Touchlight Newsletter

The
Touchlight Newsletter
Touching Others Under Christ’s Hand
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We listen to each other. We support each other. We help each other. We are there for each other.
Feb 2015 • Volume 3, Issue 2 ⦁ Lighthouse Evangelism
As we celebrate Valentine’s Day with our loved ones, just pause for one moment and consider this - just imagine a world without the love of God! Valentine’s Day will not be
needed if there is no love in the first place. In His unmerited love for humanity God gave His ONLY begotten son Jesus Christ to die on the cross to redeem us from sin
and death so that whoever believes in Him will have eternal life.
Let us be thankful to our Heavenly Father for His love which initiates us into the ability to understand the true meaning of love. When we believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ, God’s deep love is shed in our hearts and enables us to be compassionate and understanding towards anyone not like us or anyone with a special need. The love of
God breaks all barriers in our hearts so that we can love them with a sincere love like God whose love endures forever. 1 John 4:19 says, “We love because He first loved
us”.
May the love of Christ empower every parent to love their children more no matter what they have been diagnosed with. They are unique and special to God. They have a
special connection to Him. By their very nature, they exhibit the purity and love of Christ because their social conformities and awareness do not connect to the world
like that of other children. In fact, their spirituality can connect to Christ differently from other children.
Here, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all Touchlightees’ parents for entrusting them to our care during the Miracle Service. Our loving Touchlight teachers
know the needs of all your children. They always strive to find ways to help them to experience the love of God. They are also committed and dedicated to constantly seek
to create an appropriate setting for all Touchlightees to learn how much God loves them.
Have a blessed Valentine’s Day to all our Touchlightees’ parents!
Susan Lee
Touchlight Ministry Head
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creator of all things. He created the light,
the sky and ocean. He also made the land,
As we prepare to usher in the Lunar New
Year, we wish everyone a great year with
bountiful blessings from the Lord!
sea and plants. The sun, moon and stars
that spin in their obits were also created
by Him. And He even made the birds and
sea creatures. All these He had created
all these to provide man with a liveable
condition on earth.
Creation Day 3 craft work
by Darren Teo
on behalf of LEW Touchlight team
LEW Patience & Elyon Room
God is awesome and powerful. He is the
Touchlighter support a Touchlightee in
completing a puzzle.
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“The heavens were made by the Lord’s
word and all the stars by the breath of his
mouth.”
Psalm 33:6
LET Patience Room
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January 2015 saw the beginning of yet another
year and our young Touchlightees began the
year learning about how the world began – The
Creation Story.
It is said that a picture speaks a thousand
words. And so for each lesson, we use lots of
colourful pictures to show the children God’s
power and creativity.
The pictures below show the sequence of God’s
creative and loving mind as He systematically
created and put things to function orderly on
earth.
In six days, God turned the earth that was void
and dark into a paradise teeming with all forms
of life, colours and happiness.
Each day as He finished one creation, God
would look at it and said with satisfaction that
‘it was good’. When He had finished with His
final creation, God looked at all that He had
created and He was totally satisfied for He said
that “it was very good.”
He did all these by just speaking His Word. His
power and greatness is indeed difficult for us to
fathom. We can appreciate the wisdom,
creativity and beauty of God’s creation because
we are made in His likeness.
Go saw all that he had made, and it was
VERY GOOD.
Genesis 1:31
Jade Quah
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LET Joy Room
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31st Janauary 2015
Touchlight Training
Touchlighters gathered in anticipation for
Touchlight Ministry’s first training session for
2015. The training sessions are organized by
our ministry in our continual effort to equip
Touchlighters to serve better.
It is an
opportunity for the Touchlighters from both
Woodlands and Tampines to fellowship,
update and encourage one another with
testimonies.
We are grateful to Stanley Tan who had made
time in his tight and busy schedule to brief us
on the Emergency Evacuation Procedure of
Lighthouse. We are impressed with the details
and logistics that have been put in place in
case of any emergency. Stanley Tan shared
vital tips like using the ‘flashlight’ function in
our hand phones. At the end of the briefing,
we have a better understanding of the route
we should take and the protocol to follow.
However, more than anything, we believe
that our God watches over us and no harm
will befall us.
Venetia proceeded to give a brief on the First
Aid procedure and general procedures for
other forms of emergency like accidental
injury. The Touchlighters were also shown
slides on how to identify children with
HFMD.
Kim led us to play an ice-breaking game.
What followed were rounds of laughter and
the atmosphere was evidently lighter. We
also discovered hobbies, dream travel
destinations and favorite food of our
Touchlighters. We were also encouraged, as
Touchlighters shared how serving in the
ministry had changed their spiritual life. Some
of us shared on the positive changes we saw
in the Touchlightees, as we gave God all the
glory for His work among us.
Touchlighters picked up useful strategies from
the Shadow Support Training segment.
Touchlighters understood that their presence
play a vital in the spiritual growth of the
Touchlightees.
Touchlightees are welcome in the church to
learn about God, to be prayed for and to be
ministered to.
A brief on the learning characteristics and
behavioral challenges of children with autism
helps Touchlighters better understand
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Touchlightees. Step by step strategies were
provided for Touchlighters to handle various
learning situation.
The role of a Touchlight Shadow Teacher is
definitely an active one.
Each Touchlightee is unique. Therefore each
approach, teaching method and techniques
should be different and appropriate for that
learning moment.
The training session ends with a delicious Thai
Style Fried Tang Hoon. Touchlighters lingered
after dinner to fellowship and catch up with
one another.
It was a great learning and equipping session
and we look forward to our next training
session in October.
Venetia Yeo
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