Mid Year, Looking Back
From New Year to Mid Year… that’s a huge leap!
“New Year, New Blogs“, my 1st newsletter of 2010, was intended to be followed up with a second segment, but things just snowballed and well, half the year has now gone by.
In the past few months, I was on a number of days of MC (falling sick, not recovering fully and falling sick again) in the midst of attending 3 developmental courses, and preparing to share on 3 occasions.
I have also just completed some of the design on CreaComm’s ministry newsletter MGC (Making The Gospel Click). Download the PDF for a read. 
Thank God for His sustaining grace to put things in place and greatly strengthen me when I was feeling weak.
Here’s a glimpse of the 3 sessions, sharing about online ministry:
- At IED@SG 2010…
This is the 2nd year that we have organised this event in conjunction with Internet Evangelism Day on the last weekend of April. Different churches, ministries and organisations were represented even in the smaller turnout this time. There was great interaction during (the catered) lunch together and when we got into “action circles” for small group sharing.
As a result from this, a few of us have met to brainstorm ideas for our church websites and/or Facebook pages, with the goal of reaching out beyond the church. Please pray for wisdom, vision and resonance, as we develop and try out ways to use new media.
- At SOLEAD (School of Leadership)…
This is the 1st time an e-mentoring session has been conducted for our new staff training, Solead. The class was very attentive and a few of them commented that they found it interesting. During the training, there was a “hands-on” section and the 9 of them started responding to actual mails, beginning a 10-week challenge as e-mentors.
One question in the reply templates asks the visitor how he/she actually found the website. Here are replies from some contacts:
“When I was updating my Friendster site I saw a message above my profile telling about God. I click it and I found your site. I prayed and things just turn out amazingly!”
“Actually I was just browsing my mobile since I was connected to wi-fi in our house. Then as I was browsing I just noticed your website on the top. So I don’t hesitate to open and read.”
“I saw the banner at www.dictionary.com, so I click to check it out.”
I am constantly amazed how God is prompting people, to “stumble” on our websites! He prepares hearts to be willing, and ready to send in a response. This is also a testimony of the “rise” of the mobile sites where people are accessing the internet from their smart phones. Praise God for the wonderful work He is doing!
- At LENG KWANG BAPTIST…
Since the beginning of the year, I have been exploring the “Page” and “Group” functions of Facebook, (this was the intended 2nd “segment”, which could have been entitled “New Page, New Group” ). It was to see how to help my church have an online presence, in the (waiting) “absence” of a church website.
I had the opportunity to share more about this and my e-mentoring ministry in church to fellow LKers (I have same initials and similar-sounding name as my church… ). It is my desire to see greater awareness and participation, to explore and use these platforms as a natural extension of living life and being a witness.
From Mid Year on… the mails keep coming!
It is a joy to see God continue to work in people’s hearts through the ministry of e-mentoring. There were 2 days in the month of May when more than 30 mails were received within one day!
Here are some actual comments just in the past couple of months:
“Is there really a God?”
“I love God. I want to make changes to my life.”
“I wish not to commit more sins because I can’t follow Jesus anymore if I commit sins, right?”
“My parents forbid me to go to church and said that I can only choose my religion when I’m 18 so I was wondering how do I pray at home?”“I want to accept Christ but do not know how? I read the bible but when I attend church, I do not have the courage to step forward when they announced to welcome new comers. I supposed I have not know more about Jesus yet.”
Yes… the mails keep coming and the need for online missionaries increases proportionately. Would you like to prayerfully consider coming alongside and volunteering as an e-mentor?
I would love to hear from you!
Blessings,
Lay Kuan
“You have multiplied, O LORD my God,
your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.”
Psalm 40:5 ESV
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