Dear companions of FES, We are thankful for the successful completion of the FES Day, “Pastoral Care Initiative: An Trauma-Informed Approach” Seminar, this past Sunday. We are sincerely grateful to the four speakers for their thoughtful preparation and insightful sharing, which balanced academic de...
Dear companions of FES, I remember meeting with Rev Timothy Au, an honourably retired teacher of CGST, at the end of last year. Besides discussing the arrangements for staff retreat camp, he repeatedly expressed to me and my co-workers, “The work of FES in this era proves to be very important and c...
Dear companions of FES, This week we held our annual Staff Retreat Day and Ministry Planning Camp at Breakthrough Youth Village. Led by William, Associate Director of the Fellowship Department on the first day, all staff members put together a personal “ministry journey”, meditated on the st...
Dear companions of FES, During the Christmas season this year, I believe we all had many gatherings with family and friends, and perhaps some of our brothers and sisters in Christ from overseas came to visit us. The fellowship of facing each other in person and sharing our experiences in recent...
Dear companions of FES, Peace be with you in the Lord! In the past year, through the “Listening Campaign” and other ministry activities, FES staff team kept on walking closely with students in campus fellowships, enabling the young generation to share their inner struggles candidly. Toge...
Dear companions of FES, According to a recent universities’ research report, the “life-worth-living index” of young people in Hong Kong has dropped to a record low over the years, and it is found that the higher the grade of the pupils, the lower the recognition of “life worth living” is. The l...
Dear companions of FES, I recently had the privilege of speaking with several seminary teachers about how to shape a trauma-sensitive church, and we all affirmed that this pastoral issue is of great concern at this time and place. Conventional churches are accustomed to placing objective truths...
Dear companions of FES, This busy summer is drawing to a close. Apart from the intensive summer ministry, I had wonderful time to catch up with some of my dear friends who had returned to Hong Kong. We enjoyed the bonding of the Lord's Fellowship. I hope that you could have some rest this summe...
Dear companions of FES, June and July are the busiest months of the year for us. Our ministries are in full swing and our staff are in high gear. Yet in the midst of our ordinary human busyness, we are amazed to see the marvelous works of God. We would like to share the experience of the Internat...
Dear companions of FES, In the history of mankind, the days of light were no more than the days of darkness; existing mankind may still recall the scene of the atomic bomb falling on a densely populated city, the blinding glare of which was the beginning of the spread of darkness once again. I re...
Dear companions of FES, I recently had a valuable opportunity to attend a course on psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, and the instructor mentioned that some clients would engage in abnormal behaviors, such as hurting themselves physically, in order to find a way out of their unbearable situatio...
Dear companions of FES, A philanthropist recently decided to "invest" in college students by donating a large sum of money to a New York medical college that waived tuition for all its students. Nearly half of the College's students are of Asian, Hispanic, and African-American backgrounds, and ...
Dear companions of FES,I had two days of solitude during this Lunar New Year, in which I was reminded of my family's memories during the festive season. In the quiet, I recalled the days when I spent New Year's Eve with my late mother. As a child, I made all kinds of goodies with her and shared th...
Dear Companions of FES, In the year 2023, even though Hong Kong has finally entered "recovery" from various measures of pandemic control, it seems that the mental health of Hong Kong people would no longer be the normal state. Many young people are suffering from emotional disorders, and the inci...
Dear companions of FES, I hope you enjoy a peaceful and loving Christmas. Apart from celebrating the birth of our Savior at Christmas, I also meditate on the life of the baby Jesus. According to the Gospel of Matthew, the newborn baby Jesus went from the "holy scene" into "exile" to escape from K...
Dear companions of FES, Peace be with you in the Lord! The spate of suicides committed by young people in recent months has aroused the concern of various sectors of the community. Many surveys have shown that more than half of the young people are facing different degrees of emotional proble...
Dear companions of FES,Israel-Hamas conflict has been going on for more than two weeks now. Our hearts are deeply saddened to see innocent lives being sacrificed in the war. Besides prayer (which we may not know how to do), how can the church respond in faith? Sometimes, we fall into a mindset of ...
Dear companions of FES,At a recent staff morning assembly, FES invited the International Justice Mission Hong Kong team to share on the crimes of child sexual exploitation on the Internet in Southeast Asia, which is outrageous. In addition to rescuing the victims, IJM staff hope to raise the aware...
Dear companions of FES, I just attended the four-yearly IFES World Assembly. During the eight days of intensive program, I met a lot of fellows who are striving to work with students despite the pandemic, as the theme of the conference describes, "Tabah dan Tangguh: Witnesses in the University ...
Dear companions of FES, After six years of hard work, students had finally come to the day when the Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (DSE) results were released. As always, the media loved to interview and report on the DSE champions. The difference is that this year, the number of stra...