The First KL EOTC For A While..

On the 12th November 2011, the Kuala Lumpur State Council organised an Elementary Officers Training Course which was held at Menara Wesley, Kuala Lumpur. It was a relatively last minute course, which was pushed through just a little more than a month ago.. partly due to my insistence. There were a few new Companies which were in dire need of training, which was the cause of my urgency. 

Participants at their first activity - ice breaking

We had 18 participants, including 3 instructors. Participants comprises from the existing companies - 1st Kuala Lumpur and 10th Kuala Lumpur. The highlight was curious participants wanting to know more about the BB from the soon-to-be reactivated 6th Kuala Lumpur Company and also from prospective BB Companies from the Kepong Chinese Methodist Church, Emmanuel Methodist Church, Taman Ujong Methodist Church as well as a school - SMK Bukit Mewah.  If all works out, three new Companies will pop out from this very training, excluding one reactivated company. 

During lunch time, the officers had a chance to see the 1st KL BB band in action

We carried out the usual BBM EOTC syllabus. By now I'm quite comfortable running one of which this is probably my third of the year. I made a few upgrades to my existing slides, more graphics, facts and a video which was pretty effective. I hope to continue improving things. The notes have also been modified, somewhat substantial in certain parts to suit the needs of this State Council. 

Mr Lim Cheng Hin going through roles and responsibilities of an officer

 I got more people to help out in this times training, with Mr Lim Cheng Hin teaching Roles and Responsibilities of Officers and Mr Yee Mun Theam doing Junior Program Planning. Both officers though well, but I was particularly inspired by Mr Yee's creative methods of teaching Juniors which made the class very interesting. Some ideas seemed simple, but were quite ingenious. Brilliant!

Mr Yee Mun Theam on his session of Junior Planning using creative methods

Towards the end we got the participants to share and I was very moved and encourage by some of the things shared. Some of the participants who were unsure of BB before the course are now excited and impatient to get their companies going. Some participants whom were the rank and file initially thought the teachings will be a replica of NCO Training and Target badge, but too gained much. I hope and pray that the Lord will inspire servanthood amongst the participants, for new Companies to arise and reach out to more young people. All in all praise and glory to Him for a smooth session!

Group photo of participants of the KL EOTC 2011