May 2012 Report

Hi,

One more week to go!  Invest holiday, Sat. May 5 for Jesus and for eternity.  Invest for your own growth and for serving others.  Please pray for the coming Seminar.  Do participate if you can.  Do encourage others too.  Please read the following.  Thanks a lot.

SEMINAR ON CARE MINISTRY

The two greatest commandments stated by Jesus Christ are loving God and loving others (Matt. 22:37-40). Everything in life depends on these two relationships.  God provides the presence and power through the Holy Spirit (Rom. 5:5).  It is God who energizes us both to will and to do His good pleasure (Phil. 2:13).  In these relationships, we need the spiritual disciplines and the dedicated and developed skills.

SEMINAR OVERVIEW:

In Christian Care, we need to provide an environment of caring and sharing for people to grow and mature. Three ingredients are involved: encouragement, exhortation and enlightenment. 

1.      Encouragement: 

(Heb 3:13)  But encourage one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Encouragement is a process to bring strength and support to a person’s feelings in difficult times.  Key skills to be developed include:  Be alert to opportunities.  Learn the art of listening.  Empathise with hurt feelings. Use the right words.  Learn to use door openers. Understand body languages.

2.     Exhortation:

        (1Th 5:11)  Wherefore exhort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Exhortation is a process of providing direction and hope through God’s truth and grace, resulting in changed character and behavior.  Exhortation involves:  How to motivate People. How to understand the Iceberg.  Develop skills of right attitudes and questions.  Follow Christ’s example.

3.     Enlightenment:

(Eph 1:18)  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.

Enlightenment is a process of bringing God’s perspectives in the renewing of the mind.  Topics to be explored include:  Facts about the mind. Listen to self-talk.  Understand the ABC of emotions and thoughts.

OBJECTIVES: 

1.       That you will be drawn into a closer and better relationship with the Lord.

2.     That you will understand and apply the truths of caring to others.

3.     That you will develop a closer relationship with family, members of church and others.

VENUE:   Good News Baptist Church, Citimax Industrial Complex, Block 605A, MacPherson Road, Unit #06-02, Singapore 368240 (MRT Tai Seng, Circle Line).  If you are driving, please turn from MacPherson into Playfair Road and park on Playfair Road free.  All Welcome!

DATE:  Sat. 5 May, 2012, 8.30am to 3.30pm.  Facilitator: Rev. Goh Seng Fong

COST:  $10 for registration, material and package lunch.  Please register with gohsengfong@hotmail.com. We need the number for the material and lunch.

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If we can be of any help to you, please let us know. The good Lord bless you and all yours!

Yours always in Christ and for Christ,

Rev. Goh Seng Fong
(John 12:24)

Handphone: 98207783

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