Singapore Father School

What is worship?

What is our identity as fathers? King, warrior, teacher, & friend. Our identity defines who we are, and our JD (Job description)

What is the identity of Father School? We are family builders 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, both here in Singapore 🇸🇬 & beyond our shore.
Bro Loh had on several occasions asked me to do English Father School in JB. I turned him down 🙁

Now it is time to put on our mantle as family builders. So JB, here we come.

If you'd like to help, pls sign up via the link bio. Thanks, brother. Remember, God always loves you & your family 🤓

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Reflections on Valentine's Day

I was introduced to the idea of hugging before I attended Father School.

I wonder why God sent me to Sweden instead of Switzerland, as there were 2 mission teams back in 2003. One team was going to Switzerland to spread the gospel. I was on another team to Sweden as a missionary.

The national culture of Sweden was hugging. You greet everyone and anyone by hugging. I guess the difference is that you give a tighter and warmer embrace to those you know. When I left Sweden to return to Singapore, I hugged my best friend (after my wife) at the Arlanda Airport for a long time. I would miss him dearly because I would not see him for a long time. It was a long goodbye. I visited my good friend after 11 years. When we met at the airport, it was a long hug. I could not recall if there were tears of joy.

Now that I live in Asia, where I hardly hug or get any hugs, I miss those days I could hug freely. In Father School, we stopped the practice of embracing too. COVID has made hugging almost criminal. I stopped hugging my kids too. Maybe I should start again. Perhaps I miss hug so much, I found myself uttering this prayer to God one day,

"Lord, which parents would not hug their children? I want to be held by You like a child being held by his parent."

Do you think God answer my prayer?

I found an alternative to fixing hugging. 2 weeks ago, I noticed this additional pillow on my bed. I don't use it at all, as I already have one. I took up the pillow and began to hug it as if I were giving all my friends a warm embrace of greeting. It was magical!

Yesterday, before I went to sleep, I held the pillow in my arm and said, "Lord, here's my hug, to the One my heart adores."

It was a stressful day. I did it! Remember yours tomorrow 😉 NEVER SAVE MONEY ON YOUR WIFE

https://mothership.sg/2022/02/africa-to-singapore-national-service/

Bro Humphrey, the father, is a member of Father School. We celebrate with you, Bro Humphrey! You have raised your son well.

Hartley Humphrey Muze, 25, serving NS as naval diver. His parents relocated from Tanzania to S'pore. Born and bred Singaporean Son.

Father School offers guidance and practical tips on how to build a stronger family based on Christian values. Our home will be filled with love, joy and peace when understanding our role and fulfil our responsibility as a father. There will be sharing, discussion, and teachings based on the 4 pillars of a father:

💪 Father’s Influence
💪 Father’s Manhood
💪 Father’s Mission
💪 Father’s Spirituality & The Family

Teaching is designed with practical tips so that the students can readily put them to use. For instance, we teach the participants how to pray for their loved ones every day. Join Father School and build a home filled with love.

Feb 2022 Courses registration now open! Sign up now: https://fatherschool.sg/sign-up/
Registration closes on 20 Feb, Sun. As of 31 Jan, only 9 slots are left!

Why Singapore Father School?

Here are some reviews from our graduates of Father School: "I received good insights towards effective fathering.” Bryan Tan (CEO, Dads for Life & Centre For Fathering)

“My relationship with my children improved tremendously.” AC (Every Nation Church)

Read more testimonials and sign up for our Feb 2022 course: https://fatherschool.sg/blog/why-father-school/

Until I came across the following phrase, I had no idea how crucial my position as a father was.

“The irreplaceable role of a father!”

Isn't that the central message of Father School?

Given a choice, which of the following theme/title would you choose for the coming February Father School?

(a) Why A Child Need the Father's Love
(b) Bringing Father & Children Together Again

We deliberated and decided on option (b) as 2 versions of the Bible translated Malachi 4:6 into

"He will bring fathers and children together again."

So here we are. The class will start in February @ Church of Singapore Bukit Timah (near Beauty World). If we cannot conduct the class physically, we will go online.

Dear fathers, would you consider serving together? If you are keen, please sign up here and indicate your preferred role: https://fatherschool.sg/volunteer-with-us/

Thank you so much.

He is one of our own, graduate of Father School. Here's his story. He just opened a seafood congee stall at Pasir Ris Central Hawker Centre, level 2.

Source: Salt & Light

Raymond Tan, 32, was born to a young woman with so many relationships that his surname was changed three times.⁣

He had also been sold to a Pasir Panjang vegetable seller when he was three months old, but was later taken back. His self-worth plummeted when he realised how unwanted he really was.⁣
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At age 10, his life of crime began. “From young, I felt that I had no worth. Money was the one thing that could give me worth,” he said.⁣
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At 12, he was arrested for stealing at Takashimaya. By 16, he was hanging out in the back streets of Geylang, where he and his friends conducted illegal gambling activities.⁣
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By the time he was 20, he had been in Boys’ Home and prison five times. ⁣
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A judge told him: “Save your crocodile tears. You are not just an offender. You have a criminal mind.”⁣
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Even after he became a father, he continued to gamble excessively, losing everything he had.⁣
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"I went to buy milk powder and I looked in my wallet: $40. The milk powder was $69. I didn’t even have enough money to buy milk powder for my baby,” he recalls.⁣
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That was rock bottom. And that was when Raymond, remembering his own bleak childhood and not wishing the same upon his children, decided to pick himself up.⁣
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He decided to start a crab wonton noodle stall.⁣
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It was through this that he met food blogger Dr Leslie Tay of , who invited him to his church. ⁣
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“Looking back, I really felt I deserved hell … until God showed me His love, His mercy, His grace. The day I received God’s forgiveness was when I truly understood what it meant when Jesus said in the Gospels that he who has been forgiven much, loves much.”⁣
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Raymond now volunteers at the Boys’ Home. Where once he was a resident delinquent, he is now their mentor. The boys see his tattoos and know immediately that this is a man who has walked in their shoes.⁣
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