Christmas - Unity in Love

It's been a very exciting Christmas for Destiny this year! We performed at a church Christmas dinner on 11 Dec and also had 2 public performances in Orchard (ION on 20 Dec and Forum on 23 Dec).

It was truly amazing to see the love of Christ displayed through all the performers and helpers at each of these events. Most of them didn't know each other as they had participated in Destiny Music Awards in different years. But each time when we got together for rehearsals and the actual performances, not only did they make friends with each other very quickly (I overheard some of them talking about going for a movie together - haha!), the unity of the Body of Christ really shone through whenever we prayed.

At the church dinner, even though we'd been rehearsing the whole afternoon and were mostly hungry, everyone just got so caught up praying together that we must have been in the nursery for over half an hour interceding for the guests and the whole programme, oblivious to the fact that the dinner had already started and that we could have gone out to eat!

Then before each of the Orchard performances, I invited everyone to pray for someone they hadn't known before and it was so touching to see how they were ministering to one another even though they were of different ages and came from different schools/churches. On 23 Dec in particular, we also had a children's band and even the little ones (youngest was 7yo) joined in to pray with the older gor gor's and jie jie's!

I feel so privileged to have been able to serve with such talented, passionate and dedicated young people! It is very clear that many more of them have already caught the vision of Destiny and are in fact starting to realise it through serving at such events.

Thank God for the opportunity to be used in such a glorious way! All glory to Him!!

annesoh

Reflections from a rooftop overlooking the sea

What is it about the sea that's so calming
and the sky that's so uplifting?

The sea is anything but calm -
it's constantly moving
there are always currents and turbulence within!

And the sky is never lifting up
in fact it's always pressing down on us -
air pressure!

What science cannot observe or measure
our faith perceives.

The sea tells us that God is in control
the world is in His hands.
Hence we can find peace
in the midst of turbulence.

The sky points us to a better place than this
somewhere up there is the heaven we're going to one day.
Therefore we have hope
in the face of the stress and pressures of life.

What science cannot observe or measure
our faith perceives.

annesoh

God of This City

The Chris Tomlin version of this song is more well-known but I personally prefer the original by Bluetree. ;)

As we sing this song, we are declaring and praying and hoping to see God work mightily in our nation. But have you ever realised that it also means that we are putting ourselves at His disposal to work mighty things through us? Yes, greater things will be done, but only if His people are willing to be used by Him to do these greater things!

How can we possibly do all that, you may ask... All it takes is for us to allow Him to work through us. It's not what we can do but what God can do through us. Great and mighty things, wonders and miracles will He perform through us. Doubt is the only obstacle, so just believe that He is able to do all things in and through us and He will do it!

annesoh

And the winners are...

Best Original Song (Eng) 2009 - Your Love Never Fails by Crystal Wong (SMU)

Best Original Song (Chi) 2009 - 我不孤单 by Jessie Chui (NYP)

Best Vocalist (Sec) 2010 - Jilian Har (Jurong West Sec)

Best Group (Post-Sec) 2010 - Belīfan
Members: Ernest Tham (Hai Sing Catholic), Justin Lim (River Valley High), Ivan Ong & Jael Ong (Republic Poly), Chen Mingyi & Jaden Kezaiah Teoh (Singapore Poly)

Best Vocalist (Post-Sec) 2010 - Justin Lim (River Valley High)

Best Group (Open) 2010 - Beautiful Love
Members: Cheryn Chia (NUS), Wendy Chui (NTU), Tan Ke Li

Well done and congrats, everyone!!

DESTINY MUSIC AWARDS 2010 FINALS - Message from the Organisers

This is the 3rd year of Destiny Music Festival and 4th year of Destiny Music Awards. Over these past few years, we have seen how God has multiplied the work of our hands many times over. This year in particular, He has opened doors for us to serve together with many other groups and agencies such Campus Crusade for Christ, Youth With a Mission, Serving in Mission and Celebrate Christmas in Singapore, among others.

We are indeed beginning to see the fulfilment of the vision to raise up the next generation of worshippers who will reach out to their generation through music. Many of the past and current participants of Destiny Music Awards have come alongside us to serve as volunteers in the sharing sessions in schools and churches, public outreach performances and even at today's Finals!

We continue to look to God for the expansion of His work. We hope that our youth will become a blessing to the nations in the years to come!

All for His glory!

His servants,
Jeffrey, Job & Anne
Music iLab Pte Ltd

LIVE WEBCAST OF DESTINY MUSIC AWARDS 2010 FINALS

For those of you who are unable to attend our finals, go to our website during the show times to watch it live!

You can also vote for your favourite finalists during the shows - listen out to the instructions given by the MCs. ;)

DESTINY MUSIC AWARDS 2010 FINALS - Get your tickets now!

Finals 1
Date - 18 Sep 2010 (Sat)
Time - 2.30pm to 4.30pm (Doors open 2pm)

Finals 2
Date - 18 Sep 2010 (Sat)
Time - 7.30pm to 9.30pm (Doors open 7pm)

Venue for Finals:
Tang Choon Keng Performing Arts Hall,
Anglo-Chinese School (Junior),
16 Winstedt Road, Singapore 227988 (near Newton MRT)

Click here for location details

Ticket price: $10 (Free seating)

To book tickets (collect at the door):
Call - +65-91418913
Email - destiny@m-ilab.com

To purchase tickets:
RESOLUTION
91 Bencoolen St
#01-70 Sunshine Plaza (facing Middle Rd)
S189652
tel: +65-63399877
Opening hours: Mon-Sat (11am-6.30pm)

DESTINY MUSIC AWARDS 2010 - FINALS 2 (18 SEP, 7.30PM)

Our finalists are...

DPV1 - Jeridyn Lim


DPV2 - Justin Lim


DPV3 - Felicia Haryanto












DNG1 - The Recovery


DNG2 - Beautiful Love

DESTINY MUSIC AWARDS 2010 - FINALS 1 (18 SEP, 2.30PM)

Our finalists are...

DSV1 - Valerie Yip


DSV2 - Vanessa Han








DSV3 - Jilian Har


DSV4 - Louis Wong












DPG1- Tissue Box


DPG2- Belīfan

DESTINY MUSIC FESTIVAL 2010

Registration is open for the workshops:

http://www.m-ilab.com/destiny/workshops.html

We have songwriting and worship leading workshops by Martin Tang, band masterclass by Moses Tan and Vocal masterclass by Babes Conde. Hurry!! Registration closes on 27 Aug (Fri)!!!

And tickets are also on sale for the finals of Destiny Music Awards 2010 on 18 Sep (Sat):

http://www.m-ilab.com/destiny/finals.html

Finals 1 featuring Vocalists (Sec) and Groups (Post-Sec) is at 2.30pm.

Finals 2 featuring Vocalists (Post-Sec) and Groups (Open) is at 7.30pm.

Call 91418913 or email destiny@m-ilab.com now to reserve your tickets!!

VOTE NOW!!!

It's the last 6 days of voting for the Best Original Song 2009!!!

So hurry, vote now and get 2 free tickets (worth $10 each) to the finals immediately!!
http://www.m-ilab.com/destiny/vote.html

Registration for Destiny Music Awards 2010 closes in a week on 15 Jun - so hurry up and register if you haven't done so!!
http://www.m-ilab.com/destiny/awards.html

Plus, voting for Best Original Song 2009 has started (and ends on 31 Jul). VOTE NOW to get 2 free tickets to the finals in Sep!!
http://www.m-ilab.com/destiny/vote.html

We've just ended a string of very fruitful visits to share about Destiny at various secondary schools! Thank God for all the students' tears and laughter!! And thank God too for all the volunteers who played/sang with us!!

Photos can be found on our Facebook group page! ;)

Destiny Music Awards 2010

Registration is OPEN!! Check out our brand new website for details:
http://www.m-ilab.com/destiny
Hurry cos registration closes on 15 Jun 2010... :)

Videos on Youtube

In case you haven't checked this out yet...

Some of the videos from the 2009 finals and Christmas performances have already been uploaded:
http://www.youtube.com/user/destinymusicawards

More will be uploaded soon so keep checking! :)