“ The Presbyterian Community Services, too, believes... to inspire lives beyond our services for the next generation.”
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Inspiring Lives Beyond Services
CHAIRMAN’ S MESSAGE
“ The Presbyterian Community Services, too, believes... to inspire lives beyond our services for the next generation.”
The term“ generativity” was coined by the psychoanalyst Erik Erikson to denote“ a concern for establishing and guiding the next generation.”
According to Erikson’ s eight stages of psychosocial development, the seventh stage strives to create or to nurture future generation. This can be reflected in how parents seek to raise children to make a difference by contributing to benefit others.
One example of generativity is seen in how Michael Phelps has positively influenced Joseph Isaac Schooling and inspired him to win the men’ s 100 m butterfly at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
In a report, Michael explained that he wanted to teach kids“ to believe in themselves, to not be afraid to know that the sky is the limit.”
Though Michael lost the event to Joseph, he said,“ But I’ m proud of Joe”.
The Presbyterian Community Services too, believes in generativity, seeking to inspire lives beyond our services for the next generation. The recent transition in management leadership is a case in point to illustrate. The change in management leadership was first discussed in 2011 by the Board, planned and executed with considerable intention to nurture and inspire.
Currently, PCS has identified several young staff and sponsoring them for post-graduate studies, helping them to establish their professional qualification. The organization has also put in place a practice for staff to clock at least 20 hours of training per year for the purpose of capability building and professional development. We too, have piloted a 12-hour training course for our volunteers.
With such organizational emphasis for both staff and volunteers to be better equipped, we believe that we can better serve the community to influence inspiring life change.
May I also take this opportunity to express my deepest appreciation to all donors, partners, volunteers and staff through whom many lives in the community have been touched and inspired.
With your continued support, we can work together to realize a better tomorrow.
Arthur Lim, PBM Chairman Presbyterian Community Services