GS Letter November 2018
Recently I bumped into an anonymous quote that set me thinking: “Every life is a story. Make yours a best seller.” I have no qualms with the first sentence. I am truly convinced that every person is unique – with different...
Final Year Programmes
Some of our Christian Fellowships (CFs) and ministry sections have programmes in place to help final year students prepare for graduation. If your CF does not have one yet, perhaps these can spark off some ideas for ministry among final...
Graduates Resource Integration Team
We graduate with eyes full of hope. But how many of us end up going for work through gritted teeth? [caption id="attachment_3433" align="alignright" width="427"] Forming Classmates to Colleagues Circles (C2C) at the session on 28 July on Why must I work?[/caption] On...
Fes NC18: Mission 5
Launching: Time given for campus fellowships to share insights from the conference and initiate follow-up action. [caption id="attachment_3413" align="alignright" width="468"] Combined Polytechnic English CFs [/caption] NC 18 reminded me about the ones that are often forgotten in this society, who also need...
Fes NC18: Mission 4
Equipping: Workshops on Food Wastage, Travelling, Social Media, Online Shopping, Coffee, and Fashion, offering a biblical perspective and practical suggestions pertaining to common lifestyle habits and behaviour. [caption id="attachment_3404" align="alignright" width="474"] Planning a ‘travel package’ that reflects our consideration for the...
Fes NC18: Mission 3
Transcendence: A talk by Rev. Dr Maggie Low lecturer at Trinity Theological College, on the book of Amos, expounding God’s perspective on sin and injustice, and our calling as Christians in society. The preceding sessions in NC18 have exposed participants to...
Fes NC18: Mission 2
Total recall: An intensive simulation where participants experience differential treatment based on social classes they are streamed into. [caption id="attachment_3384" align="alignright" width="460"] As ‘the elite’, we were entitled to eat the full meal[/caption] Our group was labelled ‘the elite’. A sense of...
Fes NC18: Mission 1
Reconnaissance: Participants interacted with multiple experiential stations aimed at revealing issues and neglected realities present in society [caption id="attachment_3369" align="alignright" width="442"] The Observatory: Scenes at home, involving broken families and the elderly[/caption] My group surveyed multiple stations depicting different scenes. First, the life...
From Teacher Training to Trained Teacher
Whilst being trained at the National Institute of Education, I had interviews at two schools. One was an elite school. The other was more of a neighbourhood-type school. Although I passed both interviews, I eventually chose to teach at the...
To Be Salt And Light In The Church
Transition to the local church. That was something that Michael (the FES staff worker) kept reminding us (the outgoing ExCo) to consider. I was minimally involved at church since I spent most of my time serving in NUS Indonesian Students’...
