March 2013: Praises

Faith@Work Fellowship

through

Asia Seminary for Ministry

(Seminary without borders)

Reaching Nationals for Nationals

March 2013

Hi friend,

Training Nationals for Nationals

in integrity and skills

(Psalm 78:72)

How times flies.  We are three months into the New Year.  Surely, we are reminded that our lives are as flowers in the field and as vapor in the air, and if we are chasing after the things of the world, we will be chasing after the wind. Thus it behooves us to buy back time and use our every opportunity and influence to hasten the Coming of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The Kingdom of the Lord requires haste and we must work while yet it is day, for night will surely come when we cannot work.

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1.      MEDAN, INDONESIA (18 - 22 Feb).  We had great times with some 55 pastors and leaders. Our training involved giving an IDEA to them – Instruction, Demonstration, Experience created, and Assessment.  In the Teaching of the Law of the Teacher, after the instruction and demonstration, we concluded with Team teaching and assessment.  The best way to teach them to teach was to allow them to teach.  Thus it was a great joy to to see them bonding and teaming up to teach.  They would never forget that experience.  We ended the sessions with foot-washing and the Lord’s Supper.  Again, we saw the humbling and the freeing of God’s leaders to lives of servant-leadership like our Master.  Praise the Lord.

About 32 are planning to graduate by this September.  With 2 more sessions to go till then, we would be having some 50 altogether to be graduating.  Praise the good Lord for using us to train Nationals for Nationals.

2.     KATHMANDU, NEPAL (8-15 March).  Pastors Yap Beng Shin and Simon N. will train some 65 pastors and leaders in the midst of people that are undergoing some difficult transitions. We pray to provide leadership, love and hope to these leaders so that they in turn will impart such to their own.  Pastor Yap will train on Follow-up discipleship, the immediate steps after the salvation experience. Through this, we are adding a step in the process of intentional discipleship.  Pastor Simon works on the mission emphasis, as he trains them on the Life of Paul and his missionary journeys. In our global village, Nepalese are also having their Diaspora, scattering into places like Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. We are praying that the good Lord will thrust some into other nations.

3.     SINGAPORE  (21-23 March). Back home, we will begin the Diploma of Ministry program – 3 modules per year in March, July and October – 8 modules will be needed for the Diploma or Graduate Diploma. The emphasis will be on development of character and of ministry.

We pray to train Leaders of FAITH – Faithful, Available, Initiating, Teachable and Hungry (passion for God and people).  These are special God-led leaders who desire to make a difference in ministry and service for the Lord.

First Module:  March 21-23 at Sembawang BP Church, 9 Kalidasa Avenue (Sembawang Teachers’ Estate).

           Class times will be interactive on Principles of Leadership in Nehemiah. 

First Module - 21 to 23 March

21 March – 7pm to 10pm

22 March – 7pm to 10pm

23 March – 9pm to 5pm

Then these leaders will work on projects of growth and ministry for the next few months.  After that, there will be reports to be made in the next module.  In the interim, the leaders will be followed up by mentors.

The first qualification is that you are a growing disciple of Jesus with qualities of FAITH.  You need to have some basic Bible foundation and are in place of influence in ministry and service.  Then you have to know the leading and the nudging of the Holy Spirit, that this is the training that He is leading you into.  Pastors and leaders may desire to recommend your leaders for this great training.  This training may be a baby step for some leaders to be led into attending a degree program and into full-time ministry.

4.     KUCHING, MALAYSIA (29-31 March). Good News Rallies will be held among the Dyak-Kadazan-Dusun of Sarawak. A good number of churches will combine to host the Good Friday and Easter Rallies. Caleb Tan and I will have the unique privilege of ministering to them.

Rallies will be held  on

                Good Friday, 29 March, 9am and 7pm  and 

            Saturday, 30 March, 7pm.  Easter Sunday,

we will celebrate with Pastor Tram Epoi and his good people. The Theme will be “Power of the Cross”. 

Please pray for and with us that God be greatly glorified as souls will be saved and God’s people built up to win more to Him. Jesus will not die in vain. HE shall see the travail of His soul and shall be satisfied.  To God be the glory!

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Thanks again for your prayers and support in so many ways. Please visit

                                FaithatWorks Facebook

or our blog at

              http://faithatworksfellowship.blogspot.com/

Now the new website:

http://faithatworkfellowship.org

Be sure to bookmark it.

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)

Hdphone: 9820 7783

           +65-9820 7783

Name and Address: 

Faith@Work Fellowship,

9, Kalidasa Avenue,

Singapore 789389

People involved in the Fellowship include:  Rev. Tan Choon Seng, Rev. Tan Eng Boo, Rev. Yap Beng Shin, Rev. Simon N., Rev. Robert Chew,  Rev. Mark Tay, Rev. Andrew Tan, Ong Beng Hong, Michael Lim, Amos Hoon, Jeff Tan and Daisy Koh.  Trainers include Dr Rev. Yap Kim Sin, John Ching and Ding Yew Soong.

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February 2013: Praises

Faith@Work Fellowship

through

Asia Seminary for Ministry

(Seminary without borders)

Training Nationals for Nationals

February, 2013

Hi friend,

Training Nationals for Nationals

in integrity and skills

(Psalm 78:72)

We praise the good Lord for the main schedule of Training Nationals in Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal and Myanmar. However, we do believe that the Lord will have some more surprises for us this year, so we are open and willing to go anywhere, anytime. Please look into our new website for more details:

                    http://faithatworkfellowship.org

We will up-date on the website, so please visit it often and do introduce others to it, so that many would be enabled to pray for us.

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I.    Updates for prayer

 








A.  Life University, Cambodia (14-19 Jan.) – praise the Lord for the good trip, teaching and preaching in chapel. The University has some 1,400 students from kindergarten to University degrees in various departments preparing people for the market-place. We taught in the Department of Theology. Dr. Yeap, our first timer, did well in his class on Principles of Discipleship. Teachers are needed for other departments, like nursing, management, computer, teaching, etc. Please let us know if you desire to help.

B.  Medan, Indonesia (18-23 Feb.) - please pray as a team of two heads for Medan in the training of some 60 pastors and leaders from Medan, Acheh and Nias. Principles of Discipleship will be handled by Mr John Ching, while Laws of the Teacher and Laws of the Learner will be introduced. The good Lord will provide some good skills-training.  Thus far, 49 had graduated and a new batch will be graduating in September 2013.

C.  Kathmandu, Nepal (8-15 Sept.) – another team of two will train some 60 nationals from all over Nepal. Rev. Yap Beng Shin will teach Follow-Up Discipleship while Rev. Simon N. will be in the Mission emphasis on the Life and Missionary journeys of Paul. Again, our priorities will be on character building and on skills training. Some 23 had graduated and we are targeting the next batch of graduates in September 2014. 

II.  Forward Projection into 2013

      – the Lord is moving and working!

(A)  Web-site for the Fellowship – praise the good Lord for the provision of James Hee from Sembawang BPC, who began the website:

 http://faithatworkfellowship.org.

Please view it and help us with your suggestions.  We also need you to invite others to be informed and to pray for the Lord’s ministry. How we need the Lord to work in and through us through your prayers!

(B)  Start of Diploma of Christian Ministry program in Singapore – 3 modules per year in March, July and October – 8 modules will be needed for the Diploma or Graduate Diploma. The emphasis will be on development of character and of ministry.

We pray to train Leaders of FAITH – Faithful, Available, Initiating, Teachable and Hungry (passion for God and people). These are special God-led leaders who desire to make a difference in ministry and service for the Lord.

First Module: 

Date: March 21-23

Venue:            Sembawang BP Church

                             9 Kalidasa Avenue

                             (Teachers’ Estate)

Timetable:

Thursday, March 21, 7 - 10 pm;

Friday, March 22, 7 - 10pm;

Saturday, March 23, 9am - 5pm.

           Class times will be interactive on Principles of Leadership in Nehemiah. 

Then the leaders will work on projects of growth and ministry for the next few months. After that, there will be reports to be made in the next module. In the interim, the leaders will be followed up by mentors.

The class will be limited to 10-12 leaders for personal attention and for community building. The first qualification is that you are a growing disciple of Jesus with qualities of FAITH. You do have some basic Bible foundation and are in place of influence in ministry and service. Then you have to know the leading and the nudging of the Holy Spirit, that this is the training that He is leading you into. Pastors and leaders may desire to recommend your leaders for this great training. Please contact us for a conversation.

This training may be a baby step for some leaders to be led into attending a degree program and into full-time ministry.

   

(C)   Facilitating an education centre for management in Yangon, Myanmar. 

We praise the good Lord for some great strides taken into the establishment of Life Institute of Management. We are praying for its registration and then the gathering of lecturers and the finances needed. Praise the Lord for those who are volunteering their services, pro bomo. We are needing finances for the start-up and the running of the Institute there. Also we need prayer that the good Lord will send the first great batch of students to be trained for the market place. These who will be gainfully employed will benefit their churches and the ministry.

(D)   Tie-up or link-up with a Bible college or Seminary as resource partners. 

We have already sounded out with Dr. Rev. David Koo, the President of Life University concerning some tie-up with its Department of Theology and of Management. He is agreeable. We believe that God is working in this matter. Pray too that the Lord will lead us to other Institutes of Higher Learning. His will be done.

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Thanks again for your prayers and support in so many ways. Please visit FaithatWorks Facebook or our blog, for further news at

http://faithatworksfellowship.blogspot.com/

Now the new website:

http://faithatworkfellowship.org

If we can be of any help to you, please let us know. The good Lord bless you and all yours!  Especially for our Chinese friends, God-blessed Chinese New Year to you all!

Yours always in Christ and for Christ,

Rev. Goh Seng Fong
(John 12:24)

Handphone: 98207783

            +65-98207783

Name and Address:                Faith@Work Fellowship, 
                                                           9, Kalidasa Avenue,
                                                            Singapore 789389

People involved in the Fellowship include: Rev. Tan Choon Seng, Rev. Tan Eng Boo, Rev. Yap Beng Shin, Rev. Simon N., Rev. Robert Chew, Rev. Mark Tay, Rev. Andrew Tan, Ong Beng Hong, Michael Lim, Amos Hoon, Jeff Tan and Daisy Koh.

Trainers include Dr Rev. Yap Kim Sin, John Ching and Ding Yew Soong.

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