Photographed by: RY, Tay Yi En, Austen Chua & Harry Derkenne

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Photographed by: RY, Tay Yi En, Austen Chua & Harry Derkenne

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I want to say a big thank you to every cast and backstage crew member involved in the Broken production who has worked so hard in the past two months to present to us a message so powerful and stirring through drama and dance. Thank God for each of your labour of love behind the scenes and the unquantifiable amount of effort you’ve put in so that many of us can discover hope and healing for the brokenness in our own families and our friendships. Thank you for building the church today with your talents and passions, with your energies and your focus. This church is truly not built on just the gifts of a few but the sacrifices of many!

I also want to express thanks to the many who came alongside to serve as ushers, the audio-visual crew, the Praise Band, Team PICS, the video production team, the lay ministers and also the service team who coordinated the entire program and prepared the venue for us. Special thanks also to those who managed the ticketing booth and the merchandise sales. There is also the group of kids volunteers who helped organised the Dino Party program on both days of the production and served the kids in love so well that deserves much thanks and appreciation.

Also, let me honour and appreciate all the friends and family members and everyone in the audience for taking time to come down to support this production. Thank you for the love shown to the production cast and crew by your applause and gracious words of commendation. May the message of hope and reconciliation continue to speak to your hearts and let your individual stories become as how the drama unfolded – a glorious happy ending.

Most importantly, I want to thank our Daddy God for giving His heart for families to us and turning dreams into realities. Thank You Jesus for being the first to sacrifice in such radical love so we would know what God’s family feels like and do likewise. Thank You Holy Spirit for without His working together with us, every labour would have been in vain.

Credit Roll

Producer & Director: Liang Shinan; Playwrights: Liang Shinan & Angela Chew
Choreographer & Make-up Artist: Bianca Tham; Stage Manager: Angela Chew

Casts: Kathleen Ang, Darrell Tan, Lydia Lim, Roslina Chua, Mandy Lai, Mavis Huang, Joseph Heng & Heather Lim

Voiceover Casts: Dawn Teo & Bianca Tham

Stage Crew Supervisors: Joseph Heng & Ivan Tan
Stage Crews: Cheryl Tan, Leonard Tang, Chong Wei Jian & John Pang

Audio-Engineer & Music Supervisor: Eunice Foo
Lighting Designer & Supervisor: Shaun Beins; Lighting Technician: Jerome Tio

Publicity Manager, Visual Art Director & Director of Photography: Mavis Huang
Still Photographers: R.Y & Tay Yi En
Trailer Editors & Graphic Designers: Mavis Huang & R.Y

Production Administrative Assistant: Mandy Lai

Praise Band: Eishen Serra-Lee, Stephanie Yow, Francis Lee, Marc Wan & Pastor Joel Peh

Venue Coordinators: Amy Foo & J.Q

Front of House: Tan Chuan Ho, Joyce Tan, Tabitha Tan, Catherine Wong, Isabel Beins, Ng Xiuzhen, Sundy Wiliam Yaputra, Iris Ee, Doris Khoo, David Khoo, Toh Ser Nguang, Catherine Sew, Jennifer Lim, David Ong, Adeline Ong & Annie Teng

Children Care Givers:: Jessie Tan, Oktaviani Sia, Isabel Beins, Debbie Yow, Adeline Ong, David Ong, Tan Chuan Hoh, Lily-Mae, Amanda Lee, Jenny, Jan Ng, Mitchie, Malcolm Tan & Linda Wong

Lay Ministers: Alisa Choor, Dawn Teo & Teresa Soon

Media Coverage Supervisor: R.Y
Still Photographers: R.Y, Austen Chua, Harry Derkenne & Tay Yi En
Videographers: Gabrielle Soon, Harry Derkenne & R.Y

And others who have made sacrifices in secret and loved in ways that went unnoticed!

On behalf of 3:16 Pastoral Team,
Joel Peh
3:16 Church Youth Pastor

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I would like to take this opportunity to thank our volunteers and partners. Thank you for helping us make an eternal impact during this Easter season. Thank you, My Mad Cow and The Love-Aid Project. Thanks for the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of so many children on the Good Friday – Heroes: Save the Zoo! Save the World event.

I also would like to give a big shout-out to all the awesome volunteers from 3:16 Church. Thank you for igniting our world with Jesus’ overwhelming love!

Good Friday – Little Heroes in the Singapore Zoo

My team and I felt the ever-growing love of God to reach out to the children of 3:16 Church and the kids from nearby communities. Thus, we planned an unforgettable amazing race type of adventure at the Singapore Zoo. Excitement built up amongst the kids and also the volunteers at the start of the race and the supportive responses from the parents were also very heartening.

It was a big Good Friday turnout! A contingent of more than 100 of us (including 65 children from the church and community) invaded the Zoo. It was a fun-filled afternoon for the children. They worked tirelessly together to solve puzzles and overcome challenges while enjoying the presence of fascinating animals in the most scenic of environment.

The highlight of the day was the surprise cameo appearance by Mr. Tony Stark aka Ironman at the finale of the day’s event! Hundreds of children posed creatively for a once-in-a-life time picture with their favourite Avenger hero.

Holy Saturday – Lovely Wedding Ceremony at Fort Canning

3:16 Church witnessed the beautiful union of Clement and Iris in Fort Canning Park. This was exceptionally meaningful as it was at the first Easter where Jesus pledged His love for the church (His bride) by giving Himself for her. God bless your marriage, Clement and Iris! Enjoy your honeymoon in Bali!

Easter Sunday – A Record Turnout for Baptism Sunday

More than 150 people gathered to celebrate the baptisms of nine people who are highly favoured and deeply loved by Jesus Christ. To baptise Elias with my wife, Lilis, is definitely one of the highlights of my life! Easter 2015 marks the beginning of Elias’ public and personal journey in the love, favour and power of JESUS Christ!

It was a special Sunday for Wei Bin. He had accepted Christ as His Saviour in January 2015. Recently, he dreamt that God wanted him to get baptised, and so he did, even as he felt that he was not yet ready to do so. Interestingly, the time that he awoke from his dream was 3:16 a.m.! He decided that there was no turning back in his walk with Jesus.

Amelia Lim, a young lady, also testified, “Because He has changed my life, I never have to live in guilt, shame and comparison. I have a God who is greater than all my problems. A God whose love never runs dry on me.” As each person shared about his or her life story, one thing was clear. God had touched each of their hearts with His overwhelming love.

Many were moved to tears when Roslina shared her story. She boldly revealed a wound in her heart, which was caused by abuses from her dad when she was younger. Although that had left a scar in her heart, her Father God was there with her through it all. And through powerful working of the love of Jesus, Roslina forgave her father! She even enjoyed a special Chinese New Year with her dad this year.

All glory to Jesus for an Easter season like never before!

Blessings,

Ian Toh
Lead Pastor
3:16 Church, Singapore

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Easter is really about the death defeating work of Jesus Christ! As we know, death seeks to swallow everyone. Death is brutal and merciless. Death wants all for itself. But God loved the world so much that He gave His son Jesus to the world so that anyone who believes in Him will not die but have everlasting life! This is the heartbeat of 3:16 Church, Singapore.

Jesus defeated death on the cross by miraculously rising from the grave and hence, “Jesus is alive” is aptly the victory cry of the church. The power of death has been undone! Through Jesus’ resurrection, many can now live forever in an unparalleled fashion. What a significant and powerful victory!

Easter 2014 has been one of the greatest moments in the history of 3:16 Church. Personally for me, it has definitely been the most rewarding and refreshing time since the church started 14 months ago. I witnessed the move of God in the hearts of the church family as many people took a courageous step into the grace of Jesus.

This Easter,

Over Good Friday, our volunteers headed out to befriend families in the Circuit Road neighbourhood. My family was privileged to visit Block 37 where we met with Uncle Robert Lee and his son Eric. Uncle Robert’s life is truly inspirational. He is 82 years old; he lost the use of one leg due to diabetes and a blood condition and is now wheelchair bound. Due to some physical and mental disabilities, Eric’s movement is also restricted to his bed and wheelchair. However, despite their physical constraints, seeing how Uncle Robert cares for Eric, with the help of a domestic helper is just exemplary. “Visit us anytime, we can sing karaoke together!” Uncle Robert remarked just as we took our leave, pointing to a small sound system. We left his home that day thoroughly blessed by this new found friendship.

Jesus reminded me though there may be disabled bodies around; there are no disabled spirits or souls! May Jesus protect each one and may His love cover all the homes visited! 3:16 Church desires to boast in and about the love of Jesus to everyone in Singapore.

Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” – 1 Corinthians 1:31 NIV

On Easter Sunday, together with many other churches alike in Singapore, 3:16 Church powerfully declared the raw message of God’ love to our friends and families. The act of baptism gave a great opportunity for people to declare the love of God in his/her personal life. With this revelation, we celebrated the baptisms and testimonies of Max, Sue, Dante, Lactera, Leonard, Iris, Samuel, Joseph and Cheryl. What an awesome way to celebrate Easter!

We hope you will continue to join us in our journey to ignite our world with God’s overwhelming love. Biblically, we know that after Easter came Pentecost which led to the start of a mighty revival and movement of love that spread globally. We are excited to see what God is going to do next; you too can join us and be part of God’s big movement!

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you for sending Your son Jesus to die for our sins. We praise You for sending Your Holy Spirit to enable us to live out our calling! We give thanks for an awesome Easter and for using 3:16 Church in this special island called Singapore, the Lion-City. May the roar and love of Jesus, the Lion of Judah be heard and seen throughout this country. We pray that 3:16 Church will garner greater momentum and critical mass as we reach out to people with the love of Jesus. Bless everyone who reads this note and may Your Spirit deposit what You want in our hearts. Hallelujah!

We pray in Jesus’ name!
Amen.

Ian Toh
Lead Pastor
3:16 Church, Singapore

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