From 7 – 9 February 2011, I had the chance to teach on evangelisation to the participants of the School of Witness (SOW) 2011. The School of Witness is a 6 week course organised by the Catholic Youth Ministry Office, Singapore in collaboration with the ICPE Mission. The 1st SOW was held in 2009 and this year, the 3rd SOW had 22 participants from Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. I was very blessed to spend these days with them reminding the youth once again that we are all called as missionaries to share Christ and his Good News to all by virtue of our baptism. The youth were challenged as to whether they themselves are evangelising or in need of evangelisation since ‘the test of truth, the touchstone of evangelisation: it is unthinkable that a person should accept the Word and give himself to the Kingdom without becoming a person who bears a witness to it and proclaims it in his turn’ (Evangelii Nuntiandi #24). As part of the SOW, there were opportunities for them to share the Good News in their lives, and the climax of SOW 2011 was an evening for youth, Testify to Love, where they were not afraid to proclaim their faith in Jesus, and testified of God’s unconditional love, forgiveness, healing, salvation in their lives. Many were blessed through the sharings, dramas, worship and ministry. As a Singaporean, I was very blessed by my younger brothers and sisters bearing witness to Christ and sharing his hope in our midst. May the SOW 2011 keep sowing the seeds of faith wherever they are!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Gone sowing...
From 7 – 9 February 2011, I had the chance to teach on evangelisation to the participants of the School of Witness (SOW) 2011. The School of Witness is a 6 week course organised by the Catholic Youth Ministry Office, Singapore in collaboration with the ICPE Mission. The 1st SOW was held in 2009 and this year, the 3rd SOW had 22 participants from Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. I was very blessed to spend these days with them reminding the youth once again that we are all called as missionaries to share Christ and his Good News to all by virtue of our baptism. The youth were challenged as to whether they themselves are evangelising or in need of evangelisation since ‘the test of truth, the touchstone of evangelisation: it is unthinkable that a person should accept the Word and give himself to the Kingdom without becoming a person who bears a witness to it and proclaims it in his turn’ (Evangelii Nuntiandi #24). As part of the SOW, there were opportunities for them to share the Good News in their lives, and the climax of SOW 2011 was an evening for youth, Testify to Love, where they were not afraid to proclaim their faith in Jesus, and testified of God’s unconditional love, forgiveness, healing, salvation in their lives. Many were blessed through the sharings, dramas, worship and ministry. As a Singaporean, I was very blessed by my younger brothers and sisters bearing witness to Christ and sharing his hope in our midst. May the SOW 2011 keep sowing the seeds of faith wherever they are!
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