Satan Claws

http://www.av1611.org/othpubls/santa.html

Check out the website above. Take it was a heavy dose of salt and msg (probably pepper too to dumb down the strong aftertaste).

Christians have been guilty of fanaticism since the dawn of Christendom. Is there a line to be drawn between?

I guess, our beliefs have always been shaped by our culture. Culture, likewise has also changed religion (and Christianity). Can there truely be a 'purist' Christian? Or are we to forever wallow in ambiguity of the religion and culture debate?

How far do we dwell in doctrine before we become like the pharisee's of old, who new the law insideout but knew Jesus not? How much do we dwell in being lost the Christ's Love that we dis-associate ourselves from the world around us and alienate it.

Is there a balance? How does one achieve that?

I posit 4 things to balance:

1.) To be immersed in Christ's Love like a Child
2.) To do the works that He has placed before us to discipline and nuture us
3.) To feed up the Word and to learn His ways (Doctrine)
4.) To fellowship with other believers to strengthen the bonds. (For a cord of 3 strands is not easily broken)

To be over indulgent in anyone is to fall to extremism? Perhaps this is the simplest 4 checklist of things to identify if you are leading a balanced spiritual life. I don't know... I'm just writing my thots...

Jam

God Shaped Hole

Every point of view has another angle
And every angle has its merit
But all comes down to faith
That's the way I see it

You can say that love is not divine and
You can say that life is not eternal
"All we have is NOW"
But I don't believe it

There's a God shaped hole in all of us
And the restless soul is searching
There's a God shaped hole in all of us
And it's a void only he can fill

Does the world seem grey with empty longing
Wearing every shade of cynical
And do you ever feel
There is something missing?

There's a God shaped hole in all of us
And the restless soul is searching
There's a God shaped hole in all of us
And it's a void only he can fill

There's a God shaped hole in all of us
And the restless soul is searching
There's a God shaped hole in all of us
And it's a void only he can fill

That's my point of view
Yeah, that's my point of view

Testify To Love

All the colors of the rainbow
All the voices of the wind
Every dream that reaches out
It reaches out to find where love begins
Every word of every story
Every star in every sky
Every corner of creation lives to testify

For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough
With every breath I take
I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love

From the mountains to the valleys
From the rivers to the sea(rivers to the seas)
Every hand that reaches out
Every hand that reaches out to offer peace(give peace a chance)
Every simple act of mercy
Every step to kingdom come
All the Hope in every heart will speak what love has done

For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough
With every breath I take
I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love

Colors of the rainbow
Voices of the wind
Dream that reaches out where love begins
Word or every story
Star in every sky
Corner of creation testify
Mountians to the valleys
Rivers to the sea
Hand that reaches out to offer peace
Simple act of mercy step to kingdom come
Every heart will speak of what love has done

For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love
I'll be a witness in the silences when words are not enough
With every breath I take
I will give thanks to God above
For as long as I shall live
I will testify to love

If This World (Na na na)

Originally sung by Jaci Velasquez - "If This World"Heavenly Place - 1996

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Oh, yeah.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Oh, yeah.

Do you feel you’ve been disowned,
Left outside in the cold and without a home?
Do you think that no one cares
That you’re lost and alone and without a prayer?
Don’t give into the lie that there’s no one you can turn to.
Don’t lose heart, there is hope,
There is someone who will never desert you, oh.

If this world is a lonely place for you,
Fall into the arms of love.
If this world is a lonely place for you,
There’s a God who you can trust,
Who’ll comfort you and lift you up.

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Oh, yeah.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Oh, yeah.

Are you looking for a friend
Who will stand by your side to the very end?
Someone who is always true to his word,
Be assured he won’t turn from you.
Put your faith in the one who will never let you down.
He has proven his love.
Open up to all he has for you now, oh.

If this world is a lonely place for you,
Fall into the arms of love.
If this world is a lonely place for you,
There’s a God who you can trust,
Who’ll comfort you and lift you up.

He hears your cry, he sees your tears,
He knows your pain and all your fears.
He waits for you with open arms,
He longs to live inside your heart.
You’ll never be alone again.

If this world is a lonely place for you,
Fall into the arms of love.
If this world is a lonely place for you,
There’s a God who you can trust,
Who’ll comfort you and lift you up.

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Oh, yeah.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Oh, yeah.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Oh, yeah.
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na.
Oh, yeah.

Written by michelle tumes, tyler hayes, erik sundin, mark heimermann, sung by jaciVelasquez and now Agapella!

Above All

Above all powers, above all kings
Above all nature and all created things
Above all wisdom and all the ways of man
You were here before the world began

Above all kingdoms, above all thrones
Above all wonders the world has ever known
Above all wealth and treasures of the earth
There's no way to measure what You're worth

Crucified and laid behind the stone
You lived to die, rejected and alone
Like a rose, trampled on the ground
You took the fall, and thought of me, above all


Maybe we can do this song next year? We've got everything we need... scores, song etc... what do u think?

in my life there is someone who touches my life

Do you think it's at all possible to stage an acappella version of Les Miserables? haha sorry still can't get my mind off it after watching a production of it on Sunday, staged to raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Society in Perth :)

And remember the truth that once was spoken:
To love another person is to see the face of God

-dorcas

hey!

(to the right)
"Agapella
Location:Singapore
Contemporary Christian a cappella vocal band formed in 2002. Members are Sherman, Averil, Stan, Uma, Chris, Jam, Lyn, Dorcas, Gillian, Namiko, Junyan, Tina and Aaron. "

where's siiimone??? o *sob* i'm not LOVED! and to add salt to a festering wound -- even the ape-like creature below gets in!

*sniffle*

signed -- the One whose name we do not mention

Now we know why Junyan REALLY went Africa... to satisfy some primordial urges... hey but with so much facial hair, can we blame him? I know I'd be ansy it I had it so bad.

CHRISTMAS IS COMING.

Top 1 Reason for being Sherman

1) You can sing all the parts.

Top 10 Reasons for being a Bass

10) You don't have to tighten your shorts to reach your note.
9) You don't have to worry about a woman stealing your job.
8) Or a pre adolescent boy.
7) Action heroes are always basses. That is-if they ever sang, they would sing bass.
6) You get great memorable lyrics like bop, bop, bop, bop.
(boong ching.... boong chi-ching)
5) If the singing job doesn't work out, there's always broadcasting.
4) You never need to learn to read the treble clef.
3) If you get a cold, so what.
2) For fun, you can sing at the bottom of your range and fool people into thinking there's an earthquake.
1)If you belch while you're singing, the audience just thinks it's part of the score.

Top 10 Reasons for being a Tenor

10) Tenors get high-without drugs.
9) Name a musical where the bass got the girl.
8) You can show the sopranos how it SHOULD be sung.
7) Did you ever hear of anyone paying $1000 for a ticket to see The Three Basses?
6) Who needs brains when you've got resonance?
5) Tenors never have to waste time looking through the self-improvement section of the bookstore.
4) You get to sing along with John Denver singing High Calypso.
3) When you get really good at falsetto, you can make tons of money doing voice-overs for cartoon characters
2) Gregorian chant was practically invented for tenors. Nobody invented a genre for basses.
1) You can entertain your friends by impersonating Julia Child.

Top 10 Reasons for being an Alto

Top Ten Reasons for Being an Alto
10) You get really good at singing E flat.
9) You get to sing the same note for 12 consecutive measures. (tang...... tang..... tang......)
8) You don't really need to warm up to sing 12 consecutive bars of E flat.
7) If the choir really stinks, it's unlikely the altos will be blamed.
6) You have lots of time to chat during soprano solos.
5) You get to pretend that you are better than the sopranos, because everybody knows that women only sing soprano so they don't have to learn to read music.
4) You can sometimes find part time work singing tenor.
3) Altos get all the great intervals.
2) When the sopranos are holding some outrageously high note at the end of an anthem, the altos always get the last words.
1) When the altos miss a note, nobody gets hurt.

Top 10 Reasons for being a Soprano

10) The rest of the choir exists just to make you look good.
9) You can entertain your friends by breaking their wine glasses.
8) Can you name an opera where an alto got the man?
7) When sopranos want to sing in the shower, they know the tune.
6) It's not like you are ever going to sing the alto part by accident.
5) Great costumes-like the hat with the horns on it.
4) How many world famous altos can you name?
3) When the fat lady sings, she's usually singing soprano.
2) When you get tired of singing the tune, you can sing the descant.
1) You can sing along with Michael Jackson.

hallelujahhhh

"In the human voice we have before us the most perfect and, in fact, the most wonderful of all instruments" - Johann Sebastian Bach.

beeeautiful hymn

elo ppl!

i came across an old, old hymn in one of my books a few weeks ago..the lyrics are too cool and really moving i think

Ocean, wide flowing ocean, Thou,
Of uncreated Love
I tremble as within my soul
I feel Thy waters move.

Thou art a sea without a shore;
Awful, immense Thou art;
A sea which can contract itself
Within my narrow heart.

will go looking for zee tune, yes?

-sim

oh THIS is how you post photos.

our Christmas flyer, folks.

Agapella Thots

During a visit to a mental health sanctuary, a visitor asked the Director what the criteria were by a patient was judged fit or unfit for institutionalisation.

"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub."

"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup."

"No." said the Director, "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a room with or without a view?"

It's US!

Write us at agapellafrens@yahoo.com.sg

Writing in Hebrew

Discovery!

I've just discovered a really cool add on for MS Outlook. Go to this site and follow the instructions: http://www.latkey.com/translit_service.asp

Within minutes, you'll have your very own transliteration service FREE of charge. You can convert english text to Arabic, Hebrew, Cyrillic, Greek and Hindi.

Who needs James Bond...

If you something other than MS Outlook... uninstall your current email program and use Outlook!! HAHAHAHAHA I'm brainwashed... zombie zbomie bozmie miobez boizem

hَللُ hُw ارَ عُو؟יסנ'ת טיס טה צוולהסת טינג סינצה ספלית פהאס?
w'ο'σ υουρ νταντντυ!

yओउ अरए तओ बए ओwइनग मए ओनए मइललइओन दओललअरस

ёу аре оне фине лоокинг бабушка!

Hahahaha

Have fun!! - Jam

Missing

So long, farewell, auf wiedesein, goodbye.

Junyan is off, Sherm is on is way off, Chris is also flying off...

Wow talk about a jet setting bunch of people!

BUT!!! Welcome back Tina from Whales... how big was da fish?

Just got word of a possible gig at the Esplande in December...

Our next gig line up is:

Gilly's Wedding!!! 25th Nov
World Vision 3rd Dec
JB Boys Brigade 4th Dec
JB Presby Church 11th Dec
Esplanade 15th Dec

Supercalifragelisticexpielidocious!

-Jam

The first post

A landmark achievement! Agapella has a blog!

We just had one of our most successful outdoor gigs last saturday at West Coast Park. (See this cool e-flyer designed by our tenor & inhouse IT-meister Chris). It was a hot hot hot humid afternoon, but we had a good turn out. We also had our FIRST encore, and our FIRST autograph session! God is good! :)

Check in often for news and updates on AGAPELLA and our gigs. There's more stuff coming!