50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College

Life
Bible-Presbyterian
Church
Before & After School Care
and Berean Fellowship
Children at Jiemin
BASC centre
doing homework
under guardians’
supervision
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Children of Huamin
BASC centre
outside their cabin
BY THE GRACE of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Before and After School
Care Centre is a local mission of
Life B-P Church to reach out to children
of primary school age. Our Lord has given
the vision and wisdom to Rev. Timothy
Tow and the Church Session to support this
work since September 1997 in obedience
to the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-
20), and to the Lord’s directive at Pentecost
to “be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem,
and in all Judaea, and in Samaria,
and unto the uttermost part of the earth”
(Acts 1:8b).
The BASC Centres are
located within the premises of
three Primary Schools at
Yishun. The project is in partnership
with the Ministry of
Community Development, the
Community Development
Council and the Ministry of
Education. The first two Centres
began in May 1998 and the
third in March 1999.
The managers of the
Centres are called Guardians.
They are mostly Lifers and some Christians
from other churches. The role of the
Guardians depends on their appointments
and spiritual gifts.
The children have to pay a monthly
fee. Subsidies for needy children are available
from the Government. Excess funds
from the non-profit Centres are used to
organise activities, benefiting the children
educationally as well as morally and spiritually.
All full-time and part-time Guardians
receive a salary from the Centres with
CPF and medical benefits. Monetary lovegifts
are given to volunteers.