Speakers

Plenary Speaker : Camp Theme

I’m Michael William, an Inchian living in Bandar Sunway, PJ. I’m married to Wuey Ping and have 2 children, Debbie and Enoch. I graduated as a Chemical Engineer from University Malaya – during the times when Manchester United dominated the EPL lol.

I worked as an engineer for a year. Then, 25 years ago (yes I’m that old) I worked with the Fellowship of Evangelical Students for 12 years and then moved the the Methodist Church in Malaysia HQ as the National Youth Director for another 12 years. Last year I began a new journey in ministry. I now work specifically in the area of discipleship amongst the tribal groups in Sarawak, Perak and Pahang.

My passion is in reading and journeying with people in the Lord. In my free time though I’m an avid football fan and also constructing Lego sets.

Looking forward in meeting all of you.

Workshop Speaker : Healthy Relationship

Brother Stephen Wong, 66 years is the husband to Phoebe and father to 2 adult children who are working professionals. He is an Economics graduate from University Malaya and recently completed a Masters of Counselling from Open University Malaysia.

Stephen has been a Human Resource professional for the last 40 years and has worked in local and international companies as the Head of HR. At the last call, he was the SVP, HR for a subsidiary company of Khazanah Nasional. As a christian servant, he has served in various ministry positions in First Baptist Church and presently Pantai Baptist Church in Petaling Jaya. He is experienced in pre-marital counselling, marital counseling and pre-divorce counselling. Stephen also ministers to those with Anxiety and Depression problems. One of the areas of his concern is the high number of dating couples, newly married couples and even long time married couples who run into relationship problems without knowing the recourse available to resolve such problems. Another matter of concern is the increase in the number of young couples having mental health challenges. Mental health and illnesses pose additional problems to cementing their relationships for the long term. A discussion on the “permanence of marriage” would be held by the speaker in the light of the increasing divorce rates in this country.

Workshop Speaker : Managing Crisis & Conflict

Patience worship at SIBKL. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology at the University of South Australia (UniSA), a Masters in Counselling at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and is now is a licensed and registered counsellor in Malaysia. She has journeyed with individuals experiencing grief and loss, suicidal ideation, selfharm, family conflict, relationship issues, as well as those who are questioning their direction in life or need help identifying their career path.
She is confident working in group or individual settings. She is passionate about seeing individuals, groups and organizations gain insight and make positive systemic and systematic changes in their personal lives, relationships, communities and workplaces.

Workshop Speakers : Church & Faith / Spiritual Growth

Jared is a HR Business Partner at UEM Sunrise specialising in recruitment, learning and culture. An IT graduate who crossed over from the realm of machines to people, he is actively involved in various church ministries. He enjoys teaching, encouraging and inspiring people to pursue their dreams, reach their potential, and become a blessing to their communities. He is an extrovert who loves music, sports, board games and catching up with people over ‘cham panas’ and cakes. His life quote is ‘Carpe Diem’.

Pastor Cheryl Lai was born again at the age of 19 and remains active & passionate in serving the Lord since then. She was a certified practicing accountant (CPA) but God’s call was worth more than anything else – she graduated with a Master of Ministry in 2010 followed by a Master of Divinity from Bible College of Malaysia in 2022. She served for 12 years in World Vision Malaysia, building church partnerships and raising awareness of global poverty. She is the Executive Pastor in the Chinese congregation at Subang Jaya Assembly of God. She has a special interest in worship, young adults, and youth ministries. Coffee and Chocolates will keep this Ambivert happy and motivated.

Both Jared and Pr. Cheryl is happily married and they have three teenage boys, Gideon, Galvin and Garron who keep them both feeling young and vibrant!