New Veggie Tales DVD - Jonah

Title: Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie
Call number: DVD[C] VEG











Get ready as Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and the rest of the Veggies set sail on a whale of an adventure in Big Idea's first full-length feature film. Filled with music, laughs and some of the silliest adventurers ever to be swallowed whole, this is the story of Jonah and the Whale as you've never seen it before - a story where we learn that one of the best gifts you can give ... or get ... is a second chance.

Pick of the Month: December 2011 - By My Spirit (The story of how the Methodist Church started in Singapore)

By My Spirit (Call number: DVD BYM)
This DVD tells the story of how the Methodist Church in Singapore was founded. The story is wonderfully brought to life by the Creative Art Services team at Wesley Methodist Church using puppets.

This is a story of men who did not even have enough money to travel from India to Singapore to start their mission; a story of men who did not know if anyone would meet them when they got to Singapore and ultimately, a story of men who put simple faith in God.

Watch this DVD and find out how God called the first Singapore Methodists to His mission.

New Veggie Tales DVD - Princess and the Popstar

Title: Veggie Tales: Princess and the Popstar, A Story of Trading Places
Call number: DVD[C] VEG










Princess Poppyseed’s life on her family’s farm is far from the glamorous but lonely world of her favorite pop singer Vanna Banana. On a chance meeting at a playground, Vanna and Princess cross paths and discover they look almost exactly alike, which leads to a crazy secret plan where they decide to switch lives!  In a flash, the girls’ secret plan is launched and Princess is whisked to her new life as a pop star while Vanna gets to live her dream of a life away from the pressure of fame!

As each girl realizes the life they longed for doesn’t fulfill all their dreams, they learn that the life God gave them is the one for which they were uniquely and lovingly designed.

New Veggie Tales DVD featuring the stories of Daniel, David and Goliath, Esther

Title: Veggie Tales: Heroes of the Bible - Lions, Shepherds and Queens (Oh, my!)
Call number: DVD[C] VEG










Three stories on one DVD including the features Daniel and the Lion's Den, Dave & the Giant Pickle, and Esther -- The Girl Who Became Queen. Over 75 minutes of FUN!

Daniel and the Lion's Den from Where's God When I'm S-Scared? - In this musical adaptation of the classic Bible story, Daniel, played by Larry, finds himself in deep trouble thanks to the King's conniving wisemen. Daniel learns that even in the lion's den, he is still in God's hands.

Dave & the Giant Pickle - This Veggie version of David and Goliath pits Junior Asparagus against a really mean, really BIG, pickle! Little Dave learns that with God's help, even little guys can do big things!

Esther -- The Girl Who Became Queen - When a small-town girl wakes up with the weight of the world on her shoulders and the fate of her people in her hands, can she find the courage to do what's right? Kids learn that you never need to be afraid to do what's right!

New Veggie Tales DVD featuring the stories of Moses, Miriam and Joseph

Title: Veggie Tales: Heroes of the Bible - A Baby, A Quest and the Wild, Wild West!
Call number: DVD[C] VEG










A baby, a quest, and the wild, wild West! Three great heroic stories of the Bible featuring the stories of Moses, Miriam and Joseph -- all on one DVD!

Moe and The Big Exit tells the story of Moses and the Exodus in Western Veggie style.

Baby Sitter in DeNile stars Laura the Carrot in the story of Miriam and Moses.

The Ballad of Little Joe tells the story of Joseph. Little Joe, played by Larry the Cucumber, and his rootin' tootin' French pea brothers go on an adventure to Dodge Ball City with Little Joe's faith being tested every step of the way!

Pick of the Month: November 2011 - Parables That Jesus Told by Pastor Benny Ho

Parables that Jesus Told by Pastor Benny Ho (6 Audio CDs)

Pastor Benny Ho, the speaker at this year’s church Lifegroup Camp, talks about issues that concern the Kingdom of God using the parables that Jesus told to bring them into focus.

If you went to this year’s Lifegroup Camp and would like to hear more from Pastor Benny Ho, or if you didn’t get the chance to be at the camp and are wondering about our speaker, this CD set is for you!

New music CD - Hiding Place by Don Moen

Title: Hiding Place
Call number: CD MOE











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New music CD - I Believe There Is More by Don Moen

Title: I Believe There Is More
Call number: CD MOE











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New music CD - The Journey by Stuart Townend

Title: The Journey
Call number: CD TOW











The latest album from Stuart Townend in now available in the church library. See below for the songlist:

New music CD - Hillsong: Songs for Communion

Title: Hillsong: Songs for Communion
Call number: CD HIL











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New music CD - Hymns 4 Worship: Amazing Grace

Title: Hymns 4 Worship: Amazing Grace
Call number: CD HYM











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New music CD - Hymns 4 Worship: Just As I Am

Title: Hymns 4 Worship: Just As I Am
Call number: CD HYM











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Christianity Today: October 2011 issue now in the library

Christianity Today October 2011 issue












This month's issue includes articles on:

• How to read the Bible – Why leading evangelical scholars are arguing for a new way to interpret Sripture
• Saving China’s daughters
• The truth about Wells
• What is ‘Christian Politics’?
• Mark Galli: A broader Liberation Theology
• John Stott: 4 ways we influence the world

New book - Christ Alone: A Pictorial Presentation of Hudson Taylor's Life and Legacy

Title: Christ Alone: A Pictorial Presentation of Hudson Taylor's Life and Legacy
Call number: 267.3 OMF







It can truly be said, the impact of the life and ministry of Hudson Taylor has been and continues to be tremendous among Chinese Christians as well as the Christian churches around the world. This book was published in 2005, as we remember the 100th anniversary of Hudson Taylor's death and celebrate the 140th anniversary of his founding of the China Inland Mission (CIM). This pictorial includes:

• Over 100 valuable photos of Hudson Taylor's family and CIM's ministry in China and Asia
• A panoramic view of CIM/OMF ministries in China and East Asia
• A collection of Hudson Taylor’s choice sayings

Christianity Today: September 2011 issue now in the library

Christianity Today September 2011 issue












This month's issue includes articles on:

• The Gospel at Ground Zero: The horrors of 9/11 were not unlike those of Good Friday
• Muslim missions then & now
• Why we need the NIV
• Criminalizing circumcision
• Tim Stafford: John Stott's Legacy
• Christian Leaders: How I've Changed Since 9/11

New music CD - Immerse: Deeper Worship from Today's Top Female Artists

Title: Immerse: Deeper Worship from Today's Top Female Artists
Call number: CD IMM










Immerse is a collection of heartfelt worship by some of today's top female worship artists fully immersed in a lifestyle of worship. Song list:

New book - When God Shapes a W.I.F.E

Title: When God Shapes a W.I.F.E
Author: Jenni Ho-Huan
Call number: 249.7 HOH










Do you live through life’s seasons and stages largely unchanged at the core? If so, perhaps you need to be awakened to God’s invitation to you to grow towards fullness, godliness and wholeness. Allow Rev Jenni Ho-Huan to bring you through her journey of discovery and growth as a woman and a wife. Move with her as she reflects on how you can:

• Be at home with your womanhood
• Be at peace with your choices
• Embrace who God has made you to be
• Rest in love
• Mature in love

When God Shapes a W.I.F.E. celebrates the preciousness and uniqueness of each wife, and brings each wife and woman into an intimate relationship with the everlasting God of unconditional love and grace. Read this down-to-earth and discerning book that will encourage, inspire and nourish your soul.

The author, Rev Jenni Ho-Huan recently preached at KKMC on 19 June 2011. Click here for a recording of her sermon.

New book - Operation World

Title: Operation World (7th edition)
Author: Jason Mandryk
Call number: 244 MAN










Operation World is the definitive global prayer handbook that will help focus your heart and life towards God's passion for His glory. With over 1 million copies of past versions being sold, this all new 7th edition has been completely updated and revised by Jason Mandryk and covers the entire populated world.

Whether you are an intercessor praying behind the scenes for world change, a missionary reaping the benefits of intercession or simply curious about the world, Operation World will give you the information necessary to be a vital part in fulfilling God's passion for the nations.

Included in the updated and revised 7th edition:

• All the countries of the world featured
• Maps of each country
• Geographic information
• People groups within each country
• Economic information
• Political information
• Religious make-up of each country
• Daily Prayer Calendar
• Answers to prayer
• Challenges for prayer

Christianity Today: August 2011 issue now in the library

Christianity Today August 2011 issue












This month's issue includes articles on:

• They Like You – What Americans really think about evangelicals, and why we don’t believe it
• Mark Noll on the Christian Mind
• David Neff on End Times Justice
• The born-again body
• Just Pentecostals
• Ending child sacrifice

New books from HELP! series

The HELP! series provides highly practical, to-the-point advice for parenting and marriage problems identified as high felt needs from the Focus on the Family audience. The intent of the HELP! series is to offer quick, accessible, practical advice, an overview of the important elements of the topic, and realistic take aways for readers to immediately apply. Also includes additional resource referrals for where to get more help.

Title: Help! My Child is Hooked on Video Games
Call number: 249.2 MAI

Title: Help! My Child is Struggling in School
Call number: 249.2 MAR

Title: Help! Someone I Know has a Problem With Porn
Call number: 310 VIG

New music CD: Monuments of Faith - Blessed Assurance

Title: Monuments of Faith - Blessed Assurance
Call number: CD MON










This is the sixth album in the Monuments Of Faith series and features 12 classic hymns that form the bedrock of our faith. Songlist:

New music CD: God Will Make A Way - The Best of Don Moen

Title: God Will Make A Way: The Best of Don Moen
Call number: CD MOE










The CD is the first "best-of" collection of song from Don Moen and it contains the following songs:

New music CD: The very best of Graham Kendrick - Knowing You Jesus

Title: The very best of Graham Kendrick: Knowing You Jesus
Call number: CD KEN










The Very Best Of Graham Kendrick (Knowing You Jesus) features classic songs such as Amazing Love, Meekness & Majesty, Is Anyone Thirsty?, Knowing You and Servant King are given a fresh lease of life by beautiful new arrangements and recordings. Including duets with Matt Redman, Darlene Zschech, Martin Smith and Paul Baloche.

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New music CD: There is a Hope by Stuart Townend

Title: There is a Hope
Call number: CD TOW










This album, recorded live in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, boasts an impressive line-up of musicians, including Mark Edwards on keyboards, Andrew Small (Massive Attack, Kylie Minogue) on drums, and Troy Donockley (Iona) on whistles and uilleann pipes, to name but three. In addition, US worship leaders Aaron Keyes and Kelly Minter perform their own co-writes with Stuart, adding another dimension to the album.

Audio previews call be found on Stuart Townend's website at: http://www.stuarttownend.co.uk/shop/albums-a-dvds/57-there-is-a-hope

Songlist:

New music CD: Beautiful Saviour - 12 instrumental songs of Stuart Townend

Title: Beautiful Saviour: 12 instrumental songs of Stuart Townend
Call number: CD TOW










Classic Townend songs with beautiful arrangements and stunning melodies, this instrumental album is a must have for any music lovers collection.

Songlist:

New music CD: The Best of Don Moen - With a Thankful Heart

Title: The Best of Don Moen: With a Thankful Heart
Call number: CD MOE










This is the second "best of" album from Don Moen and it contains the following songs:

New DVDs: Integrity Music's iWorship Resource DVDs

Title: iWorship: A Total Worship Experience, Volumes A to H
Call number: DVD IWO










Integrity's iWorship Resource DVDs combine powerful worship music with today's most advanced audio-visual presentations. Each DVD features a great mix of top worship songs and hymns set against breathtaking videos. Endless options are available including split trax, click audio and lyric/theme options. The result: a total multimedia experience, bringing worship to life. These Resource DVDs are perfect for congregational use, home groups and personal worship.

Christianity Today: July 2011 issue now in the library

Christianity Today July 2011 issue












This month's issue includes articles on:

• The new face of Focus on the Family: Why Jim Daly doesn’t care whether you know who he is or who he supports for President
• India revival
• Jesus: Democratic King
• God’s gardeners
• Harry Potter’s legacy
• The Paul we never knew

New children's book: Children Demand A Verdict

Title: Children Demand A Verdict
Call number: 960 MCD











Writing with clarity for children ages seven to eleven, Josh McDowell and Kevin Johnson give rock solid answers to 77 foundational questions, such as: How do we know Jesus is God? How could God write a book? Is the Bible always right? Are parts of the Bible make-believe? Did Jesus really come back to life? This book equips you to start now on the all-important task of deepening your children’s convictions.

New children's book: Veggie Tales Bible Storybook

Title: Veggie Tales Bible Storybook
Call number: 920 KEN











Join Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber, and all your VeggieTales friends as they share twenty-one favorite Bible stories. Based on the popular videos, this Bible storybook combines VeggieTales humor with great lessons. Kids will love reading these classic Veggie stories and the Scripture selections that go along with them from the New International Reader’s Version (NIrV – The NIV for Kids!). Have fun while learning Bible stories and the important message each one brings.

2 new children's DVDs from VeggieTales

Title: Veggie Tales: An Easter Carol
Call number: DVD[C] VEG

Ebenezer Nezzer is out of control! Filling London with plastic Easter eggs, he’s on a rampage to make Easter “bigger than ever!” But just how hard can his mechanical chickens work before they’re … well, fried? In just one unforgettable day and night, Vacis and Millward (Bob and Larry) and a music box angel names Hope (voiced by Rebecca St. James) must convince Nezzer that Easter is about more than just candy and eggs.

Inspired by Dickens’ Christmas classic, this very special VeggieTales film explains why million of Christians around the world celebrate Easter past, present and future.

Title: Veggie Tales: 'Twas The Night Before Easter
Call number: DVD[C] VEG

It’s Easter time in Crisper County and cable new reporter Marlee Meade (Petunia Rhubarb) is hunting for a way to help others. On a tip that the old town theatre will be shut down, Marlee cooks up a plan to save the stage and make a difference through the power of musical theatre! With a cast of custome-clad townies, massive props and a 20-foot robot rabbit – “Up With Bunnies” is hatched! There’s only one thing missing – the star of the show!

When news spreads that singing sensation Cassie Cassava (American Idol finalist Melinda Doolittle) is arriving to perform in her hometown church’s Easter service, Marlee gets worried. Concerned about the competition, she schemes to steal the starlet for her own pageant! But when things go haywire, will it be  curtains for Marlee’s dreams – or will she discover the true meaning of Easter and what helping other is really all about?

New book - What Good Is God? by Philip Yancey

Title: What Good is God?
Call number: 201 YAN











In What Good is God? journalist and spiritual seeker Philip Yancey travels the globe in search of an answer to a query posed the world over. It’s a universal question, one that “occurs in some form to every person who experiences pain or death or poverty or unfairness – in other words, to everyone,” says Yancey. What good is God in a world where slavery, where a gunman kills 32 students and staff on a college campus, and where six million people in South Africa alone suffer with HIV/AIDS.

Or, on a more personal level, does faith really matter when you’re struggling with an addiction, when you get laid off from your job and your home is in foreclosure, or when chronic depression sets in?

This book recounts Yancey’s search, including meetings with leaders of the underground church in China, with Dalits (untouchables) in India, with prostitutes, alcoholics, and Bible college students in the US, and with charismatic Christians in Johannesburg. Each stop provides a fascinating clus to answering life’s most profound questions. What Good is God? Offers a compelling reading experience as well as firsthand evidence that faith really does make a difference, even when belief is severely tested.

Philip Yancey talks about this book in a clip from YouTube:

New book - What's So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey

Title: What's So Amazing About Grace?
Call number: 201 YAN











We speak of grace often. But do we understand it? More importantly, do we truly believe in it … and do our lives proclaim it as powerfully as our words?

In the ECPA Book of the Year, bestselling author Philip Yancey gives us a probing look at grace: what it looks like … what it doesn’t look like … and why only Christians can and must reveal the grace the world is searching for.

Christianity Today: June 2011 issue now in the library

Christianity Today June 2011 issue












This month's issue includes articles on:

• The Search for the Historical Adam: Some scholars believe genome science casts doubt on the existence of the first man and woman. Others say the integrity of the faith requires it. The state of the debate.
• Joyful environmentalists
• Who gets left behind?
• More CCM, please!
• Josh Hamilton's Combebacks
• How Ayn Rand saved a Bishop

New books - Christian manga books, Serenity series, Part 2

Title: Space Cadet vs Drama Queen
Call number: F MIN

Serenity stars in a movie that’s really out of this world.
It’s Life! Camera! Action! For Serenity and her pals when they set out to film their own sci-fi movie, “Terror from the Tarantula Nebula” – a high-adventure thriller complete with aliens, a mysterious princess, and one scary spider.
Ever the diva, Serenity steals the scene as she tussles with her friends and feuds with her mom.  Can the gang hold it together long enough for the movie to wrap, or will they put Serenity on the first spaceship outta here?

Title: Sunday Best
Call number: F MIN

Serenity’s got a sinking feeling.
Serenity wants to change for the better, but when a clumsy attempt at doing the right thing goes awry, she finds herself over her head in deep waters. Will she sink on her own… or accept help from an unexpected source?
Then in the latest mini-movie from Serenity and her pals – this one a disaster epic – an earthquake leaves the local mall crumbling.  When a group of curious kids meets a gang of vicious looters, things really get shaky as they find themselves “Crawling from the Wreakace.”

Title: Choosing Change
Call number: F MIN

A night at the drive-in leaves Serenity reeling.
Serenity decides the best way to make Derek jealous is by dating other guys.  But the date she arranges forces her to decide what she really wants in a relationship.  Who knew trying to do the right thing could be so confusing?
Then, Serenity and her pals film another mini-movie – this one a Biblical epic, “Esther, Queen of Persia.” Whisked away to take part in a royal beauty contest, lovely young Esther realizes there may be a purpose and plan to life beyond what she can imagine.

Title: Girl Overboard
Call number: F MIN

The outer girl is different but what about her heart?
It’s makeover time as Serenity sets out to do a radical overhaul on her closet – and her image.  But major changes in her hair, her clothes, and her attitude just leave her feeling all wrong.  Can she find her own voice – and the right hair colour – before she loses herself completely?
Then, in a mini-movie that harkens back to the horror films of the 1930s, Serenity and her friends create “Fraulein Stein’s Monster.”  When a mad scientist becomes obsessed, will the monster soon be the master?

New books - Christian manga books, Serenity series, Part 1

A generous church member recently donated books from the Serenity series to the library. Come by and visit us to see these Christian themed manga stories

Title: Bad Girl in Town
Call number: F MIN

Trouble comes in small packages. This one is five feet tall and weights 98 pounds.
Her name is Serenity Harper and she’s one obnoxious little bundle of attitude, anger, and animosity. Can the care and concern of Derek, Kimberly, and the rest of the Prayer Club break through Serenity’s tough shell – and prove to her that true love does exist?

Title: Stepping Out
Call number: F MIN

Prayer Club kids are nice. That doesn’t mean they can’t be tough.  Serenity is warming up to the Christian kids who made her their “project” by showing her an unconditional love she’s never experienced before.  But when she tries ducking responsibility for wrecking Kimberly’s car, that unconditional love turns tough.  Can Serenity understand it’s for her own good?

Title: Basket Case
Call number: F MIN

Serenity laughs at responsibility. But there’s nothing funny about this job…
The Prayer Club’s pet project is at her flaky best, dissing a health class assignment tht has teens caring for chicken eggs 24/7 to simulate the round-the-clock nurturing a baby requires. But when an overwhelming responsibility falls in Sereniy’s lap, where can she get help – from the friends she’s mocked, or the God she doesn’t quite believe in?

Title: Rave-n-rant
Call number: F MIN

Prayer makes a difference, they say.  Try convincing Serenity of that…
Serenity begins to share her soul with her Prayer Club friends – and is angered to find that, while they say they love Serenity, they don’t always like her. The teen with the blue hair and attitude takes her frustrations to God, but soon decides He isn’t listening… until a surprise ending makes Serenity realize there may be something to prayer after all.

Christianity Today: May 2011 issue now available in the library

Christianity Today May 2011 issue












This month's issue includes articles on:

• Me and Thee and the KJV: Mark Noll tells the story of the world's most popular English Bible - and where we would be without it.
• Roger Olson on Calvinist Myths
• Tim Challies on Reforming Tech
• A cursed foot disease
• Lying is bad - always
• Ghana's fake pastors 

Christianity Today: April 2011 issue now available in the library

Christianity Today April 2011 issue












This month's issue includes articles on:

• Proselytizing in a Multi-Faith World: Why mutual respect and tolerance require us to witness for Christ
• Miroslav Volf: Whom Do Muslims Worship/
• Mark Galli Review Rob Bell's Love Wins
• Me and my schizophrenia
• God's beautiful anger
• What's your Church worth?

KKMC Library - Social Hall branch on May 15 and May 22

 

We were in the Kampong Kapor Methodist Church Social Hall on May 15 with a selection of books, magazines, DVDs and CDs which were available for loan. In addition, we also helped several people to sign up as library members.

We will be in the Social Hall again on May 22, 2011 from 9.00am to 11.30am, so come by and visit us if you're there. You can make a loan there, sign up as a member or even volunteer to be a librarian.

New book - The Befuddled Stork: Helping Persons of Faith Debate Beginning-of-Life Issues

Title: The Befuddled Stork: Helping Persons of Faith Debate Beginning-of-Life Issues
Call number: 202 GEI










Should people who face difficult decisions about conceiving and bearing children play the games new technology make possible? A growing number of men and women of faith face these questions. This book is for them, their children and extended families, their communities of faith, their clergy. The goal is not to tell people what to think but to clarify the quandaries that cause an increasing sense of urgency