Children Christmas Party

On the 28th November 2009, the Miri Women Fellowship organised the Children Christmas Party and the AYC helped out with the aerobics and also games for all the kids.

The party begins with an opening prayer by Archdeacon Solomon Cheong and he taught the children one song that uses the "Jingle Bells" tune.

The song was called J-O-Y and the lyrics goes like this..

J.O.Y J.O.Y this must surely means
Jesus First
Yourself Last and
Others in between.

Then we had the praise and worship lead by our Aunty Peggy the sunday school teacher. The teenz helped with the music and back-up.

After the praise and worship, we had the aerobic session lead by Lydia Melice.

While enjoying the aerobics, suddenly Santa Clause came with his big bag full of candies. All the children were so excited and gathered all around him. This year, our very own youth advisor acted as the Santa Clause.

After the aerobics with Santa Clause, the children were divided into various age groups and we had the game sessions with all of them.

Soon after the games ended, everyone gathered for some makan and the party ends with the distribution of party packs to all the children by Santa Clause.

On the very same day, our dear brother, Makos and sister Rose were solemnized in the Good Shepherd church. We would like to wish them all the best in their marriage live and may God continue to bless them as they make this step in their life. Congratulations from the AYC!

Teenz Fellowship

On the 27th November 2009, the Teenz group organised a Teenz Fellowship at Taman Selera. There were approximately 40 turn-ups from Iban Service, English Service and Chinese Service Teenz. We had a great time together, and among our activities are Praise & Worship, Ice-breaking, games, photo session, food and of course the best was to get to know each and everyone of them

We thank God for the good weather and great fellowship. After the fellowship, some of the Teenz went to the church and helped out with the decorations for the Children Christmas party.

Priest Appreciation Night

On the 31st October 2009, the SCEC organised a Priest Appreciation Night to appreciate our dedicated priests who has been serving in the church of St. Columba.

The evening started with some singspiration lead by the Taman Tunku Youth.

Upon the arrival of all the priests, they were called to stage and all the sub-deacons, lead by SD Roland Rayang together with the crowd prayed for our priests.

We were entertained with many presentations from all the various church organizations too.

Taman Tunku Youth Ministry

Cutting of cake by all the priests

From left : Archdeacon Solomon, Revd. Alfred, Revd. Dunstan, Revd. Ramdan and Revd. Arundi

Presentation by the Taman Tunku Women Fellowship

Taman Tunku Men Fellowship

Singspiration from the Miri Women Fellowship

Choir presentation by the Taman Tunku Youth Ministry

And the highlight of the event was the presentation from the priest

Archdeacon Solomon doing the harmony and Revd Alfred was the lead singer

Revd. Dunstan Chua on the keyboard

Revd. Ramdan on guitar, Revd. Arundi on bass and Timothy helped with the drums.

So the priests have their own worship band too now ha? LOL! Anyway, it was a well organised events and the AYC would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the priest who helped us in all the ways that they can. Thank you so much!

Young Adult Weekend Getaway

Our Young Adults Weekend Getaway was held over the weekends and all of us benefit a lot from all the three sessions. We were spiritually filled, physically filled and of course socially filled. Indeed we had a great fellowship with one another - with all the fun times and laughter.

Our first session was on "How to choose a life partner & What to expect of married life" and it was shared by Archdeacon Solomon Cheong. Since we started late and had our dinner at the canteen, we've decided to start the first session there.

Archdeacon stressed on the importance of choosing a partner of the same faith. He also shared on things that may lead to broken marriages and what to anticipate before getting married.

After the session ended, we had a great experience going up and down the hill going to our villa. There were no street lights and we have to depend on our car lights to move. As soon as we settled down, we had a short briefing by Revd. Alfred after the session on what to reflect on for our devotional on the next day.

The next day started with a blessed rainy day. Some of us actually bath in the rain!! After the personal devotion and group devotion time, we need to stretch a little bit and play some games.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

We were asked to invent our own recipe using all the ingredients provided. Well, not that we're literally cooking...it's just on paper.

Once done, we were all asked to present our recipe.

Group 3 : The Cheesy Cranberry Curry

Group 2 : The Jumble Rainbow

Group 1 : Le Salad La Depres

While the presenters are presenting, the group members were busy listening and enjoying the yummy delicious newly invented recipe. Even the kids enjoyed it too! LOL!

After the good laugh, we had our second session with Revd. Dunstan Chua. His message was on "Alone but not lonely". It's on serving God as a young adult/single. We were also asked to list down what are our priorities in life and share our thoughts.

In the afternoon, after lunch we had our short poco-poco session lead by Sis. Shirley Gren. With the good cooling weather and good food, we may fall asleep before the next session starts. That explains why we need to do some "exercise" to enable us to wake up a little bit.

Finally, our last session was conducted by SD Augustine and he shared on Managing your Finance. All our money belongs to God and we are his stewards. Therefore, it is important for us to manage our finance and not to spend beyond our own capacity.

The session ended with a corporate prayer lead by Bro. Bajeng. We also spend some time praying for those in need and Revd. Alfred oficially closed the event with a prayer.

It was indeed a fun and exciting weekend for us and surely this will not be the only one. Hopefully, by God's grace we will have more people joining us for the next sessions.