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A sight that maybe, we would be able to see in future.

Alright, so maybe I went a bit too far into the gender inequality thingy. Didn't have much to say about this topic though. That's the truth people, cause it doesn't really matter to me. Heh, but I had to take a stand. So, yeah =))

Anyways, I agree with Stella that "tradition is priority", because this tradition is part of our religion. I guess we shouldn't change it because changing something like this would almost be the same as changing the way we spend Chinese New Year, or Christmas or something. Yeah, so that's how I feel towards this topic.

But on the other hand, I'm quite indifferent about whether females are able to serve at the altar, because I believe that there are females who are interested in joining that particular ministry. I've got a friend who's studying in Australia at the moment, and she's part of the altar servers. When she came back in December, she showed me all the photos that she took, and I was quite happy for her, because she seemed really happy in that ministry.

On a personal note, I actually did ask our former parish priest, Father John Lee why there aren't any females serving in Singapore churches, and the answer he gave me was something along the lines of "because we are not ready to make such a change yet" (or something along those lines, because I asked him this question like, 4 years ago!!!).

I guess if one day the archbishop and all the priests in Singapore agree to this, then yes, there will be females joining the altar servers, because they've already made the step to let females become communion ministers in Risen Christ. I don't know if other churches have the same thing, but if they don't, then Risen Christ will be the first one to make that change =))