"Stay with Me". That was the theme of our anniversary celebration for this year as well as the theme for the year. As we have "Welcome Jesus" on last year Christmas celebration, now we want Him to stay forever with me (each and everyone of us).
We were glad to welcome our brothers and sisters from Gloria Chinese Methodist Church Medan again this time to take part in this joyful moment. Almost 30 of them were in this mission team. From the youngsters from the SEION Drama team until those seniors who wanted to share experiences in baking and praise dance ( 讚美操 ).
The series of this celebration was started on 12th October 2013 evening with sharing session with the moms from Senggarang and some games with children.
While, the next morning, every mission team members were happy as this the main day when they would serve the whole day. Since the morning, after breakfast time, the seniors from the team had gathered all the moms to participate in the praise dance ( 讚美操 ). Praise Dance can also be called as Praise Exercise was the movements of body like you are doing an slow and relaxing aerobics.
There was also the local traditional cake baking session taught by one of the member who was also an owner of a famous baking school in Medan. She taught us on baking steam mango flavor sponge cake (Ind: bolu kukus rasa mangga) and breaded spring roll (Ind: risoles).
Birthday Celebration
At the afternoon, by 3 pm, there were already a lot of kids and moms came to the mission home to join the birthday party. We have distributed more than 100 invitations to invite not only the English tuition students but also other kids at the Senggarang.
We chose the "sea" theme for our birthday celebration and cake. The wall paint of the home was already blue so the color was well correspond with the theme. We added on images of fishes and ships to enliven the decoration. The cake's shape was the ship sailed at the sea. It represents Jesus as the fisherman sailing who catches fishes at the sea. We as the human are the "fishes". When we have been caught by Jesus, we have been saved and we want Jesus to stay always with us.
The birthday celebration started by 4 pm with praise and worship session. Afterward, there were also songs presented by the English tuition students and Sunday School students. Our guests from Medan were also presented songs. The SEION group staged a skit drama showed how the man felt into sin and the Savior Jesus Christ came to save the man.
The grand prizes were also placed as the background of the stage area. These were the awaited program by the moms and kids as part of this celebration party. Almost 90 prizes were contested, like rice cooker, water dispenser, sweets, crackers, household utensils, school stationary, etc. All the guests had been a coupon with the lucky draw numbers.
As the end, everybody were invited to sing the "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" song on the cake cutting session. The event ended by 6 pm when everybody went back home happily.
More images of this event, please click the link below:
4th Birthday Celebration
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