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08/08/2023

As a graduate ministry that has been around for almost 70 years, being intergenerational is part of the uniqueness of GCF. It is with great enthusiasm that this year we are partnering with NUS VCF (Varsity Christian Fellowship) to launch a platform for students, young graduates, and senior graduates to connect under VCF’s TAG (Talking About Graduation) programme. It will be less of a structured formal mentoring, but more of informal conversation over meals (dinner), which will be held between 23rd Sept to 1st Oct, and between 16th to 20th October. Thus we are calling graduates (young and old), who are keen to befriend young graduates and/or graduating students to join this initiative, and where possible, to host the meals. Join us in this consultation/conversation as we discuss this initiative in more details. "Intergenerational Friendship": a conversation - Saturday, 19 Aug, 2pm at 28 Dublin Road, S239813.

Sign up: tinyurl.com/InterFren2023

As a graduate ministry that has been around for almost 70 years, being intergenerational is part of the uniqueness of GCF. It is with great enthusiasm and pleasure that this year we are partnering with NUS VCF (Varsity Christian Fellowship) to launch a platform for students, young graduates, and senior graduates to connect under VCF’s TAG (Talking About Graduation) programme. It will be less of a structured formal mentoring, but more of informal conversation over meals (dinner), which will be held between 23rd Sept to 1st Oct, and between 16th to 20th October. Thus we are calling graduates (young and old), who are keen to befriend young graduates and/or graduating students to join this initiative, and where possible, to host the meals. Join us in this consultation/conversation as we discuss this initiative in more details. "Intergenerational Friendship": a conversation - Saturday, 19 Aug, 2pm at 28 Dublin Road, S239813.

Sign up: tinyurl.com/InterFren2023

04/08/2023

As GCF is turning 70 soon, we remember God’s faithfulness throughout many generations past. At the same time we also look out for the future and for the continuity of our ministry among graduates and students. This year, we take the opportunity of the Graduates' Christian Fellowship - GCF Singapore’s Annual Thanksgiving Dinner to launch the “FES-GCF Legacy Fund”. The Fund is created in memory of Dr. Bobby Sng, who dedicated his life to student and graduate works in institutions of higher learning. It is setup to ensure the effectiveness of FES and GCF’s ministry for the faith development among tertiary students and graduates, which is the legacy we seek to leave behind. Join us in this annual thanksgiving dinner (co-organized with Fellowship of Evangelical Students Singapore - FES) on Friday, 15 September 2023 6:30pm, at NUSS Kent Ridge Guild House, as we sow the seeds to make lasting impact for the future generations.

Sign up at https://tinyurl.com/GCFDinner2023 or scan the QR code on the poster.

16/08/2022

𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐬 (𝐀𝐮𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐): 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
https://links.fellowship.sg/impetusaug2022

Hello everybody! Here is our Aug 2022 Impetus!

In this update, we give an overview of an eventful holiday season for FES from June to August. We offer highlights from our inaugural 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲, 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬' 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲, 𝐍𝐒𝐂 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝, and 𝐍𝐔𝐒 𝐕𝐂𝐅 𝐅𝐎𝐂! This is followed by a short reflection from our senior staff worker 𝐅𝐮𝐣𝐢 𝐘𝐞𝐰. Included in this issue is an update from our FES Library, 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐭.

For enquiries or responses on Impetus, email [email protected]

15/08/2022

Dear GCF and FES alumni, supporters, and friends!

GCF and FES are organizing a Fellowship Dinner to Reconnect! Let us make the best of these times as we are able to meet openly and freely to celebrate the grace and provision of our Lord and His sustaining work among students and graduates through the years.

𝗙𝗘𝗦-𝗚𝗖𝗙 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁
𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟲 𝗦𝗲𝗽 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮, 𝟳𝗽𝗺-𝟵.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺
Raffles Town Club (1 Plymouth Ave)
Sharing by: Rev Dr Edwin Tay

Come and join the dinner! Form a table comprising your batch of uni/poly friends, excos or student committees! Let us reconnect!

Sign up here: links.fellowship.sg/fesgcfdinner2022

01/07/2022

Reposted from - ✨Calling all recent* graduates✨
⚠️Registration for our fes-gcf Graduation PARTY has been extended to 4July! 🥳
Don't miss this opportunity to connect with other grads and alumni, learn about our graduate ministry, and celebrate your graduation....all with a free lunch!! 😋
See you there 😌
sign-up link: links.fellowship.sg/gradparty2022
*recent graduates = graduating batches of 2020-2022.

Reposted from - ✨Calling all recent* graduates✨

⚠️Registration for our fes-gcf Graduation PARTY has been extended to 4July! 🥳

Don't miss this opportunity to connect with other grads and alumni, learn about our graduate ministry, and celebrate your graduation....all with a free lunch!! 😋

See you there 😌

sign-up link: links.fellowship.sg/gradparty2022
*recent graduates = graduating batches of 2020-2022.

28/06/2022

✨Calling all recent* graduates✨
⚠️Registration for our FES-GCF Graduation Party is CLOSING SOON⚠️
🥳What's going to happen at GradParty2022, you ask? We welcome you to join us in celebrating God's goodness, and mark this movement into the next phase of your life alongside other graduates!
Join in this party to be exhorted, celebrate & connect with fellow grads+grad ministry, and be commissioned! 😌
sign-up link: links.fellowship.sg/gradparty2022

*recent graduates = graduating batches of 2020-2022.

Reposted from - ✨Calling all recent* graduates✨

⚠️Registration for our FES-GCF Graduation Party is CLOSING SOON⚠️

🥳What's going to happen at GradParty2022, you ask? We welcome you to join us in celebrating God's goodness, and mark this movement into the next phase of your life alongside other graduates!

Join in this party to be exhorted, celebrate & connect with fellow grads+grad ministry, and be commissioned! 😌

sign-up link: links.fellowship.sg/gradparty2022

*recent graduates = graduating batches of 2020-2022.

28/06/2022

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

We would like to invite you to take part in this ministry opportunity to mentor younger graduates in their walk of faith, in discerning God's voice in their life:

These days we can easily find contents that suit our needs at any given time, with information so easily accessible, literally at our fingertips. What we need is not another talk or seminar or conference to tell us about how to follow God and how to discern His calling. What we need more is a fellow sister/brother in Christ who is willing to walk alongside of us, a spiritual companion, or a mentor -to be our sounding board, to help sieve through the contents we pick up and apply them in our life, to offer us perspectives, and to pray with us.

Building up on our mentoring initiatives last year, when we published a micro-teaching series on Spiritual Mentoring, held a mentoring consultation, and developed our pool of mentors through the mentoring journey with Dr. Tan Soo Inn, this year we will be offering our mentoring ministry to wider pool of graduates. At the same time, we also continue to equip our aspiring mentors with a consultation on 16 July 2022, 2pm onsite at FES-GCF Conference Room, on the topic of “How to Kickstart the Mentoring Journey”. It will be followed by the briefing session for mentors on 6 August 2022, 2pm (same venue), where we will share and clarify our direction further on the “Vocational Mentoring” offered by GCF. If you are keen to know more or to take part in our mentoring programme, come and join us on both dates. Together let us make our journey of faith count as we walk alongside our peer and younger graduates.

Sign up at bit.ly/GCFMentors2022 or scan the QR code below.

27/06/2022

𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐬 (𝐉𝐮𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐): 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲
https://links.fellowship.sg/impetusjun2022

Hello everybody! Here is our Jun 2022 Impetus!

In this update, we explore how youths are involved in the Mission of God today in 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲. This is followed by reports from various CFs through an eventful season:
- 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡-𝐫𝐞𝐤𝐚: Embrace, Engage, Empower, a youth forum co-organized by FES and Bible Society
- 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, a joint exhibition by the NUS Varsity Christian Fellowship and NUS Muslim Society
- 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬, a camp by NUS ISCF
- 𝐀 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, the annual combined Polytechnic CCF graduates camp
- 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞, the first every camp held by SUSS CF.
- In this issue, we also hear from two of our newer staffworkers: 𝐋𝐢𝐦 𝐘𝐢𝐧𝐠 and 𝐊𝐞𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐢!

For enquiries or responses on Impetus, email [email protected]

27/06/2022

Reposted from .singapore Calling all recent* graduates!

🥳Registration for our FES-GCF Graduation Party is now open!

We welcome you to our GradParty2022! This is an occasion to come together, celebrate God's goodness, and mark the movement into the next phase of your life alongside other graduates🌟
You will also find out about our GCF ministries and graduate events.

Join in the party to be exhorted, celebrate & connect with fellow grads+grad ministry, and be commissioned! 😌

links.fellowship.sg/gradparty2022

*recent graduates=graduating batches of 2020-2022.

26/04/2022

𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐬 (𝐀𝐩𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐): 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭
https://links.fellowship.sg/impetusapr2022

Hello everybody! Here is our Apr 2022 Impetus!

In this update, we celebrate the holding of our 64th FES AGM. This is followed by reports on MELT Camp 2022 and NPCCF Leadership Camp, as well as an update from FLINT. Finally, we bid farewell to our longest serving staff worker, Yvonne Choo.

For enquiries or responses on Impetus, email [email protected]

01/03/2022

𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐬 (𝐅𝐞𝐛 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐): 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐
https://links.fellowship.sg/impetusfeb2022

Hello everybody! Here is our Feb 2022 Impetus!

You will notice that there is a slight change to Impetus for this coming year as we look to update you with more staff and student stories, but every two months instead of the previous monthly updates.

So for this month's newsletter, I wish to draw your attention to 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐! This is followed by student reflections on many of the 𝐂𝐅 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 that have happened in the past two months. We also congratulate 𝐍𝐏𝐂𝐅 for reaching their 50th Anniversary last year! And also 𝐒𝐈𝐌 𝐒𝐂𝐅 for reaching their 30th Anniversary last year! Finally we introduce our newest staffworker, 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐦.

For enquiries or responses on Impetus, email [email protected]

22/02/2022

What lessons could we learn from the West regarding their success/failure in cultivating faithful presence of Christian witness on campus and in the society? Let us also listen to sharing from two sisters from Japan and the Philippines pertaining their own local challenges and initiatives in their countries.

IFES East Asia Webinar Series #19
In the World But Not of the World:
Cultivating Faithful Presence Amidst Hostility and Desperation

Friday, 25th February 2022, 7.30PM GMT+8
Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/eaweb25feb
Panel speakers: Tom Lin (President/CEO of IVCF USA), Emadel Canon (Head of Field Ministry, IVCF Philippines), and Noriko Kanno (PhD Student, KGK Japan)

𝐼𝐹𝐸𝑆 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑎 𝑊𝑒𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 #19
𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅:
𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑨𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒔𝒕 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

𝐅𝐫𝐢, 𝟐𝟓 𝐅𝐞𝐛 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐, 𝟕.𝟑𝟎𝐏𝐌 𝐆𝐌𝐓+𝟖
𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐮𝐩: https://tinyurl.com/eaweb25feb

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬:
𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 #𝟏: 𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐢𝐧
Tom Lin currently serves as President/CEO of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship InterVarsity USA. Prior roles have included serving as the country director for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students in Mongolia, where he helped establish a Mongolian evangelical student movement, and serving as InterVarsity’s Vice President of Missions and Director of the Urbana Student Missions Conference. Tom has also served as a trustee on the boards of Wycliffe Bible Translators, Missio Nexus, and Leadership & Legacy Foundation. He currently serves on the boards of Fuller Theological Seminary, the Crowell Trust, and the Lausanne Movement.

He holds a BA in Economics from Harvard University and an MA in Global Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary.

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 #𝟐: 𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧
Emadel LCanonis the Field Ministry Director of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Philippines, serving as the supervisor of the nine regional directors and overseeing especially the program aspect of both high-school and college department and recently the digital ministry department.

She graduated from Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute Of Technology majoring in Engineering Technology Management.

As a staff worker, it is her desire and joy to see students, the future leaders of the country and of the churches being trained and molded with the ideals of the Kingdom.

𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 #𝟑: 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨
Noriko Inosh*ta Kanno is a 1st year PhD student in the University of Tokyo. Her research is on agriculture in developing nations.

She graduated from the University of Tokyo, during which she served as one of KGK キリスト者学生会 IFES Japan student leaders there (2015-2016). She continued her study in the University of the Philippines Los Banos from Aug 2016 to Jun 2017.

She also served as the chair of KGK world mission committee from Apr 2018 to Mar 2019.