Ripples for Chalkies Getaway [box]   It was a true getaway time for teachers-to-be at this school holidays. 88 students, 6 staff and some lecturers descended on Christian Convention Centre in Penang from 16th – 19thMarch 2015. More than just having a great time getting to know each other, they had a real encounter with…

Capacity-Building Sessions with Our Partners in Timor Leste Our recent trip to Timor Leste has been a fruitful and needed trip for the team. It was an orientation trip for Chris Herbert & Thurston before they are sent there long term in September. This is their second trip there and in this trip, they discovered…

Central www WORD.WORLD.WAIT 27-28th April 2015   WWW@ Central – Word. World. Wait. It was a time of listening to the Word of God. it was a time to keep our eyes and heart open to our world; it was a time to listen, to wait upon the Lord. We took turns to speak Scriptures…

Student Together On Mission Partnership (S.T.O.M.P.) and Medical Mission Timor Leste (28 July – 11 August 2015) was a meaningful 2-weeks cross cultural encounter with a small number of 8 people in the team. This time mission trip is special, as the team consist of a mixture of staff, students, and medical personnel coming together for…

[wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] Some TIPS on How to read What do they have in common? Listen to the urgency of the authors as they pen the words passed down to us. What were they writing against as they encouraged believers to stand firm? Galatians contains a defense of the faith while Jude, against godless…

[wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] Some TIPS on How to read The overwhelming message of Leviticus is the holiness of God – “Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy” (19:2) As we read, we let the Word of God examine of lives. Someone once said that ‘the book of Leviticus was the first book studied by…

The two letters written around AD 51/52 are among the earliest of Paul’s letters. [wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] If you go to google map to find the place Thessalonica, you will find this city known as Thessaloniki. This is an ancient city, originally named Therma & in 315 BC was renamed Thessalonica after the half…

It has been said that the book of Romans is one of Paul’s most heavily theological writing. Some call Romans a ‘theology textbook’. Martin Luther in his preface to Romans writes, “This letter is truly the most important piece in the New Testament.” Augustine, Luther, John Wesley, as well as countless others trace their spiritual renewals to…

Kuching, Sarawak 19 June – 03 July 2015   17 students (from 12 campuses all around Malaysia) with 6 staff and 2 graduate helpers came together to embark on a new experience – discovering what social work is all about. This is an historic, first ever Social Work Exposure and Embracement Program (SWEEP) to be…