Written by Toh Jern Ling
Edited by Eunice Tan
Welcome back everyone! Ah.. our last meeting before our Chinese New Year break. After Ranen welcomed and set the atmosphere, our meeting started off with an icebreaker led by Charis. It involved us sitting down in a circle, each of us saying a sentence to make a story. The circle was filled with laughter and mind-blowing ideas, as our story turned out to be about a frog that swallowed Ranen, then died and resurrected, then became a wax frog!!
We settled down with Jonique leading us into our devotion time. She talked about doing all for God, and also for others. We learned about being respectful with our words and our intentions. For example, the new trend of "burning" people (joking insults) can be offensive to some people, so we should all be careful with our tongues, so we do not hurt others. Thanks Jo!
Coach Joseph stepped in with the Dad-Sharing, starting off with the introduction of our guests, Uncle Tommy, inviting him to introduce each of his family with something he admires about them. Then, he started his sharing with the story of John the Baptist, being brought in the desert, away and in private before he made his appearance as an adult, preaching and teaching. Same thing goes for Jesus too; being privately brought up in the ways of God for thirty years before he began his ministry for three years. He then related it with his own story of a pastor, who served in the smallest church building, in the smallest denomination. After serving and meeting the needs of his small church for ten years, he started becoming well-known, having written many books, and serving in an ever-growing church of about 6,000. He linked it to our homes and the ICC community, where we are groomed and shaped in the Godly way, being humbled and available to serve, before we got out to the public, shining our light for Christ. Indeed, it was such a great reminder for all of us.
We moved on to teaching sessions, with Jonique handling the YCCers. Here's Jonique's side of the fun!
For the YCC Teaching, I taught the excited bubbly kiddos/YCC speakers about Interpretation. I was blown away by their awesome acting skills and their contagious energy. Together, we did an interpretation of Horton hears a Who and a Frog story, and we play games. - Jonique
While the YCCers were having their session, the older speakers moved into our speech coaching, replacing our YSG teaching session with speech practice.
We had our three musketeers Ranen, Ian, and Eunice present their Orad, combining "The Beauty and The Beast" with "The Sleeping Beauty". We were all amused and thoroughly enjoyed their presented.
Next up, we had Carlson with his delightful interpretation of "The Frog and Toad".
Finally, with our stomachs grumbling, we headed out to fill them 'tum tums' with cakes, tong sui, bananas, and cookies. Yum!
We marched back in with the discussion of our roundtable topic. Our minds were cranking with information and explanations.
And that puts an end to our chapter meeting! What a fulfilling day together! Until the next time :))) Sayonara!
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