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Merry Christma

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Nov-Dec 2010

Holidayor

Holy Day?

or centuries, societyhas been slowly driftingFdown a broad river of

ange, but speed is picking up,d we have now entered thepids. Even Christmas is notmune to these changes It hascome just a holiday to the

orld and sadly, even to someristians.

Merry Christmas hasen replaced by Happyolidays, and carols aboutesus have been traded forngs celebrating Santa Claus,nter, family and friends.nding Chr ist centered

hristmas has become aallenge. Snowmen and

eighs have taken the place ofanger scenes, which were

ce common in public and

private settings.This slide away from Christ is

the natural progression of theworld, but it is not the direction thatbelievers should go. Drifting is easy:you just relax and follow the path ofleast resistance. But going againstthe stream requires constantawareness and diligent effort. Wemust actively guard against lettingthe world steal Christ from ourcelebrations.

Christmas is not just a

holiday; it is a holy day the day God

came toearth in the fleshof a tiny baby for thepurpose of reconcilingthe sinful mankind Himself.

Holidays are numerous, butthere is only one Christmas.The world tries hard to findpleasure in Christ-lessobservances, but happiness isoften elusive when experiencesdon't match expectations. If youfeel a sense of letdown, youmay have drifted away from anauthentic celebration ofChristmas. Allow Jesus back in,

and joy will return.


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urprises!!! Its something that everyone of us like.....whether

birthday surprise given by your friends or your mom giving Ssurprise by cooking your favorite dish or someone giving you a sugift. We all love surprises! Dont we??

In my hostel we have a tradition of Secret Santa wherein eac

becomes a Secret Santa of another person. Santa sends gifts and l

secretly! What joy it is when you see a cute little gift or chocolate awaitin

in the room after you come back from a long tiring day at college and

more when you don't know who the sender is!

Well 2000 years ago God gave a big surprise to a virgin girl probaher late teens by sending an angel and telling her that she is going to give

to boy who is going to save the world! Oh...what an emotional traum

must have gone through! Surprise, shock, joy-she must have had a mixt

all these feelings! Then there was a group of shepherds taking rest after

long tiring day! For these men it was like any other day-lying on the gr

enjoying the beauty of the stars and all of as a sudden an angel appea

tells them that a savior is born to them. then they see a heavenly host of a

singing praises to the new born king. they were terrified. It would have

them quite some time to come out of that shock. It must have bee

greatest surprise they have ever received. A surprise that changed their lsurprise that changed the life of the entire human race. Christmas is a st

surprises.

Christmas is when Christ is born in our hearts. Just think of th

Christ came to your life. just as He came to this world giving a big surpr

the shepherds He came to our lives also with a lot of surprises a

continues to surprise us everyday! We may not have seen heavenly ho

angels singing but He gave us a big surprise by coming into our live

making us brand new persons giving us a new identity and giving u

greatest gift of all eternal life. This Christmas let us be thankful for th

surprise that he gave us and also for all the little surprises that He giv

everyday making our lives exciting and wonderful. And remember tha

has not given us this surprise to keep it to ourselves. the shepherds share

surprise-the Good News- that they received with others. let us also vo

share the eternal surprise that we have received with other durin

Christmas season and always. Maybe you can send a greeting card wh

you can talk about Gods love and the real meaning of Christmas or you ca

a Christian book or a Bible to you friends. let them also receive this surp

surprise which can change their lives, their destiny and many other

through them.

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Hey..this goes out to all you guys who arsick of terror n wanna make things better

Whatcha gonna do now??

Where ya gonna move now??

Do you have any chance

To run away from this trance??

I know how you are feeling

I feel the same way too!!

I wanna make a difference

But don't know what to do!!!

How do ya stop this??

How do ya turn terror to bliss??

You feel like killing them

But then what different are you??

Hang them upside down!!!

Parade them around the town!!!

Isn't this how your feeling??

But what's God revealing??

I tell ya man...

[Chorus]

Turn your guns into roses

Beat your swords into ploughs

We gotta fight 'em with love

No matter how much it hurts!!

This is the one way remaining

This is the one way of shaming

This is the one way of taming

'em with your love

So c'mon let's show 'em the love!!

We've tried bombing ,secret raiding,Oh it's so frustrating.

But it all ain't working!!

But there's gotta be a way

A way that hasn't yet seen the day.

It's gotta be the only way

Cause Love will find a way!!

So why don't we kick our guns?

Why don't we send 'em funds?

So that they could build their homes

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- Joash Thom

Showemth

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Love

GlimpsesDTC

DTC was conducted from 3-7th November at

Dahanu.15 students attended. Theme was 'Armor ofGod'. Students were charged and encouraged to put on

the armor of God in their daily lives. The doctrine

sessions gave students a clear idea of the doctrines and

many of their doubts were clarified.2/2 sessions and the

practical talks were also really beneficial. The students

had their share of fun also as there were many creative

out-of-the-box games. There was good feedback from

the students and the DTC team is doing the follow-up.

EU-EGF Christmas Get-togetherEU-EGF Christmas get-together took place in

Marthoma Church at Mulund on 28th November from 5-

8.It was attended by a good number of students and

graduates. Students sang a few carol songs. Captain

Manohar gave a message on Christmas& missions. Then

students and graduates discussed on what they can do

to support the mission activities in Dahanu among the

Worli tribe whom the graduates had visited as part of

the mission field trip during the BEGF conference. It

ended with a lovely choreography presentation byBorivali E.G.F

Borivali evangelistic Christmas programBorivali E.G.F. organised an evangelistic

Christmas program based on the theme 'Christmas

unwrapped' for students of that area on 4th December.

About 70 students attended.


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Singapore Trip Report -Joash Thomas

thDay 1, 25 September:




I landed in Singapore at 7 am. I was picked by Mr. Esau

Thomas, my graduate host in Singapore with I was put up throughout my stay there. I

made it to the FES National Conference by 9.30 pm and was allotted a group. Thetheme of the Conference was 'Impacting the world wherever you are'. The motive of

this conference was to encourage students to be the salt and light of the earth by

being more socially involved in society and being aware of what's happening around

us. We headed to a Hospice (a place where terminally ill patients spend their last

days) not to evangelize directly but to share God's love with them by serving as

volunteers for the day. We ended up singing songs for the patients and bringing

smiles to their faces. Following this we had a time of worship and a few keynotes. I

had a really blessed time at the conference (even though I missed most of it).

I got to spend time with the graduate family I was staying

with as there weren't any FES activities happening on Sundays.

Mr. Lizman took me out for lunch where I could tell him moreabout myself and UESI. Then we headed to the FES office where I met up with the FES

staff and discussed our ministry in India with them. We were really surprised to find a

lot of common concerns that we faced in the student ministry. An FES staff then took

me over to the sunset prayer and CG (Contact Group) Bible study of the Arts Faculty

at NUS (National University of Singapore). I was really overwhelmed to see around

40 students attending this CF (Christian Fellowship) meeting! During the sharing

time I shared my testimony with the believing students and also told them more

about my involvement with UESI in Mumbai

I planned to catch up for lunch with some of the friends I

made at the conference and met Dorcas and a few other Polytechnic believingstudents. After a yummy South East Asian lunch we went over to a student's place

where we munched on snacks, played the guitar and also a few video games. It was

good spending time with them in a completely informal setting. I was really amazed

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by the passion and zeal these students had for the Lord. In the evening, I went to the rehearsal of an outreach oriented mus

play being put up by the believing students of Singapore Polytechnic, especially with theatre being one of my biggest passions

I travelled to NUS where I caught up with Dominic and my other NUS friends for a quick lunch befo

headed to the FES office. On reaching the office I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Chowkat Moughary, a Syrian gentlemen and

IFES staff who now works with World Vision. He is one of the leading Christian experts on outreach to the Muslim community.

I reached Mumbai at 9 pm with a lot of pleasant memories from the entire trip.


Learnings from the trip:

1) Functioning of FES: UESI and

have a lot in common. Just

how we have UESI at the natio

and state level and EUs at

grassroot levels, even FES has

(Christian Fellowships) at

grassroots.

2) Student's participation

involvement: I was really thrille

see the student's participation

involvement in FES. I was in fpleasant surprise when I saw

crowd of atleast 250 student

the National Conference. Du

my stay in Singapore I learnt th

is mostly the students who t

the initiative in organiz

everything. I hope to challenge

students to take the lead

become more involved in

ministry.

3) The extent of the ministry

Singapore: I was in for a

surprise when I realized t

there's a lot more student mini

happening in Singapore than

Mumbai. This is in spite of the

that Mumbai is almost double

size of Singapore with a big

s t u d e n t p o p u l a t i o n . F

Singapore has around 1

active believing students, mosthem generation Christians w

come from non-Christian famil

Just a snap of me and the

good friends I made at

Singapore! They're all

Singapore Polytechnic

believing students involved

in the FES ministry as

student leaders!


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Repentance And Turning Away From Your Sins

- Lionel Dcosta

The Oxford dictionary defines repentance as to feel deep sorrow about one

actions; resolve not to continue

Notice here that the word actions used. True repentance is regretting one

and not the consequences of it. This however only forms part of its meaning. The

other (most important) part is about resolving not to continue i.e. turning away f

one's sin.

I am not saying that's it's possible to never sin or that good works is your t

to heaven. The Bible says that all our own righteousness is as dirty as filthy rags a

we are made righteous only through accepting Christ's death on the cross. I spea

about turning away from the sins that dominate you right now- ones that you ma

revel in, ones that you may even enjoy, ones that you may leave but you can't be

of your own weakness, ones that you do because others have done the same to y

ones that may be ancestral, etc.The Word of God says that, you can do all thingsthrough Christ who strengthens you, so if you were about to say you can' t EVEN

THOUGH YOU WANT TO, you are calling God a liar.

So now let's see what happens if one chooses not to turn away from one's

Let's go back thousands of years to the time of the exodus, to the time of Moses.

Pharaoh of Egypt chose to say - who is the Lord that I should obey his voice to le

Israel go? If you' re saying that the Lord hardened his heart and he had no say in

matter, then you are wrong. In spite of the terrible (first nine) plagues, Pharaoh c

to reject the God of Israel even after nine chances to repent. Only after that did G

harden his heart. If you reject repentance, look at Pharaoh's bloated corpse float

face down in the Red sea.

The following is a paragraph from the book Jerusalem countdown by John

Hagee

Presently the idea is being floated that all who call themselves Christians will b

saved. Nonsense! The idea goes something like this: God is a God of love and he

wouldn't send anyone o an eternal hell to burn forever. Wrong! This is not only

deception, this is a demonic lie! The Bible says, broad is the way that leads to

destruction and there are many who go by it. Because narrow is the gate and diff

is the path that leads to life and there are few who find it. This simple verse mea

that many as in the majority will be lost because they made the choice to refus

redemption through Jesus Christ. There are many in every church in America sing

When we all get to heaven who will never get there.Repentance is THE most important thing if you have chosen to follow Chri

Don't think that you will continue reveling in your own sins (even though you kno

that you should and have to repent) and then when you are on your death bed, y

will ask forgiveness and ALLLL will be well. You would have rejected the sacrifice a

Golgotha and God will say to you-depart from me, I never knew you.


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Korner

On the cross.... On the cross

On the cross

Whom I see

The Lord of my life

Dying for me

Often times,

I deny thy love

Oh! God pardon

This wretched Sinner

As Child of God

I will live Thy sakeNo more world

No more sin

Thru tough trials

Thru painful denials

I will remember

Thy Love on Cross

- Stanley

I hear the waters,

They speak of how much you love me,

You give me hope in so many ways,

This is what I can see.

Your love makes me captured in your arms,

Your love lifts me when I fall,You are the fire which never harms,

And therefore I give you my all.

Shepherd, you are of my own,

Lover, you are of my soul,

Thank you for making to me this known,

That 'to love you' only has to be my goal.

I hope that this story never ends,

Let my heart just this way be set on you,

For it's my broken heart

in every way your love mends,

Just trusting in your love is what I can always do.

- Sejal Dsouza

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My experience at DTC was life changing as I got a whole new insight into the importance ofunderstanding Doctrine, quite time , group bible study and personal bible study. All the talks

were very inspiring and all the speakers were well versed in the scriptures. One thing that I

really liked a lot at DTC was the effort the seniors took to have two by twos with us. I am very

grateful to god for having introduced me to EU and for giving me an opportunity to attend

this DTC camp. I am looking forward to more camps with EU.

Testimonial

- Stashia Dsousa

Cell Watch: TISSSo its Wednesday 6:30pm and the door is open for chai, snacks and

conversations. And for those running late 7pm is also perfect, when

the Bible study starts. The venue: A flat near IIPS and TISS* near theGovandi Station.

Please feel free to visit! But do be prepared. This believer bible study is

probably the weirdest of the Mumbai EUs. Dont get me wrong, I wouldn't change

it for any other cell. It is formed by two family men: Shibu and Shantanu; two

graduates: Ravi and Xyna; one sweet chic: Princy; two international students: Grace

(from Nigeria) and myself (from Spain) and sporadic visits from some Phd students: Lata

and Amrita. As you can foresee, we all have different accents, different styles of praying

and even know different versions of the same song. And guess what!! Yes, we all worship

the same risen Lord! And no, thats not the only thing that counts, it is your own

willingness to view people with Gods eyes and not yours which is essential.

PS: If you are visiting let us know. It is mandatory to know the memory verse!

PS2: Mind it! We are Social Scientists-in-the-making, questions such as Have you

wondered if John was a communist, if feminism is Biblical, if divorce is liberty

might pop up. Clarity in concepts might come handy!

PS3: At such times as mentioned in PS2, Ravi patiently bears with us!

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- Victoria


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UpcomingEvents Evangelistic Christmas program for

St.Xaviers students at Students

Center,Mulund on December 17th

Friday

Evangelistic Christmas program at Powai on December 18th

Weekend fest- An evangelistic weekend fest to be conducted in the

month of April.

ATTENTION North area EGFs n EUs! As December knocks on your

door a great surprise is waiting for you on your doorstepsWait

and watch what we have in store for you!

Place Day Cell Leade r Graduate contact

Bhand up Friday Sheetal Betty Varghese

Mulund Friday Reshmi Ashley

Thane Thursday Joash George Abraham

MCC College

Wednesday

Saturday Sheetal

DAV College Wednesday Sheetal

S M Shetty College Saturday Rejo Anand

NITIE College Saturday Sabrina

TISS College Wed Victoria

Aliavarjang College Tue/Sat Mah esh/Robert

St Xaviers College Saturday Ren ee/Joash Sneha

Sophia College Saturday Emy Sneha

Jankalyannagar, Malad Wed Stanley Nagalakshmi

Miraroad Saturday Bhagya/ManojNov-Dec 20

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Bible Study Cells Summary

No of bible study cells in Mumbai 13No of campus cells - 8

No of home cells - 5

Need to restart immediately are the 3 campus cells -

KEM, Kalina university and SIES.


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May the miracle of Christmas

Fill your heart with warmth and love.

Christmas is the time of giving and sharing.It is the time of loving and forgiving.

Merry Christmas to all!!

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Cover page article courtesy InTouch Magazine (Dec2009).

Beep!* Chief Editor: Emy PaulDesigned by: Rejo Varghese biceunewsletter@gma

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