Junior Sunday School Report 2021

 

Colossians 2:6-7: “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.”

Our objectives (based on Colossians 2:6-7) are to lead the children:

1. to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ (Receive)
2. to obey God and be a good testimony (Walk)
3. to a vibrant spiritual life (Rooted & Built up)
4. to a clear understanding of the basic Christian doctrines and teachings in the Word of God (Stablished and abounding)

In 2021, the Junior Sunday School (JSS) was still faced with much uncertainties and many changes because of the pandemic. Thank God for His grace and mercies that helped us overcome these challenges. After using Zoom for about a year in 2020, most of the JSS teachers, parents and even the children were very well versed in using Zoom by 2021. Zoom is a very useful tool, but having JSS lessons over Zoom is always a last resort. Thank God that for the most part of 2021, we could have physical JSS classes in church. However, in order to slow down the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, the government did not allow in-person religious classes for a few weeks in May, July, August and October. Thus, JSS lessons had to be via Zoom during that period. Otherwise, we provided Zoom for children only on a case-by case basis (i.e. for children who were unwell and could not come to church or whose parents did not allow them to come to church, etc).

 As the church continued with “Walking Worthy of Our Calling” as the theme in 2021, the JSS followed suit. In line with this theme, Rev Dennis Kwok spoke to the children on “Walk not as other Gentiles walk” (3 Jan), “Walk in love” (16 May) and “Walk as Wise” (7 November) over 3 Open Sundays. Ng Boon Choo and Liz Yeo assisted him by leading the children in message related activities.

Due to the pandemic, we could not have a 2-day-1-night Young Teens-cum-Junior Retreat in church. But thank God that we could still have a 2-and-a-half-day Retreat from 18 to 19 March. The theme was “Drawing Closer to God.” Rev Zhu Jian Wei was our speaker. Thank God for a blessed Retreat with 13 fulltime and 2 part-time attendees, and 3 helpers. May the Lord help everyone to apply the lessons learnt.

We also thank and praise God for leading us through the other major events in our JSS calendar in 2021. These included the General Meetings (7 March and 7 November, prerecorded messages), Combined Department Easter Programme (4 April), Combined Department Reformation Programme (31 October), Vacation Bible School (23 to 24 November, via Zoom), Combined Department Christmas Programme (19 December) and Promotion Sunday (26 December). Without God, we can do nothing. As the pandemic rages on, please continue to pray for the ministry of the JSS. May the LORD continue to keep us faithful.

Truth Children's Fellowship 2021

Committee: Eld Winston (advisor), Boon Choo and Tina Wong

The Truth Children’s Fellowship (TCF) is a ministry that reach out to children from age four to twelve.

The objectives of the TCF are:
1.            To evangelize boys and girls with the pure gospel of Jesus Christ.
2.            To establish them in the Word of God for Christian living.

Thank God for enabling TCF to meet uninterrupted throughout 2021. As Covid-19 Pandemic rages on, we did have to continue to make adjustments to our program but as much as possible, when the government rules allowed for it, we would meet physically in church and then provide Zoom to those children who needed it. We started the year with about 13 children and about 4 to 5 teachers regularly at each TCF meeting. Praise God that in spite of the pandemic, we ended the year with about 18 children regularly attending TCF.

TCF celebrated its 14^th Anniversary on 27 February with over 30 attendees. Rev Dennis Kwok spoke on “Praise Ye the LORD” (Ps 117). We also watch a photo slide show of the TCF Key events in 2020. Everyone who came received a painted rock each with the words “Praise Ye the LORD” as door gifts.  These were paper weights hand painted by the TCF children. While we missed the close fellowship over refreshment as we had in the past but we are still thankful to God that we could still meet physically to remember God’s goodness to TCF even in the times of the pandemic.

Due to the pandemic, bi-weekly library, bi-weekly games and the twice-yearly outings continued to be on hold in 2021. Physical meetings were also not possible all the time. Some of our meetings had to be moved on to Zoom in May, July, Aug and Oct because the government tightened their rules. Both our Missions Program (7 Aug) and Children’s Day Program (1 Oct) had to be moved on to Zoom as well. Although meeting on Zoom does limit our interaction with the children but thank God for this means to minister to the children.       

By the grace of God, TCF still meet every Saturday, 3.30 to 5 pm (except on School holidays and public holidays) in church. Please continue to pray for our ministry. Do also invite the children of your unbelieving relatives and friends to come to TCF and hear the good news. Invitations to TCF can be found on the display table every Lord’s Day.

Vacation Bible School 2019

Come join our Vacation Bible School 2019! 
(Pls note that our VBS this year will be over 2 days, from 9 am to 2.30 pm.)

To download the form, click on the image below to enlarge.
Then right click on the image and choose "save image as". 
Then print and fill in the form and then sent it back to us. Please register early.
Registration closes on 27 Oct.

Do invite the children of your relatives, friends and neighbours too. 
For more info, pl contact Deborah (truthbpcvbs@gmail.com/Church Office Tel no: 6566 5519).

Vacation Bible School 2018

Come join our Vacation Bible School 2018! 
(Pls note that our VBS this year will be held in "Calvary Tengah B-P Church" instead.)
To download the form, click on the image below to enlarge. Then right click on the image and choose "save image as". 
Then print and fill in the form and then sent it back to us. Please register early.
Registration closes on 4 Nov.
Do invite the children of your relatives, friends and neighbours too. 
For more info, pl contact Deborah (truthbpcvbs@gmail.com/Church Office Tel no: 6566 5519).

Vacation Bible School 2017

Come join our Vacation Bible School 2017! 
To download the form, right click on the image above and choose "save image as". 
Then print and fill in the form and then sent it back to us. Please register early.
Registration closes on 5 Nov.
Do invite the children of your relatives, friends and neighbours too. 
For more info, pl contact Deborah (truthbpcvbs@gmail.com/Church Office Tel no: 6566 5519).

Truth Children's Fellowship 2016

Committee: Eld Winston (advisor), Boon Choo and Tina Wong

Objectives of the Truth Children’s Fellowship (TCF):

1. To evangelize boys and girls with the pure gospel of Jesus Christ.

2. To establish them in the Word of God for Christian living.

The TCF is a fellowship group for children from age four to twelve. The year 2016 saw a regular average attendance of nineteen children and nine teachers. 75% of the children who attend regularly are children of our church members, with the other 25% from non-Christian families or from other churches. These children usually need transport to and from TCF. Thank God for a few church members who have been faithfully providing transport.

 
Since 2015, we have been having two concurrent messages (one for the older children and one for the younger). This continued through 2016. The messages were “The Seven C’s of History" (Term 1), "The Ten Commandments" (Term 2), "New Testament Survey" (Term 3) and "Jesus' Teachings and Miracles from the Gospel of Matthew" (Term 4). Besides weekly messages, we also had fortnightly games sessions alternating with library time, and quarterly quiz and gift exchange. Thank God for every opportunity to minister to the children. Please continue to pray for our ministry.

 
Preparation for TCF 9th Anniversary celebration started many weeks in advance. We roped in the TCF children to make the door gifts. The anniversary program on 27th February 2016 included a message by Pastor Dennis on the theme "All Things Work Together for Good," a song presentation of “Romans 8:28” by the children and a slide show. As we watched the slide show, we realised we had so much to thank and praise God for. God has made all things work together for good and seen TCF through the past years. As a testimony of God’s goodness, the TCF children also presented the “Romans 8:28” song during worship service the following day.

 
2016 was another busy year for TCF, with special activities such as Outing to the Children Little Museum (28th May), Missions Special Program (13th Aug), Children’s Day Special Program (8^th Oct) and a combined TCF/VBS outing (below) to Bukit Batok Nature Park (26th Nov).

If you have non-Christian relatives, neighbours and friends who have children from age four to twelve, do invite them to TCF. We meet every Saturday (except on School holidays and public holidays), from 3.30 to 5 pm. Invitations can be found on the display table every Lord’s Day and on the TCF noticeboard.

Vacation Bible School 2016

Come join our Vacation Bible School 2016! 
To download the form, right click on the image above and choose "save image as". 
Then print and fill in the form and then sent it back to us. Please register early. 
Do invite the children of your relatives, friends and neighbours too. 
For more info, you can email us at truthbpcvbs@gmail.com or call our church office at 6566 5519.

Truth BPC's Junior Sunday School - Calendar of Events 2016

Recommended Messages for Parents & Teachers

30 Jan 16

Social Media Parents Seminar - Rev Dr Prabhudas Koshy

13 May 14

Teachers' Seminar (Part 1) Teachers' Seminar (Part 2) - Rev Dr Prabhudas Koshy

Vacation Bible School 2015

Come join our Vacation Bible School 2015! 

To download the form, right click on the image above and choose "save image as". Then print and fill in the form and then sent it back to us. Please register early. Do invite the children of your relatives, friends and neighbours too. 

For more info, you can email deborah@truthbpc.com.