GoTS - 18th March 2007

Song: With All I Am
Photos: http://chinhan.smugmug.com/gallery/2595105.

Some things discussed during the meeting.
1) Punctuality (Timings were amended to make it more feasible for everybody)
- For practices, timings have been changed to
7.45pm Setup (Soundman/Person holding the key will need to be there to open the church)
8.15pm Pre-MM
8.35-8.40pm Start Practice
- For rehearsals,
7.30am Setup
7.50am Start Rehearsal

2) Slides Preparation
- Soundman will prepare the slides during practices.
- Clicker will have to proof read and make sure slides are ready on Sun.
- Clicker need to come by 8am on Sun to setup laptop and projector.

3) Student Camp 2007
- Practices will start week of 26th Mar. Will be either on Mon or Thu.
- Xinhui and Samuel from YFM will be joining us.

4) Worship Leaders
- Cuifen has taken up the role of a worship leader from Feb 2007.
- Jiamian will be taking a break from MM as he wants to be involved in a christian organisation in his uni. This will start after Student Camp. (Didn't mention this during GoTS).

5) Manpower
- Zhihao will approach Godwin's sister to see if she is willing to join MM.

6) MM T-shirt
Ordering of MM T-shirts
Gian (S), Janice (M), Grace (XS/S), Cedric (L), MH (?), JM (?), YJ (?), Serene (?), Eric (?)

GoTS Notification

The committee decided that we should have GoTS once every three months and not every month since it's not really effective given that not everybody is able to attend due to other commitments. We hope that everybody will try to make the effort to be present at GoTS so that things can be communicated more effectively and that feedback from members can be voiced out as well.

The 1st GoTS will be on 18 March after 1st service. Program will be as follows:-
1) MM room clean-up. I know it's over CNY liao but we're trying to clear up some unused stuff and re-decorate the room a bit. Cuifen will be leading this effort and we need help from the guys to help.
2) Lunch at Grace's (& Weiwen's) place. The sisters will go over after 1st service to prepare the food and all. After the guys finish with the MM room, we'll go over to Grace's house to have lunch.
3) Sharing session. After lunch (not sure if all will be sleepy already), we'll communicate more regarding XSY and other MM matters. Hope to end all this latest by 3pm.

Events and Activities for Year 2007

MM Gathering - 7 Jan (Sun)
GoTS - 18 Mar (Sun)
受难节 - 6 Apr (Fri)
学生营 - 7-11 Jun (Thu-Mon)
恳亲会 - 23 Jun (Sat)
GoTS - Jun
差传年会 - 18 Aug (Sat)
赞美敬拜晚会 - 1 Sep (Sat)
GoTS - Sep
中秋节布道会 - 29 Sep (Sat)
教会生活营 - 9-12 Dec (Sun-Wed)
圣诞节布道会 - 24 Dec (Mon)
圣诞节崇拜 - 25 Dec (Tue)
GoTS - Dec

Updates for Members from Comm Meeting

This is a summary of the things discussed in the committee meeting held on 21 Jan, 2007.

- Purpose of MM
1) To glorify God with our music
2) To lead the congregation to worshipping God
3) To bring church members who are musically inclined to serve God
4) To evangelize through praise and worship

- Main Role and Responsibilitie of each committee member
Cuifen - Liason with church, Training Plans, Team Building/Bonding Activities, GoTS
Chin Han - GoTS, Planning and conducting committee meetings, Training Plans, Team Building/Bonding Activities, GoTS
Wenjie - Scheduling
Kevin - Logistics
Shuhui - Secretary, Treasurer

- Others
a) Music Room
Plan to make it cosier without spending too much time/money
b) GoTS
Plan to have it every 3 months instead of monthly
Have it on Sun so that more pple can attend
c) Scheduling
Band Coordinators: Minghan, Zhenhan, Wenjie, Kevin, Jiamian
Band coordinators are to facilitate music arrangement of the songs during practice.
Vocal Coordinators: Yujun, Jiamian, Zhenhan, Cuifen
Vocal coordinators are to teach parts for the songs.
Wenjie to schedule at least one of the above to be present for every practice.

- Student Camp
a) Proposed: 6 song-based practices, 10 session-based practices.
b) Both MM and YFM to collaborate for Student Camp this year.

- P&W Nite
a) Propose date: 1 Sep (Sat)
b) Preparations and publicity to start after Student Camp

- Recruitment
a) Probation of 4 weeks still hold. Proposed to let them be clicker instead of just observing for 3rd and 4th practices.

MM Gathering

Our first event of the year was the MM gathering at Fish & Co at TM on 7 Jan 2007. The meal was to thank the minners for their time and effort to serve the Lord in the ministry. We had wonderful seafood platters, fish & chips and ENGLAND fish and chips (which I don't suppose was a lot of difference from the normal fish & chips).

Purpose of the Music Ministry

Let us review the purpose of the music ministry in ASC.
1) To glorify God with our music
2) To lead the congregation to worshipping God
3) To bring church members who are musically inclined to serve God
4) To evangelize through praise and worship

Committee Members for 2007

Pastoral Staff: Cuifen
Chairperson: Chin Han
Committee Members: Wenjie, Shuhui, Kevin