The Lively Teens Fellowship (LTF) is a place where teens, aged 12-17, gather every Saturday to learn about God’s Word together, fellowship, and build godly friendships. While COVID-19 has drastically altered the way we conduct fellowship programmes, we thank God that the teens have been coming faithfully to LTF on Zoom. Even as we continue to have e-fellowship, we labour in prayer that the teens grow more in their knowledge and love for God and learn values to become God-fearing men and women after His heart.

To the teens reading this, we encourage you to take out 2.5 hours of your Saturday to journey with us as we all strive to encourage one another to grow together towards holier living. LTF plays a role as a safe refuge and haven amidst the battles you face in the secular world. It is our desire to nurture you in the Word so that you can experience and love God more. If you are between the ages of 12 to 17, join us for a refreshing time of fellowship at 3pm every Saturday.

This year, LTF’s theme is “In His Steps” - specially chosen to focus on practical Christian living for Christ in the face of a degenerate world wrestling for our time and attention.  Our theme verse for this year is Galatians 5:25, "If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit". It is our desire that the teens will be challenged to walk in the Spirit, after experiencing the greatest love, and to shine for Him as His chosen people at school, at home and even online.

Throughout the year, we will explore a series of topics through messages, such as friendships, studying well for Christ, prayer, and other exciting topics. This is complemented with our Bible Study that is focused on the parables of Jesus. Come and learn how to read the Bible and interpret Scripture, during our Bible Study sessions, as we employ the 4-Ds framework. The 4-Ds framework helps you systematically study God’s Word by teaching you how to determine the context, decipher the main message, decode Scripture with Scripture and devote yourself to holier living. After which, we have a time of discussions to share learning points and convictions from the Bible Study – some might even say it is a 5-Ds framework to studying the Bible.

Our planned messages and Bible Studies will also be supplemented by Workshops, outings (dependent on government regulations), and CG Days. The programme was planned in mind to allow teens to deepen their knowledge in the Word, apply the knowledge, and to also have fun and bond with fellow believers.

In LTF, we believe that it is of paramount importance to build and develop a Christian community, centred in Christ, for teens to grow in a safe environment. LTF is a place where teens can freely share about their challenges without fear of judgement, encourage one another through their lived experiences, and uplift one another through prayer, accountability, and the Word. 

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, LTF has been conducted over Zoom. Whilst there are challenges faced conducting our programmes online, the teen leaders work closely with the YALs to continue our outreach to those in their CG and their other friends from church. This year, as some of our older and more experienced leaders moved on to YF, we thank God for the  young teens who have stepped up to take on leadership roles to care for their fellow brethren in their community. 

Last year, LTF rolled out a daily Bible Reading Plan. Praise be to God as the circuit breaker allowed us to bring the programme online to allow teens to come together and read the Bible daily. We are very encouraged by the faithfulness of the teens, and we finished reading the whole Bible in a year!

There is much work to be done and we covet all your prayers. We seek the strong support of parents to send your teens to LTF so that they can grow in the Word and be part of a Christ-like community that seeks to sharpen one another unto good works. We urge parents to partner us, by sending your teens to LTF, so that we can co-labour to, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6)

Aside from the regular Saturday programs, we are also planning for our annual camp. This year, our camp/e-seminar will take place from Dec 1 – 3. We will be gathering in small groups in various houses to experience camp together (should government restrictions allow). There are a slew of fun activities and interesting messages planned for this camp. You may follow us on our LTF Camp Instagram page – @ltfcamp for more details as it becomes available.

Should you wish to keep abreast of the latest programmes, you can subscribe to our telegram channel via the link –  http://gg.gg/LTFannouncements

If you have additional queries, do not hesitate to contact the LTF advisor – Eld Woon Sin Wei (8113 0085) 

Programme for 2024