{"id":36509,"date":"2014-08-15T10:57:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T02:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/?p=36509"},"modified":"2022-02-15T16:31:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T08:31:22","slug":"shuffle-champ-spelling-competition-in-sjag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianitymalaysia.com\/wp\/shuffle-champ-spelling-competition-in-sjag\/","title":{"rendered":"Shuffle Champ Spelling Competition in SJAG"},"content":{"rendered":"

15 August 2014 by Adeline Lum CM-<\/span><\/p>\n

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On 9th<\/sup> of August, LifePoint Subang Jaya Assembly of God<\/a> (SJAG) held a spelling competition called Shuffle Champ Spelling Competition, which drew more than 130 children aged 4 to 12 years old, from the schools and kindergartens in the nearby community area.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Participants of the Shuffle Champ Spelling Competition singing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a creative way to reach out to kids. The Shuffle Champ Spelling Competition has its dual purpose of reaching out to the kids with the gospel and improving literacy in the community,\u201d said Pr Petra Ho, creator of Shuffle Champ.<\/span><\/p>\n

Held for the second time this year, Shuffle Champ is a fun game for children to learn spelling by stringing together cubes with printed letters of the alphabet to make the word they hear.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI love to see children read at an early age. So, when I see children beginning to read at 2 or 3 years old, I get really excited! I am somewhat an educator at heart,\u201d said Pr Petra Ho, whose passion budded from formerly teaching her own children and teaching at Rainbow Montessori School in SS18 and Tadika Tunas Didik in SJAG<\/a> where she was the principal.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The participants playing games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Shally Chin from Kajang AOG came to observe the competition, in hope to run this same event in her church. Due to the decreasing size of her children ministry, she desires to grow her church through community evangelism.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking for a program that is not threatening. \u00a0We don\u2019t want it to be churchy either. Because Shuffle Champ is a spelling competition for children, we felt that this is a good outreach program,\u201d said Shally Chin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sr Pr Wong Yin Ming of SJAG<\/a> added that Shuffle Champ is relevant to the community because education is very important for families with children, especially in mastering the English language.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to build bridges with the community by having projects that are relevant to them. From this, we hope to build friendships and let them know we are here to help and serve, not pushing the gospel to them,\u201d said Pr Wong.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shuffle Champ Spelling Competition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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While the children were competing, parents were treated to a Christian-inspired movie entitled \u2018Fireproof\u2019 in another room. \u00a0Pr Petra shared, \u201cMany parents found the movie touching and some were even teary-eyed. It was great to see parents coming out together with their kids to have a fun family time!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

There are nine categories in the competition, with prizes for children getting first, second, and third. Here are the first-prize winners for each age-group category:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • 4-year-old category – Lim Zi Yip<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 5-year-old category – \u00a0Nathan Tang Yi Xiang<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 6-year-old category – \u00a0Alexandria Ng Shu Lynn<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 7-year-old category Group A – \u00a0Natalie Fong Su-Ling<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 7-year-old category Group B –\u00a0 Hong Yi Cheng<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 8-year-old category –\u00a0 Paris Chow<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 9-year-old category – \u00a0Joanne Yoong<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 10-year-old category – \u00a0Lim Jing Ren<\/span><\/li>\n
  • 11 to 12-year-old category – Ng Qian Xi<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    A joyful family who brought their children to join the Shuffle Champ Spelling Competition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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    SHUFFLE CHAMP<\/strong>, a reading program cum word game, is available in Cosway and bookshops such as Canaanland and Burning Bush. It comes complete with seven cubes, a game board, blue and red cards, two read\/coloring books, a learning DVD, and a brochure.<\/span><\/p>\n

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