PEMNEWS WISMA ADVENTIST, 22-1, Jalan 2/114, Kuchai Business Centre , Jalan Kuchai Issue No.43 — May till Oct 2013 Lama , 58200 Kuala Lumpur Office No. 03-79847795, Fax No. 03-79844600 www.facebook.com/peninsularmalaysia.com UPDATES OF THE EVENTS PEM EVENTS Adventists @ Penang Message from Rosalinda Solano, Health Department, On May 4, 2013, the Adventists Peninsular Malaysia Mission @Penang Project, which launched in Penang and the planned events by the Revived and Reformed? respective PEM departments and the SDA Churches in Penang from 2013 till Revival and reformation are widely talked about and studied topics these days, but 2015. We hope to have many special do we experience revival and reformation in our lives? Probably yes, probably no, events by the PEM departments with probably in some people it is more noticeable than others, I just wonder…, so the the help of all membership in the question still remains, even after learning so much about it, are we experiencing it? Penang SDA Churches, and also to help What does it take to experience revival and reformation? them double their present member- We need Christ, we need His Spirit to make the difference in our lives in order to be awakened and ship among Penang SDA Churches. The renewed to the life that we, as children of God should live. Paul reminds us in the book of Ephesians, aim to attain a baptismal goal of 180 he said “…you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from Him, throw off your souls per year by the end of 2015. old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God, truly right- eous and holy.” Eph 4:21-24 Updated Education Incentive However, “The promise of the Spirit is not appreciated as it should be. Its fulfillment is not realized as Distribution Dates: it might be. It is the absence of the Spirit that makes the Gospel ministry so powerless”. COL p.328. So, PEM Education Excellence Incentive while God’s people are still prioritizing petty worldly things and creating barriers for the Spirit to work Program has rewarded the students then the Spirit’s power is withheld, and revival cannot be experienced, thus we have no reformation. As God’s chosen people we need to experience Christ to be revived, before even trying to do anything 18-May-13 Malacca at all as our efforts are fruitless anyways. We need to just ALLOW the Holy Spirit to make a change from within, then the results coming out of us may be that of a reformed life and then, only then will 31-May-13 PD, Indian Camp we start to revolutionize the world for Christ. 8-Jun-13 PEM Office Let’s ponder on our lives now and pray earnestly that the Holy Spirit may be poured on us daily, so that we may experience true revival and reformation. 22-Jun-13 JB English 22-Jun-13 Kluang & Kulai Stewardship Certification for Pastors 22-Jun-13 Penang PEM Stewardship, Planned Giving & Trust Services Ministry organized a Stewardship Certification Semi- on the following dates. nar for Pastors, from June 17-18, 13. This seminar is a milestone as it is the first time a stewardship certi- Regional Pastors Meeting Dates fication seminar was organised exclusively for the Pastors and stewardship leaders in PEM. The main Southern Pastors Meeting objective of the Seminar was to equip Pastors and - May 13, 2013 Stewardship leaders in better understanding biblical Northern Pastors Meeting stewardship principles and to be mentors in leading and nurturing others to be faithful - May 15, 2013 stewards of God. Central Pastors Meeting - May 20, 2013 The main objective of the Seminar was to equip Pastors and Stewardship leaders in better understanding biblical stewardship principles and to be mentors in leading and nurturing others to be faithful stewards of God. A total of 31 participants, comprising of 29 Pastors from the English, Chinese, Tamil and Bahasa speaking churches and 3 treasurers, attended Sabbath School Leaders Meeting the Seminar. The Seminar consisted of 11 sessions led by Pr. Wendell and Pastor Edmund Dates Liah. There was also a Strategic Planning session led by Alex Rajakumar, the Hon. Director Southern Region - July 28, 2013 for Stewardship, Planned Giving & Trust Services, PEM. At the end of the Seminar, Certificate of Participation and a CD containing the Seminar ma- Central Region - September 8, 2013 terials were presented to all participants. A special dedication prayer for commitment was Northern Region - October 20, 2013 offered by Pastor Leong Fai following his closing remarks. Women Ministries Certification Women’s Ministries Leadership Certification was conducted from June 15- 16, 2013, at Mission Office. The Speakers were the following: Madam Goh Cheng Siew, who taught WM Social & Legal Issues, Pastor Terrance Sim taught, “How to Prepare a Talk/ Sermon,” and Mrs. Tea Liu Khim taught, “Balancing Home and Career.” Altogether 11 ladies attended the training: 4 from Sungai Way SDA Indian Church; 2 from Puchong SDA Chinese Church; and 5 from Kuala Lumpur English Church. Pathfinder Leadership Award Training—Parts 1 & 2 The Pathfinder Leadership Award—Part 1 for the Klang Valley Path- finder Clubs were conducted from April 14—16, 2013 in the Mission Conference Hall. Pr. James Edward and MG Renitta Edward were the Instructors for the Seminars, where 30 Pathfinders and Master Guides participated. The PLA—Part 1 for Northern Regional Clubs was conducted from Sept. 27—29, 2013, in the premises of Penang English and Lighthouse SDA churches. About 28 Pathfinders and Master Guides participated in this training. Pr. James Edward, MG Bernard Khit and MG Renitta Edward were the Instructors for the seminars. Hope to train more Master Guides for the service in the Lord’s vineyard. Nearly 50 Master Guides and Master Guides in Training attended the Part 2 of Pathfinder Leadership Courses from October 4—6, 2013, in Villa Dominic, Genting Highlands. Pr. Simon Siew, SAUM Youth Director and Pr. James Edward, PEM Youth Director, were the Instructors of these courses. Orienteer- ing Honor was also completed as a part of the Leadership courses. The PLA- Part 3 will be completed in 2014. True Education Conference The aim of true education is to restore human beings into the image of God as revealed by the life of Jesus Christ. Seventh-day Adventist Church is truly blessed to have the light of True Education. Through the lights given to Mrs Ellen White, together with many dedicated church members in the last cen- tury, many Adventist education institutions were established to deliver Christian Education. Today we are the second largest Christian School system in the world. We have a total of 7,598 educational institutions operating in over 100 countries around the world with over 1.5 million students world-wide. On 14-16 Aug-13, almost 50 educators and parents came together in the Peninsular Ma- laysia Mission office conference room to be refreshed of the idea of True Education, to learn the techniques of teaching & coaching children in the kindergarten and to explore the possibility of homeschooling. Praise the Lord that we have Dr Lily Wong (an Expert in early childhood educa- tion and education psychologist) and Mrs Nancy Arias (Principal of a multi-grade academy in USA, and homeschool mother of 2 adult children). We had sharing of homeschooling experience by Dr Danny Oh of PAH through Skype and presentation of Griggs International Academy pro- gram from Michigan, USA, an Adventist distant learning program (homeschool program) for Kin- dergarten to Grade 12. The joys seen on the face of the kindergarten teachers and parents show that they have learnt much from the Dr Lily Wong and Mrs Arias. God willing, the Education and Children department of PEM will continue to organize True Education Confer- ence yearly on the third school holiday. If you are interested, do call Ms Renitta at the Mission office. BAPTISMAL UPDATES FOR 2013 (January 2013 FOR UPDATES BAPTISMAL CONGREGATION GOAL Actual 28th Indian Churches Annual Camp Alor Setar Company 1 The 28th Indian Bagan Datoh Church (Ind) 3 Churches Annual Camp was hosted by Banting Church (Ind) 3 1 Banting SDA Indian Bukit Jelutong Company 3 Church, from 31st Damansara Company 4 May till 2nd June 2013, in NUBE, Port Farlim Church 2 Dickson. About 350 Ipoh Church (Chi) 5 church members from all the Indian churches gathered together to listen to the sermons focused on the theme, “Fight the Good Fight.” Pr. Paulraj Masila- Ipoh Church (Eng) 4 1 mony, from Singapore, was the Guest Speaker of this camp. The Indian Pas- JB Church (BM) 8 8 tors were also involved in the programs of the camp. There were activities and JB Church (Eng) 8 4 meetings for the children, youth and the married respectively by different speakers. We hope to have more spiritual-based which helps us to grow in JB Group (Ind) 3 2 grace and Spiritual truth annually. Klang Company (BM) 6 1 — Report of the Education Excellence Klang Company (Ind) 3 April) April) Klebang Church (Ind) 5 2 The PEM Scholar Fund comprises of two programs, Education Excellence Incentive Program and Reading Kluang Group (Chi) 2 2 Program. The Education Excellence Pro- Kota Bharu Church (Chi) 2 gram has been introduced from this year Kota Masai Group (BM) 10 2 2013 by the PEM Education Department. Kuala Lumpur Church (Chi) 5 This year, 2013, about 50 students ap- Kuala Lumpur Church (Eng) 10 1 plied for this program and 35 students Kuala Selangor Group (Ind) 3 received the incentives, as per the guide- Kuantan Company (Chi) 2 lines provided.