Monday, June 10, 2013

CHURCH RENOVATION APPEAL

Shalom All,

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth!

Of late, Jenny and I have worked hard every day in trying to spruce up the new premises of the 5-storeyed building we plan to turn into our new church. Back breaking painting of walls and ceilings, getting help to fix up the minimum plumbing, throwing away accumulated unwanted broken pieces of furniture and things and cleaning up the place to make it look more welcoming as a place of worship.

Work in progress with what funds we have and more awaits to be done, when donations are in support of our efforts are available and coming in.

These are the encouraging words from our Lord Jesus: “It is more blessed to give than to receive” - Book of Acts 20 verse 35.

To many, those words make no sense. They love to receive. Yet the Lord is not saying that receiving has no pleasure. Many of us have experienced the joy of having someone care for us. Yes, there is pleasure in receiving; yet there is even more pleasure in giving. Jesus is saying that the pleasure of knowing that we have been used by God to help someone, exceeds the pleasure of being the one who was helped.

If that is so, then whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone, especially to those we love the most. Doing good may include a monetary gift, but it may also include a word of kindness or encouragement. To do good may involve us sending a card with a special note inside. It may include a carefully baked dish. Or, it may involve a helping hand to get a job done. It may be something as simple as a smile and a few moments of our time.

As reported earlier, our initial target was to raise some THB 300,000 (RM 33,334/USD 10,600) principally to enable necessary simple renovations to be done to set up a look able fellowship/ worship center to cater to the needs of this neighborhood of Bangkok.

For the past one month, we have collected almost THB 36,800 (RM 4,000/USD 1,300) to help us kick off the necessary renovation work for our new church. The money has come from a number of sources - from those who have been extraordinarily generous with private donations and from those social/charity welfare.

Given below are some snapshots of "work in progress"




Our floor plan and future renovation works needed are set out here:


Attached with this report is our appeal for funds for the setting up of our new church.


Should you need further information or clarification, please write us.

We will be more than pleased to update you with your queries.

Blessings,
Rev. Steve Peter H S Kok