致各位代祷者:-主内平安。进入12月份,也是进入更忙碌的日子:各样的福音预工,各种福音聚会的筹备,报佳音,传喜讯,相信都开始在大家的日记上占上一席。深盼这些的预备,可以成为未决志者的祝福。 请记念16-18日,由四宗和FES 华文组所联办的青年神学探讨营‘引人入胜’。愿这营会使参加者能够成为教会在回应色情、网络、赌博成瘾的挑战中,成为群体的祝福。 愿大学校园的弟兄姐妹,在这两个星期面对期考的压力,因着您的代祷,成为他们得力的祝福。 更愿您在这段记念在马槽诞生的主的佳节,生命更蒙福。 请您继续为着各校园的需要献上祷告: 南大校园团契(李骞宇) 11月底开始考试,至12月6日。求主在这段时间继续保守契友们,使我们有智慧管理时间,并有平安、精神和健康的身体准备考试,靠着神面对一切。也愿契友们不忽略灵命成长,继续寻求神,把祂放在生活的中心。 12月至1月中是学校假期。求主帮助契友们在假期里好好安排时间,也得到良好的休息。也保守计划出国的契友们有平安的脚步,与家人和朋友们度过美好的时光。 为着1月联合大学研经营的筹备祷告,赐筹委们智慧和合一的心为营会做出适当的预备工作,也在干事们的预备过程中增添他们的力量,让他们所预备的课程都能够有效地造就所听所讲的。求主使契友们踊跃报名参加研经营,预备心学习研读神的话语。 为着下学期的事工祷告。职员会将有所调整,感谢主呼召愿意服侍祂的契友们。求主在这个过渡时期带领所有交棒过程,让下学期职员会能够有效运作,彼此帮助,为了在校园和团契里达到神的旨意。 义安理工校园团契(涂义洁) 为着即将开始实习或是假期的弟兄姐妹來祷告。求神帮助他们,能够充分利用时间学习和休息。 为着新的一年即将到來來祷告。求神让我们都能够去数算祂的恩典,并反思这一年。 为着答应成为下一届职员的学生來感恩。求主继续加添他们的信心。 淡马锡理工校园团契(Chloey Ann) 感恩: 经过一番的讨论,明年要去菲利宾的短宣队员已经决定在3月26日启程到菲律宾直到4月8日才返回新加坡。这次一共会有10个人参加,5个来自TP,3个来自SP其中还包括谢贵兴干事和他的妻子Fiona带领团队。 求主赐给我们谦卑的心去学习,去领受教导。 在学习事奉和配搭上,求主赐给我们合一的心彼此学习,彼此合作来完成主所托付我们的使命和事工。 再次谢谢您看重祷告服侍的同时,成了我们服侍的祝福。 与您同行的,陈淑贞2018年12月2日...
现代人只需滑一下手机,便可在网上低价购买各种各样的物品 , 但本工作坊揭示了网购的隐性代价。网上购物不仅加剧了塑料包装废弃物以及碳足迹这两方面的环境问题,它也引发一些过度消费的行为。这些问题促使我们反思自己身为消费者的意念:我们到底缺乏什么,导致自己不断地渴望拥有更多,甚至不惜牺牲环境? 这工作坊使我反省每次做出不必要的购物选择时,心里的感受。 我开始自行检讨,思考自己是否因心灵的空虚而追求物质上的丰盛,或是否过于依赖物质上的满足却忘了神是世界的源头。工作坊的结论就是我们必须再次把自己完全交付于神。虽然听起来有些抽象,但这是非常重要的一点。调整心态后,再调整行动。工作坊导师们也与我们分享对抗过度网购的实际攻略,这包括了计算自己的花费,评估每件物品的价值所在,并且使用交换物品的方式来压制自己想拥有新物品的欲望。这些都是克制网购成瘾的有效方法,但我还是得说:积习难改。若你有相同的感触,让我们继续恳求神每日更新我们的心并且帮助我们作有智慧的管家。希望我们能够一起仰望神,而不是祂所造的一切事物! [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#969496' thickness='' up='' down=''] Written by 蔡思爱, 国大传播与新媒体第四年 for Follower December 2018 (Chinese Work Newsletter)...
世上海洋当作墨水,诸天穹苍作为纸张, 世上万茎用作笔杆,全球文人集合苦干, 竭尽智力描绘神爱,海洋墨水用乾, 案卷虽长像天连天,仍难描述尽详。 生命圣诗“真神之爱”是我非常喜欢的诗歌之一,每当唱到这段时,心中必定会非常赞赏与激动,赞赏是诗歌词句清晰的描述着文字与书写,激动来自我对文人的至尊的敬意。 一周之内,两个用笔杆影响千万人的生命的人离世,他们是毕德生牧师(Eugene Peterson,1932-2018,为当今基督教灵修大师之一,于10月22日持久专一顺服的安息主怀,终年八十五岁。一位是金庸(原名查良镛1924-2018),于10月30日“大侠放下恩仇去, 英雄笑傲江湖归”。 心中不禁涌出许多的感伤,我哀伤的是世界上又少了为文字苦干的文人,尽管他们两人有完全不同的人生取向,他们的作品当然也是截然不同,但是他们都是一生呕心沥血,笔耕不辍,完成了许多伟大的著作。 这位被教会尊崇为“牧师的牧师”,毕牧师著作近四十本。喜欢以旧约中先知的言语,应用到今天的信徒灵命成长上,他擅长运用圣经的语言,活化了希伯来文,将旧约大小先知的隐言寓意,晓谕现代人。毕德生的著作有释经,也有神学,教牧职事及灵性生活。但大部份都是关于牧养和灵性,也可以说,他的著作内容就是牧养,用牧者的心肠去教导和指导,时刻高度肯定牧职,喜悦牧职,忠于牧职。 他独力历时十年完成《信息版圣经》(The Message,1993-2002)。毕牧师不畏学者批评责难,凭着个人读经领受,用美式英语重译整本圣经, 因为这本用现代人熟悉的语文,吸引许多教外人士,阅读这本 《信息版圣经》。毕德生让我们看到古老的话和活在当下人们之间的关系。到目前这书销售已超过六百万册。 金庸是武侠小说大师, 也是著名的报人,他在1955年以笔名“金庸”发表首部武侠小说《书剑恩仇录》,就陆续完成了15部脍灸人口的武侠小说,读者遍布全球。他的著作,也多次被拍成电视剧和电影,对中外华人文坛影坛影响深远。 金庸小说中的人物多是虚构, 但所处的朝代背景、历史环境却相当真实,在他笔下,现实与虚构穿梭,他最大的贡献是“把历史讲话”,成了历史叙述方法最好的教科书。 除了文学造诣深厚, 金庸也是香港《明报》创办人,在1967来到新加坡合办了《新明日报》, 也在该报开始连载他的武侠小说《笑傲江湖》。金庸也被认为是20世纪华人世界里的文化人。 金庸的小说影响许多人的人生观、价值观、甚至经营理念。毕德生的撰写给予人得着启迪、激励、方向和异象。 尤金毕德生Eugene H. Peterson 著作精选: 圣经灵修学系列 《翱翔的基督》 《圣经好好吃》 《耶稣的道路》 《天国的福音》 《复活的操练》 365灵修系列 《拥抱神的话》 《天天活出神的话》 《诗情祷语》 《听主微声》 门徒训练系列 《天路客的行囊》 《改变生命的54封信》 《信息本圣经Message Bible》系列 《耶稣爱你那么多》 [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#969496' thickness='' up='' down=''] Written by 刘纫馨姐妹...
赖斯强干事 感恩: 在2018年经历天父上帝奇妙的带领,每一个转角祂都看顾,每一个祷告祂都垂听。在GoForth宣教大会向天父上帝说:无论何处去,我心已备妥;祂就差我去疗养院照顾妈妈。带着感恩继续走进2019。 代祷: 继续在未知中,只单单仰望十架的能力,在新的人与事中看到到活祭的更新。请代祷华文组的同工需要;无论是行政同工或是事工的干事,都祈求上主供应,建立校园与学生,服事校友与教会。 特别记念内子与我在身体的状况,精神上都有圣灵恩待,主爱充满。 [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#969496' thickness='' up='' down=''] 陈淑贞干事 ‘凡事都有定期,天下万务都有定时。’ (传3:1) 当每一天的日子都是在服侍的日程中度过的时 候,脑子常常想的是如何回应各方面的需要。我为着 生命的年岁能被上帝使用来服侍祂而感恩。过去曾听 说‘休息是为了走更长的路’,我曾认为,未必需要 休息也能继续走长路。 但是当经历到缺乏休息就会发生力有不逮的状况 时,“嗯!是的,我需要好好的照管上帝所赐‘圣灵 的殿’,以致它在休养生息中能继续在祂所赐的时间 服侍祂。” 愿在您的代祷中 被记念,我在未来六 个月的安息不但能够 享受安静,更能经历 在平静安稳中得力的 应许! [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#969496' thickness='' up='' down=''] 谢贵兴与陈伟瑩夫妇 2018年一眨眼就过去,回顾这一年是在感谢 上帝的带领把淡马锡理工校园团契的契友们 聚集在一起,一起进行事工,一起在考试时分发福利 包,一起到马来西亚短宣。 很高兴在这一年也看到学生们在信仰上的成长, 对神的话语更渴慕也更寻求神。愿神持续看顾学生明 年去菲律宾短宣的准备,也保守学长姐们毕业后学弟 妹们可以顺利地接棒。 我们夫妇已经开始着 手安排2019年的事工, 请为着我们筹集2019年 的经费代祷。 [vc_separator...
在刚过去的9月28日至30日,我们主办了FES三年一度的National Conference 2018 (NC18)。尤记得18个月前我们开始筹备的时候,从来没想过最后包括学生、校友志工和同工在内会有207位出席者。 事实上,当筹委们决定NC18的主题将会着重在启发学生从冷漠到怜悯,从自我中心到牺牲和委身时,我开始问自己:真的会有学生出席吗?这个主题不只是旨在动摇学生的舒适圈,更看起来是贬低他们;通常年轻人并不喜欢被指教或者论断。 而当筹委决定要以体验式学习来进行时,我的忧虑就更甚了。这样不走寻常路线的方式会奏效吗?会因此产生争议吗?学生又会认真地对待并且在其中得到更深刻的学习吗? 很显然的,我所有的担忧都是徒然。靠着神的恩典,透过这三天两夜密集的行程和接触,学生对这样的学习过程有很好的反馈。 超过90%的参与者觉得NC18“好,并且有我帮助”或者是“很好,对我非常有帮助”。对于体验式学习,参与者给了3.6的平均评分(满分4分)。除此之外,有96%的参与者表示NC18让他们认真思考去离开一个冷漠和自我的生活模式,或者启发他们去培养一个怜恤的心,并且在自我牺牲的委身里成长。能够看到学生们对失落的族群有更大的怜悯以及对神有更深的委身实在鼓舞了我们。 同样的,我深信对于怜悯和委身的呼召也跟校友有着切身的关系。即便他们已经毕业多年不再是学生,因着降伏于基督十架的爱,他们不只是在信仰上有长进,更是可以使他们在现实生活中成为基督的见证人。 最后,在这年关将近的时刻,请让我以方济会修士的祝福勉励我们“聪明明亮”的学生和校友们。求神使我们有跟聪明和明亮相反的——足够愚蠢。愿“足够愚蠢”使我们可以在怜悯和委身上持续燃烧自己,“在世上带来改变,好叫我们靠着神的恩典能够做出别人认为无法做的事。“ 愿上帝祝福你, 对容易的答案、不完全真实的事、肤浅的关系,不会有平安。 好叫你能大胆地追求真理和全心去爱。 愿上帝祝福你, 对不公平的事、对别人受压迫和被剥削的事,充满愤怒。 好叫你能不懈地为公义、自由与和平工作。 愿上帝祝福你, 为受苦的人、被拒绝的人、受饥饿和失去所珍惜的一切的人,流泪。 好叫你能伸手安慰他们,把他们的痛苦变为喜乐。 愿上帝祝福你, 够愚蠢,相信你能在世上带来改变。 好叫你靠着神的恩典能够做出别人认为无法做的事。 (《方济会修士的祝福》 翻译出自校园书房出版社) [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#969496' thickness='' up='' down=''] Written by 郭志励总干事, 吴欣蒂姐妹翻译 for Follower December 2018 (Chinese Work Newsletter)...
编按:10月4日的国大校园团契聚会是《苦难有意义吗?》。10月11日的聚会继续以实践为主轴,盼望大家从苦难的意义得到更大的启发。 针对上个星期的讲座之《苦难有意义吗?》,本周大组的讲座邀请到了一位自闭症母亲与我们分享她的心路历程。 Ms Brenda Tan 育有两名子女,分别为13岁的儿子Calder以及10岁的女儿。Calder在13岁时被诊断出患有自闭症。这完全颠覆了Brenda和她丈夫的人生。自闭症患者大致上有三大方面有别于常人,分别是沟通方式,社交能力以及生活习惯。他们似乎生活在另一个世界里,与周围的人没有太多的接触。Calder属于中度自闭儿,他时常会发出让人捉摸不透的声音和重复一些无厘头的动作,因此遭受许多旁人的冷眼与嘲讽。这对于Calder来说或许不是个问题,因为他并不在意别人对他的看法,但是对身为母亲的Brenda来说却是难以抚平的伤痛。眼看着儿子因为一些毫无恶意的举动而遭受歧视却无法保护自己,她心里有许多的无奈。 儿子在大庭广众情绪失控是Brenda最大的担忧之一。有一次,她带着Calder到Kovan买午餐,打算之后接女儿放学。当时Calder开始反复地拍打她的肩膀,仿佛想要一些东西。不料,Calder却因为母亲稍微带有刺激性口吻的回应而受惊吓,顿时情绪失控。他开始狂打母亲,赤脚跑向马路,躺在地上打滚。Brenda当时不知所措,一方面急着想办法安抚儿子,另一方面又因为他打母亲的行为而感到难过。所幸有位路过的热心人士将母子俩送到附近的巴士站。当时,他们因为经过了一番折腾而感到疲惫不堪,两人瘫坐在地上。她惘然想起女儿还在学校等待着她,但却实在是无力去接。束手无策的她向上帝祷告,呼求神帮助她。之后她奇妙地遇见了女儿同学的帮佣路经巴士站,就嘱咐她帮忙把女儿接回家,度过了难关。 以上只是Brenda所经历过的其中之一。Calder的存在的确改变了她的生命。结婚之前的她是充满自信的,认为只要努力就一定能达到所设定的目标。但自从Calder的出现,她才发觉有许多事情是她无法主宰的。当她在最无助,无法解决问题的时候,她学习依靠,交托和仰望神,求神以祂自己奇妙的方式来帮助她和儿子。Brenda也透露由于自己是基督徒,所以心里有盼望,期盼到了新天新地就不再有眼泪和悲伤。但对于非信徒而言,自闭症患者的家人大多时间都生活在痛苦,忧郁和绝望中。经过调查,自闭症患者的父母亲最普遍的挂虑莫过于担心孩子无法独立养活自己,以后无依无靠。同时,他们也因为亲戚朋友的嫌弃与鄙视而感到沮丧。Brenda渴望身边经历着同样问题的朋友能因着信靠耶稣而得到盼望。 Brenda在分享过程中提到了作基督徒不意味着不会遇到苦难。相反的,我们都和非信徒一样,各自在人生不同方面都面对着一些挫折,挑战或试炼。但是有一样十分重要的不同之处就是我们有主耶稣在前头为我们挡风遮雨,牵引我们。祂是平静风浪,在水面上行走的神,是我们可依靠的磐石。因此,当我们在面对困境,感觉似乎无法解决的问题的时候,让我们不仅仅只是看见前头波涛汹涌的风浪,更是要看见且坚信在风浪之上掌管万有的神。祂能,且愿意助我们走过坎坷的崎岖路。 分享的尾声,Brenda也提出了一些我们能为自闭症患者及家人做的宝贵建议。在列出之前,我想强调我们必须意识到所有的行为追究到底都源自同一个跟源,那就是神的爱。 我们应该更深入地认识自闭症,通过阅读有关的书籍或上网查阅资料,并致力于分享给身边的亲朋戚友,让他们更了解自闭症患者的习性,提高对自闭症的意识。这能纠正许多人对自闭症的错误观念,排除鄙视的现象,同时塑造更包容和仁爱的群体。 我们能够在祷告中持续纪念自闭症患者以及他们的家人,求神保守怜悯他们,赐予力量面对挑战,也求神赐我们爱心去爱他们。 当面对自闭症患者,我们应该学习耐心地对待他们,专心聆听他们想表达的观念,细心观察和包容他们特别的举动。在教会里,我们能帮忙照应他们,好让他们的父母能安心,毫无旁虑地听道。我们最起码能做到的是真心诚意地关怀自闭症患者,尝试与他们沟通,走进他们的世界。 最后,虽然许多自闭症患者不善于以说话的方式沟通,但他们在打字能力方面相对来说会比较强。所以我们能利用科技,以Whatsapp等社交媒体与他们沟通。 人生有许多的苦难,但哪里有苦难,那里就有彰显神的荣耀的可能。让我们继续信靠前行,为主发光。 [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#969496' thickness='' up='' down=''] Written by 林祐任, 国大理科系第一年 for Follower December 2018 (Chinese Work Newsletter)...
编按:泰北6月22至30日的短宣,弟兄姐妹的感想 之前,当我在考虑参与短宣的原因是否足够合理时候,FES校园宣教日的分享让我意识到“Being available”——把自己摆上让上帝使用的重要性。让我惊讶的是,这个学习不只是停留在做决定的阶段里;反而是在短宣的过程中让我更深入地了解和经历这个学习。我们把自己摆上给上帝使用不只是关乎起初所做的一次性的决定,而是一个过程。这过程需要我们一次又一次地把自己献上,交托给上帝,这是需要持续的纪律和努力的。若我们要做上帝的器皿,我们需要先经历一个倒空的过程,这包含括天天背起祂的十字架,为主牺牲自己生命(路加福音9:23,24)。 我在短宣中学习到,每一天在上帝的话语和在祷告中得到的喂养和扎根是非常重要。在之前的筹备甚至短宣的过程中,我很常分心,或是过度地投入在‘做’东西和筹备。有时是因为过度担心、心不安,担心我们的计划不够好或漏掉了一些细节;有时候是因为我们感到疲累,不自觉地受诱惑去用早上灵修或晚祷时间去筹备或者多睡一点。但是,上帝以基督的爱来激励、催逼我们(歌林多后书5:14-15),让我们坚持持守早上灵修和晚祷的习惯。因着上帝的恩典,我们亲自尝到能够认识上帝话语、亲近祂的甘甜。让我感叹的是,有时候祂也在某一些重要的阶段以有关联的经文来回应我们。对我来说,这些都不是巧合或偶然的事。 原来,“Being available”的意思不只是抽出几个日期来做短宣。“Being available”更多的是,让自己坦然无惧地来到上帝的面前,花时间和精力,刻意地与祂亲近。每一天,每一刻,把自己的思想、爱慕献上给祂。“Being available“不只是当初的决定,而是一个持续的追求,这实在不容易。在这个想见到效果的时代里,我们可能也会受诱惑去妥协,忽略我们的属灵操练。我们告诉自己,少读一天没有很大的分别,我们把这些属灵操练从每日的粮食,变成是苦差事。但是,感谢主,祂让我从宣教士学到这一课。与宣教士相处、沟通之后,我发现他们不是执行什么特别任务或是生命特别圣洁无暇的人。简单来说,他们是愿意降服于上帝,摆上自己让祂使用的儿女们。他们的“availability”不是因为一次的决志而变得“available”。他们能被上帝大大地使用,是因为他们每一天降服于上帝,与祂亲密,一步一步地跟着上帝的脚步走。 这也让我意识到,我们若要经历上帝,不一定需要去到国外。上帝无所不在,也时刻与我们同在。我们只需回应祂叫我们亲近祂的呼召。虽然这次的短宣已经结束,但上帝在我们生命中的带领和呼唤永不止息。 [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#969496' thickness='' up='' down=''] Written by 杨恩惠, 国大 for Follower September 2018 (Chinese Work Newsletter) ...
编按:泰北6月22至30日的短宣,弟兄姐妹的感想 回想起在泰北短宣这短短的七天,我真的觉得上帝的安排很奇妙。我想,如果在离开大学之前没能参与到短宣队,或许我已经渐渐遗忘身为一个基督徒的使命和那颗火热的心。在这一次的短宣中,我觉得自己与上帝的关系变得更加亲密,也很荣幸能够与在泰北委身的宣教士一起同工,从他们身上学习到把自己的生命交托。我想这是上帝在我踏入职场之前给我的一个训练与提醒——如果不是看见春兰老师、泉华老师以及其他宣教士这么甘心乐意地把自己的生命献上,看见他们如何把上帝放在他们生命的中心,我想在进入这个浮华的社会之后,我会很容易会迷失方向。因为他们的缘故,我重新反省自己的价值观、目标,更加提醒自己在这个世上的意义,立志定睛在主身上,向着标杆直跑。 犹记得在耕耘中心服侍的那几天,第一天到达的时候,我们才发现原来那里的青年几乎都不会说中文,但是他们并没有因为语言不通而疏远我们。虽然对他们来说,或许我们只是来自新加坡的五个陌生人,可是在休息的时间,他们却主动邀请我们一起吃水果、点心,甚至在没有翻译员、完全不能沟通的情况下,我们也能一起玩游戏。我非常感激一起参与短宣的队友,因为我发现他们总是主动地去和孩子们聊天、游戏,这也让我有了勇气融入其中。 最后一天的小组活动,因为翻译员不够的关系,我们只好请稍微懂得一些中文的青年人聚集在一组,而我们当中学过一些泰语的队友也担任起翻译员的工作。庆幸的是,活动进行的很顺利。虽然过程中有很多的比手画脚,还要出动谷歌翻译,但我们想要传达的游戏意义以及他们的想法,都能被双方所理解。这让我再次亲眼看见了神的恩典,因为祂的爱,我们这些语言不通的弟兄姐妹可以聚集在一起,传递祂的爱。 在短宣的最后几天,我们去了回中坡。在回中坡的那几天可以说是整个短宣最忙碌的几天。从早上的幼稚园活动,下午的家庭探访还有补习班,到晚上的家庭聚会都排得满满的。每天开完会躺到床上已经超过凌晨了。那几天虽然忙碌,但是回过头去看,那几天是何其的充实,我们遇到的每一个人、经历的每一件事、参与的每一项活动,都是一次次的经历上帝的恩典的机会。在这里我也要再次感激我的队友们,与他们一起开晚会、早起灵修的时光,总能让我重新反思自己的行动和态度,学习用爱和温柔去对待每一个人,尤其是和我们语言不通的幼稚园小朋友们。 在这次的短宣中,让我最印象深刻的便是每一次祷告之后所看到的果效。在耕耘中心进行活动的时候,因为场地不足,我们把一些活动移到户外的篮球场进行。上帝也怜悯我们,聆听我们的祈祷,明明是雨季的泰国,在活动进行的过程中,竟然连一滴雨都没有。在回中坡的时候,我们也为其中一个家庭的太太祈祷,希望她的先生能早日回家,当天晚上,她的先生便回家了。还有在家庭聚会的时候,我们为其中一位母亲的孩子祈祷,当时她的儿子下山去载妹妹,因为下了很多天的雨,山路非常滑,也很不好行驶,孩子从早上出发,到了晚上九点多还没到家;然而,在我们一起祈祷之后,就听见了摩托车驶入家里的声音。祷告完后,才发现原来她的孩子已经到家了。 上帝的恩典是何等的美妙,我想祂要通过这次短宣重新提醒我“应当一无挂虑,只要凡事借着祷告、祈求和感谢,将你们所要的告诉上帝”。腓立比书4:6 [vc_separator type='normal' position='center' color='#969496' thickness='' up='' down=''] Written by 叶芬绮, 南大 for Follower September 2018 (Chinese Work Newsletter) ...
Remembering Rev. Choong Chee Pang 1942–2021
FES Singapore (2020)
钟志邦牧师在2021年6月12日中午荣归天国。这对家人及一群同工同道都是不舍的。在这本追思集的篇篇文稿里看出他是我们众人的兄长和师长,在同奔天国的路上与我们一同事奉永生的上帝,一起学习持守福音真道。
出版追思集与其说是追思钟牧师,倒不如说是收集了我们与他的集体回忆。更是要加上我们需要彼此励志的内容,因他已成为了我们其中一位云彩般的见证人(希伯来书12章1–2节),同来提醒同路的天路客!
Rev. Choong returned to the Lord in the afternoon of 12 June 2021. This parting was a reluctant one for his family and partners in ministry. The articles in this collection rightly present him as our elder brother and teacher. One who ran the race and served the Lord alongside us, holding fast to the evangelical truth. In publishing this memorial booklet, we do not just remember Rev. Choong, but rather put together a collective memory by us, and of us with him. We also do so to edify and encourage, for he has become one of those witnesses in the cloud (Heb. 12:1–2), reminding all fellow sojourners to race on!
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Instagram: @nafa.lasalle.cf
SKETCH (Indonesian Students’ Christian Fellowship)
Instagram: @sketchiscf
SUSS CF was formerly part of SIM SCF. Since 2019, we now have our own meetings for Bible study, fellowship and campus engagement.
SUSS CF
Instagram: @suss.cf
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1029860464068155/
SIMSCF is a body of Christian students in the Singapore Institute of Management, officially affiliated to FES. Our weekly gatherings consist of a time of praise & worship, Bible studies, occasional invited speakers and intentional outreach activities to engage the hearts and minds of the students and staff at SIM.
To find out more about us:
SIM SCF (English)
Facebook: SIM SCF (Official)
Instagram: @sim.scf
Email: cf@mymail.sim.edu.sg
SIM CCF (Chinese)
SIM ISCF (Indonesian):
Instagram: @sim.iscf
The CF meets weekly at 7:00 pm on Mondays for Bible studies, worship, and host topical teaching sessions to help us grow deeper in our faith and as a family of Christ. We strive to be a wholistic witness on our campus.
To find out more about us:
SP CF (English)
Instagram: spchristianfellowship
Email: spchristian@cca.sg
SP CCF (Chinese)
We are a fellowship of believers in Ngee Ann Polytechnic, with a vision to grow as salt and light on campus. Our fellowship meets for Bible studies, praise and worship, speaker sessions, community and campus engagement, camps, jamming sessions, suppers and eating, etc. We also have combined events with the other Polytechnic CFs.
To find out more about us:
NP CF (English)
Facebook: Ngee Ann Poly Christian Fellowship (NPCF)
NP CCF (Chinese)
Facebook: Ngee Ann Poly Christian Fellowship (NPCF)
Currently, some students meet regularly for Bible study and fellowship.
To find out more:
VCF is an interdenominational Christian group on NUS, initiated and led by students. Our vision is to make and build disciples of Jesus Christ who will be effective salt and light of the world on campus and in society. We seek to challenge students to live out their faith on NUS – to discover what it means to be a Christian university student, and how our time in the university can look different for Christ. Come join us and be part of a community that grows in love and knowledge of God, and which seeks to make known our Lord Christ on campus and in society.
To find out more about us:
VCF (English)
Email: vcfsecretary@gmail.com
CVCF (Chinese)
Instagram: @nuscvcf
Facebook: @nuscvcf
Email 电邮: cvcf.secretary@gmail.com
NUS ISCF (Indonesian):
Facebook: NUS ISCF (Indonesian Students’ Christian Fellowship)
Instagram: @nusiscf
Email: iscfnus@gmail.com
Join us as we explore, during our time at university, the Lordship of Christ in all things on campus, from our interactions with the hall cleaners to our discussions with faculty professors. We welcome you to our regular Bible studies – through which we hope to bear fruit by reaching out to various communities on our campus. See through the lenses of Christians from different walks of life (from theologians to teachers to theater artists) during our corporate teaching sessions as we learn how Scripture informs and influences their work. Our interdenominational ministry is one that is student-led and student-initiated with a vision to be salt and light on campus and later in the working world, upon graduation.
To find out more about us:
NTU CF
Website: https://ntucf.com/
Instagram: @ntucf
Facebook: NTU Christian Fellowship
Email: ntucf-secretary@e.ntu.edu.sg
NTU CCF (Chinese)
Facebook: NTU Chinese Christian Fellowship
Instagram: @ntuccf
NTU ISCF (Indonesian):
Facebook: NTU ISCF
Instagram: @ntuiscf
Email: ntuiscf@gmail.com
NIE CF
Currently a small group of students meet regularly for Bible study and fellowship.
To find out more about us:
Recollections and Reflections
FES Singapore (2020)
When the Fellowship of Evangelical Students (FES) was launched in July 1959, there was an established Christian presence in four tertiary institutions in Singapore.
Today, the ministry has expanded. Yet, FES remains committed to its found principles as articulated in its aim and distinctives. These principles are encouraging witness to the Lord Jesus Christ in institutions of higher learning; uniting Christian students through prayer and Bible study; and stimulating in them, an active interest in reaching out within and across cultures and geographical boundaries.
This book brings together recollections and reflections that piece together a story about a missional God and His people involved with these aims. Come, hear from men and women who have been on this journey with God through the first 60 years of the FES ministry.
(This book is available at the FES office)
Seeking to Know God’s Will
FES Singapore (1984)
Are you wrestling with how you can know God’s will for your life?
God is the lord of all life. He has provided in the Scriptures sufficient teaching upon which sound Christians decisions can be made. Knowing God’s will is discovering what these teachings are. Sng provides us with the pointers on how we may discern God’s will in our lives.
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Issues, Challenges, and the Way Forward
Hwa Yung (2019)
How has our world changed since the modern global missions movement began around 1500 A.D.? What are the changes in global Christianity that have taken place? In the midst of these shifting currents, what are some important issues and challenges that have emerged?
In this booklet, Bishop Emeritus Hwa Yung raises these questions and points the way forward as we labour together to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ in our respective contexts.
This booklet was originally a message delivered by Bishop Emeritus Hwa Yung at the 2019 World Assembly of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES).
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Heart-to-Heart on the Distinctives of Student Ministry
FES Singapore (2020)
Fellowship of Evangelical Students (FES) has been involved in campus student ministry since the 1950s. What makes the FES student ministry distinct from other campus and youth ministries?
This monograph is an attempt to provide contemporary reflections on the six distinctives of FES. It is not just about being different. It is about wrestling on the relevance of these distinctives, which were passed down from our predecessors, in today’s context. It is an invitation to participate in the conversations on how the ministry should look like on campus.
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Vinoth Ramachandra
FES Singapore (2013)
Your Kingdom Come was first published by FES Singapore in 1987 (under the title Thy Kingdom Come) as a transcription of three expository sermons delivered by Dr Vinoth Ramachandra, who is currently the Secretary for Dialogue and Social Engagement of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), at the IFES East Asia Regional Conference in Hong Kong in 1986. The talks dealt with the kingdom of God in relation to Jesus, the Church and Christian hope. In this partially revised edition, the author has updated some of the illustrations and statistics used in the original talks. Other than these minor changes, the messages remain the same and continue to be a challenge to Christian students and graduates today, in whatever context they are in.
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Fellowship of Evangelical Students Singapore (2009)
Vision & Continuity In Our Time brings together thoughts on the subject by two groups of people: the “forerunners” of student ministry in East Asia and other parts of the world; and a new generation of “runners” who are still working out this vision in our own contexts.
The legacy of our “forerunners” provides us with valuable lessons that demonstrate the integration of what was taught and how it was lived out. These are presented to us under Section 1 of this book which is essentially taken from Vision And Continuity, published by IFES in 1989.
In Section 2, the contributors, who are currently involved in student and graduate ministry, share with us the challenges faced in this generation. What are our battles today? Where are we now? What kind of graduates are we “producing”?
Vision And Continuity In Our Time is a valuable resource for student leaders and staffworkers. The articles prompt us to ask ourselves searching questions to evaluate the ministry God has entrusted to us.
As God has enabled our “forerunners” to pass the vision to us, may we, similarly, challenge future generations of students to be “faithful to respond to God’s call to carry His good news across the boundaries of generation and society” (adapted from the Afterword).
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Essays in honour of Koichi Ohtawa
FES Singapore (2017)
Journey of Grace and Growth is a collection of writings published in honour of Koichi Ohtawa-san who was formerly General Secretary of KGK (Kirisutosha Gakusei Kai, the IFES movement in Japan) in the 1970s, Regional Secretary of IFES East Asia and Associate General Secretary of IFES from 1982–2002.
In the various roles Ohtawa-san assumed in the IFES family, he never failed to teach and inspire student leaders, graduates and staffworkers, on essential issues in discipleship and spirituality. This has continued till today in his role as a spiritual retreat director for pastors, church and ministry leaders in Japan and the region.
We hope that the articles in this book, written by those who in one way or another have been blessed by the ministry of Ohtawa-san, will similarly bring blessings in your respective journeys of grace and growth toward Christlikeness.
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Tan Lai Yong
FES Singapore (2016)
Twist and Wait is a collection of devotional essays and reflections written by Dr Tan Lai Yong over a span of 25 years. Many of these essays had the input of the late Rev. Dr Chua How Chuang (a former OMF missionary and FES Associate Staffworker) especially in matters relating to Greek and Hebrew. The book also includes some essays written by How Chuang during his association with FES.
The theme of this book is one way to remind us that while we are “waiting” in this world, we can grow stronger in fulfilling His calling in our life, until, in Lai Yong’s words, “The day when we will all be gathered into the joyful presence of Jesus Christ our Lord, He will have the words to comfort us.”
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FES Singapore (2016)
Flux And Beyond is a compilation of articles written by graduates from different tertiary institutes and diverse cultural backgrounds. Many of these articles were originally compiled in the booklet, Flux, a publication of Life Travel Planners, a ministry of Varsity Christian Fellowship, National University of Singapore in 2012. The writers of these articles, having wrestled with the issues of life after graduation, sought to inspire those who are still students, to begin the journey of discovering what it means to be a Christian in the workplace as early as possible, and not just during their final year of studies.
Besides these articles, we have also included a slightly condensed version of Dr Bobby Sng’s monograph, Decision Making: Seeking to Know God’s Will, which was originally published in 1984. A list of resources, including information on programmes for fresh graduates by the Marketplace Christian Network and Friends In Transition, is provided in this book as well.
Though this is not meant to be a manual, we hope this book will be a treasured companion in our journey to be a community of Christians struggling with similar concerns on issues pertaining to work, the workplace, and all other things in between.
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Exploring the Face of God in the Academy
FES Singapore (2017)
As a Christian student, what is your answer to the question “Why Study?”
In this book, you will find writings and stories of people who have begun their journey of encountering the different facets of the “Face of God” in their studies, research, and practices. When we look at the different paths they took, we also discover their conscious and consistent worship of the Triune God through their respective fields of study and vocation that form the heart of this book.
May this book inspire us to begin our own journey of exploring the face of God in the academy.
Take a look inside the book.
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Faith and Service in the Academy (2nd Edition: Revised and Expanded)
FES Singapore (2016)
What does it mean to engage the whole campus for Christ? Do we have the biblical foundation to this vision? Is engaging the campus an elitist ministry? What are the challenges faced and possible blindspots discovered as we practise our faith and serve in the academy?
Since the publication of the original version of this booklet in 2014, we have been humbled and grateful to witness how God has used thousands of copies of this book to edify students and graduates, not only locally in Singapore, but also in many other countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, and America.
In this second edition of Engaging the Campus: Faith and Service in the Academy there are slight updates in the articles by Terry Halliday and Vinoth Ramachandra. The article on the Singapore context has been revised and expanded. The testimony of one student’s journey in engaging the campus remains unchanged. Last but not least, we have added a new response from Hong Kong.
May we continue to ingeniously discover and authentically live out many ways of engaging our campus for Christ!
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Integral Mission and the Great Commission
Christopher J. H. Wright
FES Singapore (2014)
What do we understand by integral mission and how do we connect it to the Great Commission?
Is mission a specialist activity just for a selected few? If the church exists for the sake of God’s mission, then mission is for every member of the whole church. May this small book, spark off conversations and initiatives that will lead to greater integration and alignment of the tasks of the church with God’s mission.
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by Bobby E. K. Sng
Bible Society of Singapore and FES Singapore (2014)
Changing Times, Unchanging Word is a collection of articles, sermons and talks spanning almost 50 years of ministry and engagement which will delight both those familiar with Dr Bobby Sng’s legacy as well as those discovering afresh his lucid, energetic and thoughtful exposition of God’s unchanging Word in a changing world.
Drawing from lessons of history, philosophy, law, culture, medicine and above all, his deep knowledge of the Bible, Dr Sng clearly demonstrates the working of God’s hand in shaping our world, while reminding Christians to make a difference in all spheres of human endeavour.
Currently a small group of students meet regularly for Bible study and fellowship.
To find out more about us:
We are a group of Christian students from different backgrounds, countries and denominations. We believe that our time in university is more than just getting a degree but building a strong fellowship, growing in character, sharing lives and encouraging each other to step out to serve. We love people and are passionate about Jesus. Feel free to join us, everyone is welcome.
To find out more about us:
Facebook: JCUS Christian Fellowship
Instagram: @jcuscf
We meet weekly for Bible study, prayer and supper. We also have combined meetings with the CFs from the other polys! Currently meetings in (English and Chinese) are held on different days to cater to the different needs of the students.
To find out more about us:
TPSCF (English)
TPCCF (Chinese)
Currently a group of students meet regularly for Bible study and fellowship.
To find out more about us:
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