Living Spring 活泉-Vol8-2016

The big family of Mark Home Fellowship
Looking back when we first joined the group in 2009, in
our midst, was the always-joyous Aunty Ang who at a ripe
old age of 80s would share her bits of testimonies in a
very lively-cheeky ways that gave us a chuckle. She had
since migrated to Australia to be with her daughter some
5 years ago. We had the late Bro. Kheng Kuan, despite
his terminal illness, had joined our meeting faithfully, and
his parents, Mr & Mrs Chan had also joined our group
meetings for a few years until the death of their beloved
son. The late Uncle Robert Yong would make every effort
to join us before his illness confined him to a wheelchair.
Then, we had the late Uncle Kenneth Loo & late Aunty
Susan. Memories of them are still very much alive in us
until today. We could always looked up to Uncle Loo for
his wisdom and his eloquent use of Chinese proverbs
even in Hakka dialect in relaying to a situation during
our sharing. His exemplary attitude in learning new
things even at an advance age of 90 had been a great
inspiration to all of us. His presence is dearly missed.
We also had Sis. Choi Ling from Klang and Sis. Rebecca
from USJ who had joined our fellowship for a few years.
While I was a bit apprehensive about our involvement
initially, Mrs Ooi and the other members made us feel so
at home from the first meeting that we quickly gel in and
from then on, fellowship meeting on Friday truly becomes
our TGIF or Thank God It’s Friday.
The Friday evening will start with worship in the first
half hour. Members will take turns to select hymms and
songs in English, Chinese and occasionally a Hokkien
rendition to worship our God. Each member will have the
chance to select his or her favorite songs or hymms to
express our love, gratitude and reverence towards Him.
Bible studies and sharing through reading of special
topical discipleship books will take up the next hour. Mrs
Ooi will provide the main lead in our scriptures studies
with the late Uncle Loo and myself providing the support.
It was through these studies that I could understand
what it means to live a Holy Spirit-filled life just as Jesus
revealed in John 12:26 “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you
all things and will remind you of everything I have said
to you.” There is no other ways except to surrender
ourselves to Jesus and let the Holy Spirit that lives in
us to guide and lead us in our everyday lives. There and
then, our God Almighty would use the late Uncle Loo to
challenge us to memorize Psalm 23, Galatians 5:22-23
fruit of the Spirit and other verses, and Mrs Ooi’s in-depth
dissection of scriptures greatly help in our discernment
for practical applications. It is through these scriptures
studies and sharing of testimonies that we truly learn to
humble ourselves before God, to live out God’s Word in
our spiritual journey and walk with Christ.
Mr & Mrs Ooi’s exemplary loving kindness, dedication
and support for the members, and their involvement
in various ministries have been the role model for us.
Among the members, the late Uncle Loo was active as a
Chairperson in the Senior Fellowship ministry even until
his very last month before going home to the Lord. Sis.
Chit Min is active in the church as one of the ushers
and Chairperson for the Ladies Fellowship ministry. Sis.
Ling is active in Social Concern ministry and Mission
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