Jeremy and I had been worshipping at PLMC for a few months. During the ministry month, our hearts were tugged to visit cell groups. So, despite having only one close friend in the youth ministry, we plucked up our courage and signed up for the tea session.

We are grateful that we went to the tea session and met people just like us during the breakout session. God helps us through the Holy Spirit and people in the same season of life. Come good or bad, we have brothers and sisters in Christ to rejoice with or seek support from.

Thank you Emanuel, the pastors of PLMC and volunteers for organising this tea session.

- Chen Siru & Jeremy Wong (newcomers to the YA community)

During ‘Your Work Matters’, Rev Dr Wee Boon Hup spoke about the dissociation between the secular and the sacred, and the separation of work into the ‘spiritual estate’ and the ‘temporal estate’.

I have been working for 5.5 years and currently taking a short sabbatical from work. As I felt emotionally drained from the working world, I felt the need to reflect and to find my direction.

As Rev Wee spoke, I realized that in the past few years, I had led a working life that was self-seeking. Instead of focusing on the biblical and spiritual vision of work, my motivation for work was to seek achievements, success and validation from the world.

I was encouraged to re-prioritize my Christian values in work and to see work as a gift from God. It made me change my perspective from one which views work as a drudgery to one where I am the servant of God to bring Kingdom values to the marketplace. The work I do matters to God and has eternal value.

I am unsure where my next vocation would be but I believe that God has prepared the way.

- Ruth Lee