Flashback to 2010

Easter was the first special program that we organized in 2010. At April 5, each student received an Easter theme decorated egg as their Easter presents. The story of the Easter egg  symbolizing the new life was told to the students during this event.

Decorated eggs prepared for the Easter celebration

Starting on the third Saturday in May 2010; every month, housewives at Gloria Senggarang Preaching Point had opportunity to be educated on understanding Chinese characters. This monthly program was considered as a good starting to approach and get to know the housewives who send their sons and daughters for our English classes and always come for chit-chatting at the preaching point at every weekend afternoon. We believed that by knowing them better, they would be more easily to be evangelized. Instead of learning Mandarin, on the other Saturdays, the housewives were trained on family caring, cooking and sharing.

The housewives were learning Mandarin

Next, a worship session with the theme of “Growing in Christ” was organized in June 23. This event was also the End of Semester celebration. The best students in every classes received awards as appreciation for efforts in learning English and their achievements for the particular semester.

The youths from Bokji South Korea Methodist Church presented a special item during the  End of Semester festival as well as English Day program

This End of Semester event was also the English Day – a collaborated program between Bokji South Korea Methodist Church who visited Indonesia and Gloria Senggarang Preaching Point. Students learned how to warmly welcome new friends and guests. Our students and the South Korea youths spent the whole day happily with chit chatting, playing, going around Senggarang or even having meals together. This was also an opportunity for our students to practice their English by speaking to foreigners.

The people of Senggarang gave excellent feedbacks to this program. They felt that our students were not only trained theoretically on English but also on self-confidence, hospitability and the students had chances to practice the English to outsiders. As the result,  thanks God, more parents sent their kids to be educated in our preaching point.

In conjunction with celebrating Chinese Mid Autumn Festival, in September 23, we organized a drawing competition with the theme “Jesus - Light of the World”. Suprisingly, aunties and grandmothers also participated in this event although at first we only expected kids would join. Each participants received a mooncake as their presents.

The mission team from our home church, Gloria Methodist Church Medan visited us again in October 7, 2010 to celebrate our first anniversary. We and the mission team were cheerfully celebrated this birthday. They presented the Evangelism Explosion (EE) Kids program to introduce the children to the Savior – Jesus Christ. A mission video was also screened to the teens group as the evangelism approach.

Ms Mary Shi - one of the pastoral team member from Gloria Methodist Church Medan - presenting EE Kids at the first anniversary of Gloria Senggarang Preaching Point

All the guests at Gloria Senggarang Preaching Point first anniversary took group photo with the team from Gloria Methodist Church Medan

We were glad to greet the brothers and sisters from Methodist Anugerah Batam to serve us with the puppet show in October 2010.

At the end of the year 2010, on Thursday - December 23, 2010, we celebrated the Christmas for the second time in Gloria Senggarang Preaching Point. The Christmas theme was “The Light Has Came”. Praise the Lord, there were around 120 kids and housewives came to this joyous occasion. This Christmas was enlivened with praise & worship session, Christmas story telling, drama, games, dance show as well as a puppet show served by theology students from Indonesia Bible Institute (I3) Malang. Our dancing team also presented their Christmas dance in the other Christmas celebrations at Filadelfia Methodist Church Tanjung Pinang and SonShine Anglican School. 

Dancing team for 2010 Christmas Celebration

Drama Team for 2010 Christmas Celebration