From the time I first joined the children’s choir at the age of 12, I developed a profound and enduring connection with the choir. Choral ministry became a vital means of grace in my spiritual formation.
As a youth, I served as a conductor, a role I continued to fulfil until graduating from university. While contemplating my future, I sensed a clear calling—not merely to conduct choirs, but to build up the spiritual lives of believers through liturgy and sacred music. In response to this calling, I enrolled at Trinity Theological College in Singapore.
Today, as the ministry staff of Worship and Music in my church, I am entrusted with the oversight of all aspects related to worship and church music. The choir continues to occupy a significant place in my ministry and in my heart. Leading a choir is often demanding, and there are times of great physical and emotional fatigue. Yet time and again, when I hear the choir sing forth God’s message, my spirit is renewed and uplifted.
In their pursuit of singing with one voice, choristers learn to listen deeply to one another, to adjust and blend, to exercise patience and grace when others struggle, and to teach and encourage one another. Is this not a living expression of what the Church is called to be? While the rehearsal process is often challenging, it is, nevertheless, a precious means of grace—a space where both musical discipline and spiritual formation take place.