Decentralised Service

5 July 2009 was a groundbreaking day for the whole of CHC! Instead of the normal 4 weekend services, various zones will run their own service, with their own band, choir, ushers, chorus board team, etc. My zone, ET Zone, has been familiar with running our own zone meetings, but not on such a large scale in the main hall of Expo Hall 8. It was definitely an opportunity for all to rise up to a new level and Edmund, our Zone Supervisor, would get the chance to preach in front of a 1000-odd crowd! Wow! It was just all very exciting, but also nerve-wrecking!

Yours sincerely was suddenly “promoted” to Chorus Board Team IC! It was really a stressful yet great learning experience! The days before the service was spent in front of my laptop till the wee hours, trying to get updates on the Order of Service, confirming the sermon, ensuring the announcement slides were properly done, making sure nothing was missed out, allocating manpower, etc. Honestly, early in the week, I was hoping they made a mistake and someone else would be the IC! But reality can’t be denied and I had to quickly step into this new role given to me. I was so thinking that I couldn’t do this but thank God for His encouragement! He told me that it just takes me stepping out and His grace and strength will see me through. =) Although there were a few hiccups (who could forget the wrong titlebar that flashed during Chen Mengqi’s song? Yikes!), everything went well, thank God! And now it’s time to thank some people who really rose up to the occasion!

Thank you Edwin, your slides were fab and stood out from the rest! Thank you for your help even so late into the night!

Thank you Su Ting & Kelvyn for your invaluable advice and guidance and just being there on Sunday! Couldn’t have done it without you guys!

Thanks Josephine for preparing the slides, titlebars and ensuring everything was OK!

Thanks Karen, Shuping, Debbie, Zhengyang, Aswin for serving your very best on Sun, had fun with you guys!

Edmund preaching!

Kudos also to Jared, Jerb & Amber who were also on stage to make announcements and introduce guests and of course Joe who got to host Chen Meng Qi. You can read about his experience here!

Till the next decentralised service =)