Christmas Meeting! (20/12/2008)

Our whole Bright Lights group (full attendance! :D)
front row: (l-r) Maelodee, Jasmine, Debbie, Sharlene, Peiching
back row: (l-r) Dawn, me, Angelyn
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We had a simple Bright Lights meeting during the Christmas season.
Instead of having our regular lesson using the Bright Lights materials,
I first shared about the candy cane and how it illustrates what Christmas
is really about. Then we divided into two groups to discuss the previous lessons.

Using a short questionnaire, we shared how we have been applying the lessons
to our lives and which areas we were struggling in.
We agreed to be accountable to each other in the area of daily Bible reading,
and to be praying over the week for one another in the areas that we find challenging.

After that, I had a short project where I asked each group to think of
ways that we can be a Bright Light during the Christmas season.
Here's what we came up with: :)
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1. Have a good attitude in every way -be enthusiastic, cheerful, joyful
2. Reach out to others by befriending and talking to people who are alone or unpopular.
3. Be courageous to witness
4. Be willing to help out during any parties, events, church services, etc.
- have initiative and offer to help set up the place, open doors, serve others food, clean up
- be available by standing nearby, not just sitting with our friends
- be attentive to the needs of others
5. Express gratefulness, and compliment others genuinely for their effort
6. Be generous by finding creative ways to make gifts, thank you cards, etc
- remember to appreciate everyone (including helpers, home guards, etc)
7. Don't gossip during our conversations with others
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Then we had lunch, and had a gift exchange game which Angelyn organized.


The idea was to sit in a circle, each holding their own gift. As Angelyn read out the nativity story, we had to pass the gift to the right whenever the word "right" was read out, and to pass the gift left whenever you heard the word "left". At the end of the story, the present you ended up with was yours! :) We got this game idea from Sharmaine (Thanks Sharmaine!).


There were so many "rights" and "lefts" that we kept laughing whenever they were read out.

Angelyn's gift from Jasmine- a coin box with handmade stars.
If you unravel the stars, you will find a verse :)

Maelodee's present from Peiching.

We had a great time :) Thanks everyone for bringing all the yummy food for lunch!

See you this Saturday!