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Welcome

Welcome to the Blog of Shalom Youth Fellowship. We typically meet regularly on Saturdays at 3pm [Sundays for BreakOuts] for these four activities;

Youth Worship: Formal Worship which has worship conducted by the youths themselves followed by an invited speaker speaking on a specific topic.

BreakOuts: Fun activities that are meant to be informal in nature and interactive. Sporty activities are also considered BreakOuts and the youth group is able to let loose during these sessions to just enjoy themselves over games. BreakOuts are also a great time to invite YFer's friends down to YF.

OutReach: These YF meetings are meant to either educate on how to evangelize or to actually practically go out for Street Evangelism. We would normally go to the Pasir Ris area to reach out to the public.

On Sundays, the youth are involved in Bible Study. We conduct 3 types of classes called crosSWORD for the different commitment levels. The 'CROSS' level follows Accent Publishers Material, the 'WORD' level follows the 40-Minute Bible Study program and the 'SWORD' level follows Precept's New Inductive Study Series.

Our church is located at Pasir Ris and we welcome anyone within the age of 13 to 23. God Bless You!

Our Exco

	Benjamin - Currently the Staffworker of the Shalom Youth Fellowship. He has completed his University Education overseas and has responded to the call to serve the Lord in Shalom. He is also taking up a part time course at Singapore Bible College in Divinity.
Zhi Han - Currently studying in NUS after completing his course as an Officer in the Army. Zhi Han is in charge of the OutReach program for Shalom YF. Zhi Han has a strong passion and heart for OutReach and is burdened to see God's Word spread.
	Rui - Has completed his National Service and is now furthering his studies the University of Melbourne. The BreakOut Sub Committee to plan weekly fun, interactive and exciting activities for the Youth in Shalom.
Arthur - Currently in charge of Youth Worship along with Jamie. Arthur is an all rounded youth who goes on regular jogs and cycles much. He is also involved in many CCAs in school like dragon boating and choir.
	Jamie - Currently schooling in Temasek Junior College and is in charge of Youth Worship along with Arthur. She is also heavily involved in dance and balances her time with her family of 2 parents and a younger sister.
Michelle - Has completed her Secondary School Education and is currently awaiting further studies in Singapore Polytechnic. Michelle is in charge of the OutReach program along with Zhi Han and has a vibrant, enthusiastic character that brightens up those around.

Youth Worship -

Friday, June 29, 2007

Moses Lim is Tan Ah Teck
Nicholas Lee is Ronnie
Andrew Lim is Paul and
Goh Chieng Mun is Dolly
Vernetta Lopez is Denise
The Singapore's funniest family!

A random-just-for-pure-mindless-fun song that I'm SURE ran through people's heads at one point or another during youth worship! (Eh, admit it, don't bluff! :P)

It was a refreshing time of worship led by Trish & Celia, with Deb & Joella playing the guitar and manning the slides (respectively). I felt that the atmosphere was akin to Sunday Service, an air of reverence and quiet - I like. It makes late people (like me :P) guilty for being late, and allows people to quieten down their noisy hearts/minds for worship.

The first time I met Moses was on the Doulos ship, and he spoke only a few words to the small crowd then, but his charisma and charm was evident, and he got the mostly adult crowd laughing along with him, and at him for his candidness that most directors rarely possessed :)

As he spoke to us, his own family struggles were very real and pertinant, having 2 teenage children himself. His candidness about what all women would go through eventually and how we should handle them was unwittingly hilarious. I'm not going to post all that he said, (cos you might as well have gone to hear him yourself :P) but what I took away from it, is that 'freedom' is earned through trust. If you don't give reasons for your parents to trust you, it'll be hard for them to have a reason to give you (non-monetary) allowances.

Attitudes to Adopt to cope with Parents:
- Be understanding
- Be sympathetic
- Be less critical
- Be more open minded
- Be appreciative
- Be prayerful
- Be hopeful

YF AGM 2007

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Mark your calendars for this all important event!

ALL parents and youths

(including newcomers and busy youths!!),

YOU

are cordially invited to the

YF AGM 07/08

Date: 1 July 2007

Time: 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM

Place: Chapel

Come down to find out more about the

SURGING youth ministry.

its PROMISING vision and the

EXCITING forecast of events for the next six months.

Expect to be spiritually challenged and excited to be part of the Youth Fellowship at this event.

Do come early as we will be expecting a crowd!
I have a conviction that God wants to grow the ministry.

Let's do this together!

Agape, Benjamin

Youth Worship: Coping with Parents

Monday, June 18, 2007

Hi Guys!

This coming Saturday, we'll be having a Youth Worship entitled 'Coping with ~~Teenagers~~ Parents'.

We'll be having a guest speaker, Moses Lim. And no, i know what you're thinking. He's NOT Tan Ah Teck from Under one Roof. :) That's a different Moses Lim. We'll be talking about how we can deal with parents and how we should also submit to them as children of theirs AND God. :)

Since it's a youth worship and we have an external speaker, come early, prepared and dressed appropriately. :) It's 3pm in the Chapel on the 23rd of June! Come come come. Don't be afraid to grab a friend along and if you know of a Shalom YFer who's free and not coming, grab them along too! :) See you guys there!!!

BASIC-Leaders' Retreat

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Get tangled up in me!

Children at heart

Minefields

Brotherly love

Flipping the switch

Chocolates and toys help keep you through meetings

Cuter than Puss in Boots

!!! <3!
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Lessons

Impostor!

Keep...holding...on...

Ticket stubs for movie marathon!

Movie marathon-ers with the NEXT possible yf-movie-outing! Photo by Joash.

Shia Lebouf, whoo!

YF Executive Committee 0708

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Your YF Exco of 2007/2008!

Benjamin Tsao [Staffworker]

Yeo Zhi Han
Joel Tan Rui Liang
Cheryl Loh
Julia Lim

May the Lord bless the coming Exco Year and be close to all of us as we strive towards a common goal and purpose.

30 Hour Famine

Friday, June 01, 2007

The main purpose of the 30 hour famine was for youths like us to experience hunger, just like people who are starving are. At the same time, we are raising funds to support the kids there. We initially hoped to raise $100 for 1 specific kid throughout the 30hr famine. This amount of money could provide for 1 kid for 1 year!!! We hope also to seek donations from other church members to raise a kid for a year(which is to donate $100).

The setting that we are experiencing this famine is in India. Thus a few of the ground rules were:
1) No wearing of shoes are allowed.
2) Only drinking of tap water is allowed.
3) Water is to be rationed. Only a limited amount of water is given to use for washing of hands, bath etc except for drinking.
4) We had to sleep in/on cardboxes and out in the open(rooftop).
5) We cannot use the air-conditioner. Only fans.

We started our 30hr famine at 8am on Saturday morning, 26th May 2007. It lasted till 2pm on Sunday afternoon, 27th May 2007. We started off the day with worship. Next, we proceeded with a talk by Elder Vincent Lee, on Benash and the children living there, and also the profile of the kid that we are raising funds for.

After that, we had tribal games. The youths participating in the 30 hour famine had to be split into 2 major groups to play tribal groups. However, there was a catch. Most members would be randomly given a disability. Ben had to hop on 1 leg, Zhi Han had to drag his leg along, Seraphina, Rui and Joash could not talk, Tricia and Rachel had to carry a very heavy bag behind their back, Zhi Qiang had 1 arm disabled, and I am blind. We went down to Pasir Ris park to have our tribal games.

Side note: Tricia brought this unique old typewriter for us to comment on, bringing us more than 10 years back in time.

Finally, here comes the 1st meal time of the day. Obviously, food wasn't allowed to be consumed. However, we are given food supplements(drinks) during mealtime. Different meals we are provided with different drinks, like barley, milo and bandung.

During the afternoon, we played a game called guesstures to raise funds. Basically the yfers are further split into 4 groups, and then we play the game (this game is similar to charades, but its harder). After all the fun and games, we had to build our shelters using garbage bags and card boxes, and did some weeding for he grasses in church. To end of the day, all of us had to practice for service choir during service the following day.

After "dinner", we watched a very old Indian movie, reminding us on just how poor the people living in India are, and how bad is their poverty problem.

The following day after service, we changed back into our informal clothings, and weeded the grasses again. Again also, we played guesstures, this time with more yfers who couldn't join us, as well as with yafers. After that, it was almost time to break fast. We did some packing up and cleanup, and also took group photos. Soon, it was actually 3 and we lasted 31 hours actually without food!!! We then quickly rushed down to downtown east, to break fast. From our efforts in raising funds, and also from the adults that we garnered to support a child for a year, we managed to raise $1100! Thats 11 kids!!! Praise the Lord!!!!

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