Merry Christmas & Happy New Year !!!!!

WISHING YOU ALL A JOYFUL & BLESSED CHRISTMAS
AND A
PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
FROM ALL NUCS MEMBERS

Life Is an Advent Season

"Life is a constant Advent season: we are continually waiting to become, to discover, to complete, to fulfill. Hope, struggle, fear, expectation and fulfillment are all part of our Advent experience.

"The world is not as just, not as loving, not as whole as we know it can and should be. But the coming of Christ and his presence among us—as one of us—give us reason to live in hope: that light will shatter the darkness, that we can be liberated from our fears and prejudices, that we are never alone or abandoned.

"May this Advent season be a time for bringing hope, transformation and fulfillment into the Advent of our lives." - CONNECTIONS, 11-28-93 -

Take Time to be Aware

"Take time to be aware that in the very midst of our busy preparations for the celebration of Christ’s birth in ancient Bethlehem, Christ is reborn in the Bethlehems of our homes and daily lives. Take time, slow down, be still, be awake to the Divine Mystery that looks so common and so ordinary yet is wondrously present.

"An old abbot was fond of saying, ‘The devil is always the most active on the highest feast days.’

"The supreme trick of Old Scratch is to have us so busy decorating, preparing food, practicing music and cleaning in preparation for the feast of Christmas that we actually miss the coming of Christ. Hurt feelings, anger, impatience, injured egos—the list of clouds that busyness creates to blind us to the birth can be long, but it is familiar to us all." -Edward Hays, A Pilgrim’s Almanac, p. 196 -

Exco’s Training + AGM

On the 23rd of October there is a simple exco training lead by Brother Mack before the AGM held at Immaculate Conception Hall Changlun. The purpose of this training is to guide and to nurture all the newly nominated exco candidates on leadership and also on serving the lord. On this day, Sister Anne is also here with us sharing her thoughts and advices to all the candidates. After the training, the AGM take place and the nomination for new 09/10 NUCS exco is started also presided by Brother Mack as the President assisted by Sis Mellyssa. And by God’s will and votes, Villery Mollon was the newly elected president for the upcoming years. Below are the lists of the newly elected exco for 2009/2010

President: Villery Mollon
Vice President 1: Bruno George
Vice President 2: Anastasia Gibbie Alexander
Secretary : Emma Ak Laurence
Vice Secretary: Natalie Anak Edmund
Treasurer : Joyce Allium
Biro Rohani: Raynold Thomas
Biro Gathering: John Michael Ak Brian Ubat
Biro Liturgi: Glady Marcelynna Dirin
Biro Muzik & Koir: Ropin Kebing
Biro Publisiti: Elizabeth Jerry
Biro Altar & Service: Bryan Noel M Lawrence
AJKs:
• Noris Kiji
• Fennylia Francis Kojiun
• Jeremy Bakri
• Felecia Ak Sibat
• Mitchelly M Stooya
• Simon Kimti
• Sandy Albert Bin Yosep
• Lendee Anak Ik @ Pohon
• Floria Cgau
Congrats to everyone and hopefully we’ll do the best we can for NUCS and down here are the pic of the day..

few of the newly elected excos

part of the training (session 2)

the sing along before AGM starts