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On 28 May 2019, ten bright-eyed Presbyterian \u00a0young people spent a morning at TTC as part of the three-week \u00a0Synod Training and Exposure Programme (STEP)\u2014an internship programme to expose young adults to church and lay ministry.\u00a0 Most of these youth were enjoying their university break or waiting to enter tertiary education.\u00a0 \u00a0During their morning visit to TTC, they were given a taste of how theological education is necessary for ministry and social engagement. \u00a0\u00a0This year\u2019s theme was \u2018Fake News\u2019, and Presbyterian lecturers amongst the TTC \u00a0faculty covered it from the Old Testament (Rev Dr Maggie Low), New Testament (Rev Dr James Lim), Theology (Rev Dr Edmund Fong), Pastoral Theology (Rev Dr Jimmy Tan) and Missions (Rev Yap Seok Chin) angles.<\/p>\n
This multi-faceted approach clearly won the youths\u2019 attention.\u00a0 On her part, Old Testament lecturer Dr Maggie Low talked about the fake news of the \u2018discovery of Goliath\u2019s skeleton\u2019, while Dr James Lim explained the NT \u2018exhortation\u2019 on snake handling. \u00a0Despite the content-heavy presentation, the young people wanted to keep on learning and asked many insightful questions during the Q & A.\u00a0 Which of them would have guessed that anything interesting could come from within the walls of a seminary?\u00a0 From the animated discussions that carried past the lectures into lunch, the short time the youth spent at TTC was well-spent.<\/p>\n
Participant Wayne Goh, who had just finished his National Service stint, shared his experience about STEP \u2026 \u201cThe program is beneficial for me in terms of knowing a few things about what theological studies is about\u2026 It sets us thinking about things we wouldn’t have thought about before\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
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