Creasmans: What’s New(s) 2012
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"Let love be your highest goal..." 1Corinthians 14:1
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Singapore American Football League continues to be the Creasman’s Fall pastime (missing only the accompanying cooler weather and marching bands!). Cameron (#54 left tackle) is playing on Tyler’s former team in the High School league and we continue to deepen our friendships and influence in the expat community. Pray that we will have opportunities to share God’s love and hope – the Gospel – every week of football!Please pray that i would have Joshua’s courage and Joseph’s dream and vision to pursue the establishment of CRM Phils! - Pastor Nathan, Manila
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And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. - 1 Peter 5:10
Let’s Get Together!
Come hear and experience* what God is doing through Church Resource Ministries Singapore.
24th Sunday, 7-9pm RHCC Dessert (location TBD)
27th Wednesday, 7pm Journey Covenant BBQ at Jim & Beth Stewart’s
29th Friday, 5pm BBQ / 7pm Sharing at Bob & Megan Moore’s
*PLUS 30th Saturday, 9am-12noon
Family Seminar on Transitions.
Checklist for July
X Arrange for House and Dog Sitter in Singapore
X Borrow a car in California
X Find someone who’ll let us hang out (live) with them in the South Bay
X Get U.S. Summer Cell Phone numbers (below)
Arrange meaningful get-togethers with friends.
So, Californians, shall we get together?
We’ll be staying in Redondo Beach and have a basic schedule below, but the details are missing.
Where do you fit?
Breakfast? Lunch? Dinner? Coffee?
…A walk on the beach?Give us a call! We’ll make a date to see you!
3 July – 9AM through lunch…even dinner!
Fullerton Evangelical Free Church, Encouragement Inc Sunday School Class.
North Campus 180. Worship 2nd service. Lunch: Chipotle, OBO…
4 July – from 4PM
Orange County, Tri Cities Park for the fireworks. Contact us if you’ll be there too!
6-8 July – In the San Luis Obispo area
9-10 July – WORSHIP @ Rolling Hills Covenant
Voyagers Class, 9AM Sunday, Carlson Hall
13 July – Redondo Beach, Riviera Village 7-8:45PM
Grab a coffee with Kimberly and/or Jim while Cameron attends the HS Sunset Sing.
16-17 July – WORSHIP @ Rolling Hills Covenant
Homebuilders, 9AM Sunday, 301 N Campus. Jim teaching
Turning Point, 10:45AM Sunday, 301 N Campus. Jim teaching
18-20 July – San Diego area, including Mt. Miguel Covenant Village on the 19th
23 July – FEFC, Encouragement Inc. Social: Game Night
25 July – RHCC GO (Global Outreach) Commission Meeting, Community Centre
27 July – BBQ with friends from Journey Covenant, South Bay.
Do you attend Journey? Let us know, we’ll send some details.
28 July – Fullerton EV Free Missions Committee meeting/BBQ. Evening.
31 July – The River Church, Rancho Palos Verdes, 10AM.
1 August – LAX to Singapore
Kimberly & Cameron back to get ready for 9th grade.
3-5 August – Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Jim & Tyler at Cal Poly Orientation
7 August onwards
Creasmans – minus Tyler – back in Singapore (More about ministry in another email!)
Jim: (310) 561-5382
skype: asiabruin
Sure hope we can see you this summer!
Jim & Kimberly
Please pray for the work going on in Singapore in our absence: www.crms.org.sg
If you’d like to congratulate our graduate Tyler, permanent US mailing address: c/o 5380 Via Maria, Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Charitable Giving thru CRM
Thank you for making our work here an extension of your heart for Asia.
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The first story of most Singapore apartment buildings, like ours, is open air for walking through. (We live on the fifth floor of a 25-storey building, and most buildings are between 16 and 26 storeys.)
Today, the neighborhood Resident’s Committee has planned a Christmas party and is setting up downstairs…


We have our CRMS staff meetings on Fridays, and today we went to visit one of our volunteer staff who directs a community centre for the elderly. Three of our staff were traveling, but those in the picture (L -> R) are Rita our Intern from China, Jennifer the volunteer staff, K!Mberly, How Beng and Andy).

As we arrived at the community centre, we were surprised to see a fire engine pull up and saw smoke coming out of an apartment. This is the first time in 10 years I have seen a fire in Singapore. It seemed like everyone was safely out of the apartment, and the firemen quickly got it under control, but there was a lot of smoke!

Today is Cameron’s 14th birthday!!! He will celebrate by playing a game with his basketball team after school, and then going out for pizza with some of the players and their families.
Lord, thank you for Cameron and the special boy that he is. Please bless him in every way this year, guiding him to grow up to be a man of faith and goodness, loving you and serving people, and discovering his gifts and calling.

This month Tyler completed his first round of college applications. There are a few more he intends to complete next month.
Here he is in his natural habitat in our living room, multi-tasking: computer, ipod, and textbook. I used to be able to work like that, too. Except back then it was TV, 8 Track, and textbook : )

This year we had a nice gathering of 33 neighbors and friends at our house to celebrate Thanksgiving. We read from parts of Thanksgiving proclamations from the Pilgrims, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln; and then read a lesson in Luke 7:36-50 about where real thankfulness comes from.

Saw the sign below in our neighborhood today. Some of the apartment buildings next to us do not have elevators that stop on every floor, they stop about every four floors. Now the government is upgrading these “lifts” in our neighborhood so that they will stop on every floor.
Singaporeans know what that means – when the government starts making a lot of public improvements, parliamentary elections must be around the corner…

Today was a worldwide day of prayer for CRM. A few of our staff went to a park near our office and prayed for our friends, relatives, neighbors, nations, and governments. Several friends in the US sent requests to us through the CRM office, and we were able to pray together for them.
The Lord encouraged us through some psalms with words like these:
Psa. 33.20 Our soul waits for the LORD;
he is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart is glad in him,
because we trust in his holy name.
22 Let your steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us,
even as we hope in you.
Kimberly with CRM Singapore staff Jeanne and Regina:

Jim’s ministry is primarily with pastors in Singapore, mentoring them in small groups and one-to-one. Pastors are a source of wisdom and support for a lot of people, but often they do not have anyone to turn to for counsel about their own lives and leadership.
Jim serves as a pastor’s pastor, giving a listening ear, encouragement, asking questions to help them discern how God is speaking to them, and providing outside perspective for their own growth and leadership. He works with leaders from all kinds of churches – Presbyterian, Baptist, Brethren, Anglican, Assemblies of God, Methodist, Lutheran, independent – and on all kinds of issues – decision-making, church leadership issues, conflict resolution, counseling needs, pastoral skills, sermon preparation, small group curricula, community outreach….
The goal is not only to build spiritual leaders, but to empower them to reproduce their lives in others, so that their churches will be more fruitful in fulfilling God’s purposes for them, and reach lost people with his saving love.

One of our favorite things about Singapore is the variety and convenience of food available. Here is Jim’s lunch today as he met with a group of pastors at an outdoor food court, which is his typical lunch (and usually dinner) venue…

Cameron and I (Jim) spent four days together on a Father-Son trip talking about growing into manhood. We listened and talked about lessons from Dr Dobson’s CDs on “Preparing for Adolescence” including issues like puberty, peer pressure, relationships with girls, relationships with parents, self-image, etc.
We also had a lot of fun eating whatever we wanted and playing in the hotel pool and at the beach!
