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y’Ear in Review 2010 and 2011

William and Cheryl Chong — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:53:17 +0000

Summing up 2 years of life on one page isn’t an easy task. But a rain-swept, humid summer’s day in Auckland offers us the chance to share what the last two years of life have been like for us.

Much has happened since the last time William wrote to you. And much more since the earlier years, [...]

US Holiday/WG11 Conference – DC take 2, travelling back, final reflections

William Chong — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:00:14 +0000

DC take 2

We spent another day visiting Washington DC, the capital of the US. We got to see the US Capitol Building, didn’t end up doing the visitor’s tour because of their inconvenient security requirements (no water bottles, even if they’re empty!)

A real highlight was visiting the Library of Congress (first seen in the film [...]

US Holiday/WG11 Conference – Covenant life, tears, crepes and goodbyes, Giant groceries

William Chong — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:11:49 +0000

Our learning and growing didn’t stop after the conference. We attended one of Covenant Life’s morning services, had lunch with our UK friends, and checked out music instrument and guitar stores.

Covenant life

We learnt just as much on Sunday as any of our days at WorshipGod 11. Firstly, we got to obsere first-hand how their regular [...]

US Holiday/WG11 Conference – mission-focused meetings, instrument shopping, Sunday meeting

William Chong — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:18:36 +0000

Mission-focused meetings

The final day of WorshipGod 11 had one last session, capping off a wonderful end to a wonderful few days. Craig Cabaniss taught us from 1 Peter 2:9, and cautioned against seeing our worship gatherings as a complete break from “the real mission” out there, and showing from Scripture that there is to some [...]

US Holiday/WG11 Conference – edify, songwrite, organise, gather live

William Chong — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:17:23 +0000

Day 3 of WorshipGod 11. One general session, two more seminars, and an evening of singing for a live album recording. We worship a generous King, showering kindness on us!

Edify

For the morning session, the worship was led by Sojourn Music. Their songs have a unique indie-folk sound to their songs, and lead using a neoliturgical [...]

US Holiday/WG11 Conference – rehearse, seminars, NZ connection, Enfield, Thabite

William Chong — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:29:37 +0000

Day 2 of WorshipGod 11.

A full day of 2 general sessions and 2 seminars, as well as dinner with a family with strong NZ connections. Wow, thank you Lord for such an amazing day!

Rehearse

There was some more comedy from Mark Altrogge in the morning (it seems like a WorshipGod thing for Mark to encourage and [...]

US Holiday/WG11 Conference – sing, meet, glory

William Chong — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:13:40 +0000

Wednesday – Day 1 of WorshipGod 11.

Some miscellaneous observations to begin with first:

My USA driving skills have improved a bit, praise God! The weirdest thing here would definitely be the stop sign intersections. Instead of roundabouts, everyone has a stop sign in front of them, and whoever gets there first gets to drive first. Had [...]

US Holiday/WG11 Conference – train, jam, steak

William Chong — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:58:36 +0000

It’s been a real joy to stay with the Giglio family. They’re also hosting two other conference attendees all the way from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales – Fran and Matt Richley (father and son). Matt Richley is a fellow worship leader, and recently completed a 9 month internship at Sovereign Grace Ministries under the mentorship of [...]

US Holiday/WG11 Conference – fly, land, drive

William Chong — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:22:29 +0000

Reflections on our trip so far – exhausting and exhilarating! And the conference hasn’t even started yet!

Fly

Flying in basically seemed like an extra long day (since we crossed the dateline)… it’s the furthest from home both of us have ever been. We flew on Virgin Airways, which was the cheapest option. It also meant three [...]

Off to WorshipGod 11 Conference in the USA

William Chong — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:31:16 +0000

Tomorrow, both of us will be flying off to the States for the very first time in our lives! We will be attending WorshipGod 11, a worship music conference hosted by Sovereign Grace Ministries in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Hope to share more about our travels soon!

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Update: here’s the full series of our time in the USA. Part 1: [...]