About 30 ppl attended this week's CF special meeting and I can say everyone enjoyed every single moment of the whole meeting. The foundation students were not present as they have just finished their final exams and have returned to their respective hometowns. I arrived at Wesley Church around 8pm and not many ppl were there yet. The worship team was rehearsing when I entered the meeting room. Jensen was the leader with Daniel (guitar), Calvin (drums) & Renjie (keyboard) made up the music team.
The meeting started around 8.30pm. Ah Derk, as the chairperson, welcomed everyone and started with a prayer before Jensen & team took over. He led the members to three Christian hymns before handing over to Guan Heng for the famous CNY song, Gong Xi Gong Xi Gong Xi Ni. The 1st verse and the chorus were exactly the same lyrics but only the next verses were being modified.
The night continued with Renjie bossing the members around (this is her 2nd time after the Leadership Workshop last year). First, she asked us to proceed to the ground floor to look for Shu Ern and get a mandarin orange from her. Then, after receiving the orange, we have to write our contact number on it. Everyone gathered in a circle and with eyes closed, they have to pass the orange around. While the pass was going on, the committee members interrupted the process by swapping the oranges. The passing eventually stopped after some time and the next thing to do was to find the owner of the number written on the orange in hand. The search began and everyone started going around, asking whose number it is. Some managed to locate the owner of the number while some failed. I managed to find out that the number on the mandarin orange I'm holding belonged to my EL senior Crystal.
Everyone gathered in a circle again to be divided into 4 groups. After having done that, now they're waiting for further instructions from Renjie and Shu Ern. Then every group has to send two representatives for the next activity: stuffing oranges. Oh my goodness! I was one of the chosen two from my group. Here's how the game goes: the other members have to stuff certain slices of (peeled) mandarin oranges into the mouths of the 2 chosen persons where they have to say certain words after the oranges were inserted. Several rounds were played. At first, I didn't experience any difficulties but as the slices increased and at the final round, my mouth isn't big enough to fit in all the oranges. Later, everyone feasted on the oranges.
The next activity was quite interesting and fun as well. Every group has to come up with a clan name (or surname of the family) and appoint a head of the family. Each group received a red-coloured paper (usually used for calligraphy), some ink and few pieces of small love-shaped cards. Then the head of the family (grandfather in this case) has to decide their 3-tier family tree. The next step was that everyone in the family has to write CNY & Valentine wishes to their younger generation i.e grandpa to grandma, grandma to children, husband to wife, wife to her children etc. The grandchildren however have to address their wishes to their elders. After this was done, now the families have to write their greetings to another family on the red paper and later present to the family. The purpose of this activity was to enhance family love and relationships.
This is one of the greetings presented to the Siao family. It means "smile always".
Rev Yong took over the pulpit after all the members have returned to the meeting room after the fun-filled activities. She shared about CNY, Valentine's Day, love and family relationships. Then, Eric Ong made some announcements. 1st, CF off next week as everyone won't be around during CNY. 2nd, Bible study resumes on Week 6. 3rd, Boy-Girl Relationship & Personal Display of Affection workshop on Week 7. Last but not least, the current CF committee are passing the baton at the end of this trimester. In other words, some committee members are stepping down. That means there will be new faces in the committee list in the next trimester.
Eric then closed the meeting with a word of prayer and the members proceeded to the 1st floor for some refreshment. Everyone had time interacting and fellowshipping with one another during that time. Some ppl even went yum cha.
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