Under the large umbrella of Young Adults ministry we have in our midst our Young Overseas Graduates and Internationals Ministry. Currently, this group is of the size of a large care group which is going to birth a new care group soon. Presently, the beautiful people in this group include those from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hongkong and those who studied abroad in places such as Melbourne, Perth and London.
The purposes of this group and ministry is two-fold. Firstly, it is to assist believing young overseas grads and internationals to transit or adjust back to life in Singapore and to working life. Secondly, it is to reach out to their pre-believing friends especially those with of similar background as them.
Three Sundays ago (9 Sep) after service we had our very first Returnee Party. This party was a party on behalf of Hope Singapore to welcome some returnees to our church. Returnees can be defined as those who are moving from one Hope Church to another or those moving from one country to another. We really had a lot of fun together. Members of this group and ministry are really warm and fun loving people.
Besides an informal and fun time, good food and warm fellowship we had the honour of Ps Jeff sharing some words to encourage the returnees. We closed the party by giving Ps Jeff supposedly surprise birthday celebration. Unfortunately, he was too experienced for us to be able to surprise him. We will try again next time. :)
Here is one photo from the party:
Zynne is one of the sisters in the group and ministry. The people in the group love her very much. After spending some months in Singapore she is going to move to Adelaide very soon to work there. Though we are going to miss her a lot we know that God is going to use her to be a blessing there. She is going to join Hope Adelaide and she is going to be our representative there, introducing Hope Singapore and our ministry to the people there.
Zynne....................................................With CN & Christine
Perhaps this is a glimpse of what is to come. People coming in and going out from and to many parts of the world. I believe that this group and ministry will contribute significantly to world missions in the days to come.
I thank God for CN and Christine for leading the group and ministry well. I thank God for every single person in this group and ministry as well. May God continue to add to this group and expand their influence to the furthest parts of the world.
To those who are outside the group and the ministry you can truly help by praying for them and introducing your young overseas grads and international to them. On behalf of them I thank you much in advance. :)
2 comments:
Hey Mike, although I may not besurprised by the "surprise party", I am very touched by your act of love and honoring leaders. Lean Choo and you have been great examples in this area for me to learn :)
Hi Ps Jeff. We are a little humbled by your encouragement as we felt we could have done more. Thanks so much for exemplifying what a godly leader looks like. :)
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