Brother Phillip

Early this month we have brother Phillip shared about his work in China. Brother Phillip is a underground missionary in China who steadfastly minister into remote area in China. He and his wife have three children who accompany them in their work. We are really blessed by his testimony and definitely it ignited the mission spirit within the church. After the service we went to the nearby Sundanese Restaurant to have lunch together. The pictures were taken in the Restaurant. The first picture shows Brother Phillip and his oldest daughter.



Brother Phillip was introduced to us by Brother Awi who was visiting us from Beijing together with his whole family who was having a vacation in Jakarta.

Batik Ministry

To appreciate the local traditional garments called Batik, the Church chose the third Sundays as the official Batik day, meaning we dress in Batik clothing as we minister in that day. Of course, everybody is free to choose the pattern of the Batik and as you can see in the pictures, they look great. It's really good idea and so much fun.





The last one are our Sunday School Teachers from our Children Ministry Team. They look great, don't they.

All blessings,
Binsar

Working with YWAM

It was to good to meet friends from YWAM (Youth With A Mission) coming to our church about a month ago. Since then, several groups from Las Vegas, Hawaii, and Australia have short visits working with our youth group ministering to people living in the surrounding of our church. Many activities including teaching english lessons to Christian and non-Christian people and ministering to the sick have been done as well as ministering to our children ministry.

The below pictures show some of them (the group from Australia) with our children.















Also we had another great service last week with Pastor Leonardo Sitorus preaching. Pastor Leo is a distance relative. He is a well-known pastor of an emerging church in Indonesia. Great sermon. We had also Solvy testifying and singing for the Lord. You can read her story at my wife's blogsite (see link to "beautiful"), a really touching story. Many cried as they were touched by the testimony. At the end, last but not least, we had our children singing "Di Doa Ibuku", a touching song about how the children hear their name mentioned in their mother prayer. The mothers then went to the stage hugging the children. So touching. I believe there were healings in the children hearts.

Well that was a typical service we have on Sundays. Basically we enjoy the Lord in many ways. Come visit us some day.

All blessings,
Binsar

Let the children praise the Lord

These pictures represent some of the children ministry performance during the offering. Last week was a bit different in a better sense as the LCD projector showed the pictures of each child which have been taken earlier. The kids “say cheese” with so much fun during the photo session.



We told our deacons to emphasize more on the children ministry. Actually we want to build a stage in the children service hall so that they can freely enjoy and experience Praise and Worship in greater fun and as good as in the main auditorium with mic, keyboard and all that stuff.




The Lord said, “Forbid them not, to come to me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven”. We believe a family focused church needs the best attention given to the children ministry.

Kebaktian Minggu Nuansa Tahun Baru

Minggu kemarin kami mengadakan kebaktian minggu dengan tema tahun Baru Imlek. Mulai dari Praise and Worship yang ada nuansa irama Mandarin dipimpin oleh Julita Manik sampai persembahan lagu Sekolah Minggu yang begitu menggemaskan namun penuh dengan kesungguhan dalam meninggikan Tuhan Yesus. Putra-putra pak Trias dan bu Kiky yang masih kecil namun dengan indahnya memainkan biola dan saxophone membuat Vocal Group Sekolah Minggu begitu indah. Persembahan pujian mereka membuat kami tidak tahan sehingga mau tidak mau harus memberikan amplop angpao ke tiap-tiap anak di akhir kebatian.

Pengerja juga tidak mau kalah dan menyuguhkan Drama yg sangat menyentuh, menceritakan seorang kaisar China yang rela menggantikan ibunya menerima hukuman cambuk karena sang ibu melakukan kesalahan melanggar undang-undang yang sudah ditetapkan oleh Raja sendiri.

Drama yg menggambarkan pengorbanan Tuhan Yesus sang Raja yang rela menggantikan kita dihukum di kayu salib ini, disertai dengan multimedia yang benar-benar menyentuh hati. Rekan kita Andi yg memerankan raja begitu meresapi perannya dan menitikkan air mata di bagian peran ketika dia merelakan dirinya dihukum karena kasihnya pada ibunda raja. Sangat indah !

Teman-teman sekalian kami ingin juga menyampaikan selamat tahun baru Gong Xi Fa Choi untuk teman-teman beserta seluruh keluarga. Semoga berkat Tuhan melimpah sepanjang tahun.

God Bless