Long journey
via air, land and sea seems not to be an obstacle to the friends from Methodist
Gloria Medan Teen Fellowship as well as the youths from South Korea Methodist
Church to participate in the 2012 Senggarang Kids Festival
In Senggarang
itself, the preparation of this event has started one month earlier. The kids
from the Primary and Secondary have practised few presentations like dancing,
singing and memorizing Bible verses. While, the teachers were packing those
gifts to be given out on the two days: Monday & Tuesday, 26-27 June 2012.
From Medan,
the mission team took flight at 7 am by Lion Air to Batam. At the Batam
airport, Ev. Rachel had waited them and directly went with them to Telaga
Punggur domestic ferry terminal to take ferry ride to Tanjung Pinang. After
lunch at the town, they went directly to the Gloria Senggarang Preaching Point.
The first
session was on Monday, 4 pm. About 80 kids and moms came to this session. The Gloria
teens led this session with praise and worship, puppet show and Bible story
telling which was presented to different classes. The kids’ session was at the
main meeting area while at the mission home’s backyard, there was housewives’
session as well. They learnt on how to arrange flower into vase.
After the
event, the Medan team took rest for a while as well as took their dinner.
Afterwards, the next flower arranging session took place. There were a lot of
kids came as well to play and wait for their moms. This long day ended at
almost 10 pm.
On the next day, Tuesday-27 June 2012, the second session of the Kids Festival was started at 10.30 am. Like the previous day, the kids and moms had their own session. At this moment, we were glad to welcome the youths from South Korea who joined the happiness in this celebration. The God’s sons and daughters from Medan, Senggarang and South Korea played happily and cooperatively with some games led by the Medan team.
Tired after
playing, the mission teams from both places had their seafood lunch at one of
the kelong restaurant in Senggarang. Unfortunately, the South Korea group could
not join the last session at the afternoon, so they departed after lunch.
The main
session of the 2012 Senggarang Kids Festival was celebrated on Tuesday
afternoon at 4 pm. There were already a lot of audiences came even one hour
before the event started. The concept of this last session was to and from the
participants which meant this event was participated by the people from
Senggarang and the Medan team, so each group had to present some items. This
session was led by the Secondary students’ group.
The kids from
Senggarang presented dance, songs and Bible verse memorizing. From Medan, the
team presented a worship song. The unique and unforgettable part of this session
was the worship
calisthenics. They only practiced the movements at the morning but they
seemed to be very happy and energetic when presented this calisthenics.
Before the end
of this session, there was prize giving ceremony. For those had received good
results on the current semester at the English tuition classes, they were
awarded special gifts. For the moms who designed the best flower arrangement,
they were also received special rewards. The kids who came on all session,
special prizes were also provided for them. As this festival was an joyful event,
all the participants went back home happily with gifts and the blessings from
our God.
Lastly, we,
the workers from Senggarang Preaching Point want to use this chance to express
our thanks to the Medan and South Korea team who had visited and contributed to
this festival. May God bless our ministry works.
2012 Senggarang Kids Festival Pictures
