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Who brought you to church? Jeffrey Wong
A friend whom I knew during my national service days
invited me to Trinity. I bumped into him a few years after army and that’s when he extended an invitation for me to visit Trinity. Out of an inner prompting, I accepted the invitation. When I first stepped into Trinity’s service at World Trade Centre, I was immediately attracted to the tangible presence of God during the time of worship and the ministry of God’s Word; it was so real. My friend introduced me to two others, and these two Trinitarians cared and connected with me. I felt the warmth of their friendship, and they constantly ‘looked out’ for me. They introduced me to others and connected me to Petra Fellowship, which was the name of Trinity’s Young Adults Ministry then.
Danny Leong
Erolyn (who is now my wife) was brought by a friend of
mine to a gathering I organised. I didn’t know her before that. At the gathering, she invited me to church with a simple question, “Why don’t you come to church to find out more?” I came, had a good feeling, and returned regularly after that. She introduced me to the choir, a great group of believers who welcomed this pre-believer into their closely knit group. Linda Ong, Patsy, Lily Lim, Lai Ying, Bernard, Anita and others invited me to all their activities: BBQ, bowling, swimming, and of course, food! What surprised me most was the genuine love expressed by everyone towards each other and me. The choir members were very affectionate! I felt very accepted. I had great fun. They had one goal in mind – to get me saved! Some six months later, I gave my life to Jesus at one of the services.
A friend and I saw a bus advertisement with this question: “Are you hurting?” It was an advertisement by Trinity. My friend was suffering from a slipped disc, and so she decided that we should visit Trinity, even though the ad was referring to emotional hurts.
Beatrice Kang
As a first-time visitor and a pre-believer, I was very wary, but to my surprise I felt safe. The people were warm. Subsequently, I came to Trinity alone. I received the Lord four weeks later but being an exceptionally guarded person, I did not avail myself
to anyone for nurturing. Despite that, two persons really made a connection in my life – Pastor Dowdy, and Lai Ying (then the Pastor overseeing the Worship & Fine Arts Ministry) who opened her heart, home and her family to me. Their informal nurturing changed my perspective of God and what it is like to be in the family of God. That spurred me to just want to serve God. Within a couple of months I was in cell, serving in the Worship & Fine Arts Ministry, and helping out in the church office.
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