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How time ies! The rst hal o the year has come andgone but certainly not without countless blessingsrom the Lord.

In this issue o Impacting Generations, we invite youto join us in thanking our Lord God or the launch o our TEACH Fresh Training Initiative (Feb), our “I CAN” motivationalsocio-emotional learning programme or primary schoolstudents (Feb), our Thanksgiving Dinner (Mar), our SU East& West Asia Regional Council meeting (Apr), SU Singapore& SU Myanmar and SU Thailand Companionship o Ministry

updates, our partnership and involvement with Childrenin Prayer (CIP) Conerence (April), Go4th National MissionsConerence (May), Global Day o Prayer (GDOP) Children’s Track (June), our rst hosting o the regional orientationtraining programme or newly-appointed sta (May) andthe Holiday Trek Programme or children at church camps(June), and many more.

We are indeed thankul or the support o manypastors, church leaders, parents, teachers, donors andvolunteer camp leaders as we move ahead with the Lord’safrming words, “Arise, shine or your light has come”,

in Isaiah 60:1-3, given through Reverend Henry Hong,senior pastor o All Saints’ Presbyterian Church, during our Thanksgiving Dinner on 28 March.

Will you join us to let our little light shine brighter inevery corner o our circles o inuence so that the light o the glorious gospel o our Lord Jesus Christ will penetrateinto the darkest places and transorm many more lives orHis glory?

All glory to our great and awesome God!

David Leong

Executive DirectorScripture Union Singapore

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No, or us in SU Singapore, it’s Today God is FIRST!

As Rev Yeo recalled his rst encounter with

the organisation in the 1950s through the

proverbial Daily Notes rom England, he

called on the senior pastors, church leaders, mission

organisational leaders, school principals, ministry

partners and donors in attendance to pass the goodnews on.

We were honoured to have many pastors

and ministry partners celebrate God’s goodness

with us, including representatives rom St Andrew’s

Cathedral, All Saints’ Presbyterian Church, Grace

Methodist Church, Boscombe Lie Church, Mount

Hermon Bible-Presbyterian Church, Eternal Lie

Assembly, Sembawang Assembly o God, Hakka

Methodist Church, Zion Full Gospel Church, Sion

Christian Church, Yio Chu Kang Chapel, SingaporeGlobal Centre or Missions, Bible Society o Singapore,

St Andrew’s Junior School, St Hilda’s Primary School,

SKS Books, among others.

Rosalind Tan o Prinsep Street Presbyterian

Church testied o the great impact o SU’s children’s

ministry on their young through children’s camps

and church camps. And even though Rev Andrew

Raman, Vicar o Chapel o Christ the Redeemer, could

not make it to the event, he blessed us with words o

encouragement through his email.

Beore the

closing prayer

and benediction,

Rev Henry Hong,

senior pastor o All

Saints’ Presbyterian

C h u r c h ,

presented David

with a lamp as a

symbolic reminder

o Isaiah 60:1-3 or SU Singapore. He also assured David that he and

all those present will always be supportive o SU’s

ministry.



She’s all but 21 years old yet

Ong Xuan is already into her

seventh year o involvement

in the Living Spring Fellowship’s

children’s ministry.

In January 2010, she

attended Scripture Union’s TEACH

Fresh Master’s Workshop beore

signing up or all ve modules o the

Certifcate in Practical Children’s

Ministry.

“The modules are very

comprehensive and cover topics

ranging rom biblical basis o

children’s ministry to lessonplanning, rom creative worship to

classroom management - almost

everything you need to know or

the ministry (theory wise); much

like a survival guide or an eective

children ministry,” said Ong Xuan.

“Besides, what I like about

the course is that it requires

participants to ulll practical

requirements such as helping out ata Christian school’s chapel service,

Sunday School, children’s camp

and a holiday trek programme. The

valuable eedback we get helps us

to improve ourselves.”

I’m so happy I signed up for the entire course! It is:

• Comprehensive – almost everything a teacher needs to

know for children’s ministry!

• Creative – gives a whole new perspective

• Contextualised – hands-on practicum in mission schools,churches and holiday trek programme and camps.

Ong Xuan

The Certicate in Practical Children’s Ministry is a TEACH Fresh

Training Initiative o Scripture Union Singapore. It provides

ministry leaders who want to grow in their love o God and or

children the ollowing:

• Systematic learning o basic but creative, cutting-edge

knowledge in children’s ministry.• Service opportunities through compulsory hands-on

practicum arrangements in mission schools, churches

and camps.

• Skills to reach and raise the next generation o 4-to14-

year-olds to become agents o God’s transormation in

the world.

Thank God for the Overwhelming Response! MODULE 5 : TEACHER DEVELOPMENTJul 27 Teaching to Change Lives

Aug 3 Growing as a Teacher

Aug 10 Basic Counselling Skills

Aug 17 Organising Eective Children’s Camps

We believe that training is an on-going

and lie-long process, and that those

ministering to children, young people

and amilies should be equipped with

eective, cutting-edge training that

provides such compulsory hands-on

practicum and tools which we oer in

our Certicate programme.

Council Member or Training Geneieve Tang Speaks:



programme, I became a better person, and I started to

show respect towards my teachers,” said Alvin.

Another I CAN student’s poor grades in primary

school aected his sel-esteem later as a teenager. “I

was not able to do well in my studies and I ailed all my

subjects,” Matthew* disclosed.

The I CAN programme has since bolstered hissense o worth. These days, Matthew eels good about

himsel, and is motivated to do his best. “I started to

believe in mysel and gradually my condence grew. I

was able to pass and do well in my studies,” he enthused.

He knows he is cherished and valued. Just like the two-

dollar note.

The I CAN programme launched this year at Kuo

Chuan Presbyterian Primary School has made a positive

impact on the primary school children who have not

only learned to respect their teachers and parents butalso to believe they can change.

Raymond* who participated in the programme

held in his school ound the lessons un and helpul.

“Everyone is special in dierent ways but we all can

make a dierence,” he said, adding proudly that his

teachers have noticed improvements in his work and

behaviour since he attended the programme.

It took a mere a two-dollar note to make 12-year-old

Kai* realise that ailures in lie do not diminish how

precious he really is.

A participant in the I CAN motivational

programme, Kai was all ears when instructor Barnabas

Loh, SU Ministry Executive, took out the purple

note, crushed it, stomped on it, and asked i anyone

would still want it. “I recognised then that we may ailour exams, disappoint our parents, but we are still

valuable,” Kai said, with a spark in his eyes.

During the 14-week motivational programme,

Kai and his schoolmates picked up many “how to’s” to

equip them to handle anger, make and treat riends and

deal with hurts and pain. They were also taught how

to make right choices, set goals and achievements and

show appreciation - in short, Emotional Intelligence.

Outdoor activities such as nature hikes, camp-res, barbeques and shing trips made the learning

all the more interesting and rereshing. Furthermore,

the hands-on practical sessions simulating true-lie

situations opened Alvin’s* eyes to his own unruly

behaviour.

Frequently up to mischie in school, he would

walk around in class and shout vulgarities, showing

little respect towards his teachers. “Through the I CAN

* Not their real names



S e t o ur c h i ldr e n do w n t h e r ig h t pa t h o f emo t io na l

i n t e l l ig e n c e ! H e l p t h em

d e v e lo p ess e n t ia l so c ia l - emo t io na l s k i l ls s u c h as

s e l f -a war e n ess,

s e l f -ma nag em e n t, em pa t hy, p ers p e c t i v e ta k i ng a nd

co -o p era t io n.

T h is f u n a nd e x c i t i ng c us tom is ed programm

e w h i c h ca n b e do n e a t s c hoo ls,

c h ur c h es a nd orga n isa t io ns w i l l i ns p ir e s t ud e n ts to ma k e pos i t i v e l i f e

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i ng.

Em po w er o ur c h i ldr e n to say “ I CA N !”.

I C A N

You can ring Barnabas at

6337 1437

to find out more!

V a l u a b l e

L i f e s k i l l s

G o o d

C h a r a c t e r

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O u t d o o r

A c t i v i t i e s

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This June, SU Singapore was honoured to partner with 13 churches to teach God’s

Word and minister to a total o 489 pre-primary and primary school childrenduring their church camps held either overseas or in Singapore.

We thank God or ollowing churches that called the SU team back to run our

Holiday Trek programme designed specially or children in church camps. We were also

very delighted to be able to support several churches or the frst time:

The camp theme was SOLID ROCK, with Psalm 62:2 (ESV) as the theme verse: “He

only is my rock and my salvation, my ortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.”

Children discovered the Bible truth that Jesus Christ is the Solid Rock in whom

they can put their trust because he is ully dependable and trustworthy - or our

salvation, protection, and provision o help in times o trouble.

SU Trek Leaders, consisting o several veterans and current students o SU’sCertifcate in Practical Children’s Ministry, taught the Bible lessons creatively with

exuberant praise & worship, games that paved the way or the lessons and reinorced

the Bible truths, puppet shows, drama, role-play and group discussions.

Churches planning for their church cam

ps in 2012 can no w con tac t

Pas tor Flora Che w a t email: minis tr y@s

u.org.sg

for enquiries regarding our Holida y Trek Programme.

Cornerstone Community Church

Queenstown Baptist Church

Barker Road Methodist Church

Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church

Calvary Baptist ChurchTrinity Methodist Church

Bethesda (Frankel Estate) Church

Bartley Christian Church

Queenstown Lutheran Church

*Jubilee Presbyterian Church

*The City Church, Cornerstone

*Agape Methodist Church*Victory Family Church

* frst-timers



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n the month o June, SU Ministry Executive Barnabas Loh was invited or the rst time by the ollowing churches

to speak to their youths at their camps. It was an awesome and wonderul experience to be able to minister to

the group o 14- to 16-year-olds about being God’s Masterpiece. Many youths and adult leaders were blessed bythe sermons, lie stories, un activities as well as the song, “There Is Love For You”, composed by Barnabas, and the

Lord used it to touch their lives.

P r a i s e G o d f o r t he 2 0 l i v e s w ho

r e d e d i c a t e d t he ms e l v e s t o

t he Lo r d .

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r e d e d i c a t e d t he m s e l v e s t o t he Lo r d .



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Call Executive Director David Leong at tel: 6337 1437 or email [email protected]

TODAY to help transorm the lives o young children and youth in Myanmar and Thailand.

In May, our Reg CEO, Rev Tadashi and Valerie met with SU

Thailand Council and had an envisioning session. Currently, the main

work is in translation and distribution o Bible reading materials.

Ater the envisioning, SU Thailand decided to hold a 3-day

conerence in September 2011 and many church pastors and

ministry leaders will be attending.

This conerence will be helmed by David Leong, our Regional Children’s Ministry Co-ordinator.

As the Companion o Ministry to SU Thailand, SU Singapore is committed to:

1. conduct envisioning and strategic planning sessions with SU Thailand Council.

2. co-ordinate ministry training with churches and organisations in children, youth, Bible

engagement and leadership.

3. help in the translation and printing costs o Bible reading materials.

How can you help?1. Rejoice and pray or their 40th anniversary celebration at the end o October 2011

where our Regional Children’s Ministry Co-ordinator David Leong will be the speaker.

2. Pray or clear direction in the development o SU Thailand ministry.

3. Contribute towards translation and printing o English Bible reading notes into Thai.

4. Pray or the newly-appointed sta that she will be able to develop the children’s ministry.5. Pray or unity o heart and shared vision among SU Thailand Council members.

Regional CEO Rev Tadashi (extreme

let) and Valerie

(extreme right)

with ChairpersonMs Bunga (ourth

rom right), Vice-

Chairman Elder

Wiwat (second romlet), Ms Yawanit

(third rom right)

and members o SU

Thailand Council

Front row: Rev Dr Dorothy Colney, Valerie Ong,

Dr YasukoBack row: Rev Aye Min, Pastor Song Tjoa,

Pastor No Pum, Pastor Wesley Kyaw,

Pastor Go Chin

Objectives o SU Clubs:1. To reach out to children, youth and amilies.

2. To impart lie-skills, English language skills and Christian values through creative arts and activities.

How can you help?1. Pray or avour as we enold the strategic plans.

2. Pray or unity o heart and shared vision among the new SU

Myanmar Committee.

3. Pray or sponsorship o an SU Club at a cost o S$300 per month.4. Contribute towards the translation and printing costs o SU

teaching and learning materials or as little as S$30 per month.

Council Representative or Companionship o Ministry Valerie Ong speaks:I was in Myanmar in January and March. Thank God that a new eight-member SU Myanmar

Committee has been ormed rom various church denominations, including a Graduate

Bible School. As the Companion o Ministry to SU Myanmar, SU Singapore is committed to:

1. conduct strategic planning with SU Myanmar Committee

2. co-ordinate ministry training with churches and organisations in children, youth,Bible engagement and leadership.

3. help set up SU clubs.



The Regional Ministry Team (RMT) consisting

o Regional CEO Rev Tadashi Oyamada, Rev

Dr Tony Oh, David Leong, Hans Wuysang and

Jason Fong dropped in on SU Cambodia rom 18 - 21

March 2011, the second leg o its visit to Indo-China. A

one-day National Conerence with the theme To be a

Good Worker for the Lord was organised on 19 March

by Long Sitha (Team Leader) and his sta with 120

participants representing 30 dierent churches – 15

within Phnom Penh and 15 outside o it.

At the conerence, Rev Tadashi shared themorning devotion based on Lamentations 3:19-

22 and thanked God or sparing Tokyo o greater

destruction. The RMT conducted workshops onHow To Do Personal Quiet Time, Tools or Preaching

the Word o God, Principles o Efective Youth Ministry,

Creative Children’s Worship.

RMT members also preached at various

churches on 20 March, Sunday morning. This trip has

allowed them to understand the Cambodian culture

better and enable them to help the SU Cambodia

Committee and sta urther develop its inrastructure

and strategies.

From 5 to 8 April at the Crystal Crown Hotel in Petaling Jaya , the Scripture

Union East & West Asia (SUEWA) Regional Council Meeting (RCM) 2011

was hosted by SU Peninsular Malaysia who was also celebrating her 40th

anniversary.

SU Singapore was represented by our Council Chairman, Rev Dr Alred

Yeo and Council Treasurer Valerie Ong. Our Executive Director, David Leong,

attended as a member o the Regional Ministry Team (RMT).

SU Singapore took the opportunity to present to the SU Japan Council

Chairman Dr Kano a white cloth with little red hearts that ormed a circle

representing the Japanese ag.

These little red hearts contained special prayers or those who have

been aected by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. They werewritten by the Singapore children who had attended the Children in Prayer

(CIP) Conerence on 1 April, which was co-organised by SU Singapore.

The SUEWA Regional Council elected its rst ever emale chairperson in the

person o Mrs Vivi Handoyo (below). It also recorded a note o thanks and

appreciation to Dr Jerip Susil rom SU Sarawak who has stepped down.

The members o the new SUEWA Executive Committee or 2011-2012 were

warmly welcomed.

Chairperson: Mrs Vivi Handoyo (Indonesia)

Vice-Chairman: Mr Jon Ong (Singapore)

Secretary: Rev Tadashi Oyamada (Japan) Treasurer: Mr Joseph Chan (Hong Hong)

Members: Mr Kyong-dong Min (Korea)

Mrs Lucia Cheung (Hong Kong)

Mr Jim Neging (Sarawak)

Rev Dr Koh Gim Lam

(Peninsular Malaysia)

Congratulations to SU Singapore

Council Member Mr Jon Ong who

was elected the new SU East &

West Asia Regional Council Vice-

Chairman and Representative to

SU International Council.

From L-R: Theary, Sokun, Long Sitha, Rev Tadashi Oyamada,David Leong, Rev Tony Oh, Jason Fong, Hans Wuysang



Twenty-our delegates rom eight

national movements - Korea,

Indonesia, Hong Kong, Cambodia,

Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei and

Singapore - underwent 13 gruelling

days o training on 20 subjects by these

11 aculty members rom 13 to 24 May

2011: Jon Ong, Rev Dr Alred Yeo, Terry

Williams, Jason Fong, David Leong, Hans

Wuysang, Rev Tadashi Oyamada, Dr

Andrew Goh, Yoong Fook Loy, Dr Cheah

Fung Fong and Valerie Ong. It was the

rst time SU Singapore had hosted the

ON Institute cum Children’s Ministry

Institute since their establishment in

1994.

The ON Institute (ONI) was

conceived by Rev Koh Gim Lam ater

his appointment as Regional Secretary

o SU East Asia in 1993. He saw the

need to provide a more comprehensive

orientation training programme, one

that encompassed SU history, aims,

mission, ethos, working principles and

core ministry knowledge and skills in

the programme, and which would beespecially crucial to SU movements that

lack the expertise and resources to train

their new sta.

Held once in two years, the

programme includes two weeks

o intensive residential orientation

training programme and a week o

hands-on ministry exposure. This year,

the latter was made non-mandatory or

all participants. Instead, the Children’sMinistry Institute was mandatory. This

was because o the worldwide renewed

emphasis on the 4-14 window/

generation.

Rev Tadashi Oyamada, SU E & WA

Regional CEO, was very pleased with

the success o ONI and attributed this

to ONI’s rich history and solid content.

“It is a good thing to be able to learn

so much. Jesus emphasised training.

He trained his 12 disciples. And it is

important to be trained to be a good

servant o the Lord.”

SU E & WA Regional ON Institute 13

cum Children’s Ministry Institute 2011



The following is an excerpt of interviews with three faculty members: Terry Williams, SU

International Children’s Ministry Consultant; Jason Fong, SUEWA Youth Ministry Co-ordinator

and Hans Wuysang, SUEWA Bible Ministry Co-ordinator:

What would say were the special “Ah-ha!”

or “Wow!” moments during your stay at ONInstitute?

Terry: Interactive learning always creates some

special “Ah-ha!” moments as delegates engage with

the learning in a un and creative way thst will stay

with them.

Walking the streets o Singapore with a small group

o delegates created the space and the time to get

to know some o them more personally. Meal times

provided the same opportunities - or cross culturalinterchanges and un.

Jason: I am an “SU veteran”, yet I continue to learn

rom others around me. I think my “Wow!” moment

was seeing how the Koreans had made so much

eort to interact with others.

Hans: The “angel” o mine continued to surprise me

with pleasant things.

What is your prayer/wish or the ON Institute

13 cum CMI participants?

Terry: My prayer is that the enthusiasm, experiences,

and knowledge that were so much a part o the ON

Institute 2011 will live long in the memories o each

delegate and be constantly outworked, under the

direction o the Holy Spirit, as each person serves

God in his or her corner o His vineyard.

Jason: My prayers: that the seeds sown at ONI will

germinate, take root, grow and bear ruit.

Hans: May all the participants be able put into

practice what they have received and experienced,

and their work/ministry will have more o the SU

character and ethos.

What was the most signifcant aspect o ON

Institute 13 cum CMI 2011 to you?

Terry: The commitment o the Region to invest in the

lives and ministry o SU sta rom a wide range o

movements. To live in community, as you did, and with

the intensive program o specialised inputs, makes

this a strategic investment in the work o SU and the

Kingdom.

This is a great model or downloading the values

and working principles o the movement to the next

generation o SU workers.

Jason: Training! Human resource development is a key

actor in the equation o growth and sustainability. I

SU E& WA is to continue to grow, we must continue

to train and develop our leaders, sta and volunteers.

Hans: ON Institute gives the new sta a clear

understanding o the vision and mission and

philosophy o SU and how to put it into practice.

In terms o the group dynamics which you

experienced and saw among the participants,

what captivated you?

Terry: I was encouraged to see delegates rom the

larger movements separated and mixing and not

remaining in their ’sae’ country groups.

Jason: The bonding and riendship orged among

most o the participants is great. I see some o these

relationships have continued post-ON Institute via

Facebook. How did this happen? I think this is the result

o “Christian camping”. When people stay together in

“a temporary community” or almost two weeks, such

dynamics will sure to be catalysed.

Hans: I saw that all participants got involved in every

programme and interacted and strengthened their

relationship with one another. I think it is because the

environment in this camp or training is built with good

ellowship and good leadership.

ON Institute 13 cum CMI 2011 Family

From L-R: Jason Fong, Hans Wuysang,

Rev Tadashi Oyamada, Terry Williams, Jon Ong,

David Leong, Valerie Ong



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•Speak ing God’s Word a t chapel ser vices

•Suppor ting paren ts through work shops and

forums

•Conduc ting in-house teacher training

•Conduc ting “I Can” sel f-mo ti va tion learning for

s tuden ts

•Conduc ting gui tar lessons, soccer lessons,

leadership de velopmen t programmes, e tc

•Speak ing God’s W ord at intergenerational ,adult , y outh and children services

•Supporting parents through work shops and orums

•Conducting ef ective and creative in-house teacher training seminars and work shops

•Conducting ex citing teaching programme orchildren and y outh during church camps

•Conducting y outh leadership training programmes including personal evangelism , etc

•Network ing with other ministry partners in children , y outh & Bible engagement events

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Network ing with our SUmovements in the East & W est Asia region or missions ex posure and engagements

•Helping to raise USD100,000 or

SU Japan’s

e for ts to impac t th

e ne x t genera tion o

Japanese who ha ve been a fec ted b y the

ear thquak e and tsunami earlier in 20

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•Pra ying regularl y or the rebu

ilding and

res tora tion o communi ties and li veli

hood

•Suppor ting SU M yanmar in s tra tegic planning

•Conduc ting minis tr y training to em

erging leaders

in children, you th and including those

in leadership

•Helping to nance the SU Clubs

in the villages

and to se t up ne w ones through the

respec ti ve SU

M yanmar Commi t tee members to im

par t li esk ills

and Chris tian values

• Transla ting SU minis tr y ma terials b

y Bible school

gradua tes

In order or us to coordinate the above pro jects , we need:

•Regularpray ers

•Regulardonations

•V olunteers as camp leaders &associate trainers

2011-1 today god is first

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