Tuesday, November 18, 2008

My first night sleeping back at my dad's place did not go very well. All it did was taking away the headache I had last night in return with a present for me, a present that ruined my whole day, a cold. Thank God that I'm all better now.

Asia Conference is tomorrow and I have chosen the Elective courses that I will be going, other than the ones which the cell group will be going, which is "Youth Ministry", "Building a Healthy Self-image", and "Effective Counseling". The courses that I will be taking will be listed below, with their reasons under it.

Social Etiquette & Personal Grooming
It was Guang Xiang that encourage me to come for this course as he said that people paid big bucks just to attend this kind of course. I am not really sure about this but I do believe that social etiquette is really important in situations where you get to meet people with different status. It helps you to interact with people in a more proper and comfortable way.

By helping you to interact with people, you may better communicate with someone with a better composure. It helps you in your business as you speak with clients, your confidence and evangelising. However, did I not learn them in school? Well, I guess it is better to learn something more.

Songwriting For Praise & Worship
This is something new to me as I have a few tunes beating in my heart for quite sometime. I have actually written a worship song and I felt the the joy and the heart of the song.

Art of Worship Leading
Singing for God has always been my passion. I believe that worshipping God is not worship the worship song, but worshipping God is to lift your heart and voices to sing for Him and to Him. It is said that music is the soul of men. It touches the heart and goes deep within. Worship allows you to open up the heavens and reach into the presence of God.

There are some other courses that I would like to take part in. These are "Effective Evangelism", "Cell Group Leadership", "Men's Ministry", "Adversity Quotient & Emotional Quotient", "Coping With Depression", "Helping Someone Break An Addiction", "Dynamics of A Contemporary Worship Band". But too bad I can only take 6 courses. I will have to wait till the next Asia Conference.