thanks to your generosity and graciousness, Bangsar Lutheran Church will provide school uniforms and school shoes to each of the 50 children of Rumah Hope.

The enthusiastic response to the Tree of Hope project has been wonderfully encouraging and we’re all set with our gifts, Christmas cards and activities for the Rumah Hope kids. Now, all we need is YOU!

Please join us tomorrow at 3pm to spend some time with the kids. We are planning to have some games, light refreshments and a time of giving out presents.

If you know your way to Rumah Hope, please feel free to make your way there on your own.For those who need transportation to Rumah Hope, we will meet at The Father’s House, Bangsar Lutheran Church at 2pm and drive together there.

Find out more about BLC’s Advent and Christmas 2012 celebrations here:

Join us to bring Christmas cheer to Rumah Hope kids!

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Next Saturday, 8 December 2012, as part of our Advent and Christmas celebration and thanks to your generosity and graciousness, Bangsar Lutheran Church will provide school uniforms and school shoes to each of the 50 children of Rumah Hope.

The enthusiastic response to the Tree of Hope project has been wonderfully encouraging and we’re all set with our gifts, Christmas cards and activities for the Rumah Hope kids. Now, all we need is YOU!

Please join us next Saturday at 3:30pm to spend some time with the kids. We are planning to have some games, light refreshments and a time of giving out presents to the children of Rumah Hope.

If you know your way to Rumah Hope, please feel free to make your way there on your own. For those who need transportation to Rumah Hope, we will meet at the Luther Center driveway at 3pm and convey there together. Luther Center is easily accessible via LRT – just take the Putra/Kelana Jaya line to Asia Jaya and cross the street from the station. It’s a 5 minute walk from the station.

Find out more about BLC’s Advent and Christmas 2012 celebrations here:

Prepping for our Rumah Hope visit!

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Since we announced our Tree of Hope initiative, we’re pleased to report that all the children tags have been taken up and we’ve started to receive some lovely messages via the Christmas cards that are being returned.

We’d also like to update you on some of the activities that are happening with Rumah Hope as we gear up towards our visit on 8 December 2012!

First, on 5 November, Sarah brought a team from Oh Jun Hair Salon to provide hair cuts for the children of Rumah Hope. Oh Jun, who is Korean and is based in Ampang, was certainly looking forward to do his part for a good cause and we are very thankful that he was willing to come with his professional team of stylists!

Then, yesterday 26 November, Sarah and Wan Ching went out and started purchasing school uniforms and shoes for all 50 children of Rumah Hope! A huge kudos to the two ladies, as well as Keat Lim and Wan Ching’s kids: Mynn and Jearn for helping out late into the evening as well!


The super-efficient Wan Ching organizing buying different shoe sizes for 50 different Rumah Hope kids!


Loading up the car with the very industrious help of Jearn and Mynn (not pictured)!


A car full of school uniforms and shoes for the 50 Rumah Hope kids!

A huge thank you especially to Sarah and Wan Ching, as well as the rest of the Giving Tree Life Group for organizing this!

 

LCM “Donate A Bag For Charity” – 27th Annual Austrian-German-Swiss Charity Bazaar

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In conjunction with the Christmas Charity Bazaar organized by the Austrian-German-Swiss communities on 1 December 2012 at Luther Centre, the Lutheran Church Malaysia Social Concerns Committee will be having a charity sale to raise funds for community programs and projects.

The LCM charity table will focus on selling pre-owned or new luxury items such as bags, watches and accessories. All proceeds from the sale will be channelled to support the work of the LCM social ministries such as children’s homes, old folks homes, the mobile clinic and the school for special children.
If you have a new or a nice branded bag or other accessories hiding in your wardrobe, do consider donating them to a good cause. Please ensure that the items are in excellent condition, and if possible, include their boxes or dustbags.
To donate an item or for further enquiries, please contact Ms. Clarice Wong or Ms. Janis Chong. LCM may even consider providing pick-up service for valuable items.
Please also assist us in passing this information to your families and friends.
See you there!

Tree of Hope

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This year, as part of our Advent and Christmas celebration, Bangsar Lutheran Church will provide school uniforms and school shoes to each of the 50 children of Rumah Hope.

This is how we are doing it:

  • We have set up a Christmas tree in the church with “tags” in the shape of boys and girls on the tree. Each tag represents one boy or girl in the home – with the child’s name and age listed. Each tag also represents a “pledge” of RM100, which is the budget required for the uniforms and shoes.
  • All church members are encouraged to take at least one tag and give your RM100 contribution to Sarah, Wan Ching or Hannah. We will then go and purchase the requisite amount of uniforms and shoes on your behalf (with the sizes provided by the team at Rumah Hope). If you can afford more, please take more tags. Please feel free to combine efforts with someone you know so that you can share out the costs.
  • You will also be given a “card” for your “sponsored child” – please feel free to write your Christmas message to the child. You can also decorate the card as you wish.
  • We will all then go with our presents and cards to Rumah Hope on 8 December 2012, where we will spend some time with the kids. We are planning to have some games, light refreshments and a time of giving out presents.

If you would like more information about this, please feel free to contact Sarah, Wan Ching or Hannah in church. We hope that you will continually pray for the children of Rumah Hope as well as consider your participation in this.

Biblical Foundation For Advocacy on Poverty & Corruption – Rev. Dr. Dion Forster

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Rev. Dr. Dion Forster‘s presentation in Consultation on Christian Advocacy, Poverty & Corruption, organized by CANOPI – a network of Christians across denominations as a voice for the poor. (For more info, please email CANOPI Malaysia at canopi[dot]msia[at]gmail[dot]com or visit their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/Canopi.Msia.

Also, don’t forget that CANOPI will be launching EXPOSED – Shining a Light on Corruption today!

Launch of EXPOSED – Shining A Light On Corruption

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Last Sunday, Soo Choo shared with us about the launch of EXPOSED – Shining A Light On Corruption. Organized by CANOPI, an organization championing Christian advocacy addressing poverty and corruption, EXPOSED will be launched in Malaysia on 6 October 2012 at the Malaysia RunNat Day Celebration.

EXPOSED – Shining a Light on Corruption is part of a global campaign which calls for ethical living:

  • a response of the Christian Church inspired from the Bible and is
  • committed to promote practical steps for ethical behaviour in business, government and the Church
  • position Christians as advocates of justice and transformation in the nations we are called to serve

Details of event as follows:

  • Date : Oct 6, 2012
  • Time : 11.30am – 1.30pm
  • Venue : Luther Centre, PJ 4 Jalan Utara, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

For the EXPOSED launch, there will be a video presentation (poverty, snippets of the poor sharing their stories of corruption, call for advocacy, link between impact of corruption on the poor, EXPOSED’s call), brief sharing challenge (personal commitment to ethical living, to shine on corruption & influence friends to join the cause).

We are expecting about 1,000 people to be present.

Corruption has a name, poverty has a face, we have a voice!! “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves” Proverb 31:8.

For further info, please contact Keith at 03-90582102 or visit http://www.exposed2013.com/

TONIGHT: God’s Advocates: Theology, Justice and Us – A Conversation with Dion Foster

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 How can ordinary Christians impact the world in timely and substantial ways? How can we ‘perform’ a theology of social justice in a hurtful and hurting world? Is it even possible to connect our theological doctrines to issues like poverty, oppression, ecological problems and so on? Does ‘God talk’ have anything to do socio-political conversations?

Please join us for a conversation with Dion Foster to explore these questions. Through his many years as an ordained minister and globalizing systematic theologian, as well as his work in Christian advocacy, Dion will help us connect our most fundamental theological principles to personal and communal efforts to make real and deep changes in our world today. Dion will be joined by Chris Chong from Friends-In-Conversation.

Date: Monday 9 July 2012
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Bangsar Lutheran Church
Organised by Friends-In-Conversation

About Dion Foster

Dion A Forster (PhD. Science & Theology) is International Campaign Coordinator of EXPOSED, International Director of Unashamedly Ethical and the Dean of John Wesley College at the Seminary of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in Pretoria, where he lectures in Systematic Theology, Ethics, New Testament and Greek. He also teaches at the University of South Africa and the University of Pretoria. An ordained Methodist minister, Dion is a sought-after preacher who also has a weekly radio program.

About Chris Chong

Christopher Chong is a member of FIC and holds a political science doctoral degree. His research interests lies in the intersection between faith and politics (with particular reference to Christians in M’sia). He teaches at a private university.

About Friends-In-Conversation

Friends-In-Conversation is a friendship of followers of Jesus who are called to participate in and create a safe space for reflective and constructive conversations on faith, spirituality, community and society, leading to embodied possibilities and deeper engagement. We are also in friendship and conversation with people of other faiths, to deepen mutual understanding and appreciation, as a foundation for constructive partnerships in a pluralistic society. We believe that creating a space for such conversations requires the firm foundation of friendship – hence the importance of trust, humility, generosity, affirming speech and emphatic listening in all our engagements.

A United Voice For Missions

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Today, we commemorated Missions Sunday with a powerful time of sharing by our friends from United Voice Malaysia.

United Voice is the first  society in Malaysia  that is led by persons with learning disabilities which was registered  in July 2005. The members of UV include persons  with Down Syndrome, Autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, Global Developmental  Delay and other specific learning disabilities. Since UV  became a registered society, it has grown rapidly. More parents are beginning  to realize the need to expose their children with learning disabilities to the  self-advocacy movement activities so that they learn to be more independent and develop skills to voice up for themselves.

United Voice pioneered the  self-advocacy movement in Malaysia to reduce the isolation of people with learning disabilities and give them  the tools and experience to take greater control over their own lives and be  integrated in the community. UV has been actively collaborating with Malaysia Welfare Department, Malaysia Special Education  Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), local universities  and NGOs to organize awareness events on the importance of self-advocacy.

Our church has maintained a long-standing relationship with United Voice since its inception - through financial support for its staff as well as the work it does.

Following the sharing by United Voice, John went on to share from the lectionary readings talking about how the Fall of Man broke our relationship with God and that very same relationship can be restored through the work of Christ. Our role, as mission agents of God’s kingdom, is to begin wherever we are – our families, our friends, our workplaces – to share this message of reconciliation and restoration of this relationship.