2009-10 Elected Committee
After the elections held in March 2009, the following members were elected as members of the CCF Executive Committee for the year 2009-2010:
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Caleb Yeung: Candidate Statement
I am a 2nd year Honours Science student, originally from Winnipeg, MB. I am considering a profession in the healthcare field, possibly as an optometrist or another kind of doctor. Here are some other things about me:
• Received my Associateship of the Royal Conservatory of Music (ARCT) in Piano Performance in 2008;
• Have played violin since age 6
• Have travelled as far as France, and Beijing and Hong Kong, China
• Interested in music, Church music, worship, theology, technology, cars, architecture, travel, public health, gerontology
• Summer plans include a summer job in the lab, working on the characterization of Neisseria gonorrhoea at the National Microbiology Laboratory of the Public Health Agency of Canada in Winnipeg
• Hope to learn Mandarin and to play the guitarGod has blessed me with an immediate family that has always striven to be Christ-centred and Christ-like. I began going to church as early as I can remember. Since I have grown up in the church, I have never really had a drastic spiritual change: there are no distinct before and after snapshots for me, but I first accepted Christ at age five in Noah’s Ark. I am only 19 years old, so it was not the original Ark! Instead, it was a built-to-scale model of the Ark in California where the kids’ program of a Christian family camp was held. There, I said the prayer of acceptance with the teacher and another kid who also wanted to be a Christian. Immediately afterwards, I knew that I had done something significant.
At that camp, I became familiar with the story of Noah’s Ark and the rainbow began to mean a lot to me. In fact, even after the camp, I went through a phase when I coloured all my arts and crafts with rainbows. I did not know it then, but God used that amazing natural wonder to remind me of His grace and His faithfulness, just like the first rainbow after the Great Flood.
As I have grown up, however, I have discovered that God’s grace is not simply a safety net, allowing us to do anything we want without hitting rock bottom. I have wasted time and money that He has bestowed upon me, and fought with various forms of temptation. I would classify these sins as rooted in a lack of faithfulness. I have great trouble staying on task and saying no to side attractions. I have had to live with the tough consequences because God does not contradict the order He created on this planet. God did not grant a second chance in the way that I go back in time and redo the moment. Instead, because God is merciful, He uses those experiences to nudge me closer to Him. As I follow His nudge, God destroys the boundaries to which I have limited Him and I can only attempt to give Him His due. In his book The Rest of God, Mark Buchanan likens it to a conversation Lucy and Aslan have in C. S. Lewis’s Narnia Chronicles. The two have not seen each other for quite some time and Lucy says, “Aslan, you’re bigger.” Aslan answers, “That is because you are older, little one.” Lucy’s rather confused. “Not because you are?” Aslan’s reply is “I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger.” Through life’s experiences, the sovereignty of God becomes far more apparent.
The challenge is to live this life as “unto the Lord”, whether it’s studying, writing an essay, volunteering, or comforting a friend in need. At times, it is excruciatingly difficult to let God intrude into every nook and cranny, but this is how all-encompassing my faith has started to become. First, it’s a matter of finding God in the daily routine, whether the day happens to be monotonous, or a flurry of hustling and bustling. Then, it’s trusting that I am somehow being God’s instrument by being faithful to what He has called me, in hopes of touching someone else’s life. It’s this faith without words that I continue to strive for, regardless of the type of landscape through which the Lord leads me.
Whether it’s a mountain or a valley, I have no reason to fear for I can believe in God’s perfect track record. He declares, “For I know that plans I have for you…plans to prosper you, and not to harm you, plans to give hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11). My favourite Bible verse came into my life in grade 3 as a memory verse for Sunday school. It goes on to say that God is faithful and will listen to us if we seek him with all our heart. This last part has resonated with me, since the Caleb of the Old Testament was known for following God wholeheartedly. This is a tough act to follow, but I rest in the truth that God is faithful even when I am not. This truth is the strength that carries me forward in striving for faithfulness, a fruit of the Spirit that I feel God is helping me to develop.
Upon reflection, I think I have the gifts of encouragement and wisdom. I enjoy listening to people share about their beliefs and questions, their joys and frustrations, and their everyday lives. In response, I try to offer prayers and words of encouragement and wisdom to the best of my ability. Other gifts that I think I have are of leadership and of discerning spirits, both of which I think God is refining in me. If given the opportunity to serve on the Committee, I think God would use CCF to mature these gifts in me.
The purpose of the CCF Executive Committee is to lead the fellowship, particularly through discerning a common vision, and enabling the fellowship to live out the vision. Leadership includes being role models, overseeing logistics, and speaking the truth in love.
I feel called to serve CCF, and would like to do so through being on the Committee. I bring skills of organization and mediation. I have much to offer CCF, while I also have much to learn from CCF. The fellowship has already offered me a community that has encouraged me profoundly, and I want to help CCF as it continues to do so for others. I am passionate about helping people find the relevance of their faith in their lives.
I also see a lot of potential in who we are as a body, a collection of individuals. Our calling is not to stay with the status quo. Some ideas I would suggest are the continued strengthening of our caring ministry, with the goal of ensuring everyone who comes to CCF is heard, spoken to, and cared for. I also wonder what we can do for the custodial staff that we see every Friday in MC. Maybe we can make cookies to express our appreciation and respect for them. Additionally, CCF is good at loving and interpreting scripture, a strength that I would like to see persist.
I know that I can contribute to CCF, whether or not I am on the Committee; however, I would be humbled and surely blessed to have the opportunity to serve in this larger capacity. That is not to say that I do not have fears or worries about this potential role, but I have been encouraged in to the belief that if this is fitting in the eyes of God, He will provide grace to help us through. I would invite you to pray with me, asking God for discerning wisdom as we seek His will together.
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David Yew: Candidate Statement
Personal Testimony
I was born in a Christian family, and I feel that God had His eye on me ever since I was born. My parents were not expecting me to say the least, and when they prayed with their cell group what my name should be, it was confirmed by several members that my name should be David, even though my mother wanted to call me Alex.When I was a toddler, you would be able to find me dancing to the worship songs in church. In the summer after grade six I read a book called Bruchko. The man in the book prayed that God would come into his life and God filled up his bedroom with His presence and changed his life. I prayed that prayer. I was In grade seven, due to an immense depression, I searched Christ in an extremely earnest way. After months of just crying out desperately for God, I finally reached the revelation of Christ’s love. I became reborn.
After that, Christ has lead me to leadership positions in school and in church as well. I attribute 100% of my worship ministry to Christ , for the opportunities and development that occurred definitely were not from my own doing.
Spiritual Gifts
My spiritual gifts are but i do not feel have to always be or are limited to are: knowledge, tongues, wisdom, His broken heart and leading His people into worship.Fruit of the Spirit
The fruits of the Spirit that God is currently helping me to develop are definitely patience and faithfulness. I am still getting used to changing my environment every 4 months and its really tough. God is definitely saying to me for a while now, that everything will never be the same or constant, except the love of Christ, and my identity needs to be less about who i am to other people but who i am to Him.
CCF Executive Committee
The purpose of committee is in charge of leading CCF logistically, but most of all it is there to set up a spiritual example and to spiritually lead people to serving Christ and developing deeper relationships with Christ. Shepparding CCF is definitely the simplist and most powerful way to put it.I want to serve on committee because I feel that I will able to signifcantly contribute in leading CCF in a deeper relationship with Christ and I am excited about developing disciples for Christ that want to evangelise. I am eager to see CCF be a fellowship of growth, in terms of developing a greater hunger for the kingdom of Christ on earth and becoming more active in the Commission. I feel that the timing of what CCF is working towards and where I want to go and come from is no coincidence.
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Derek Ma: Candidate Statement
SOZO! Hello and thank you for taking the time to read my committee candidate statement. Here I hope to share about my personal testimony, some of my personal gifts and where God has been leading me in my life right now, including the calling to be part of the UWCCF Committee for the 2009-2010 year.
I became a Christian roughly 6 years ago and have attended Indonesian Christian Church Canada, located in Toronto, ever since I accepted Christ as my Lord, Saviour and best friend. I owe my salvation thanks to a good friend of mine who was used by God to invite me to his cell group and meet some of his brothers in Christ. While I wasn’t aware in the slightest of what it meant to be a Christian or maintain a personal relationship with Christ at the time, it was overwhelming to witness the passion, intimacy and joy these brothers had when gathering together to ‘sing songs’ and share with each other. At this point in my life, I was at a place where I had a strong urgency to belong, to fit in and be cool… and I realized that it was with this group that I would be able to obtain all of the above (minus the ‘be cool’ part… I learned what it really meant to be cool :p). After regularly attending cell groups and Sunday services, I learned more and more about what it meant to have a personal relationship with Christ, who this God was and what it really means to live in salvation. I decided to accept Christ and continue my journey of faith and intimacy with Christ, learning more each day about what it means to be a Christian and to live in God’s love, mercy & grace.
The past 6 years, God has drastically shaped and moulded me to be the person I am today – definitely a drastic change from who I was before becoming a Christian. God has blessed me with many gifts and abilities since I became a Christian. While many in CCF may know me solely as a worship leader, the passion, joy and enthusiasm that I have for worship are not by products of the worship itself, rather the worship is a by product of the passion, joy and enthusiasm that God has blessed upon me. God has constantly blessed me in my life and pulled me through countless difficult times (and many more to come!) and I am more than overwhelmed by it all. It has been my mission and goal to share the passion, joy and enthusiasm that I have for God with other Christians such that they can experience and witness God in the same light I have, one that is so amazing and utterly awesome that they can’t help but play it forward and share it with others!
More specifically, God has blessed me with gifts of encouragement, teaching, tending sheep, leading and more recently has been developing the gifts of obedience through servant hood and prophecy. These are all aspects that God has developed strongly in my life. Above all else, I have been given the gift to hear God’s voice very clearly and powerfully. Through hearing His voice and following, God has developed the gifts of being able to encourage, teach, care for others and to lead. It is amazing how God has been able to use me in these aspects, and I know that without God’s work, I would not have developed these gifts in my life. Throughout my Christian walk, I have seen how obeying God’s calling and working or speaking truth into brothers and sisters lives have changed them and empowered them to do more. I hope to continue this calling and constantly encourage and empower my brothers and sisters to constantly live in God’s love and really know what it means to live it out.
While the fruits of the spirit of Love, Joy and Faithfulness have constantly resonated throughout my Christian walk, God has recently been developing the fruits of patience and kindness. To begin with, patience is a fruit I have not maintained much of in my past. While I’m able to be patient with brothers and sisters, one thing I’ve always neglected is patience for God and living in God’s timing. With all the ups and downs in my life which have included school, career & relationships, one thing I’ve been developing is learning to be patient and trusting of God’s timing. This has been a big part of my life lately and I have been really learning what it means to live by His timing and to be trusting of it. Also, I’ve been challenged with the fruit of kindness. God has placed many people in my life who have an abundance of kindness to others, regardless of the situation or who they are. Being mindful of this, God has been challenging me to be like them and have a heart to be kind to all people at all times, regardless of who they are, what they look like, sound like, smell like, or act like. These have definitely been interesting challenges in my life and have been developing me to be more like Christ each and every new day.
To me, CCF Committee is a crucial part to CCF. While Committee members are in no way above or beyond the average CCF member in terms of importance or level of spirituality, the committee’s responsibility is to guide and move the fellowship closer to God and to change the campus they are on. UWCCF is God’s fellowship, given in trust to the committee members to lead, serve and pray constantly over the rest of the fellowship. It is the Committee’s responsibility to organize and structure Friday night, as well as other programs for the fellowship, but with the purpose of challenging members and empowering them in their faith, to draw closer to God and to share God’s love with those around them. Given this understanding of the Committee’s responsibility, God has placed the heart and passion upon me to be part of the committee, such that I can be used to challenge and empower my brothers and sisters of the fellowship.
As a Christian, I grew up around extremely passionate and faithful brothers and sisters. They truly understood what it meant to live in God’s love and to be used by the Holy Spirit. The manifestation and interaction of the Holy Spirit was something that was very common to me in my early years as a Christian, being witness to such things as miracles, healings and exorcisms. UWCCF is a place that, in my opinion, has generally lacked that divine interaction with the Holy Spirit throughout many of my years here. But, through my recent interactions and leadership roles within CCF, I have seen how God has been working and the Holy Spirit has begun moving within the fellowship body. It has been my calling to ensure that CCF does not stray from this path and continues to draw closer to God, and in return God will draw near as well and bless abundantly. It is my heart to see the people of the fellowship changed, such that they can go out and change their friends, family and consequently the campus around them.
Most specifically, my calling has been to bring about an understanding and desire for the SOZO salvation within UWCCF (SOZO – the Greek word which means to heal, cure, to make well; to rescue from danger, to save, to prosper in all things; It is the FULL salvation!). The Sozo Salvation is something that God has made me extremely passionate about recently. To know that God has blessed us and desires us to prosper in all aspects, but also to empower us to do His work miraculously. God has placed the goal on my heart to see Sozo lived out and pursued fully within the fellowship, such that as a body, we can do amazing things for God. While there is MUCH more surrounding the Sozo Salvation and what it means, I encourage you to ask me questions or read the word to discover more about what it means! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at any time. Thank you for taking the time to read my statement and God Bless!
SOZO!
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Elena Wang: Candidate Statement
Personal Testimony
I have an atypical typical kid-who-grew-up-in-church testimony: My parents are Christians so naturally at a young age I started attending church. I don’t think I was ever in diapers and being cared for by aunties but suffice it to say, I grew up in church. Having said that I will be honest in admitting I have no idea when I genuinely accepted Christ for the first time or how many times I’ve recommitted myself to God growing up in Sunday school or through camps. Once I recognized that I was a believer and started diving into learning more about Christianity I decided to get baptized. Though my walk with Him was not always solid, by the grace of God, I never really fell or turned away from Him. Looking back I cannot really attribute this to anything other than the guidance of the Holy Spirit and that somewhere deep down inside of me I knew that it was all true, that this is the truth.God again graciously began molding me by providing the opportunity to be on my high school fellowship committee. It was a challenging time of spiritual growth as I learned what it meant to have a relationship with God and the importance of spiritual discipline. It was also a time of rapid growth in my spiritual walk as God revealed to me my gifts and abilities. I was pushed quite hard both physically and spiritually and at the end of my term I was ready for rest. My mentor at the time told me that I will look back at my time in fellowship and miss serving God and his people in that capacity. He told me that our little fellowship was just the tip of the ice burg when it comes to serving a fellowship as he told me stories of UWCCF (he is a good friend to a previous chair of CCF.) Naturally I scoffed thinking that I’ve had enough of all this fellowship committee stuff. Today I just laugh at how silly I was and how funny God is now that I’ve ended up here.
Spiritual Gift
I believe God has given me the gift of service and the gift of prophecy in the context of exhortation. Over the years God has opened my eyes to the needs of His kingdom and always graciously provided me with the capabilities to meet those needs for Him. Recently God has been also opening my eyes and my heart to the calling His people into a holy life. His Spirit has been stirring in me and convicting me to speak up with regards to the edification of the body of Christ: in all of affirmation and encouragement to rebuke and correction.Developing Spiritual Fruit
God is currently developing the fruit of love and faithfulness in me. Through God’s overflowing love His Spirit has enabled me to continue to pour out His love to others. By first loving God, He is then able to grow this fruit of love in me and allowed me to demonstrate it by having heart to serve and care for His people. Through various life challenges, he is also pushing me to grow in faith: to go from a state of simply believing to actively faithfully trusting in him. He has been teaching me that it’s the difference in just simply clinging on to God and hoping He’ll drag me through my trials versus consciously and actively pushing forwards and persevering so that through my faithfulness God may be glorified in all that I do.Recent Struggle
God has been recently helping me through simple things such as grace and self-forgiveness. Coming to university I spent a lot of time striving for and pursuing holiness. Naturally, as a sinful person, I failed… constantly. The more stumbled, the harder I tried; the harder I tired, the more I’d stumble. With continuous failures my weaknesses became apparent to me. It was clear that apart from God I could do nothing: I could do nothing in terms of salvation and making myself perfect in His eyes. I was very much discouraged and felt terrible and useless to God because I was so weak. At that time God began to speak to me by showing me He had something better to offer: grace. He offered a life of freedom from the bondage of sin and that I should not be discouraged by my own weakness because He says, “My grace is sufficient you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” And Paul continues saying, “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” (2 Cor. 12:9) I had finally come to that grace was not only something offered by God but something that now resounded deeply within me. God taught me that the benefit I will reap leads to holiness because of His grace, Christ’s death. (Rom. 6:22)Purpose of CCF Executive Committee
I believe the purpose of the executive committee is to love and humbly serve God faithfully by responding to His call to lead His people and by carrying out the God given vision for the fellowship. They are there to be an example by living a life of honesty, integrity and vulnerability in the pursuit of a Christ-likeness through the works of the Holy Spirit.Why serve?
I want to serve on committee ultimately to glorify God. I hope to see God glorified by having His people grow closer to Him and grow as a body of Christ. My prayer is to see individuals delight in the Lord in their personal relationships with Him (Psalms 37:4), to love, challenge and edify one another as a body of Christ (Romans 14:19), and to be equipped to go to the ends of the Earth and to make disciples of all nations, worshiping Him. I want to serve because God has given me a vision and placed a burden in my heart to be a part of His Kingdom here on earth. I want to serve because we are called to fan into flame the gift of God (2 Tim 1:6). I want to serve on by responding to His call to work along side of Him and be an ambassador of Christ (2 Cor. 5:20)
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Jacky Chan: Candidate Statement
Personal testimony
I was born in a Christian family, so I guess I started going to church even before I was born. The first and foremost challenge is the peer pressure when you see the 180 degree change in born-again Christians friends around you. It makes you wonder inside whether you are “not getting it” somewhere along the way. As one grows older, the second challenge for a young child in a Christian family is to constantly question yourself whether the religion that you *know* of is one that you believe in, so in a way, things were taken for granted probably more than I know about. And so, being the obedient Chinese boy, I went to church, I memorized all the Bible verses they threw at me, I knew the “correct” answers to the tricky questions in Sunday school. My child-like faith and reverence to an omnipotent God gave way to spoon-fed Bible knowledge and the powerful idea that Christianity was consistent to history and objective, scientific scrutiny.Yet it was at a high school fellowship camp that God first revealed Himself to me. Through the sermon one nights He showed me how powerful and overwhelming His love can feel, how this love He chooses to give can _change_ people, and how He can use me to reach other people, as a part of his master plan. I also witnessed speaking in tongues and healing through prayer that night; it forced me to realize that Christianity is outside than its logical, objective side — these were things that were real, that didn’t make sense otherwise. I accepted Jesus Christ to be Lord over my life that night, and a year later I decided to be baptized in my home church. God further led me to UWCCF to mold me and prepare me for His use, to build me up so I can share His love with others, as well as learn and grow to become mature Christians together with the CCF community. I know that being a Christian is far from knowing, or the other extreme of “getting” the 180 degree change; rather, it is about living out life the way God wants us to, and renewing the relationship between God and me. When I live like that, my perspectives change, and when my perspectives change, I know that my knowledge is also what I believe in.
What do you think is your spiritual gift(s)?
The idea of spiritual gifts is relatively new to me, with the Holy Spirit being avoided in Chinese churches — thus I what I believe below is not affirmed by brothers and sisters in Christ. Nevertheless I would venture to say that I have the spiritual gift of giving. I strongly believe that I do not own anything that I have; rather, God has blessed with everything that I have. If I see a need that is not being fulfilled (that is obviously not in conflict with God’s will) I am prepared to give out anything and everything I have to fulfill it. This could be resource-wise, financially, time commitments etc.Which fruit of the Spirit is God currently helping you to develop?
Out of the list in Galatians, I think it is the fruit of self-control, for the most part. One of my weaknesses is that I tend to avoid hard things or things that bring me out of my comfort zone. See the recent struggle below.Share a recent struggle and how God has helped you through it
This work term has been incredibly busy, what with a 9-10 hour work schedule and other duties. Not only did I struggle about my work itself, but I also struggled to finish PDEng on time, especially considering that I failed PDEng 15 last term, meaning that I am taking 2 PDEng courses concurrently this term. As mentioned above, because of the undesirable nature of the PDEng essays, I often avoid doing them until the last minute. I grew weary at all the work to do and all the work that was needed to be done, week after week. God helped me realize that it wasn’t so bad after all, in two ways. He gave an opportunity to a close brother in Christ to comfort me. He also reminded me directly of how my hardships were quite trivial in comparison with Christ on the cross. This came to me in the form of hymn when I suddenly burst out singing the hymn while walking to work one day. It was pretty cool to feel my burdens physically lightened the moment I realized what I was singing.In your own words, what do you think the Committee is for?
CCF is a fellowship under God, for God. We believe in the same things, and we want to act upon these beliefs. To do so, the fellowship should have a consensus in beliefs, a consensus in vision and a consensus in how to practically act upon our beliefs as a group. To address these issues, people who are willing to dedicate time to lead the group are elected to orchestrate how that is to happen, just as the relationship of Jesus to the church. To summarize, they perform the following duties:1) To regulate the fellowship according to the set Constitution, ensuring adherence to doctrines and maintaining the quality of Christian conduct and materials.
2) To identify a vision for that year and lead the fellowship towards that vision
3) To plan, coordinate and drive events for the year and/or delegate related responsibilities
4) To make decisions for the fellowship based on prayer and input from members
5) To be the default external representative voice for the fellowshipWhy do you want to serve on the committee?
1) I want to be used by God
2) It is a joy to serve one another
3) Responding to God’s calling
4) To put myself out of my comfort zone and invest in whatever talents God has given meAnything else
[Why I accepted the nomination]
It was mainly a response from calling, and confirmation from brothers in Christ both here in Hong Kong and in CCF. (See “Why do you want to serve on the committee?” above) On the Sunday immediately after someone proposed to nominate me, I was challenged by 3 different church members to take up responsibility to be used by God; the first being my Sunday School teacher, the second being the sermon, the third being a message from my fellowship pastoral leader. To me, that was three “yes”es from God. Praise the Lord![The extent of my commitment to serve]
Serving God should be one of my top priorities in my schedule. I am willing to serve as much as God wants to use me with.[My vision for CCF]
Personally, I’ve always enjoyed studying the Word of God together, delving deep into the Bible and really know a passage well. Therefore, my vision for CCF is more of one that prepares members on how to read the Bible effectively and correctly, both alone and as a group, and the joy of understanding Scripture which motivated me so much. I’ve often used Psalms 1 and Deuteronomy 6:6-8 as encouragement, especially Psalms: “But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night”, which ultimately leads to steady growth and the bearing of fruit.[Re: If what I typed above sounds really weird]
It makes more sense in Chinese sometimes.
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Jorge Quan: Candidate Statement
Share your personal testimony.
I was born in a non-religious family. Even though I was baptized and did the first communion as a Catholic, it was merely a tradition to follow and I never considered God to be an essential part of my life. Looking back, I am not sure if you would be able to recognize me if Christ didn’t become my Lord and Savior. I was such a serious, lonely, anti-social, self-centered and boastful guy. I was living in darkness and came to hate many things about my life. But God’s grace is intense, and I was rescued into the kingdom of light. I was exposed to fellowship because my cousins became believers, and I was quite shocked to see the genuine love expressed in the people there. And after a while, God in His perfect timing used one brother to share the gospel with me through the phone. I was 16 years old at that time. Amazing how technology can facilitate the work of the gospel.Afterwards I attended church and served in the fellowship servant group for two years. The Spirit taught me a lot, especially with caring for those in God’s family. At the end of my serving time, I hit my spiritual “trench” that coincided perfectly with my arrival to Canada. I found myself quite lost in my first year, but God didn’t give up on me. By His grace, God restored and re-established in me the steadfast zeal to offer my life to Him, by placing very dear brothers in my life. Since then, the journey has been very captivating. Through good and tough times, I experienced a lot of growth in knowledge and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Spirit empowered me to do things that surpassed my imagination. All praise and glory to our Father!
What do you think is your spiritual gift?
I think it would be serving (Rom 12:7). During these recent years I came to realize how much of a privilege is to serve our God and His people. It is an honor.Which fruit of the Spirit is God currently helping you to develop?
I would say love. Many times I embraced this life in Christ as a responsibility to fulfill. But recently God has broken me and made me aware of every single detail of goodness that He brings to my life through the overflow of His grace. I am learning how to enjoy this precious life, how to appreciate God’s love, and let this love fill me up to show it to the people around me. I am learning to focus more on the heart than on the task as I have been meditating in the Sermon of the Mount (Matthew 5-7).Share a recent struggle and how God has helped your though it.
My struggle is related to the previous question about spiritual fruit. I found myself getting angry and bitter because I felt that my relationship with my brothers and sisters from CCF was limited to my role as a big brother and leader. But I was not able to relate them as a fellow brother or friend. Soon after, I went into a negative loop of self-righteous thoughts and frustration. God rebuked me and broke me, reminding me about the right heart and humble attitude that He delights in. And as I was restored, brothers and sisters were very supportive showing me genuine love.What do you think is the purpose of the CCF Executive Committee?
I think the purpose of the CCF Executive Committee is to lead the fellowship in a journey into a direction towards God. This will consist of progressively getting closer to God himself and to what He has in stored for us. The committee members as leaders should be the servants of the people of CCF.Why do you want to serve on the Committee?
Good question. I want to serve on committee because God instilled in my heart the desire to encourage and challenge brothers and sisters to live as a true disciple of Christ. I want to see people understanding more about the gospel, that we all experience an abundant life in Christ (John 10:10), in which we are all restored and equipped by the Holy Spirit to invest in the Kingdom of God. I long to see people being hungry for God, and not settle in complacency. I rejoice seeing people spontaneously and naturally manifesting the character of Christ through actions. I yearn for the full release of God’s promises so that greater things can happen as the new generation surpasses what has been done. I have the dream that people will come running to offer themselves to serve. I want people to be salt so that we can make a difference in the world, and light so that we can make Christ shine so that other people will know about Him.Please feel free to share about anything else.
“Yes, Lord, walking on the way of your laws, we wait for you;
your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.” – Isaiah 26:8
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Josh Lo: Candidate Statement
Share your personal testimony
Like many, I was born and raised in a Christian home. I spent my childhood being the good kid who doesn’t get into trouble, the smart kid in class and was overall probably quite dull. I also spent most of it raked by feelings of inadequacy and inability to meet expectations – I never felt that I was good enough. Sometime in highschool, I came to realize what an emptiness I held inside of me and how there must be something more – it was then that I considered for the first time what this Christ meant to me. I properly accepted Jesus shortly after that and I saw myself change. Smiles became genuine, my friendships suddenly became more real, and most of all, that weight of never being good enough was lifted. Not that I had suddenly become useful, but rather because I had found acceptance in the Lord despite my uselessness. I saw the Spirit clean up my crude language and found it pleasantly odd how it quickly became distasteful to me to talk certain ways. In the Lord I found a quiet joy and a deep satisfaction that weathers all seasons. But that’s just the beginning. There’s a lot of fixing left to be done; the Spirit has been faithful and patient with me, even though I am often thick skinned and hard to get to. But one thing I know: this God of mine is a good God, and I’m looking forward to a good ride.What do you think is your spiritual gift(s)?
My spiritual gifts lie in prophecy and teaching. I have always had a strong desire for truth and the upholding of what is true. I believe that a solid foundation in Scripture is essential in warding off the lies of the Enemy and that the Lord actively speaks through His Word to light our path.Which fruit of the Spirit is God currently helping you to develop?
It’s not a fruit of the Spirit as listed in Galatians, but lately God has been teaching me to be humble. I’ve gotten somewhat cocky over the last while because I’ve now lived a year or two more than some and may have come to know a few things that others have not yet learned. Over the last little while, the Lord has graciously pointed out to me repeatedly that I know nothing. For example, I offered a piece of advice to a friend recently, and I thought it was pretty good. I felt kind of wise. The next day at church, the President Emeritus of Tyndale came and spoke about more or less exactly the same thing I had been speaking to my friend about the night before… except with ten thousand times the amount of understanding. All of a sudden, I didn’t feel so wise anymore.Share a recent struggle and how God has helped you through it.
This past week, I found myself in the position of trying to find rides for all the Toronto people to get to and from Grad Dinner. Getting everyone in wasn’t hard – there were plenty of Greyhounds and Fedbuses. It was getting everyone back out that I was having a hard time with. Twelve people needed to get from Toronto to Waterloo. I had five seats to put people in. Twelve people do not fit in five seats. And when I was at a loss as to what to do anymore, God shook the box and everything fell into place. Rides appeared, people found other accommodations, seats freed up in cars, and in the end, there were just enough seats to get everyone home. It felt like I didn’t even do anything except make a kerfuffle out of the situation – I didn’t do a thing to make the numbers work out. However, it was a good reminder for me as to just who it is that really watches over the fellowship and who makes things all work out in the end.
In your own words, what do you think is the purpose of the CCF Executive Committee?
Aside from the taking care of logistics and spearheading visions and so forth, I believe CCF Committee should act as a role model that the fellowship can reflect. A passionate committee begets a passionate fellowship. A trusting and tight-knit committee promotes tight bonds between the rest of the fellowship. The purpose of the executive committee of UWCCF is to be what they want their fellowship to be.Why do you want to serve on the Committee?
CCF is the place I call home. I want to serve the fellowship as I have been served. When I was asked to run, I considered three questions:1. Do I have a vision?
2. Do I love the fellowship?
3. Do I commit to seeing this task through?The answers are yes. So here I am.
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