Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Meeting God


Who knew all it takes to meet god is twinkies, root beer and a smile.  I hope we will all have an opportunity to meet god today!

J.L.
 
 
 
Meeting God

There once was a little boy who wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of root beer and he started his journey.
When he had gone about three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park just staring at some pigeons. The boy sat down next to her and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his root beer when he noticed that the old lady looked hungry, so he offered her a Twinkie. She gratefully accepted it and smiled at him. Her smile was so pretty that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered her a root beer. Once again she smiled at him. The boy was delighted!
They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.
As it grew dark, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. She gave him her biggest smile ever.
When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face.
She asked him, "What did you do today that made you so happy?"
He replied, "I had lunch with God." But before his mother could respond, he added, "You know what? She's got the most beautiful smile I've ever seen!"
Meanwhile, the old woman, also radiant with joy, returned to her home.
Her son was stunned by the look of peace on her face and he asked, "Mother, what did you do today that made you so happy?"
She replied, "I ate Twinkies in the park with God." But before her son responded, she added, "You know, he's much younger than I expected."
 
P.S.  In case some of you are wondering what a twinkie is : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie
 

For The Bible Tells Me So


Hi all,

  FYI: an event held at Free Community Church

J.L.

Dear friends

I have heard many times before from LGBT friends who are not Christian, "You mean you are a pastor of a church? I thought that Christianity is against homosexuality."

This Sunday, we would be screening "For the Bible Tells Me So" at 2pm this Sunday in church followed by facilitated discussion about our reactions to the documentary. This is a good documentary for those interested in what the Bible says about homosexuality, regardless whether they are Christian or not. 

"For the Bible Tells Me So is a 2007 American documentary film directed by Daniel G. Karslake about homosexuality and its perceived conflict with religion, as well as various interpretations of what the Bible says about same-sex sexuality."

Come join us, and invite folks you know who may be interested to join us as well.

For those who have not been to our church before, our address is 56 Geylang Lorong 23 #03-00. Directions to FCC is at http://freecomchurch.org/07-getting.htm



Miak

Monday, May 14, 2012

Loving the Body, Loving God


Hi all,

   We are blessed to be able to have renowned Postcolonial and Feminist theologian come and speak at Free Community Church. Below are the details of the talk, please do come join us on the day.

J.L.