Shinning As Stars -Pastoral Sunday October 16, 2011

A church is simply you and me, where we have our common Christian belief and faith, and we congregate at venue or place regularly Sundays after Sundays at a determined designated time at our worldly convenient hours to worship God and to study God's Words and to be enlightened in the Spiritual sovereign and be encouragement to one another. It could be a place made of a physical building constructed with intricate designs where rows of pews, red carpeted aisles laid, crosses or ethereal pictures hanging on the walls or scriptures inscribed on the pillars, and the musical instruments like the harp or grand piano and guitars where the believer of Christ go to worship like believers of other faiths going to their temples, mosques and shrines to offer prayers. Is that all?  It is too simplified a definition.

Who else do we associate with a church?  Caretaker, Gardeners, Ushers, Musicians, Deacons, Lay Leaders, Seminary students, monks, pastors, reverends, cardinals, bishops, the Pope?  Right, we are a community of like mindedness in Spiritual and faith but we need teachers, preachers and  leaders to guide and lead us like sheep need our Shepherd, Lord Jesus Christ.  BMBC as the famously acronym for the Malay language " Banyak Makan, Bankyak Cakap" or literally translated into English as "Eat Much, Talk Much".  We are blessed as we have three Pastors in our midst and their families to shepherd our souls.

We have a Pastoral Sunday to appreciate our Pastors and their families for their roles in our church and their love, care and sacrifices and for sharing our burdens for Christ in our local community.  BMBC had invited Reverend Canon Fred David of St. Paul Church, Petaling Jaya on that day to speak to us. He brought tremendous experience with him in serving the Lord at various parts of the country, in particular at East Malaysia, where he can speak multiple languages and dialects of the local communities.  He can preach in Mandarin, Hakka and two Sabah tribal lingo, Dusun and Sungai.

We were blessed by his sermon and his testimonies. Briefly, leadership is spiritual. Pastors are not just working on Sundays and rest the rest of the weeks.  They are called to conduct marriages for the happy couples, prayer blessings for the joyful dedications of new births, homes and offices, but also to render help and assistance to the less privileged besides prayers for the weak and sicks; not the least, conducting services at wakes and funerals on the solemn occasions of sudden deaths of members of the community at short notices or suddenly on their supposedly off days at odd hours and far, far away from his own family.  For the love of Christ and the Gospel, the pastors and reverends are living their outstanding, trusting and obedient lives to bring the joy of the Word to every corner of the world as God commanded and willingly give it for one another. God loves sinners who repent.

You can listen to and watch him at our recorded Sunday Worship Service here in Bukit Mertajam Baptist Church, Penang, Malaysia. We were humbled and honored as he preached to us specifically on the epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Philippians Church, Holy Bible verses Philippians 2: 12-18. We record our heartfelt appreciations and love for Reverend Canon Fred David, our BMBC Pastoral team and all the other Pastors who have been with us in the past, present and in future.  Our prayers and His Peace be with all of you and May God Bless You Graciously and Richly in His Kingdom.

Sushi King & BMBC Kids & Children from Sharma Home, Bukit Mertajam

On Saturday 29 October, 2011, BMBC Kids have a wonderful time with their friends from Sharma Home sharing an outing at Sushi King outlet at Auto-City, Juru, Penang.  There were about 35 children enrolled for the the Sushi Making Class '11.

The Manager, Mr Eric made a brief introduction of his company and colleagues and outline the program for the day.  The kids learned some Japanese words such as "Welcome-Irasshaimasse", "Good Morning - Ohayou","Thank You-Arigatou","Rice Tub - Hungiri", "Rice Paddle - Shamoji" and "Seaweeds- Nori".

The children had their hands on coaching by the chef on how to to make the four types of sushi.  There were great excitements as the children had competitions in the making the best sushi.  The winners took home the sushi and cash vouchers.

What a joy and blessing to see the children smiling and laughing as they enjoyed their time together with their new friends and the lesson on sushi making.  Our appreciation to the management and staff of Sushi King, Auto-City, Juru, Penang, Sharma Home, the kids and guardians, our BMBC Ladies Fellowship members who were there to ensure the smooth organization of the children event and their own gathering at the Subway outlet next-door.

 God Bless.

BMBC Sunday Worship Service October 2, 2011

BMBC theme for the September and October 2011 is Being Families in Christ.  We regret there were no video recordings throughout the month of September but audio recordings were recorded as usual.

BMBC had a special seminar on family in September and were honored to have Pastor Clement Chong from the BTS to share his wisdom and God's Words with families, especially parents who enrolled for the one day seminar.

The sermon for the Sunday 2nd October, 2011 was presented by Pastor Ooi Kheng Boon.  He clarified that Being Families In Christ is not just about focus on the family but rather focus for your family in Christ.  He shared with us on the holy bible verses from the book of 1 Corinthians 4: 14-21(Here). He mentioned of Apostle Paul's urging us to imitate him and to be Christ like.  Let us parents be role models for our children so that they grow up in our family to be more Christ -like. Children are given to us and are directly under our control.  Let us be their spiritual father too and exercise our authority as Christ has loved us and shown us as in the gospel.

None of us are perfect.  We have to be honest with our children and not be hypocrite. An example, as parent, we may ask the child to Do What I Say But Do Not Do What I Do.  We have to have the authenticity and earn the respect.  There should not be hypocrisy.  Sometimes, we may need help from someone outside the family as we look at the verse 1 Corinthians 4:17.  Quoting" One such scenario is like our kids who sometimes need us to tell them to stop doing this or that or our Aunt Rose will come". It is a blessing to have someone or our friend to help share our burden to guide our children so as to bring them up and lead a Christ-like lives.

We need to be involved directly in the lives of our children so that we can strengthen our families.  Life is full of uncertainties and is short.  We have to spend not only quality time with our children and family but also need quantity of time with them.

You can follow on the sermon recorded here and uploaded on You Tube.

Thank you and credit to BibleGateway.Com for the link to the bible verses for our study and references.

GoodTv Interview with Tan Sri (Dr) Francis Yeoh of YTL - Stewardship and testimonies

Greeting to you.  As the BMBC was on the bimonthly theme on Stewardship from July to August 2011, it is also interesting to learn from a good steward who gives glory to God and our Lord Jesus Christ.  He is the CEO of the YTL Group of Companies, Tan Sri (Dr) Francis Yeoh.  Here are his testimonies at the GoodTv which is uploaded to You Tube for sharing.

Credit goes to GoodTV for the sharing.

BMBC Sunday Worship Service on August 14, 2011

Greetings to you.  Still on the theme on Stewardship, BMBC Pastor Vincent Liew is the speaker for the week.  He specifically outlined the message of the Deliverance according to the Holy Bible verses from the Book of Deuteronomy 7:18-19

Hope you will be blessed in your life as we learned from the words of God.

BMBC Sunday Worship Service on August 7, 2011

This is the recorded Sunday Worship Service held at our Bukit Mertajam Baptist Church on August 7, 2011.  That week, the sermon was on the theme of Stewardship with our BMBC Pastor Ooi Kheng Boon taking on the pulpit.  He shared with us on the topic of The Greatest Commandment which is key to our biblical living as God's stewards.

Please enjoy and be encouraged by the message.  God bless.

Sunday Worship Service July 31, 2011

Greetings to you.  It has been very long since the last update on our blog.  We regret for the long break. Here are the video clips on our BMBC Sunday Worship service held on July 31, 2011.  The speaker for that Sunday was our very own BMBC Chairman, Bro Ravi.  In line with our theme on Stewardship, his sermon was on "Laying Your Treasures in Heaven".

Hope you will enjoy the recorded service and sermon.  We will update further our backlog of video clips soon.