Monday, September 11, 2006
Young Preachers' Contest

Yes, I got into the second round! Young Preachers' Contest is a contest where each tribe sends in max 2 participants to preach. The winner gets to have a 1 year understudy with Pastor Khong!!!!! Wooh!!!! That's a dream come true man. I always have high regard for my spiritual father. The experience was really good, I enjoyed it tremendously. I entered this contest because I wanted to feel how it was like preaching on the pulpit. After all, one day I will be there. After SOL 3, there was an opportunity to preach but I didnt dare to sign up because I felt that I wasn't ready for this. But this time, I wanted to challenge myself, to push myself out of the comfort zone and try something new.

I enjoyed every moment from preparation to executing it. Was I kan cheong? You bet! But all thanks to my tribe and friends, they were there to give me the support much needed. The selection was very much like Singapore Idol, except that there was no voting required. The pastors aka judges will comment one by one on your performance; what you have done well and what can you improve on. After that, they selected the top 12 (6 guys and 6 girls) into round 2 according to the scores. There will be 2 wild cards introduced too. Hmm....interesting.

I'm looking forward to Round 2. Hopefully I get into the finals where the finalists will get to preach during 288 Leaders' Meeting! Exciting!!!