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!
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.
Colours: A Splash of Life 17th Nov 07
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
It was a colourful night indeed! Though, somehow, no matter how early preparations begin, it will always come down to the last half hour where I look up and go “Oh no! Only half an hour left!” pre-event went well and we were, more or less, ready to welcome all our friends and guests to our humble colourful abode!
I had a really good time, though I wonder how it would’ve been like if I wasn’t one of the drama-tists. My cousins came! That makes me really happy. I think all three of us had a good time, which makes me even happier! Throw in the possibility of one of them coming for the follow-up activity, Ubin Cycling this Saturday 24th November 12pm meet at Changi Jetty (yes, blatant publicity here), and you have a really THANKFUL Tricia: thankful for this event which, in a sense, let me sit back while it did all the work.
For all those who weren’t around before the event, I’m going to let you in on a little secret: the emcee’s scripts? Nonexistent. Hansome and Ruidiant are so gifted in the art of spontaneity (a loose euphemism for “last minute”) and I’m glad we had them on stage to pull all the presentations together and make things pretty much seamless. Definitely a case of using-your-talents! Pre-dinner, games (led by Arthur) saw two people being hauled up to the stage based on their unfortunate luck of wearing certain non-generic colours. On the plus side, the lucky crowd was introduced to Shannon and *drumroll, please* yours truly! For those who were wondering, my “juicy childhood secret” was “something to do with Batman”-am I the only one who heard “ben-ben” or “bam-bam”?
Thank God that the drama went really well! It felt SO much shorter than all the run-throughs, and I was panicking a little more than usual, but the darkness of the off-stage area made it a lot easier to slip into character as best as I could. Hope people got the message God intended, or at the very least, enjoyed it! I know *I* enjoyed performing, together with the rest, and well-complemented by the backstage crew.
Mr Lim Chien Chong’s “message”-really just a series of pictures interspersed with the important verses-was a good approach towards presenting the gospel to our friends. Bits of it were remembered and applied immediately: how you shouldn’t waste food, for example. I dutifully finished all my (unfortunately) soggy and cold fries after a pointed “ahem” from one of my well-meaning cousins.
Although we ended WAY ahead of schedule (despite starting WAY behind), cleanup took us to 10.30pm. Special kudos to the kitchen crew, you deserve a Certificate of Domesticity and Perseverance for doing all the washing and drying! A little bird told me that a couple of trees were killed in the drying process, though, so be sure to be extra-environmentally friendly to compensate for your “wicked act”!
Events like these encourage me, because it’s where the younger ones (fresh blood!) step in, and up, to opportunities to serve-something the décor team, particularly, witnessed. I should think the kitchen crew did, too? I feel that in coming together to work for one cause-to get the event up and going-we learn to appreciate each other for that added pair of hands/insight/opinion…but in the end, also recognize that we don’t have full control of things, if at all. That’s why we commit everything to God, trusting Him to take what we’ve done, what we’ve prepared for, and let His Holy Spirit work in the hearts of the people to convey His message-something I was reminded of through the pre-drama-presentation group prayer.
Sadly, people who brought friends had even fewer opportunities to meet/notice the other friends than the YFers who didn’t, because of the table-centric fellowship. However, that was done very well indeed, which meant that each friend had a worthwhile experience that night!
I’m really grateful for that ‘da4 ge1’s and ‘da4 jie3’s who came down/helped out, too, like Yong Jie, Kenneth, Sean Teng, Jia Min, Eunice…plus all the other YAFers whom we see quite often at YF. Also appreciated are the numerous vehicles (and their drivers) we’ve had to run errands and send people home after preparations and clean up. I’m amazed at how the uni people are able to cope with studies while planning for events like this! Especially Han, because being in exco, he’s quite involved in the YF. I must learn from him-bring your books everywhere so you can stop and study anytime! (A good idea too, since we should weight-train for Belumut) Anyway, good thing the ‘O’ levels are over, so the younger exco members can share the responsibilities! Looking forward to seeing all the ‘O’ levelers in full force at the upcoming YF activities, something like what we saw at the Bukit Timah Hill trek on the 18th.
To all those who came and helped out in Colours, we can look forward to seeing the tons of pictures and videos from that night! And for those who didn’t…well I’m sure you had a valid reason. If not, you can look at the pictures and wish you had been there!
See you all at Ubin Cycling This Saturday!
blogged by Tricia
Rui says: Pictures are here [low resolution ones] [if the link is dead, inform Rui. thanks] and the Video of the skit is found below.