I have been re-reading the July 2020 issue of the FES newsletter Perspective (see online at http://fellowship.sg/resources/fes-publications/newsletter/perspective/) on “Leadership After”. Out of many, there are two take-aways I would like to share here. First, FES is not only a ministry to students, but...
Thoughts for Food On 8 August 2020, 21 student leaders gathered for a day of brainstorming. This need was driven by the significant chaos and confusion which Covid-19 had caused throughout the CFs. Samuel Lau, a student leader from Temasek Polytechnic...
Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith by Shane Hipps Zondervan (2009), 208 pagesFES Library book call number: 261.53 HIP There are many different mediums and forms in which we can use to deliver a message. Now more than ever, we are all...
God's Gardeners: Creation Care Stories from Singapore and Malaysia by Melissa Ong and Prathini M. Selveindran (Editors) Graceworks Private Limited (2020)FES Library book call number: 241.691 ONG When I was a student entering university, I wondered if the Christian faith was connected to the seemingly ‘secular’...
VCF Freshmen Orientation Programme In this issue of Impetus, I wish to draw your attention to two instances of one of FES' most cherished distinctive of student initiative. In the first instance, the NUS Varsity Christian Fellowship (VCF) had their Freshmen...
A new academic year has just begun among the universities here. Our CFs have welcomed new students through various online Freshmen Orientation Programmes, including virtual Welcome Teas. In this post-Covid-19 era, all students, both new and returning, are forced to...
A joyful heart is good medicine – Proverbs 17:22a, ESV In the last six months it is understandably difficult for us to be cheerful and jovial, especially knowing of the multitudes of people who have lost their lives or livelihoods due...
Your ID, Please?: Heart-to-Heart on the Distinctives of Student Ministry by FES Singapore E-BookAvailable for purchase at https://www.kobo.com/sg/en/ebook/your-id-please-heart-to-heart-on-the-distinctives-of-student-ministry It has been more than 60 years since the FES student ministry was first established. Many things have changed, one of which involves the rise...
Making a World of Difference: Christian Reflections on Disability by Roy McCloughry and Wayne Morris SPCK Publishing (2002), 160 pagesFES Library book call number: 248.86 MCC Jesus was not a disabled person. He was not a woman. He lived in a different time...
It has been almost six months since the first Covid-19 case was confirmed in Singapore. We are grateful to the Lord that the Covid-19 pandemic situation here is reasonably under control. Though it may not be fully over yet, economic...
