Parents

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Dear Parents,
Firstly, I want to thank God for your love for His Church and your contribution to our Youth Ministry through prayers and actions. I also thank God for your unconditional love for your child. It has served as a constant reminder for me to love your child unconditionally.

It is my honor to write our first Youth Ministry newsletter to all parents. The purpose of this letter is to establish communication between Parents and Youth workers. I personally think that the Youth Ministry is not run by youth workers or pastors alone. I regard you as part of the Youth Work in NLC. Compared to any youth worker who spends approximately three hours per week with your child, you who spend the greatest amount of time with your child will have a better opportunity to make a positive impact in his or her life. Therefore, it is very important for us to keep you informed of God’s work in Youth Ministry. This is to help parents and youth workers work closer in assisting your child’s growth in Christ.

Four sub-ministries in Youth Ministry
Currently, there are four sub-ministries under the Youth Ministry; they are Youth Fellowship, Small Group, Youth Life Development Course and Youth Leadership Training. These four sub-ministries have been designed with the intention of meeting the four basic needs of our youths – their spiritual, intellectual, physical and social needs.

1. Youth Fellowship － Saturday, 5 pm – 7:00 pm
2. Small Group meeting － Meeting time is decided by small-group
3. Youth LDC － Sunday, 8:30 am – 9:30 am
4. Youth Leadership Training － Meet once a month

You can take part
I sincerely invite all parents to take part in our Youth Ministry. I believe we can work together to help your child to grow healthily in Christ so that they will be able to glorify God with their lives.

There are six practical actions that you could do to assist us.
1) Encourage your child to attend, Youth LDC, Youth Fellowship and Small Group meeting.

2) Ask your child about their day in Church. For example, ask questions like: “How’s your day in Church? Fun or boring?”, “Tell me one thing that you have learned about God today” or “Any new friends you have made today?” etc.
You may want to give me their feedback through email at vincentlim@sbc.edu.sg. This can help us evaluate our programs so that we can revise them to better meet our youths’ needs.

3) Encourage your child to join activities organized by Youth Ministry. The recent YOUTH CAMP 2006 from 7th June to 11th June 2006 was a successful camp. Almost all of the youths who went recommitted their lives to Jesus and committed to bring their friends to Christ.

4) Read our Youth Ministry Newsletter so that you know what to pray for NLYM.

5) Pray for our Youth Small Group Leaders, that they will be able to lead the youths according to God’s way. They are Joel Ong, Emily Chia, Choo Sheng En, Joshua Foong, Ray Ho, Jasmine Ngu, Zhou Siming, Ruth Soh, Angela Tay, Grace Wan and Johan Wong.

6) Pray for Brother Vincent Lim and Bible College interns to be able to teach, guide, train and correct the youths according to the Word of God.

Prayer is important! It must be our priority when doing God’s work. Three out of six actions are prayers. I strongly believe that all of God’s work must depend on the power of God in order to become an effective ministry for God’s people. Let us continue to pray for the young people in our Church. Pray that they will become Christians who honor God with their lives.

Thank you for taking your time to read this newsletter. It is my prayer that this newsletter will be able to enhance our communication with you so that we can work together to assist in the growth of your child. In our next newsletter, I will explain how each sub-ministry is able to meet the needs of your child. I look forward to your feedback and to writing to you again.

You may visit our website for our latest NLYM calendar: http://newtonlifeyouthministry.blogspot.com.

God Bless and Peace be with you.
Vincent Lim, Youth Worker of NLC.
16th July 06