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Sharing of Dr. Chan

Together and alone, two seemingly contradictory and incompatible terms, nevertheless speak to the hearts of students nowadays. Because of being alone, we seek a community. Although we are together, we still feel alone. “It is not good for that man to be alone.” Aloneness is the most basic state of human beings at the time of creation. How can we accept and respond to our being alone?

On December 27-30, 2023, our Inter College Department and Inter College Christian Fellowship held an Inter-Colleges Bible Camp on “Together and Alone” to review the discussion on community in John 1, and to rediscover the true nature of community of faith – its foundation, core values and mission. Together, through Bible studies, workshops, group activities and evenings, we hope to build a “true community” that is no longer alone…

Barry ChungGeneral S

In the constant state of extreme climate, Inter-School Orientation (ISO) for fellowship committee members in October took place under Typhoon Signal No. 3. We are thankful for not only the unusual weather this year, but also the unusual students—the number of students who insisted on attending the event despite the typhoon was close to 80% of the total number of enrolments, which was about 150 students from 23 secondary schools. Most of the participants are young and emerging after the pandemic, but they are also a new generation that is open to faith and service; though their faith is shallow, they have a freshness that “wipes out the gloominess of fellowship”. Although greater effort is needed now than before the pandemic to engage with the community, most of the students have shown their commitment throughout the whole process, and there has been no lack of a joint school atmosphere with each other…