Profiles 2009 (2010 to be updated soon)
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Ps Victor Wong
Victor grew up in a Presbyterian church in Kluang, Johor. After his STPM (A-Level), he pursued his external degree in law . Upon graduation, he went fulltime with Singapore Campus Crusade for Christ in 1990 where he served with tertiary students and also as a trainer to churches in Singapore. Here he met his lovely wife, Kelly and they were married in 1992. In the same year, he joined Faith Community Baptist Church (FCBC) as a Zone Pastor before he was seconded back to Malaysia as a cell church consultant based in Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC). In DUMC he was the Training Director, Missions Pastor and the Youth Pastor.
Victor was also the Programme Director of the Pastoral Training Centres in Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Later, he served as the Senior Pastor of Agape Touch Community in Cheras where he and Kelly spearheaded community services like learning centres, kindergarten and school enrichment programmes. Between 2004-2006, they served as Youth Pastors with the Youth Network in FCBC. Victor was also the Children Cluster Head of TOUCH Community Services. Currently they are both back in Malaysia making themselves available to churches/organizations for training, development and consultation.
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Andrew J Coomby - W1, W6, W7, W9
Music, media and the arts have been a passion of Andrew’s since an early age. He began learning the piano at the age of four and the trumpet at the age of six. He began playing in symphony orchestras and big bands at the age of 10. He began teaching music at the age of 15. Graduating as an Audio Engineer from S.A.E. in 1996, Andrew went on into the rental industry where he arose to become a sound and light show engineer. After spending time as a systems integration engineer, Andrew went on to start his own firm which now concentrates a majority of its efforts on designing media systems for Churches. Andrew now runs the media team at LRC and a junior worship group which is aimed at training younger musicians and media crew.
Tan Eng Cheang - W2, W3, W5, W8
An Aircraft Engineer with a passion for sound and training. He has been serving in the Audio / Video Ministry of Full Gospel Assembly since 1986. Was the Deputy Head of the Audio Section from 1990. Called to serve beyond the walls of a church, he left the position in 2003 to help churches in their Audio needs by providing Sound advice. He has also been regularly conducting workshops and operators training.
Steven Yeow - W10
Steven has been serving in Dew Crew, DUMC's Audio-Visual team for the past 9 years, the last 6 years as the Head of Ministry. He's a banker by profession, but with a keen interest in AV, and a passion to serve God and His people. Steve is married to One Wife and they have 2 great sons.
Paul Sebastian - W9
Hailing from Perlis (yes, another Northern State country bumpkin), and recently married in 2008 to Emily, Paul joined DUMC in 2001, and Dew Crew in the same year. An Electrical/Electronics Engineer by profession with a Malaysian Security Access Control System, he joined the Crew without any sound background. Since then, however, not only has he been a sound technician for DUMC, he has also helped in sound crew training.
Over the years he has gained experience with a various Analog mixing boards such as Mackie, Behringer, Eurodesk, Allen & Heath GL4000, Soundcraft, Yamaha as well as the Yamaha M7CL Digital Mixer. He regularly hones his live mixing skills with various crew members especially in setup and mixing during weekend celebrations and church camps.
His passion for live music has resulted in him being an avid bass player cum backup singer with his own 4-piece secular (wedding) band, Vertigo.
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Michelle Chan - W1 (Scriptwriting)
Michelle Chan was born and bred in Petaling Jaya, and has inhaled enough city fumes to last her lifetime. The former journalist at The Star quit her job and joined Operation Mobilisation in England and thereafter to a film school in University of the Nations in Kona, Hawaii, under the auspices of Youth With a Mission. After ending up in the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) in Virginia Beach producing / writing documentaries, she returned to her cubby hole in PJ in 2002, and started to freelance. And had been at it ever since.
Michelle does various types of writing, from PR campaigns to magazines, newspaper columns and advertising copy. On film and video, she writes scripts for short films, documentaries, corporate videos and commercials. She also directs on occassion. She used to organise events too, although she has stopped as she feels she's getting too old for these kind of things. *smiley* Her spare time is spent dabbling in some photography. Last year, she was involved in Faces and Places, a photography exhibition in Kuala Lumpur endorsed by Balai Seni Lukis.
These days, she spends most of her time studying and preparing bible study materials to teach in small groups and in church. Otherwise, she can be found in the neighbourhood mamak stall with her friends, talking about anything from world crises to the price of beans. Talk to her at www.doubtobelief.blogspot.com.
Lim Kee Sitt - W2 (Camera)
Starting his media passion in web design and photography in the 90’s, Kee Sitt laid the creative foundation for moving into the wonderful world of cinematic digital video in the new millennium. Through years of experience, experimentation and education he has created his own unique and stylized look in wedding and events videography. Kee Sitt is currently the advisor to TWiST, the Media Ministry of Excel Point Community Church.
Eric Foo - W3 (Lighting)
Eric started serving in the media ministry seven years ago in SIBKL and is now currently heading the multimedia ministry in Skyline SIB. He believes that media is a ground that the church should be taking back by means of producing quality programmes and raising a new generation who will change the industry from within. He dreams of a day when the message of Christ will be carried on Malaysian television. He would like to make feature films someday and gives permission to people to bug him until he actually gets around to doing it.
Kareem Koh - W4 (Sound)
Kareem has always been a big big fan of the movies. So it wasn't a difficult decision for him to quit his engineering job to pursue his calling in making Godly movies. His journey began with a year long stint in Singapore followed by a summer course in LA. Upon returning, he worked as an Assistant Director on an Astro Shaw funded feature entitled "Sell Out", helmed by indie director, Yeo Joon Han (soon to be released in theaters). Now attached to Eaglepoint as Media Director, he is working to launch a feature together with 1a.m. Productions and Track of Talents.
Bob Lay - W5 (Directing)
Bob Lay has been in TV and Film industry for more than 20 years. Graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he holds a degree in Bachelor of Journalism. Started as cameraman and Technical Producer, he ventured into producing and directing in 1992. He was with TV3, ntv7 and BERNAMA before he started his own TV Production House in 2001. He was the Director of Photography for the evangelistic film, “Shoe Box Tale”, released in December 2008. He is now co-leader of SIBKL Media Ministry.
Grace Tan - W6 (Storytelling Editing)
Since her encounter with the world of film and television 9 years ago, Grace has been continually learning about media and now has a whole range of skills in her backpack. From working on award-winning television programs and films such as 3R, Gol & Gincu and The Beautiful Washing Machine, she now runs her own company, aptly called Integricity Visuals, which offers a diverse range of services from corporate videos to wedding photography.
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Grace Tan - W1, W4
Lee Ke Wynn - W2, W3
Ke Wynn’s passion has always been into creative hobbies such as graphic design and photography. As with most individuals, he began his passion in photography when he first owned a consumer digital camera while he was still in his early teens. With the limited capability of most point-and-shoot camera, he later discovered that he was unable to fully express his shots the way he wanted to. As a result, he has decided to purchase his first DSLR camera. Within months, his photography skills and capability has developed and improved tremendously and it has brought him into a whole new journey.
Today, Ke Wynn is a full-time professional wedding photographer and has travelled throughout the country and abroad for wedding assignments and has shot couples from all over the world. He specializes in wedding portraits, wedding photojournalism and Adobe Photoshop for portraits.
He is also a prestigious member of two international photographer associations, namely WPPI and [AG]WPJA.
Joseph Siew - W5, W6
