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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Thank You for being so faithful throughout this year.

You know I’m feeling a tinge of surreality as I think about what has happened in the past one year. There were just so many significant moments and experiences that words couldn’t describe. I remember day one of the year 2016; wasn’t it You who put in my heart to prophesy and claim that it would be a year full of challenges but also a year full of joy? No doubt that it surely has been one challenging joyful year!

Remember those prayers we offered to you over phone calls? I know You have been so faithful to answer them. I recall the exclamations of answered prayers over our WhatsApp groups.

You really did come through for us time and again, and often in unexpected ways!

Let me think, there wasn’t any outdoor event we planned and prayed for that You failed to keep the weather ideal for us. If there was an outreach event planned, we never fail to see new friends joining us because You chose to bless us!

We did question whether we were doing things right when our life group attendance remained small. But You told us to keep being faithful with whoever You brought and to be strong in this.

We also faced discouragements when youths we invested in over a period of time stopped showing up. But You said that nothing is wasted and we can trust in Your bigger plan.

And I know God there are still pending “come home” prayers for those who had wandered away, that You are in the process of answering.

You brought us through different personal issues and battles. We laid hands over one another to pray, sang songs over different individuals, we performed prophetic acts that declare our unity and our stand with You for our generation.

We laughed and celebrated together. We also wept alongside each other.

You were there through it all.

We all do have a fair bit of battle scars to show for in this one year. How You have grown us through these!

This year, You gave the youth leadership the title “Mighty Giant Slayers”. I remember that time when a group of us stayed up till 4am to “slay” giants together in our prayers. That was one crazy morning.

Isn’t it You who wants to give us all we need to become what we have been called?

I thank You for an epic “Momentum” youth camp. On the very first day when I saw how leaders cared their hearts out for the youth participants that came, I know it was You saying to me “none of your labour was in vain!”

You have not let us down and You never will!

Oh yes, the fasting! Back in the middle of the year a group of youth leaders rallied ourselves to commit to a period of fasting. 30 days. You gave us personal breakthroughs and I remember how we saw those previously thought unreachable reached during that period. And I don’t think it’s a coincidence that at the camp, we saw a total of 30 youths coming together to encounter Your Presence! God You really do give us more than we can ever pray for or imagine.

I knew it was You who wanted me to ask for Your heart and also cause me to seek understanding of our unique destiny as a youth ministry. I did keep on asking and seeking. So I see You using this “Momentum” camp to show me the “unsearchable things that I do not know of”. You showed me youths of different races, different nationality, different backgrounds, even different churches, living in harmony and dancing together to the sound of heaven! This is the blueprint of heaven!

Glory to You for all the salvation decisions made, and the steps of faith taken by individuals to follow You through this camp!

I am especially thankful for giving me a team of great people – my youth leadership team. Thank You for such a privilege to be able to journey together with them for the past one year. They have become very much my pride and joy just as they are yours. I so enjoyed getting to know each of them and being able to develop friendships that I know will last for the rest of our lives until eternity.

I am also grateful to You for the partnerships that have been developed over the year especially that with the “Young Adults” and with “The Love-Aid Project”. Behind these “terms” are names of individuals whom I have personally forged strong and precious friendships with which I so delight in. You really know how to orchestrate divine appointments and connections God.

You have been really good to put me as a member of a great pastoral team with brothers whom I really respect and look up to and whom I know is watching my back. What a year of plowing together for Your Kingdom!

Thank You for my parents who stood by me and were willing to be understanding and supportive of what I did. I never felt I deserve their amount of love but through them I understood Your grace even more.

God, I also really appreciate Mavis. Thank You for this girlfriend who was willing to make sacrifices together with me and adjustments in our relationship for the work of ministry. You saw our trying moments, our quarrels into late nights, the foolish arguments and You came to redeem these situations every-time. Thank you for being the wonderful Counsellor in our relationship and helping us to grow individually to love each other in a more Christ-like way!

My heart is made full by these hearts so dear to mine as I know mine to theirs.

I want to thank You God for those many other list of things that I know You know that I am grateful for.

Thank You Jesus for wooing me back time and again this year whenever I veered off Your path for me. Thank You for fathering me and including me in Your process of making Your church greater and stronger and more courageous than before.

I am grateful for a glorious year that has passed and a more glorious one that You are directing us into. I pray that You would prepare our hearts. Won’t You fill them with wonder and anticipation of what You would be doing in the new year? As we all take time to reflect on what You have done, let us gather treasures of memories that would remind us of who You are and what You are able to do. Let Your healing soothe wounds and Your life restore souls as we finish the year. Close the loops for us and prepare us for another lap as we see the end draws nearer and soon, Jesus, we shall see Your return!

In Jesus’s name,

Amen!

Pastor Joel Peh
Youth Pastor, 3:16 Church

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I believe a God with an intense love for our world has His spotlight right here among the youths in 3:16 Church and the youths that we are reaching out to. It’s no longer about being nice church-goers who are satisfied with status quo but it is about becoming radical disciples of Jesus Christ who are intensely and fearlessly advancing the Kingdom of God everywhere by living out their faith in a way that matters!

We call ourselves the Strong and Courageous Tribe.

The year of 2016 is and shall be a year of formation for us. In line with this being a year of Kingly Influence for 3:16 Church, God is establishing His Kingly influence in and through us by forming a strong leadership team and a strong healthy culture amongst the youths we lead.

The mandate that I believe God has given for our tribe is for us to possess Christ Confidence, demonstrate Clear Consistency, to form a Credible Community and to be a Counter Culture to the world. This is a breakdown of what this 4-part mandate means:

Christ Confidence
We will not be constrained by “should”s and “should not”s, but we will be about breathing in the power to make faith-based decisions that produces the most confidently joyful people on earth.

Clear Consistency
We will not be about compartmentalising God, but we will be about living like Jesus everyday and everywhere.

Credible Community
We will not be about putting on a religious show, but we will be about building authentic relationships that radiate Christ to everyone around.

Counter Culture
We will not be about conforming to what the world values, but we will be about taking enemy grounds and redeeming everything we touch for Christ.

In the first 3 months of the year, we have begun the work of reaching out to the MacPherson Community by hosting various youth-centric activities (guitar classes, art jamming, sports, study groups, valentines’ day event, easter drama). God has allowed us to build and deepen new authentic friendships with a number of youths in the community and through that we started 2 gender-based life groups whereby godly friendships can thrive and God’s Word can be taught and lived out.

One of the highlights we have had so far was when we had our Easter Drama service at the end of March. God honoured our countless hours of preparation, writing and re-writing the script, rehearsing lines, filming and praying together by allowing us to see salvation decisions being made as well as the move of the Spirit amongst different individuals. There was a uniting and stirring up of youths towards God’s purposes. Thank God for bringing in adults from the church to help out in the drama, backstage work and ushering!

We also celebrated the baptism of one of the first fruits of our ministry, a fifteen-year-old Alvin during Easter Sunday this year. It was actually my first time baptising a youth in 3:16 church, together with my co-leader Joseph. It was personally a remarkable experience of joy and hope as I witness a youth’s personal decision to commit to a life of following Jesus. And through it, God had encouraged me with the thought that He will bring many more to that decision as I remain obedient to His call upon my life!

In the months ahead, we are looking at entering into a season of consecration during the June school holidays as well as intentionally establishing prayer groups in every one of our youth’s campuses when school reopens in July. Our first official youth service is set to start at the end of July and we are anticipating God to move in a powerful way through these various platforms!

So pray with us as we look towards what God has in store. Pray for leaders to be unitedly pursuing God and His purposes for this generation above everything else. Pray for effective life-on-life discipling would take place that truths will both be taught and imparted. Pray for even more open doors as we set to reach out to communities and classrooms and beyond. All glory be to God!

Pastor Joel Peh
Youth Pastor, 3:16 Church

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A good example of The Takeover vision has been the youth band, or The Takeover Band. The band is made up of young musicians and worshippers who practice throughout the year. Every 6 weeks, it’s the band’s turn to take the stage and lead the Church into a time of worshipping Jesus.

This year the band included our three lovely and beautiful female vocalists Jia Wen, Roslina and Amelia. Our zany fashion coordinator/guitarist/sound engineer/vocalist Joseph. “Cool Cat” Shannen, our lead guitarist. Awesome rhythm section, Cheryl our rock-steady bassist and “Octopus Hands” Ron, our drummer. And last but not least, Sensitive Gill who makes our sweet pad sounds on the keyboard: God has really blessed us with a pool of young and talented musicians.

Time after time, we learnt we needed to first tune our hearts to Jesus before tuning any kind of music.

Looking back in 2014, the band has really grown musically and spiritually. For us, the term “Takeover” took on an added special meaning. One of the key lessons we learnt is that worship is much more than playing music. It is so easy for Christian musicians to come together and make music and totally miss out on worshipping Jesus, which is the offering of our praise, attention, music, essentially our whole being to Jesus. Without this element of worship, the act of making music remains simply in the physical realm; the process, challenges and results are all physical ones. However, in order to worship Jesus in spirit and truth, worshippers must move past the physical into the spiritual. Time after time, we learnt we needed to first tune our hearts to Jesus before tuning any kind of music. Praying and seeking God, asking God to fill us with His Holy Spirit, was always a much better use of time than simply going straight into rehearsals. Even if we dedicated more time than planned to prayer, we learnt that more good things can happen by “accident” when we were filled and led by His Spirit than when we try to execute best laid plans without His filling and leading; we learnt that for us to be used effectively, we NEED God to “Takeover”.

As we move forward, one of the prayers of our band is that God would move us from glory to glory. But we cannot do it without Him. In Exodus chapter 33, Moses pleads with God: “If Your presence doesn’t go with us, do not lead us up from here.” It is our prayer as well, that God would lead us the same way He led His children in the wilderness, with His clear leading and “Shekinah Glory” presence:

“By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night.” – Exodus 13:21 NIV

Through our worship, we hope more and more people will come to know Jesus. We are asking God to raise up more youth in Singapore that desire a “Takeover” from Jesus. We want to see the next generation rise up, be empowered, support their local church and eventually… “Takeover”.

Z.Y.
Worship Leader
The Takeover Band

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We believe that young people are not just the future of the church but also the front line troopers of today. God is doing something great in Singapore, in this generation and we want to be part of this prophetic movement; not as bystanders but as innovators who will create a dent in this generation for the kingdom of God. With much zeal and passion, we choose to empower our young people to lead, serve and volunteer in all capacities during our Sunday Worship Experience

“Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin,”– Zechariah 4:10 NLT

With humble beginnings comprising a group of about 20 adults and 3 youths, 3:16 Church was formed approximately 18 months ago. Since then, we have multiplied exponentially to size of about 70 and grown from 3 to 25 youths.

Reviewing the months past, I stand in awe of God’s goodness. Youth Explosion 2013 was our very first youth event where we witnessed the entire 3:16 Church auditorium packed to its brim. I preached a message on facing our giants, referencing to the story of David and Goliath. Looking back, seeing how less than 10 youths invited their friends and packed a 120-seater auditorium – we had surely defeated our Goliath that day. Our first lesson in the youth ministry: NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD!

Next came our second event, Youth Ignition. Once again, our youths were on fire for God as they packed the place and took over the stage with performances by Jerome and Jonathan, the youth dance crew and our very own youth band. The greater highlight – Jesus was lifted up high as Jiahao preached a message on a new beginning with Jesus!

Over the past months, we have seen young people dedicate their lives to Jesus and taken the step of obedience to be baptized. We are excited to see what more God has in store for us. It is my dream to see more youths baptizing youths as they go out and reach this generation for God’s glory!

Greater 2014

“Greater” is the vision that Pastor Ian has set for 3:16 Church in 2014. In line with this vision, we want to see our young people rise up to a greater purpose this year. Hence, “The Takeover” was born. “The Takeover” is simply a platform that empowers our youth to literally take over the Sunday Worship Experience. It allows them to witness God’s glory firsthand; it gives them the power to create, innovate, lead, serve, welcome, invite, pray and seek God for every activity planned.

A great example is The Takeover: Café Edition. One of our youths, Angela took up the challenge and made her personal dream a reality. Together with her team, they turned the usual Sunday service into an awesome café and everyone fellowshipped over coffee and snacks!

Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” – Exodus 33:18 NIV

One of the greatest highlight for the year thus far is the formation of The Takeover Band. Just a few months old, this group of talented young musicians never fail to lead the congregation into a personal encounter with God. It is the heartbeat of the band’s music director Zhen Yuan, to see all musicians become Jesus worshippers so that all glory may be given to God!

Indeed, we have seen God’s glory radiate more than ever at every Takeover; His glory cannot be exhausted. I am so proud to be able to serve with the youth team on this crazy movement for God!

All these things would not have been possible without your prayers, love, dedication and support to see this generation rise up with selfless faith to receive God’s one way love.

Let us continue to march forward on this exciting journey and we pray for more volunteers to join us on this amazing ride too! This is my prayer for 3:16 Youth.

“Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.” – Exodus 33:15 NIV

Jeremy Lee
Youth Pastor
3:16 Church, Singapore
 

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