Special Celebration for Christian Teachers
Christian Teachers’ Day Celebration is an annual event which is organised by the Malaysian Christian Schools Council in collaboration with the Catholic Teachers Association, the Teachers’ Christian Fellowship and Scripture Union.
This year, they organised it in the Klang Valley. Some 300 teachers in the Klang Valley had a great time at the Christian Teachers’ Day Celebration 2009 held at the St. Paul’s Church, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia recently. The theme for this year was ‘Staying the Course’. Retired Singapore Director-General of Education Siah Jiak Choo who was the guest speaker for the day. She urged teachers to rethink again what was driving them as teachers and built her talk on three important things.
“Teachers should be driven by a purpose. Secondly, to stay the course, discipline is needed and finally teachers need to be energised by renewal; teachers need a supply of resources and draw upon the grace of God to continually stay on course,” Siah said.
The celebration ended with a closing prayer by the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia, Rt. Rev Ng Moon Hing.
