By Yong Soo Li While evaluating 2023 and planning for this year, our ministry leaders raised these questions: In the first two months of 2024, ministries have started to reach new types of young people, go deeper with one group […]
By Lionel Chan By the grace of God, we do all we can to stay relevant to today’s young people while anchored to Him. Without fail, the staff team comes together weekly to study God’s Word and consider how to […]
By Angela Ow Jolynn Wong saw the hand of God throughout the past three years as she led the International Student Ministry. In some ways, the ministry had an unusual start. Recalling how it began, Jolynn said, “I was feeling […]
by Joyce Peh Serve programmes have always been a key feature in the SYFC calendar. Every year, we welcome different groups of young people to use their long holidays to learn what it is like to serve God in a […]
By Kimberly Tan In our last REACH article, “Not A Time To Be Silent”, I interviewed two Christian Gen Zs, Keanne and Jareth, on their evangelism experiences. In this issue, we explore the mindset of non-Christian Gen Zs. Sarah Koh […]
By Kimberly Tan “I don’t understand the younger Gen Zs,” my Gen Z volunteer, in her early 20s, told me. I was intrigued. If a Gen Z herself finds it difficult to understand other Gen Zs, no wonder the older […]
By Lionel Chan In our June 2022 issue we marvelled at how, upheld by God, SYFC swung to everything online amidst strict no in-person gatherings with young people. Today, thank God, we have made U-turns and arrived at new destinations. […]
By Yong Soo Li I recall the good old ways. Our six issues of full-coloured printed evangelistic magazines, YoungLives in the 80s was useful. Later, when young people’s tastes and habits changed, print gave way to video, then social media. […]
Our Board members are diverse in backgrounds and experiences. Some have no prior SYFC involvement. Some are staff members on the ground. Others were involved in SYFC when they were younger. Their varied exposures enrich the ministry as they provide […]
Every once in a while, my co-workers are confronted with complicated challenges that are clearly in over their heads! Here are three such stories. Wang Qiu YuePreteens Ministry, 20 years in preteens and youth work (Qiu Yue (right) with a […]