Praise God for the 32 participants who turned up that day. We thank God for a wonderful time of learning and sharing.  Many hands had lightened the load in organising.  God had also blessed each one of us with all readiness of mind to learn.

Mrs Shirley Lee was our main speaker and the first session was on “Vocal Training.” She pointed out that when we are singing, our whole being is praising God.  In order to sing out that beautiful voice, we need to use the 4-step technique: inhale; suspension; control escalation and recovery. For the first time, we practiced the proper way of breathing and control of our voice when singing.

Following that, we had our main message on “MINISTRY THAT IS FANNED INTO FLAME” with the text taken from 2 Timothy 1:6-7.  This was related to the theme of HF year 2008: “Stand Fast” (Gal 5:1). “For brethren, ye have been called unto liberty;...but by love serve one another” (Gal 5:13). She exhorted that our hearts should be “fanning  hot” to serve the Lord with three pointers.

1.  God gave us not the spirit of fear but of Power

2.  God gave us a spirit of Love

3.  God gave us a Sound mind (Self-discipline)

She challenged us not to lose heart in our faith and never be lacking in zeal to serve Him.

After the lunch break, we had Usher Training by brother Willie Quek.  This is an important ministry because an usher is the first to greet and welcome the worshippers and newcomers. The purpose is to train the members to serve God in this ministry. We had role play which was fun and practical, reinforcing what we had learnt. 

We also had workshop on Prayer, Bible Study and Counselling in three groups. We benefited from each session and some were moved to tears when the Word of God was shared. The workshop ended with a session of prayer by all members, followed by a closing note and prayer by Pastor Isaac.

After a day of study, we had a garden walk at Lakeside Park. As we walked, some rendered songs of praise to God, which could be heard from a far distance.  The retreat concluded with dinner fellowship with the Elders. This was to give the HF members an opportunity to know the BOE. We truly thank the Lord for providing good weather and smooth transitions between each session. Some members had asked when will be the next retreat.

All praise and glory be unto His Holy Name!

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