Singing Virtually from Home to “Home”
Can you spot an EAST staff singing amidst the 900-strong choir members of the Singapore Virtual Choir Project? Watch the video to find out! (Hint: try from 1:30 onward).
The inaugural virtual choir sang Dick Lee’s “Home,” an all-time favourite often sung on National Day. The choir consisted of people residing in Singapore together with overseas Singaporeans living in 26 countries. Each sang from their home for our home during the COVID-19 circuit breaker month.
“Home” is written by Dick Lee with the choral arrangement by Darius Lim and presented by Voices of Singapore.
Have You “Like” EAST Facebook Page Yet?
We are so thankful for reaching this milestone in welcoming visitors to our official social media page on Facebook.
Would you like to access regular inspirational quotes or works, evergreen songs of praise and worship, and testimonies of faith from EAST?
Do visit EAST Facebook page for these and more. Click “Like” if you are ministered by God through its posts.
Visit EAST Facebook page here. Enjoy!
EAST Access to Online Theological Library Resources
EAST is a co-owner/member school of the Digital Theological Library (the DTL) since 1 April 2020. All faculty, staff, and program students now have online access to the 600,000+ books, 60 million+ articles, 21,000+ journals, 150+ databases, and 30+ subject guides in the DTL, all in digital format, anywhere, anytime. EAST is now the third theological school in Singapore to have full access to this current, quality, and extensive collection of theological resources.
The Digital Theological Library is a co-owned, born-digital library of religious and theological studies. The mission of the DTL is to provide its co-owning institutions with the highest quality digital resources in religious and theological studies at the lowest possible costs.
The DTL complements EAST’s own physical library at its resident campus in Singapore.
Celebrate Resurrection!
He [the angel] said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.” (Mark 16:6, NIV)
“And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.” (1 Corinthians 6:14, ESV)
“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9, ESV)
The tomb is empty!
Our Savior has conquered death.
Blessed Resurrection Sunday!
HALLELUJAH!
How the Virus Stole Easter–Or Not
Ms Kristi Bothur composed the poem, “How the Virus Stole Easter” (with a nod to Dr Seuss, she noted), and published it on her blog site, This Side of Heaven. Here is an excerpt:
Twas late in ‘19 when the virus began
Bringing chaos and fear to all people, each land.
People were sick, hospitals full,
Doctors overwhelmed, no one in school.
As winter gave way to the promise of spring,
The virus raged on, touching peasant and king.
People hid in their homes from the enemy unseen.
They YouTubed and Zoomed, social-distanced, and cleaned.
April approached and churches were closed.
“There won’t be an Easter,” the world supposed.
“There won’t be church services, and egg hunts are out.
No reason for new dresses when we can’t go about.”
Holy Week started, as bleak as the rest.
The world was focused on masks and on tests.
“Easter can’t happen this year,” they proclaimed.
“Online and at home, it just won’t be the same.”
Or is it? For the amazing ending, read the rest of the poem here.
Source: This Side of Heaven blog, 5 April 2020.
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