Church of St Terea

Church of St Terea is a gazetted monument now. Meaning it stand forever as it is as the building represent a heritage of history and contributions of/to the community around it.

Standing on a hill, away from the buzzy roads, its gentle domes reach up to the skies, a single cross against the open sky, a beautiful white structure along Kampong Bahru road. Many times I glanced at it on my way to SGH and it always bring peace to my eyes as I see it standing tall against the blue sky.

Never did I knew that it will bring me back to God so many years in the future later. It was here that I promised God to be faithful and have my faith restored in Him. It was here that I felt belonged in the solemn, traditional and formal celebration.

Maybe it is the beautiful interior, maybe it is the good acoustics, maybe it is the formality of the celebration, maybe it is all of these. Ultimately they were what I needed then. A place to be comforted in, a place to gave thanks for His blessings, a place to root myself in that turbulent period. A rock for me to stand tall again.

I am so happy that it is gazetted now and in my opinion is all churches should be inspiring beautiful structure that cries out to be seen, to draw people to visit it and to learn about God.