Every two months or so, I get the privilege to lead the Sec 1 and 2 Christian Education class on Sundays. I try to structure my lessons to ensure that it maximizes attention and imparts something at the same time, because they lose focus very easily! I try to do a lot of drawing or descriptive stuff or taking a walk to MacDonald's while reciting the Zacchaeus story hahaha. Anyway for today, I got my inspiration from a book title (which is yet to be published though) to fill in the blank "Jesus is _____". The whole point was to make Jesus a lot more personal to every individual, and it really is anything goes! It can be an adjective, like "Jesus is awesome", but it can also be verbs like "Jesus is carrying me". And youth being youth I was kinda hoping for crazy answers like "Jesus is not emo" or "Jesus is better than noobs" or "Jesus is rolling his eyes at what I think I should be doing instead of doing what God thinks I should be doing", you know crazy stuff like that I came up with which sounds cool! But nah, it didn't quite cut through today, haha they thought it was too kiddy. But still, it was quite fun to get some of their responses, after much cajoling!

Some of what I received:

"Jesus is like magic"

"Jesus is like Avengers" 

"Jesus is a man"

"Jesus is a name" 

Which wasn't too bad I guess, and it actually is quite biblical if I wrangle it! Because Jesus is fully man and fully God, and Jesus is name above all names, and his miracles are cooler than magic hahaha. I mean, it's a bit too weird and too contemporary to situate Jesus outside of New Testament times, but I think that if I cannot make Jesus relate to me right this time and this place now, then the whole point of a relationship in Christ is kinda meaningless isn't it? So yup, if Jesus is like the Avengers, then he is really very mighty and powerful! I love how Jesus is king, but he is also my friend. 

And, this was my favourite response from Rebecca. For some of them I don't really know what she's trying to depict though, but Jesus is her favourite animal and her favourite colour and so on..

And this is my own response!

Probably one of my craziest weeks ever since school started. It's crunch time now, group assignments are due in a couple of weeks, presentations to be made, essays to be written... Have been spending a lot of time lately meeting project groups, which is both good and bad because most of the time it is with familiar fellow geographers haha. 

And the reason why I feel like I really need a breather is because I have been handling a lot of hall rentals-related stuff this week! Towards the end of the year, it gets especially crazy because all the kindergartens are holding their graduation concerts, and I am coordinating and liaising with the rental groups to provide technicians from our side. This week alone we had three different groups coming in for rehearsals or concerts. And occasionally in the week I have to meet several of them at various times for informal discussions of how they want their setup to be like, what equipment they need, measurements, lighting. Phone keeps ringing with unknown numbers, because I don't really bother saving the many many contacts, and because they are more likely to ring me than me ringing them. Really glad for the end of this week, because it is driving me borderline crazy dealing with so many people. 

Last of all, I finally initiated a conversation with our new front desk receptionist at church! That job appointment has seen two or three changes in the past few months, and the current receptionist has been there for a month. And you know very well that church is like my second home haha, so I have been smiling and saying hi to this auntie all the time, and she recognizes me too. Her name is Jane, and she thought that I'm some part-time staff working in church! But she doesn't attend any churches herself, which led me to share about what I really do in church and how I came up through Sunday School (since I was teeny 8 years old) and blah blah. You must always have a testimony on hand, yes that is very very important. And nothing made my week more fulfilling, than to be able to share about growing up in church. 

Was at a Primary 6 camp on Thursday and Friday! Okay it wasn't really a camp, more like a stayover with many activities. The whole point was to begin the bridging journey from primary school to secondary, and last year Youth Dept decided to start an annual camp for all the P6s across all the corps after their PSLE. This year we only had six of them who were with us at the camp, but the small numbers meant that there were a lot of interaction with everyone and it was a lot more intentional! Had a really good time there, really enjoyed the time spent with them. We went fishing in Bishan Park, swimming with slides and wave pools, bowling.. Amidst all that fun there's a growing-up teenager talk hahaha, and it ended with SAY service on Fri night. Dedication is very important, and glad that it was a very good initiation for all of them!

Yes there are pictures!!! This blog post is not all words.