50 Years Building His Kingdom - Far Eastern Bible College

The Adults’
Fellowship
IN 1980, the older Young Adults’ Fellowship
(YAF) members decided to
form the Adults’ Fellowship (AF) as
they were getting too old to be called
‘young adults’. Yet
they wanted to stay
actively involved in
church in a fellowship
group. Also,
they wanted to move
out of the YAF to
make way for older
members of the
Youth Fellowship
(YF) to join the
YAF.
The AF was
inaugurated in January
1982. The new
group celebrated their last
YAF anniversary and announced
the formation of
the AF at the same time.
The members were excited
as they regarded themselves
promoted to a new
body in which they could
still stay together to serve
the Lord. The motto, “To present every man
perfect in Christ Jesus”, based on Colossians
1:28 was retained as there was a need
to continue growth towards Christian maturity.
The AF activities in the early years
included speakers’ meetings (held in the
church, in homes and in outdoor locations),
Bible studies, outdoor evangelism, retreats,
barbecues, outdoor camps (at the PA site
in East Coast Park), annual Bible camps
(until the Church decided to hold the annual
family camps), and hospital and home
visitations. There were also games (mostly
badminton). Financial support of FEBC
students was contributed through the
Pledge Fund.
“To present every
man perfect in
Christ Jesus”
- Adults’ Fellowship
motto
Basically, all the activities were the
same as in the YAF days, except that the
topics chosen for meetings were more in
tune with the needs of adults. Besides providing
opportunities for
members to fellowship and
to keep in touch, it was
hoped that members would
move on to serve in other
areas of the Church. Hence,
opportunities in chairing
meetings, speaking and
praying in public, and leading
Bible study were provided. Through
such training, AFers started serving in other
areas of the Church such as the Sunday
School, the VBS, the Missionary Fellowship
and the Session.
The AF occupied the room beside the
Jerusalem Court (now occupied by the
EDP Office). A mini library was maintained
in the room. Subsequently, books
were contributed to the Sunday School library.
Besides Bible study and prayer,
members would flock to the room for the
warm Sunday lunch fellowship. The room
was ‘home’ and it was even vinyl-tiled in
1982 (or 1983) for easy maintenance.
In 1993, the AF organised their first
mission in support of the Chiang Mai
Church Annual Camp. That joint effort
Our Pioneers
in the AF
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