the majority of the stm lecturers and all the first year students will be in ipoh during the coming weekend for the ITC (Ipoh Theological Centre) celebration and STM Road Show. the ITC, under the leadership of the anglican churches, was started in Ipoh as a sort of extension centre for STM to conduct its courses for laypeople. students can sign up to do a CertCM and DipCM through the center.
once a year, usually at the beginning, the STM Road Show swings into existence. the ipoh road show has a dual purpose - firstly, to present STM to the churches in ipoh so that the laypeople will know more about the seminary and what we do, and secondly, to participate in the ITC graduation ceremony.
we travel down with the first year students to conduct a series of meetings and preaching engagements in the local churches in ipoh. on saturday night, the students will conduct 2 youth meetings, one for the chinese-speaking youths at st michael's anglican church kampung tawas and the other for the english-speaking youths at st john's. some lecturers will also be preaching during the saturday church evening services. on sunday mornings, the lecturers with some students will proceed to the local churches for their preaching enagagments. i have been assigned to preach in 2 churches, wesley methodist church ipoh during the 8.15 am service, and corner stone anglican outreach during the 10.00am service.
later in the evening at 5.00pm in wesley methodist church, the ITC celebration will be held. it is usually a church service where the principal will preach the sermon, presentations by the students in english and chinese, the anglican bishop will share about the occasion, and finally the presentation of certificates for those students attending the ITC courses. the meeting will end with a buffet dinner. by the time we leave ipoh and head back for seremban, it will be around 11.30pm when we arrive home.
so much for the STM ipoh road show (thankfully, they don't dress up the lecturers in tutus or dance the can-can or sell medicine by the roadside!).
once a year, usually at the beginning, the STM Road Show swings into existence. the ipoh road show has a dual purpose - firstly, to present STM to the churches in ipoh so that the laypeople will know more about the seminary and what we do, and secondly, to participate in the ITC graduation ceremony.
we travel down with the first year students to conduct a series of meetings and preaching engagements in the local churches in ipoh. on saturday night, the students will conduct 2 youth meetings, one for the chinese-speaking youths at st michael's anglican church kampung tawas and the other for the english-speaking youths at st john's. some lecturers will also be preaching during the saturday church evening services. on sunday mornings, the lecturers with some students will proceed to the local churches for their preaching enagagments. i have been assigned to preach in 2 churches, wesley methodist church ipoh during the 8.15 am service, and corner stone anglican outreach during the 10.00am service.
later in the evening at 5.00pm in wesley methodist church, the ITC celebration will be held. it is usually a church service where the principal will preach the sermon, presentations by the students in english and chinese, the anglican bishop will share about the occasion, and finally the presentation of certificates for those students attending the ITC courses. the meeting will end with a buffet dinner. by the time we leave ipoh and head back for seremban, it will be around 11.30pm when we arrive home.
so much for the STM ipoh road show (thankfully, they don't dress up the lecturers in tutus or dance the can-can or sell medicine by the roadside!).
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Probably like a skit about Hosea and Gomer?