"We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile
clay jars containing
this great treasure.
This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves."
- 2nd Corinthians 4:7
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"It was definitely really awesome being counselor this year. To see kids really growing and learning
about God was so
encouraging to me. I just hope that we will keep the fire burning for Him and strive
to be a servant for Him."
"I learned alot from the speaker, my small group, and workshop~~ God solved my problems ~and my
faith grew stronger."
" I think shocco is a really good place for me to worship...especially when its with a lot of chinese
people....and the prayer night is really a good thing to have....even though I get upset when that
moment comes....I also think its a good chance for me to learn to make friends! "
"This was probably the most hectic shocco of all the ones I've been to, but even so, it was fun and
mostly relaxing.
It was great just hanging out with friends and playing games, and learning about God."
"During the brokenness message, i started thinking about my life and how serving God was one
of the things I wanted to
do in my life. When the speaker asked us to raise our hands to have a
prayer said for us about being broken... I raised
my hand. During that prayer, I felt my heart break
and I stared to cry. I was like this is amazing... I never thought I could
feel this way."
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Shocco 2007 was more than anyone could've expected. With speaker Andrew Meng, we explored
the inner soul of ourselves.
What drives us? What do we want to prove?
Who are we? What masks
do we wear? What do we thirst for?
With certain circumstances arising, such as the speaker being delayed by airplane problems, and
scheduling conflicts, staff,
counselors, and youth alike realized that God does not run on our
schedule, rather we run on His. Many of us were challenged,
questioned, and broken on this short
2 day 3 night experience.
Through sharing we heard peoples' struggles, peoples' testimonies, and how God had made himself
known to people.
Praise God for all those who dedicated their lives to Christ, those who rededicated
their life to Christ, and those who
are heading to the front line for Him. The journey is nowhere near
easy, but it is most definitely worth it.
We found that to love other people, you must first love and accept yourself, who you are, and what
your significance
is in
relation to the world, and to God. Most of all, we realized that God's love is
unconditional. His acceptance is unconditional.
His salvation is unconditional. What more do we need
than that? It is not earned. It can't be earned. It's given, and all we
have to do is receive.
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Songs:
More Than Life - Hillsong United
King of Majesty - Hillsong United
Hosanna - Hillsong United
Saviour King - Hillsong United
One Way - Hillsong United
From the Inside Out - Hillsong United
Near That You're Near - Hillsong United
Majesty - Delirious
Shout to the Lord - Hillsongs
Cry In My Heart - Starfield
Your Grace is Enough - Chris Tomlin
Forever - Chris Tomlin
Hallelujah (Your Love is Amazing) - Brenton Brown
Prince of Peace - Marc Imboden
This is the Air I Breathe - Vineyard
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Pictures:
Shocco Rules Video - courtesy of Daniel Hsu (facebook)
Alex Lin - Various random pictures taken by yours truly. I tried to mix it up. Enjoy!
Tammy Liaw - 5 albums full of pictures! (facebook)
Wei Ho - 2 albums. Good assortment of pictures. (facebook)
Sean Chiang - nice work. (facebook)
Jonathan Chiew - 2 albums (facebook)
Joyce Zou - 2 albums (facebook)
Trayn Ha - 2 albums (facebook)
Grace Mao - 1 album (facebook)
For anyone that does not have facebook, please email me for the church username/password
(streetlegend@gmail.com).
If you want to add thoughts/reflections, songs, song requests (sent to you), or pictures...
please send them to streetlegend@gmail.com.