Making Room: Extending Christian Hospitality to our Neighbours
This public lecture for 2021, brought to you by BGST's Theology for Life Public Lecture Series, features Dr Christine Pohl. She was Professor Emerita of Church in Society at Asbury Theological Seminary. She retired in 2018 having taught there for close to 30 years. She first learned the practices of hospitality from her grandparents, and that inspired her life-long research and writing on the subject. She has written Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as Christian Tradition (Eerdmans, 1999) and Living into Community: Cultivating Practices that Sustain Us (Eerdmans, 2012).
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2021 continues to be a challenging year with uncertainty, unpredictability and instability. Since the pandemic started, many people have experienced anxiety, panic and fear, wondering what the future holds and when life will resume normal. It’s at this uncertainty time that people are looking for leaders who can bring a sense of certainty and hope to them.
Technology can advance but it won’t replace the leadership. Your voice has never been as important as of now. How you speak and come across has become vital in calming people down and influencing them.
The PLMC Glowing Years Ministry is bringing you another talk. In this interactive, practical and fun session, you’ll master the tools and techniques to speak with a powerful voice that calms people down, gives people hope and influences people into taking action in the time of uncertainty.
What will you learn?
1. Master your voice to command people’s attention
2. Develop your powerful voice to convey credibility and certainty
3. Project a voice that conveys calmness in the time of anxiety and panic
4. Speak with passion and conviction to inspire and influence people
Date/Time: Saturday 24 July 2021, 10am to 12pm Via Zoom
Speaker: Cynthia Zhai
Cynthia is a Voice Coach, Professional Speaker and Best-Selling Author. For the past 18 years Cynthia has been helping Senior Executives from 46 countries across 5 continents with their voices to speak with impact and conviction, engaging and inspiring people to embrace change and take action.
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restricted to first 50 participants
Brought to you by Paya Lebar Methodist Church Glowing Years Ministry
POWER in this VUCAWORLD
"Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit” Zechariah 4:6
What do you do when you are in circumstances that are Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) and feel that life is missing hope, meaning or purpose? Come and join us to be inspired by women who rise above the challenges of a VUCA world and thrive in living a transformed life!
SATURDAY 24 JULY 2021
10.30 AM – 2.30 PM
via ZOOM
Register online at https://tinyurl.com/vuca2021 or scan QR Code to register!
Colours of the Bible 2021 Art Competition
Colours of the Bible is an annual art competition and exhibition that is jointly organised by The Bible Society of Singapore and the Embassy of Israel in Singapore.
The theme for this year is “New Beginnings in the Bible”. New beginnings speak of hope, and biblical hope does not disappoint (Romans 5:5). Let’s make 2021 the year where the church of Christ step up and be that light that Christ has called us to be (Matthew 5:14). Let’s paint pictures that are not just aesthetically pleasing to the eyes but moves the hearts of the people.
This competition is open to ALL. Winners in each age category will receive an attractive prize and have their artwork exhibited at our online/ physical exhibition. They will also receive publicity via our Facebook page when we showcase their artwork online for our Facebook Most Likes Competition.
Submission Deadline: 30th June 2021
Competition Details & Registration: coloursofthebible.org/competition