-Jacky 2.0, B3 – Fighters!

Hi HU 2.0, CU 2.0, SL 2.0, Ushers 2.0 and Everyone 2.0 who passes by our Usher blog ^^

I am Jacky Lim Yi Li 2.0 aka Long Ge 2.0 join usher with my brother Jeremy aka Noni in 2002. I join usher because I think is easy and no need to use so much thinking brain and only just listen to the person who ask me what to do can liao when last time our church youths is about 40-60 plus peoples. For me I think usher is really a training ground to me is because last time I am a person who is shy and my English is not so good and also not really strong like now cos I always staying at home slacking and playing game and not really build my body fit and I also lazy using my brain to think…hahaha…that looks like a lala land to me ^^

But!!! Now I am a whole new person who is Bold, Confidence, Strong and not last is my English!!! Cos I started learned my English like “is, was, are” in Pri 6. It really Amazing that God’s plan to put me in usher and really change me to a whole new person.

Y I want to stay on in usher because I have a great brother and Spiritual brother and sister like Jeremy aka Noni, Cousin Jonathan aka Ah Cai, Gang Yuan aka Peter, Jian Ming, keegan aka Armo, Yi lin aka Gang mei, Nicholas sim and a lot more people…always challenge each other who can carry the most more chair and always we have fun together and always joke around and learn more thing from each other and Grow together in skill and spiritual life…want to know more? Come join usher and come every duty and u will know everything…I am so happy that 2/3 of my CG mates is in Usher…B3 rule Usher!!! hahaha…

By the end of this year I want to become A Great Man for God and grow any level to be like Him more in every ministry and also can carry 10 chairs…now only 9 chairs…

-To be Continue

JianHong, E5 - Fighters!

Hi Ushers 2.0!

I truly believe it was God's plan to place me into Usher Ministry.
I still remember last time when my leader asked me what ministry would I like to join. I actually chose Lights Ministry instead of Usher Ministry as I think that Lights Ministry was a very cool and exciting ministry. Yet to me, I always thought that Usher Ministry was a very tiring and boring ministry. Thus, it never came across my mind at all.
However one day, Yilin actually called me up and said that I'm being recruited into Usher Ministry. I told her that she must have made a mistake as I did not choose Usher Ministry at all, but Lights. Thus, I asked her to double confirm again. Yilin called me again and said that she did not make a mistake because its my leaders that place me in Usher and truly I'm being recruited into Usher Ministry and there will be a Usher Training on the following Wednesday. I was really very sad and disappointed at that point of time. However, my leaders encouraged me to give it a try. Thus, I did.
The following Saturday was already my first duty and I'm in a usher team, called
'Kaleidoscope'. The people there was warm and friendly.
I still remember how's my first duty was like. I was a very quiet and shy little boy then.(HAHAHA) Hence, I was very quiet and looked kind of gloomy on my first duty. It was then Nadine, Gangyuan and Yilin came forward and talked to me. They are very nice people and Gangyuan was the one that teaches and guided me on how and what I should do and I really learnt a lot. They are the ones that I can still remember clearly even till now whenever I tried to reminisce. Thus, my first impression on Usher Ministry was great as crews there are warm and friendly and it was fun and challenging to usher the congregations to their seats. This is where I learnt to speak up and communicate with the people/
From then on, I always looked forward for my next duty! Like what Jian Ming said, Usher Ministry is a 'Training Ground' for all of us. Indeed, this is where I learnt and grew a lot from.
Yes, there are 3 incidents that I still remember clearly and really grew a lot from.

My first incident was when I wore ankle socks for usher ministry for my first few duties during FTMS times and was caught and was disciple by Noni. Thus, he wanted me to bring 2pairs of long black socks the following week and show it to him. I brought it as I treated his words seriously and I showed him. He's very shocked and surprised that I actually remember. This is when Jian Ming knows about it and he gave me a chance to be a Section I/C and to hold a walkie talkie on my next following duty which is the Christmas Eve'06 big event and be in charge of Section 'Beta2' at Parkview Square. I was very excited and tell myself I should give my very best and not disappoint Jian Ming since he entrusted me with one section. This is when I get to be a Section I/C too for events like Christmas Day'06 and Heart Awards'06 and this is where I really grew and learnt a lot. It was a great experience. Thus fellow ushers, I felt that Jian Ming and the Chief Ushers don't just look at your skills in ushering, but even on our faithfulness in those small little things. And treating Jian Ming, the Chief Ushers and Section Leaders words seriously.

My second great experience was FOP'07!




It's held at Singapore Indoor Stadium. And Heart of God Church's Ushers are involved in it! I was very excited then as I never get to usher in such big event when we can usher thousands of people! I still remember I was given a chance to be in charge of 3 sections of 'West'(If I'm not wrong?) side. And I'm able to work with some of the City Harvest Church's Ushers. It was really a great experience as I learnt a lot from the CHC's ushers! Though the congregations are very different from the Heart of God Church members because hoGc members are more cooperative and friendly. Thus, it was kind of hard to usher the congregations there. But it was really a great broke through for me. I learnt to have more patience in handling those problematic congregations and also watch over the 3 sections. It was really fun and exciting and I'm already looking forward for the next FOP'08! Hahaha. I assure you ushers that those who have not usher for FOP before, it'll be a great experience and you guys will really learnt and grow to another whole new level from there!
FOP'08, here we come!

My third incident was on 29th March, End Times Bible Study!
This is the day I really grew a lot and learnt. It's really a training ground for me and I like that. I made quite a lot of mistakes that day. And I was disciple harshly by Jian Ming. Though I'm really disappointed after that but I tell myself that I should learn from my mistakes and grow from there and let not this happen again but not fall. This is where I learnt my mistakes and Jian Ming really showed me my vision for my Point B that I should really aim for and grow. Thus out of this 3 incidents, this 3rd incident really made me grew a lot.
Fellow ushers, I just want to say that correction is not rejection! Accept discipleship from the top and not fall after that. The reason why they disciple is because they care. This is where you can really grow a lot from. Treat every mistakes as a opportunity to grow.


To look back, I actually have come so far. And yes, there's still long journey ahead for me to grow in Usher Ministry. What I can say is, faithfulness! Don't get tired in serving usher and don't treat it as a job, but passion and having the heart. And that's explain, "Ushering People Into Their Destiny". We ushers, are magnanimous! And I never regret to be in Usher Ministry! I should really thank my leaders for placing me in Usher Ministry in the first place. This is where I can really build my character and know many cool and exciting friends from each different zone. And I know Usher Ministry is a never-ending learning process and journey, there's still a lot things for me to learn from all of you guys. Let us work together and be ready for Usher Ministry 2.0!

Love,
Jian Hong 2.0!

Wei Jie (Sweet), C9 - Spartans!

Hey ushers!

Let me share with you my journey since i joined this Usher Ministry!

My first visit to Heart of God Church was on 3 July 2005!! It's was the 1st Sunday of the month!
That was still in FTSM. Well this is not so much important, whats the most important is that, the moment that the lift door open and i'm about to step into church.. I can hear 2 ushers at the Glass Door with their loud vloume saying "Hi! Welcome to Heart of God Church!!!" Sound familiar? Haha.. When i hear that i felt really like a home to me. It was a feeling that i never felt before in my whole life, event in my own family. Then i was telling myself.. Hey how come i got this home feeling and is like a place where i really belong too. And at the very day of my visit, I got Save! Praise God!
"So ushers, for those of you think that you're just a normal usher, doing ushering at the White Gate or Glass Door means nothing much, i want to tell you that you are wrong. You are impacting somebody life, you never know if the person will get save on that very day because of you.. Especially the New Friend who came" Amen?

Since after that Usher Ministry left a great impression of me, and i went to ask my leader what is Usher Ministry all about? After my leader told me about it, the next thing i know is that i told my leader that i want to join Usher Ministry! And continue the next thing i know is that I'm in Usher!!! I remember i had to go for usher training and was trained by Roy (Ex Head Usher) i can still remember the training was around 2 hours, after 1 hour+ roy give us a break for only 5 mins or something.. and i was late after the break, i was asked to sit at the side and roy ask: Why are you late after break? i had nothing to say, cause i late for no reason. Then roy share with me and the rest of ushers say: you are late for 5 mins and there are 4 person wait for you, because you are late, if you use the 5 mins to add to the 4 person time = 20 mins. In the 20 mins a lot of things can be done. (Hit hit) So from then on, i learn not to be late.

So it comes to my first duty on Dec 2005! When i was on my first duty, i still don't know what to do and how to usher people to their seats.. So i was attach with 1 of the older usher to teach me everything about ushering. And i really feel so warm and love by the usher who had so many patient and willing to teach me things that i don't know.

If you all know, i use be a person who don't really talk a lot, its because of Usher that make me come out of my Comfort Zone and my chief usher who talk to me and challenge me to step out of my comfort zone to talk to the people. I remember after a 3/4 months of ushering in church, we were told that we will be doing usher for FOP 2006 in Singapore Indoor Stadium. That was the first time in my life ushering 50000 over people, i was telling myself "like that how to usher sia.." Then when 1st day of FOP come and the door are open i really get to experience ushering different type of people, it was a big explosion for me then. This is my 1st impactful experiences. Slowly from there, i catch the Heart of ushering.

Also how i become 2 i/c, it was after my 1st year in Usher Ministry. I was told that i be having meeting with Jian Ming, then i was thinking what did i do wrong? haha.. (actually nothing) During the meeting jianming say we are 2 i/c now, then my response; huh? why? its because we catch the Heart behind Usher Ministry.
"Guys, once you catch the Heart behind it. You will fly like never before you think you can be"

The 1st time i lead usher was at parkview leading a section of ushers. It's was a great great experiences for me to have the chance to lead and use my potential to to serve God. I also want to thanks Jian Ming for letting me take 1section and lead ushers. From then on i have been faithfully doing the small things which my chief usher or jian ming ask me to do.

At last.. Now i want to move on from Good to Great SL! And by of this end of this year, i want to become Chief Usher! =P "...endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ" 2 Timothy 2:3


Lv,
Wei Jie (Sweet) 2.0

Serene Cheng, F2, Spartans

Hi everyone!
I joined Usher not long ago. I think was this year January.
When I first knew that I was in Usher Ministry, I was shocked and excited! (:
I was excited because that was my first ever ministry in Heart ofGod church and I really looked forward to my first Usher Duty. More than that, 2 of my good friends (Adeline&Isabel) who are in F2,in the same team as me are also in Usher Ministry! I was shocked because I had forgotten how I got into Usher Ministry. I think Ushering is really cool even though I'm a new crew and had only been on Usher for 2 times only. I remembered my first Usher duty was on the 1st March 2008 which was not long ago. On that day, I really hoped that my duty would be standing at the glass door to Usher people in for service. I thought that it would be really awesome to welcome people in with a smile saying " Hi welcome to Heart of God church ! ". Even before I was in Usher Ministry, I already thought of how great it would be if I could stand there for my Usher duty. However on that day, my duty was in the Auditorium. I was quite upset. But it was then I realised that having my duty in the Auditorium was equally as great and fun! (: I was even more happy when I knew that my sister's duty is also in the Auditorium and I was in the same section as her ! During my second Usher duty which is in ZoneF made me even love Usher more. My sectional leader Jazreel was really great and friendly! Whenever I have questions about anything, she would always answer to my questions. During my ZoneF Usher Duty, I was really shocked by how my sister work. She is really fast in everything! It was then I knew that my sister really enjoyed her Usher Duty. I was determined. I believe that if my sister can , I also can. I also learn that we should always give things a try before doing anything we think we cannot do from my first duty on the 1st March 2008. I remember because service had ended and all the ZoneF ushers were busy doing their own duty. Some of us had to keep the chairs after service ended. I thought the chairs were super heavy and keep one chair at a time in a slacking mood. But when I saw the other ushers from ZoneF working so fast and they at least kept 2 chairs at a time, I went to ask Priscilla who was nearby if the chairs were heavy. She said it was okay and by carrying 2 chairs at a time was faster. So I've decided to give it a try. At first, it was quite heavy. But later, it was okay. Although this is a very small matter, but this actually helped me a lot. Even though these are small little things, I really learn a lot. I would like to stay on in Usher Ministry because whenever I step to Heart of God church and all the Ushers who are in black were all smiling and had a friendly look made me felt super welcomed. And I too want people to feel the same as me! (: I would really like to grow a lot in Usher Ministry and I believe I still have a lot to learn. I would like to become a SL by the end of o8 like my SL Jazreel.

I will always make an effort for my Usher duty everytime because it is not just a duty to me. It is more than a duty. (:

Gang yuan B3 Warriors

hi everyone


i join usher in 2003 at the time my leader put me in usher BUT i grow to love usher more and more. my first time doing usher is very different from now. In the past very one can wear anything they want and we all can prepare the service in 30min time. That we will have a long break for 20 min or so. want we usher people into the sit we also don't know who is the usher. After we all went to FTMS usher ministry have grow to a whole new ministry in church. At that time jacky ah cai and noni was make usher a very fun place for me and all 4 of us grow from there.

My first incitent

On that day is was a big day. i was ushering one of the section in park view squard. in park view the place is very big and we want to block out all of the bad and very bad sit and let the people who are early to have a better view. after 30 to 45min(i think so is that time) i see people is still coming and coming in and my section at that time was 3/4 filled. i did not ask roy can i open the bad sit for people to sit and i just tell one of the usher to open it. After some time roy came over and disciple me. because the other side only 1/2 fill. in this incitent i learn to wait for instruction
and ask befor i do anything. because i have make everyones life diffcult on that day but luckly the service run smoothly.

My 2nd incitent

In my 2nd incitent it was in VBS on that day i was leading. i have a mix feel the day befor i was excited and seared but in the end i still fall asleep. on the next day i went to church prepare and ready. i started very well till pastor say he want to take away 2 chair from each row at section A and C. luckly shan yong have save me he tell me though this. but i still did wrongly myself. i feel so discourage at that time but i still need to run VBS. i did mistake after mistake but i learn alot on that day. the thing that incapt me is that i don't think at that time it was me i feel that God is helping me thought i also feel that i have grow 2 whole new level on that day.

In usher i want to be a section leader in security and run service like a chief usher. i will keep on growing in usher

From gang yuan

Wilfred, E4, Fighters

Helloha all ushers !

I first joined usher in around November 2006 ! It was when my leader that time asked me which ministry i want to join and after hearing all about the ministries,something just told me to join usher though i know i must arrange chair and everything and i'm a lazy person but i knew it was God. I went through Jian Ming's usher training and through that i realise usher is not just a simple ministry to serve man ! And all of us must catch the heart behind ushering people into their destiny ! My chief usher then,Pei Shan,said i looked fierce and my hair then was blonde ! That sums up the reason i seldom do glassdoor over at FTMS house and so i was placed in between sections and to usher people into their seats. All i know was to greet them and nothing else,and the courage to approach the congregation wasn't there yet. But as time goes by,and observing the section leaders and chief ushers doing things/ushering,i began to catch it,and slowly beginning to approach the people,go up to them bodly !

The first incident/experiences was during the desire meeting,i actually forgot all about it ! And i know it's all about the desire ! That afternoon,when i was with my cg outside the lift at FTMS house,Jian Ming walked out of the lift and asked me why didn't i go the desire meeting and all i could reply was : i forgot . And Jian Ming just said orhokaylo. And that left me thinking for the whole day : Whr's my desire ?
And soon,i begin to catch the heart again,and turned up for the next desire meeting which was very early in the morning and we reached church even before it's opened ! Through this incident,i understood what's being faithful in the little things.
Another experiences was when i went through a training to catch ppl falling under the prescence of God,the first thing which went into my mind was,i'm so skinny,why am in this training,but how many of your know that the leaders always give their ppl chances ? Hahaha,so we went through the training and were all ready for ministry on the last day of vbs,and through that day,i caught God's ppl touched by Him,and i was actually very afraid and for fear i can't catch them properly,my heart trembles like mad but soon as the peace of God flows in,i felt God's strength in me and began doing his great work and that day i went up to another level. I may be small in size but still able to do it !
The last experiences was during the Ignite conf'08,every ushers were on duty for at least two days,and for me,the same too,haha. So it was scary ushering sucha great crowd in our church for the first time and we had to set up the chairs on day before it and it was everyone's first time,things were messy everything but the chief ushers never fail to solve it. And i was asked to do usher for the third day of ignite,and i know the more number of crews,the more effiecient we can run the service,i was actually tired ushering for two days already and having to wake up early in the morning,i hesistated. But i heard God's voice telling me to give my best and so i turned up for usher on the last day of ignite ! Moreover,i had to work the nightshift aft ignite that day till the next morning,i decided to give in my best ! And i got the chance to hold the walkie that day for the first session which was a great experience,all chief ushers were out and all the SLs,it was great working with them and through the ignite conf,i got the chance to be the runner of cherie and she told me to do alot of things,settling this and that and making sure of everything,settling the ppl down and she taught me how to control the crowd and not let the crowd control me and indeed i've learnt it ! And i believed that through the whole ignite conf,i went up to another level,though i was tired aft everything but the joy of the Lord never fails to come (:

After ushering for a year plus,i looked back and see how much i've grown in ushers and the things i learnt in usher was abundant,ive got no problems talking to people now,approaching them,talking to strangers. What made me stayed on at first was because of friends but soon after,i see the usher crews so passionate serving God,never fail to give their best ( 200 % ) each services and their faithfulness,i stayed on and continue serving in usher ministry. We may be tired at times,the need to wake up early for ushers, and staying back and the need to be on time,mints and deo and prayup texts,all the lil faithful things,brings out a whole new character in you,now i got no problems reaching on time for usher duties and i admit that i always have problems to be on time for duties ! Usher minitry also brought us closer with one another,got to know more ppl in church other than our cg and zone,and to work as a team,we must really be bonded tgt ! We must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ !

At the end of 2008,i see myself as a SL and not just a normal SL but a SL operating at a chief usher level,giving my best and reproducing SLs,and spread the joy of serving God,and the ppl,bring them to their destiny,letting them catch the heart behind what we're doing as usher ministry grow and going through breakthroughs after breakthroughs !

Where do you want to be when hoGc go pass 1000/3000 ? Let's do it,usher ministry 2.0 ! (:
Be faithful !

Clarence Sim, D6,Fighters!

Hi everyone, this is Clarence here!!

I first joined usher in June 2006. I joined usher then because my leader asked me what ministry i wanted to join and I did not know, so she suggested usher. At first I was quite reluctant but agreed in the end. I remembered the first the usher training i attended which was held by Jian Ming, I was really scared and was quite lost. I still remembered there was one part of the training where everyone had to be a glass door usher and say "hi, welcome to Heart of God Church!" Everyone being the first time in an usher training was quite shy and scared and we all said it quite softly. Jian Ming even told us like not to raise our hands to high or unnaturally if not it would be quite weird. He also told us not to stand like posing too. It was indeed quite funny. For me, joining usher really made me feel uncertain about many things because I was afraid that I was not able to cope as I knew as an usher, I will need to talk to people I did not know. But as time passed and as I grew in usher ministry, I learnt to be more bold and confident. Right now, going up to someone whom I have never seen before and picking up a conversation with him or her is no problem at all. This also helped me in my people work as I find it easier to talk to the new friends which come everyweek.

The 1st incident which really left an impact on me was my 1st few times doing usher. At that time, my chief usher was Cherie. During the duty, I was a few minutes late for duty because I left the previous place late. It was during that duty where I received my first discipleship in ministry. It was during that discipleship where I realised that behind all the fun and ushering, discipline is also very important and that being late is a no-no because it wastes other people's time and the importance of being on time. After that discipleship, I made it a point to be at least 15 mins early for duty.

The 2nd incident which I really remembered clearly was the first duty which I did since coming back from being taken down due to AE. It was the first time I was ushering in Singpost with the new and current system in place. I felt quite lost and uncertain as I was not sure of what the new systems would be. I was assigned to do offering for B1 that day and during offering, I stood up and went forward to give offering. Thinking I did everything right and ok, I gave out the offering envelopes. When I went to the other side to collect, I realised that I had actually forgotten to give an offering envelope to the 1st row. In my state of panic, I collected the rest of the offering envelopes and went to the back of the audi. During worship, Charleston went to the back of the audi and asked why the offering envelope was given out to the first row and after clarification, everything was settled. After usher debrief that day, I was discipled and I felt quite bad for not clarifying my doubts with my chief ushers and sls for the things I was not sure of. During the next duty, to make sure I remember to give out offering to the 1st row, i wrote in pen on my palm "1st row offering". It was actually quite a funny sight.

The last incident which I really remembered was not while on duty but while I was off duty. A member of our church actually came up to me and told me that my ushering was very good and that I really helped them alot by helping them get seats and all that. I really felt that I have done my job well and felt quite happy having to receive such a compliment. But me being me, I just said," Thanks."

After ushering for more than 1 yr, my passion for ushering really grew. At first, I quite dreaded doing usher because it meant I needed to talk to people whom I did not know but as time passed, I grew in confidence and boldness and I begin to like to usher more and more. I remembered during Create 2006, the ushers even got the chance to let off poppers and throw big balls around. The poppers were quite big and when we let them off, it actually had a bit of a recoil. Shan Yong and Jeremy had the honors of letting off the mega big one. Being in usher for more than 1yr, I really made more new relationships with my fellow brothers and sister in Christ. I would not have gotten to know people like Jacky and Gang Yuan and Ah Cai and many many others if I did not join usher. I feel that the main reason why I stayed on at first was because of the strong relationships formed, but as I continued ushering, I developed a love for usher. Seeing people being ushered into their seats and seeing no empty seats in the congregation gave me a sense of satisfaction.

At the end of 2008, I would probably be hairless or have very very very short hair. Yup, thats right. I am going to army. But despite this, I believe I am still able to serve in usher to the best of my abilities. Whenever I get to book out every weekend and if my team is on duty, I would want to be on usher. I want to see myself rising up to the level of being not just a good SL but a great SL and if possible, become a chief usher. Over the past year and more of being an usher, I can say that usher ministry has defined me.

Last but not least, I just wanna say is that has usher ministry defined you?