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The election of Confer ence Lay Leader and Associate Lay Leaders wer e conducted Trinity Annual smoothly. Dr. Samuel Ong Boon Leng was elected Confer ence Lay Leader , Mr. Peter Desmond Wee and Mrs. Judy Chin wer e elected Associate Confer ence Conference Lay Leaders. Dr . Chan Kook Weng was elected to the TRAC Executive Boar d. The latter st served as Confer ence Lay Leader for 3 terms and we thank 31 Session the Lord for his committed and faithful service as well as his Date • 18th - 21st November , 2006 invaluable support to the TRAC President. Kook W eng’s cheerful Venue • Swiss Gar den Resort & Spa disposition, positive attitude

Trinity Annual Conference ~ 31st Session Annual Conference Trinity and rock solid confidence in the , . Lord’s providence and goodness, helped tremendously during difficult times in TRAC. s I r eflect on the report to overcoming relational barriers.” A be written on TRAC 31st He elaborated that ther e must be As he passes the baton of TRAC Session, certain phrases found “the highest level of fellowship Conference Lay Leader to Dr . in Charles W esley’s hymn “All in the Holy Spirit, so that we Samuel Ong, we know that Praise to Our Redeeming Lor d” can individually and communally the Lord will continue to use come to mind. Indeed, we practice and experience him for His glory. It is also our want to give all praise to our sincerity, healing, humility, prayer that we will continue to redeeming Lord for a Spirit- honesty, mercy, forgiveness, work together, lay and clergy , led conference. The business confession, r estitution and then “concentred all, through Jesus’ sessions, elections, and teaching ‘synergy through unity.’ The name, in perfect harmony” for sessions wer e conducted Bishop Dr . Hwa Y ung during the the glory of His name! smoothly and many will concur ordination service on the last day that there was the Lor d’s of the conference also touched In the Pr esident’s message presence and a sense of gr eater on unity in the sermon entitled entitled “Inerasable Image, unity among all present at this “Love One Another .” The world Unchanging Worth” delivered conference. is looking at the chur ch and if during the Opening Communion people see love and unity , they Service, he r eminded us Accor ding to that hymn, it is see the r eality of God. The call that God’s inerasable love is the Lord ‘who joins us by his is for Christ’ s love to be at work implanted in us and we have grace, and bids us, each to in our midst where we ar e willing that love connection with Christ each r estored’ That was also to give of ourselves in humble that cannot be disconnected. highlighted by the President service, to love the weak, to Being thus connected, we ar e in his address on the second forgive others and be able to say capable of giving that love to day of the confer ence wher e he ‘I’m sorry .’ others, especially to “the last, stated that “we must never stop the least and the lost.” W ith that growing in our fellowship and emphasis, Rev . Pax T an from focused on a few , changing ,changing focused onafew he he ministered tomany, of mentoringforeventhough Christ showedtheimportance dJesus ‘mentoring’. 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on my relationship with God, I Kong Su Lin , Wesley Methodist Chen Y au V oon , Wesley am like a r ocking chair Christian Church, Seremban Methodist Church, Johore Bahru with plenty of motion but little time to seek and listen to Him. I Since the launch of the Y ear of The best experience I’ve had must learn to slow down, r elax, the Youth, we r eceived more this year was to see a younger be still in His pr esence and attention from the church man coming forwar d to assist count His bountiful blessings. leaders (LCEC). Pr eviously, the the church in youth ministry. In addition, sessions shar ed by youths were not sur e who or He is in his early 20s. God has Sherman Kuek, Dr . Herbert Tan what the LCEC is, even after been kind to us. Coupled with and Rev . Christopher Rao wer e several explanations. A few this, I see a handful of young inspiring and encouraging with months ago, the LCEC took ones who ar e not bored by bible new insight that we wer e able to the initiative to have a dialogue study and want to see MYF get apply in youth ministry. Youth session with the youths, which going again. For me, to see counselors also experienced got them a bit nervous at first them coming for our meetings of the YYear outh 2006 - Analysis & Snapshots Youth a time of coming together and but we ended up having a fun is already an encouragement. praying for one another, getting and relaxed get-to-know each I’ve shar ed my sentiments with to know each other and sharing other session. The LCEC some of them that I do not our experience and struggles in members now have a little mor e wish to force them to come for the ministry. understanding on the concer ns meetings, but neither should and needs of the youths and they come because they wer e ...... the youths learn more about forced by their par ents. They the concer ns of the chur ch. In ought to come because they Pastor Lim Keong Goo , addition to that, awar eness talks love the Lord and r ealize Wesley Methodist Church, Kulim were given to the youths on the importance of Christian social concer n and mission work fellowship. Our numbers may We see the youths coming from the respective ministry be small, but if I can play just together to publish a cookbook leaders. The youths have also that tiny part to help them grow to raise funds for their youth been given opportunities to be in their spiritual walk, God has ministry. The holding of a one- involved in leading the morning truly blessed me indeed. day “lock-in” camp in the chur ch worship sessions. premises this year saw the ...... youths coming together to foster One of the pr oblems we wer e closer ties with one another . facing was the lack of youth Ngu Chie Kieng , Grace They have lear nt to pray and to workers/helpers to mentor the Methodist Church, Sentul minister to one another. They youths. We thank God who seem to be able to understand listens to our cry and is bringing I was quite nervous and at the each other better now . They in 3 more adults who ar e keen same time excited when my enjoy coming together to play to be involved in the youth youths proposed to me that they and to plan their activities. ministry. want to lead the weekly teaching sessions. But we agr eed to try 12 Year of the Y outh 2006 ~ Analysis & Snapshots Youth ayo s i dadbae ed andbeaten many ofus,tir youth ministry isallaboutfor This incident encapsulateswhat before God. estoringhim played ourpartinr feltreliefwehave We with God. need togoonastraight path ealizedthe our forgiveness.Her sought God'sforgivenessand He his youthfulindiscretions. thefall-outof from to protect counselingandtrying we were year. 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T strengths ferent 4 counselorsofdif by blessingusinsteadwith edourprayers God answer to workwiththeyouths. outhLeader raise forusaY in 2005,weprayedtoGod outhMinistry As webeganourY Church, Ampang ed Aileen Alfr . , hitMtoitChrist Methodist ofraieorMFi 07 to formalizeourMYFin2007. hope We responsible leaders. they mightgrow intoGodly, sothat Methodist churches outhQuakeandother YLDP/Y with otheryouthsthrough our youthsintonetworking hopetobeableexpose We trip afterherSPMexaminations. going onashorttermmission estin essedinter Mun, hasexpr Gan Kar our youthpresident, various missionscampsand Our youthshaveattended qualities. intheirleadership growing are youth meetsonSundayand have addedavibrancytoour They in themusicministry. servicesandserve church atmain organize presentations orshipsessions, Praise andW conduct meetings,leadweekly ntto youth committeehaslear Since thebeginningof2006, School Superintendent. ch under thechargeofChur as ateamin2006whilststill ntowork committee firsttolear a decided tohaveyouthsform TheCounselors our church. wanted tosetupanMYFfor 13

Joanna Sze , SS Methodist In Long Lamai, the youths Church, Petaling Jaya were particularly interested in This is only a beginning of football. Rain or shine, they some sorts. We in TRAC We’ve seen mor e training would gather every evening to and equipping, in terms of play the game they loved. I need to pursue further ministry and outreach skills. too joined them in playing the what we have planted in Our youths have organized beautiful game and this helped the Y ear of the Y outh so community outreach sports me to reach out to the young that we can see the next events and been on Orang Asli men and build bridges with generation growing and and overseas mission trips. For them. A fundamental principle thriving in the context of a the rest of the year , we hope in missions I had lear ned is that sustainable youth ministr y. to continue to build them up in whatever activity that you can What kind of a legacy are their faith so they can live it out do together with the people, we going to leave behind in their own lives. whether be it playing football or for the next generation in learning to speak their language,

our midst? of the YYear outh 2006 ~ Analysis & Snapshots Youth ...... it is a very ef fective way of reaching out and touching their Foo Yi Hui , Canning Garden lives. Thanks to our pr evious Methodist Church, Ipoh experience in MYF , we wer e well prepared to lead ice-br eakers A grueling 9-hour road trip ... and worship sessions. This another one-hour trip by boat trip made me look at life fr om finally brought us to Long Lamai. a different perspective. It Every night, the chur ch would made me cherish things that I have a night service during normally took for granted. I was which we worshipped God. Two already getting used to waking members of our team would up everyday with backaches take turns every day to shar e and neck pain. I r eally have to our testimony to the people. salute all the missionaries who It was my first time sharing have left their comfort zone in front of a congr egation of to enter the harvest field that more than a hundr ed strong. God has called them to. To do What made it mor e challenging that, it requires sacrifice and was that we had to shar e in of course, faith in God to lead Bahasa Malaysia. W ith the them wherever they go. limited time we had in Long Lamai, we helped r ebuild the prayer house on top of a hill, addressed the oral hygiene problem, and conducted tuition class (lear ned to practice a great amount of patience). 1414 Youth Prayer From The Pr Desk esident’s

• 3 - 5 November 2006 • Stella Maris, Penang by: Ms Dor een Yeoh, KL WESLEY TRAC School for Inter cessors ~ Part 2

tell you the truth, unless a sacrifices and be transformed “Igrain of wheat falls to the by the renewing of our minds. ground and dies, it r emains only (Romans 12:1-2) a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” - John 48 intercessors fr om 11 12:24 TRAC chur ches pr esent were challenged to a life of total Evangelist John Sung was like surrender - a willingness to the seed that died. Drawing move into the unfamiliar, to see inspiration from the works and impossibilities as possibilities, life of God’s servant fr om a to expect the unexpected and Methodist church in China, Ms. be totally focused upon God Wee Lay Ching set the tone for (Psalm 86:11). [They r ededicated the life of all God’s people - for themselves, confessing their Intercessors in particular . Today, personal sins as well as the like never before, God calls sins of the Methodist Chur ch, us to of fer our bodies as living in order that bondages and 15 Youth TRAC School for Inter cessors ~ Part 2

spiritual strongholds upon the The Methodist pioneers wer e because prayerlessness cr eated church are broken.] All were very men of prayer. Sung was also opportunities for Satan to derail much encouraged by the prayers a great man of prayer . He us. So, let us get the thief to and teachings and most of all, wrote, “In the past, I deemed return what he stole fr om us the presence of God among us. evangelism the most important individually, and corporately , as work but now I see that prayer a church by going on our knees We are likened to the “voice is more important than anything. and pray. of one calling in the desert: The realm of the Spirit is Prepare the way for the Lor d;” limitless.”..... “I have seen some Thy kingdom come, Thy will be (Isaiah 40:3a). Ther efore, God evangelistic teams falter and done on earth as it is in heaven. is hastening us to be serious fall away after many years, the Amen! about prayer as our battle is reason is they emphasized their not against flesh and blood work rather than prayer....” but against the powers and principalities of the heavenly The call is out to r epent of our realms (Ephesians 6:12). prayerlessness. We missed out on many of God’ s blessings 1616

Pastoral Appointmentsfor 2007 2007 Appointment From The Pr Desk esident’s EASTERN DISTRICT District Superintendent: Rev Peggy Seow Kooi Nai

Bentong- Circuit Rev Hwa Jen Wesley MC -- to be appointed Raub Wesley MC Rev Hwa Jen Kuantan Wesley MC Rev Peggy Seow, Pastor

NORTHERN DISTRICT District Superintendent: Rev T. Jeyakumar

Alor Setar Wesley MC Mr Lee Peng Chiat, Approved Supply Pastor Sg. Petani Wesley MC Mr Lee Peng Chiat, Approved Supply Pastor Kulim Wesley MC Mr Tan Har Yong, Approved Supply Pastor Pastoral Appointments for 2007 Butterworth Wesley MC Mr Lim Keong Goo, Approved Supply Pastor Penang Wesley MC Rev Lawrence Francis, Pastor Penang Trinity MC Rev T. Jeyakumar, Pastor Parit Buntar Wesley MC Rev T. Jeyakumar, Pastor

PERAK DISTRICT District Superintendent: Rev Ashok Amarasingham

Taiping Wesley MC Mr Tan Yee Ho, Approved Supply Pastor Ipoh Canning Garden MC Rev Ashok Amarasingham, Pastor Rev Audrey Yap Yin Har, Approved Supply Pastor Bercham MC, Ipoh Rev Joshua Khong Chee Leong, Pastor Grace, Ipoh MC Rev Ashok Amarasingham, Pastor Rev Joshua Khong Chee Leong, Assistant Pastor Ipoh Wesley MC Rev Dr Timothy Ong, Pastor Kampar Wesley MC Miss Yong Wai Yin, Pastor Teluk Intan Wesley MC Rev Bernard Yogaraj Lazar, Pastor Sitiawan Wesley MC Rev Henry Yong Wei Choong, Pastor Mr Milkias Padan, Approved Supply Pastor eagWse CRevWooKitSang, Kelang WesleyMC aa jn CRevPaulChristieSantosh, RevPaul ChristieSantosh, MrNgoh PengTeck, Taman UjongMC Seremban WesleyMC Segamat WesleyMC Sg. Way/SubangMC Damansara UtamaMC RevDavidLooTiangChun, Cheras FaithMC Ampang ChristMC aa sa CRevVincentChengMinSeng, RevThomas ChinShenLoong, RevTimothy LamYuenYi, Taman AseanMC MrRobertKhawHockPang Melaka WesleyMC Johor BahruWesleyMC SOUTHERN DISTRICT RevBuellAbraham Rev.DavidLooTiangChun, Sungai BulohTrinityMethodistChurch RevRickyHoKimHock, Subang MC Petaling JayaEmmanuelMC RevYewNiengSong, RevYew Nieng Song, Petaling JayaTrinityMC DISTRICT RevAndrewTanKokKhoon, Sentul GraceMC Kepong WesleyMC Kuala LumpurWesleyMC FEDERAL TERRITORY Mr JohnBaru, Ms VeronicaTingLingYin, Rev RaymondWong, District Superintendent:RevYewNiengSong Part-Time ApprovedSupplyPastor -- tobeappointed -- tobeappointed Ms AileenKhooHooiAi, Rev BuellAbraham, District Superintendent:RevWooKitSang Miss TanChewMae, -- tobeappointed District Superintendent:RevAndrewTanKokKhoon Approved SupplyPastor Pastor Assistant Pastor Part-Time ApprovedSupplyPastor Approved SupplyPastor Associate Pastor Pastor Pastor Director ofChristianEducation Pastor Pastor Pastor Pastor Director ofChristianEducation Pastor Pastor Pastor Approved SupplyPastor Pastor 17 Pastoral Appointments for 2007 2007 Appointment 18 Advertisement Methodist Prayer Convention 2007 Methodist Prayer 19 Announcement

TRAC Schoolfor From The Pr Desk esident’s Inter cessors Part

• 16 - 18 March 2007 • Stella Maris, T anjung Bunga Penang TRAC School for Inter cessors ~ Part 3 Cost : RM150.00 per person Closing Date : 9 March 2007 Contact : Ms Matilda at TRAC HQ 03-7954 2836 or [email protected]

Part 3 tracks

1. Mentoring track • Dealing with my darkness • Dealing with the spirit of of fence • Blessing the Body thr ough growing in unity

2. Developing the Prayer Model track • Prayer watches & prayer cells • Prayer leadership • Prayer Centr es

3. Equipping the Spiritual W arfar e track • Gr owing in our authority in Christ • Gr owing in relating to leadership • Gr owing to watch • Gr owing in confronting the enemy

This School will be especially helpful for: Pastors, Chur ch Leaders, Local Chur ch Prayer Coor dinators, those who had attended the last three TRAC Prayer Confer ences and the School for Inter cessors - Part 1 & 2, as well as others in the church who have a heart for the prayer and inter cession ministry. 20 TRAC Calendar 2007 3St Ehc dcto eia Ese nDistrict) Ethics Education Seminar(Easter sDay Christian EducationSunday/Father’ Methodist EducationFoundationSunday Pentecost Sunday 23 Sat 17 Sun 10 Sun 03 Sun BOYW NationalPrayerDay ence chPlantingConfer TRAC Chur outhMinistryConsultation eak 25-27 Fri-Sun earBr Aldersgate Sunday/CallltoMinistry GCYC -Y Schools Mid-Y 27 Sun sDay Birthday ofSultanPerlis 25-27 Fri-Sun omenSunday/Mother’ Methodist W 26-June 10 Hari Hol -Pahang 20 Sun 17 Thur 13 Sun 07 Mon chSocial BOSCON -District/LocalChur orkshopsonOralHistory-Ipoh Regional W sBirthday Muhamad’ Prophet orkshop rainingW 31 Sat cesPersonnelT CE Resour 31 Sat TRAC MSFCamp 31 Sat ue-Fri eachStatistician 3 27-30 T nstor Statistical Retur cessors-Part eak ermBr TRAC SchoolforInter Schools Mid-T 23 Fri 16-18 Fri-Sun eat NationalPrayerRetr Youth 15 Thur ue 10-13 Sat-T eat sRetr 10-18 /DS’ President ue-Thur 06-08 T Birthday ofSultanKedah Muharam Awal 21 Sun 20 Sat 2St Rgoa orkshopsonOralHistory- Regional W eak angDi-PertuanAgong earBr Birthday of theY SchoolsMid-Y 02 Sat 02 Sat 1-10 • June orkshopsonOralHistory- Regional W Day Wesak ue 01 T dMeeting ue 01 T 1st Executive Boar ue 01 T Birthday ofSultanPerak • May Declaration ofMelakaasHistoricalCity 21 Sat Birthday ofSultanJohor 19 Thur Easter PDMS 15 Sun ue-Sun 10-14 T 08 Sun 08 Sun BirthdayofSultanKelantan 06 Fri 01-02 Sun-Mon • April onationoftheSultan Anniversary oftheCor eat 04 Sun BOYW Retr eat -Sun BCE Retr 01-04 Thur ednesday Ash W -Sat 01-03 Thur ches ch • Mar nstobesentChur Statistical Retur ear ed 21 W Chinese NewY erritoryDay Federal T 18-19 Sun-Mon 05 Mon 01 Thur 01 Thur • February orkshopsonOralHistory- Regional W ermbegins School T 20 Sat ofPrayerforChristianUnity Week Hari RayaHaji -Thur emiahSchool Jer 18-25 Thur Day ear’s New Y 03 Jan-Feb11 ed 03 W 01 Mon 01 Mon • January

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1Sn MSF Sunday Birthday ofSultanPahang norofMelaka Birthday ofGover ed 24 W CommunionSunday World Hari RayaPuasa 21 Sun 13&14 Sat-Sun 13 Sat raining(Kuantan) MinistryT Youth 07 Sun 06-07 Sat-Sun National Day CCM Sunday ence 31 Fri Methodist PrayerConfer 31-Sep 2Fri-Sun eachTRACHQ ence 26 Sun nstor eat Statistical Retur TRAC MWConfer 18-26 TRAC BB/GBOfficersRetr ue 18-21 Sat-T 17-19 Fri-Sun eat ed 15 W MOT/ASP Retr ue-Thur 14-16 T School Hari HolAlmarhumSultanJohor erm Mid-T Trengganu BOSCON Seminaron“CaringforSingle BirthdayofSultan 21 Sat eak Br 21 Sat 20 Fri 1MnNwYersEe/WatchnightCovenant Eve/W ear’s NewY Christmas Day Hari Raya Qurban 31 Mon ue 25 T Birthday ofSultanSelangor 24 Mon FirstSundayinAdvent 20 Thur ue 11 T YLDP ed-Sun 05-09 W 02 Sun • December Deepavali 32nd SessionTRAC eak ue earEndBr 24-27 Sat-T Schools Y 17 -Jan1,2008 ence 08 Thur Sengoi MissionConfer ue-Thur 06-08T • November orkshop rainingW cesPersonnelT CE Resour 06 Sat Hari Nuzul Al-Quran(Kelantan,Pahang, • October ,Kedah&Kelantan) Ramadan(Johor Awal d ds/ExecutiveBoar Joint Boar 29 Sat Heritage Sunday 14 -16Fri-Sun 13 Thur ence Methodist PrayerConfer 09 Sun 1-2 Sat-Sun • September Israk andMikraj(Kedah,NegeriSembilan, 11 Sat • August di-PertuanBesar of Yang T. Y. T. Birthdayof norofPenang BirthdayofGover esley nsSunday 19 Thur Social Concer eat ches Mission ConsultationKLW sRetr 14 Sat nstobesentChur BOYW NationalCounsellor’ Statistical Retur 13-15 Fri-Sun STM Sunday 13-15 Fri-Sun 08 Sun 05 Thur 01 Sun • July TRAC CALENDAR Service ( District) ,T’ganu) Perak, Perlis,Penang,S’gor Perlis) Mothers” MYAF Sunday MYAF Bahasa MalaysiaSunday Missions Sunday 2007