Dear Parents of ICS,
You are cordially invited to join a special prayer and lunch celebration on:
Feb. 11th 2012 Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
At 5/F Chapel
We are so thankful that many grade level parents prayer fellowships were formed in the past year, we invite you to come pray with us and hear more about how this can impact your family and your children in this Celebration! We will have:
1. Lively worship time led by Kirby Chan
2. Sharing on: "Unleashing the Power of Intercessory Prayer" by Pastor Fai Chan
3. Parents testimony
4. Gospel Dinner update
5. Luncheon celebration starting 12:30 p.m.
Please contact your grade level prayer group leaders or email Phyllis Fung at pfung2009 "at" gmail.com to make reservations. Bring a friend along!
Blessings,
Fai Chan
Parents Association Chairman
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Christian Living/Parenting Book Donations Request
The Parent Association in conjunction with the Secondary Library is setting up a "Parent Resource" section, for parents to borrow books and teaching DVDs which will help them in raising their children.
Housed in the Secondary Library, the items will be available to parents of all grades. If you are able to donate good condition Christian books or DVDs relating to child development, family matters, relationships, etc, we would like to share them with the ICS community. We accept books in any language, hard-cover preferred for durability.
If you have further questions, you may contact PA member Penny Yue at 9437 7181. Kindly bring your book donations to either the Elementary Office or the Secondary Library, thank you!
Housed in the Secondary Library, the items will be available to parents of all grades. If you are able to donate good condition Christian books or DVDs relating to child development, family matters, relationships, etc, we would like to share them with the ICS community. We accept books in any language, hard-cover preferred for durability.
If you have further questions, you may contact PA member Penny Yue at 9437 7181. Kindly bring your book donations to either the Elementary Office or the Secondary Library, thank you!
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Parent Support Group Report
Fourteen parents attended a parenting session in early January on the topic of Understanding Children with Special Needs. There was an overview of some types of disorders and sharing from parents of special needs children about how we can help ourselves and our children accept and understand children with special needs.
Upcoming session on Feb 3 - Peer Pressure 8:30-10:30am Elementary Conference Room
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The Source of Happiness
The ICS Parent Association (PA) is hosting our annual Gospel Dinner on Friday March 23, 2012 at the Grand Capital Banquet Hall in Shatin Town Hall. (沙田京都高級宴會廳). This is a gospel outreach activity for the entire ICS community, particularly targeting non-believers. This year’s speaker is Rev. Young Man Chan (陳恩明) who is a gifted crusade speaker. The topic is The Source of Happiness (快樂的泉源). We would encourage everyone in our community to invite other parents and children, family members and friends to attend this meeting. We hope to bring the love and grace of our Lord to many more others who have yet to know Him personally.
The dinner table price was set at HK$2880 ($240 per person x 12). To facilitate easy booking, we would appreciate booking of a minimum of one table for each reservation. You may sponsor one table (or more) by faith, send us the fee accordingly, then start inviting people to fill up the table. On the other hand, participants may gather together to form one table (12 people for each table) and one person will be responsible for the registration and booking.
For registration, please send email to ICSPAEXCO@gmail.com , then send a cheque payable to International Christian School, marking "Gospel Dinner 2012" at its back, attention to Becky Lee Su (secretary of PA of ICS). Acknowledgement of receipt will be issued later via email to the registrant.
We are encouraged by the response of the Gospel Dinner last year. Seeds were sown and souls have been saved. Do pray earnestly for this event and start inviting your friends now! Try to have a few Christian friends seated in the same table as your non-Christian friends, so they can be cared for properly.
The dinner table price was set at HK$2880 ($240 per person x 12). To facilitate easy booking, we would appreciate booking of a minimum of one table for each reservation. You may sponsor one table (or more) by faith, send us the fee accordingly, then start inviting people to fill up the table. On the other hand, participants may gather together to form one table (12 people for each table) and one person will be responsible for the registration and booking.
For registration, please send email to ICSPAEXCO@gmail.com , then send a cheque payable to International Christian School, marking "Gospel Dinner 2012" at its back, attention to Becky Lee Su (secretary of PA of ICS). Acknowledgement of receipt will be issued later via email to the registrant.
We are encouraged by the response of the Gospel Dinner last year. Seeds were sown and souls have been saved. Do pray earnestly for this event and start inviting your friends now! Try to have a few Christian friends seated in the same table as your non-Christian friends, so they can be cared for properly.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Let your voices be heard!
The work of the Search Committee formed by the Board of Trustees for the recruitment of the next Headmaster is in full swing. In order to assist the Search Committee, the PA ExCo has just formed a working sub-committee called the PA ExCo Next Headmaster Sub-Committee ("the PANC") to collect parents' views on the expected qualities that parents may have on the next Headmaster. The PANC will convey the parents' views collected to the Search Committee and the Board.
The PANC comprises five PA ExCo members (Grace So, Ronna Chao, Monic Mou, Andrew Ngo and Tony Ma as chairman)
We hereby invite you to take this opportunity to write down up to FIVE qualities you would like to see in the next HM (e.g., spiritual leadership, financial stewardship, etc.) and send them by by email to icspanc@gmail.com
on or before Friday 9 December 2011.
Parents are one of the major stakeholders of the ICS community; let your voices be heard.
The PANC comprises five PA ExCo members (Grace So, Ronna Chao, Monic Mou, Andrew Ngo and Tony Ma as chairman)
We hereby invite you to take this opportunity to write down up to FIVE qualities you would like to see in the next HM (e.g., spiritual leadership, financial stewardship, etc.) and send them by by email to icspanc@gmail.com
on or before Friday 9 December 2011.
Parents are one of the major stakeholders of the ICS community; let your voices be heard.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Why Choose a Christian University?
One of our ExCo wrote to Biola University and received the following about Christian Universities from President Barry H. Corey. It was available at the recent school college fair, but in case you missed it, we've put it here for your reference.
Why Choose a Christian University?
When considering which university to attend, high school students and their parents should think not only about how a university teaches students and equips them with facts and knowledge, but also about how a university grows a student and enriches their soul. Sadly, many universities in America and across the world have lost their “soul” and drifted away from moral and religious concerns. Many colleges have abandoned their Christian roots or shunned faith altogether, replacing it with aggressive secularism and a sometimes antagonistic prejudice against the role of belief in education.
Christian universities do still exist, however, and their insistence on a robust integration of faith and academic learning provides an important alternative in the contemporary landscape of higher education. At a Christian university you will find top-notch training in a variety of disciplines — science, health, math, art, music, language, business, etc. — that is coupled with and informed by the pursuit of God and the study of Scripture.
At Biola University, where I work, we believe that nurturing the soul and nurturing the mind are both essential for a meaningful education. We teach our students to integrate their faith with their academic and professional development. No matter what their career aspiration or major, each student at Biola receives a foundational education in Bible — taught by some of the brightest biblical scholars today. We believe that the Bible is the center of knowledge, and that out of this focused center we are better able to produce graduates who are prepared for a vocation, spiritually mature, grounded in the Bible, globally minded, and ready to take on the challenges of the world.
Trends in American Universities
One trend in American higher education that all universities are dealing with right now is the challenge of adapting to the digital revolution. The Internet and other digital technologies have changed everything in culture, including higher education, and universities have been presented with new problems and possibilities as a result. At Biola University, we have prioritized the leveraging of new technology for the purposes of our mission. For example, we have started offering numerous online courses to our students, and we’ve put select courses and lectures on iTunes U, where people across the world can download free Biola University educational resources. Our seminary, Talbot School of Theology, has also started a faculty blog — The Good Book Blog — to provide solid biblical scholarship online to anyone in the world. In coming years, Biola has plans to organize even more of our academic resources to make available to the world beyond our campus borders.
Another, more regrettable trend in American universities is the trend of hyper-fragmentation. American universities are increasingly characterized by fragmentary interest groups and hyper-specialized disciplines, each with their own focuses and agendas. The “uni” aspect of the university is increasingly lost. At many universities, there is no consensus about the end goal of education or what exactly a successful college graduate should look like. Part of the confusion comes from the postmodern attack on the very notion of a unifying ideal, and part of it comes from a resistance to any suggestion that a conviction, ethic, or moral foundation should inform education.
Christian universities like Biola fight against this fragmentation by focusing everything we do around a core conviction — in this case, the all-encompassing conviction that God is the author of all truth and that all knowledge comes from him. The liberal arts education at Biola is not fragmentary; it’s interdisciplinary. It is an education that gives students a reason for learning and a foundation upon which to expand their horizons and explore their vocational purpose. It’s an education that believes in the relevance of a Christian worldview and seeks to apply it to all areas of life.
Why Choose a Christian University?
When considering which university to attend, high school students and their parents should think not only about how a university teaches students and equips them with facts and knowledge, but also about how a university grows a student and enriches their soul. Sadly, many universities in America and across the world have lost their “soul” and drifted away from moral and religious concerns. Many colleges have abandoned their Christian roots or shunned faith altogether, replacing it with aggressive secularism and a sometimes antagonistic prejudice against the role of belief in education.
Christian universities do still exist, however, and their insistence on a robust integration of faith and academic learning provides an important alternative in the contemporary landscape of higher education. At a Christian university you will find top-notch training in a variety of disciplines — science, health, math, art, music, language, business, etc. — that is coupled with and informed by the pursuit of God and the study of Scripture.
At Biola University, where I work, we believe that nurturing the soul and nurturing the mind are both essential for a meaningful education. We teach our students to integrate their faith with their academic and professional development. No matter what their career aspiration or major, each student at Biola receives a foundational education in Bible — taught by some of the brightest biblical scholars today. We believe that the Bible is the center of knowledge, and that out of this focused center we are better able to produce graduates who are prepared for a vocation, spiritually mature, grounded in the Bible, globally minded, and ready to take on the challenges of the world.
Trends in American Universities
One trend in American higher education that all universities are dealing with right now is the challenge of adapting to the digital revolution. The Internet and other digital technologies have changed everything in culture, including higher education, and universities have been presented with new problems and possibilities as a result. At Biola University, we have prioritized the leveraging of new technology for the purposes of our mission. For example, we have started offering numerous online courses to our students, and we’ve put select courses and lectures on iTunes U, where people across the world can download free Biola University educational resources. Our seminary, Talbot School of Theology, has also started a faculty blog — The Good Book Blog — to provide solid biblical scholarship online to anyone in the world. In coming years, Biola has plans to organize even more of our academic resources to make available to the world beyond our campus borders.
Another, more regrettable trend in American universities is the trend of hyper-fragmentation. American universities are increasingly characterized by fragmentary interest groups and hyper-specialized disciplines, each with their own focuses and agendas. The “uni” aspect of the university is increasingly lost. At many universities, there is no consensus about the end goal of education or what exactly a successful college graduate should look like. Part of the confusion comes from the postmodern attack on the very notion of a unifying ideal, and part of it comes from a resistance to any suggestion that a conviction, ethic, or moral foundation should inform education.
Christian universities like Biola fight against this fragmentation by focusing everything we do around a core conviction — in this case, the all-encompassing conviction that God is the author of all truth and that all knowledge comes from him. The liberal arts education at Biola is not fragmentary; it’s interdisciplinary. It is an education that gives students a reason for learning and a foundation upon which to expand their horizons and explore their vocational purpose. It’s an education that believes in the relevance of a Christian worldview and seeks to apply it to all areas of life.
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