June 10, 2007

Lapangkanlah Tempat Kemahmu

Thats the new song for today, diambil dari Yesaya 54:2-3,
Lapangkanlah tempat kemahmu
Bentangkan tenda kediamanmu
Jangan menghemat, panjangkan talinya
Dan pancangkan kokoh patokmu
S'bab engkau kan mengembang ke kanan ke kiri
Keturunanmu kan memproleh bangsa bangsa
Dan mendiami kota kota sunyi
Siapkanlah dirimu
Amin. =)
It was a simple song, susah dinyanyiin pertama2 (musik jg), tapi punya arti yang indah. I was personally blessed by this song. Thx to Rev. Benny Tan.

We have a new guitarist today : Alvin
Welcome to our music ministry!! Jadi ada dua Alvin di pelayanan musik deeee ^_^ Both are very talented musicians.
Welcome back buat Stevani! -- Visiting From Georgia, and bantu motret2, and bantu choir juga. horeee... jadi ada dua Steffi dee ... =D -- its double2 day. hihihi

Happy Birthday, Tante Titin!!
Thanks to Lloyd and Ronald yg bawa makanan hari ini. Plus ada eskrim se-ember. wah wah pas deh, hari ini Concord lagi panaaaaaas. Summer comes early this year.

Next week, Father's Day!!
Datang yahhh

June 03, 2007

Its June Already!!



Seperti yg dikatakan worship leader kita today, gk kerasa tau2 udah bulan Juni, udah mau pertengahan tahun 2007. June is a busy month! Panitia retreat, panitia hari bapak, dan panitia hut are going to be meeting a LOT this couple of weeks! Many important events coming up. God has blessed us so much in the past five months, but I believe the best of 2007 is still yet to come ^_^

Our service began today with a major technical difficulty, projector buat power point gak mau nyala!! wadoh wadoh. Pada panik semua deh. Kabel2 & alat2 dikutak katik, dicoba2, test2, colok2, tepok2, masih gk nyala juga. Worship team lumayan concern soal fast praise-songs, gk mungkin lagu Awesome in This Place bisa dinyanyiin tanpa text. Udah baru, cepet, di awal2, bhs inggris lageh! Tapi setelah semua creative ideas dikeluarin (like lagu2 cepet dipelanin, or pake OHP, or fotocopy all music sheets buat jemaat, or Martha lead with Winsen bacain text, etc. etc) akhirnya kita pake portable video projector, tarik kabel panjaaaaang, and ppt bisa dinyalain. Horeeee. God is Awesome in this place! ^^

Then the worship service went smoothly. Ada persembahan lagu dari Bapak dan Ibu Halimwidjaya. As always, very inspiring =) Pdt. Hengkie challenged the youth, "anak muda bisa gak nyanyi tanpa musik?" hehehe... maybe we should try that sometimes =D

Happy birthday to Steffi & Lisbeth (Tia) !!

and thanks to Djatikusuma family for the SOTO yg super enakkk! *bisik2*dan sambelnya* hehehe

May 27, 2007

Memorial Day Weekend



Long Weekend everyone!!!!! We all can see dari bangku-bangku kebaktian yang rada kosong hari ini. But it's okay, it doesn't affect our spirit to worship. Hari ini kebaktian kita dipimpin langsung dari awal sampe akhir oleh Pendeta Hengkie yang merangkap sebagai worship leader and pembawa firman ----with an exception baca warta (thanks Mon, udah bacain warta). Team music as usual led by our Captain: Catherine (hari ini dia maen 2 keyboard), and accompanied by our drummer: Hendra. Backupsinger kita minggu ini - DVC team : Nico and Steffi.



We also celebrate Tante Hannah's, Ronald's (even he's in Vegas), and Audry's birthday. God bless all of you. Biar banyak anggota kita yang vacation, hari ini kita ada surprise dari anggota jemaat kita yang sudah lama banget tidak muncul: Om Franklin, Tante Ratna and the Twins (wah udah gede banget). Indonaz juga ada anggota baru: Shelly (welcome!!!)



Sekarang kita move ke meja dapur, hari ini kita semua di served oleh Komisi Pemuda (yay!!!). Noodles, Broccoli & beef, and Pork Chop---nyam, nyam. Tapi ternyata banyak jemaat yang ke dapur nyariin sambel---memang orang Indo gak bisa makan tanpa sambel. All right everyone, you can enjoy the pictures from today's service and we will see you all next week. It's gonna be the first week of the new month.....

May 20, 2007

May 20th


Worship Leader : Mei Mei Tan
Singers : Edo & Suryadi
Musicians : Michael, Benny, Vanessa, Alvin

Sermon by Pst. Hengkie Tjahjadi

Ushers : Tante Hera & Tante Titin
Food : Eunice (Mi Goreng & Kentang Balado) & Cath (Fish w/blackbean sos & Choc cake w/marshmellow) =D

Birthday : Eunice, Gatot, & Melina


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May 19, 2007

Indonaz Berkeley Graduation

College of Engineering

Alfred, Eric, Inez, William, Hendra and Winsen

College of Chemistry


Jessica

May 13, 2007

Mama Luar Biasa


Happy Mother's Day!!
What a special and lovely service we had today. First, we had a super special singers team : SORO (Satrio, Oscar, and ROnnie) they did a splendid job singing along with Pst. Hengkie. Boleh sering2 niehh! =D

From sunday school, Tabitha and Xiao2 read their letters to their mothers. "I love you, Mom. Selamat Hari Ibu." ^_^ so cute. And youth vocal group gk mo kalah cute, they sang a song thats 600yrs old *kt om* -- Ma Ma Hao in Mandarin!!

There were many many testimonies about mothers today. I think this is the most testimony we have for mother's day, perhaps more than thanksgiving! hahaha. Here's what they say about their mothers,
Tante Agnes - her mother was her best friend,
Tante Deborah - her mother was a strong woman, she was her best teacher,
Tante Eva - her mother raised 6 children by herself, taught them all to be independent,
Om Benny & Om Ronnie - their mothers were very persistant in taking them to church & reading the bible
Oscar - his mother is his best supporter
Arrio - his mother is a very positive woman, very encouraging -
plus he sang a self-written song =)
Om Satrio - his mother raised 12 children!! and he got his cooking talent from her =D

The phrase that came up often was: Mamaku Luar Biasa *my mother is awesome. We wont be where we are, or who we are if not because of our mothers. We thank God for everything our mother has done for us =)

and today, the mothers in indonaz got special treatment. There were two round tables decorated and prepared for mothers & wives only. They got to eat Satrio's special prime-rib, mashed potato & vegetables. It looks like 5-star restaurant entree!! Trus ada udang goreng, cumi goreng, garlic bread, fresh fruit & dessert. Behh ... .yg lain ngiler2 aja dipinggir2 meja. hahahah. Gak lah, there were plenty of food for us too (minus primerib). The fathers worked really hard since last week. They really appreciate their wives and mothers =)

May 06, 2007

Awal Mei


Kebaktian pertama bulan Mei 2007.

Pengkotbah : Pdt. Hengkie Tjahjadi
Pemimpin Liturgis : Martha Iriana
Penyanyi : Nico Jonathan, Asher Fandy, & Steffi Gunawan (new!!)
Pemain Musik : Alvin, Pei, Hendra, Cath
Usher : Deborah & Agnes
Konsumsi : Yani (good food! simple but enakk)

Birthday :Deborah Godman (tante ShangLi)
Just came from Indo : Mr. & Mrs. Halimwidjaya
Surprise appearance : Steph.

mmmm ... apalagi ya .... foto2 gak banyak kali ini soalnya Mr.Poto (MJ) tak datang. It's a busy week for students right now, especially Berk, so good grace everybody. Smoga dapet A semuahhh!!

ow iya, picture above shows when Om Ronnie invite everybody to Indonaz Mother's Day next week.
There will be a surprise from Fathers Team (Kaum Bapak2)
So if you're around, don't miss this!!

May 05, 2007

CARWASH

Car Wash!
Car Wash!
Car Wash!

Finally, the 1st carwash for our 2007 Retreat. The weather was good, a bit windy, but not too cold/too hot. There were some generous people, and there were some... 'okay'people with big trucks! Hueheheh... One person just donated money to Joyce at the intersection without having his car washed. hihihi. Compared to past carwash events, today not so many cars stopped by. Maybe because of the rain we had in the past few days. But we had our fun =D (Meskipun pada bengkak2 gara2 pollen) Hopefully more people will show up for the next car wash.

April 29, 2007

Joint Service


Today, we had a multi-cultural-congregation service. English, Spanish, Indonesian and Korean church have one service in sanctuary together at 10:30am. It's a little bit too early for indonesian (our regular service starts at 11:15am) but some of us came even earlier --> choir practice, lipet2 warta, sibuk2 dapur, etc2.

Service started with praise and worship from the English worship band, we sang Awesome is The Lord Most High and How Great is Our God lead by Pst. Eric Lapp. It felt good to sing together as a one big church. Jarang2 liat sanctuary penuh. hehehe.

After that, each congregation pastor gave 5-min sermon, followed by music presentation. Pst. Hengkie went first, followed by the choir. =D They sang "Kucinta Kau", accompanied by piano and power-point. No photograph was taken at this time (all photographers were unavailable -- MJ(choir), Monica(usher), Martha(powerpoint), Cath(piano). huwaaa) So .... until I find someone else took the picture, here's the powerpoint.-_-"

lunch time, lots and lots of food! There are two looong tables filled with food from various cultural background. Ada bulgoki, kimchee, fishcakes, lasagna, chicken in at least 5 different kinds, and much2 more. From Indo church, Martha cooked at least two big pots of semur and fried wonton. It was at the other end of the long table so banyak org2 indo langsung loncat kesana ajah. Hahaha. Masih panas2 ngepul2. nyammmm. Enakk.

April 22, 2007

Indah Pada Waktunya


Itulah tema kotbah kita minggu ini yang dibawakan oleh Ev. Benny Tan. This week, we all have been shocked by the Virginia Tech incident. Want to know more about it? Kalian bisa langsung baca di Indonaz reflection.

Minggu ini kebaktian kita langsung dipimpin sama Gembala kita, Om Hengkie. It's part of our new "culture" setiap kali ada Guest Speaker preach in our church. Terus kita juga mau welcome to our new Bass Player------MJ. Yay....you did an awesome job.

Happy Birthday buat Tante Irma and thanks juga buat Om Satrio and Tante Marie for the delicious food (ayam nya enak banget).

Last but not least.....a friendly reminder.....you're all invited to the Joined Service next week. Jangan lupa 10:30 am. You don't want to miss our choir performance.

We'll see you all and have a blessed week.

April 15, 2007

Mid April Sunday



Click on the picture above to see today's service.

Jenn and Aggie came today ^^ So lots of their pictures in the album, hehehe. Thanks for the testimony, Jenn. Made me glad and grateful to be a part of this unique and blessed church =) Sering2 dateng yaaahhh ....

What a great news we heard today about Om Ronny, his tumor has shrunk! Praise The Lord Almighty, for He is good and His mercy is everlasting! We will continue to pray for him, his recovery, and his family.

Four birthdays this week, Kevin - Daniel - Aling - and Andrew Pang. Happy birthdays!! (because Kevin, Aling & Andrew couldnt come today, we almost sang 4 times for Daniel, haha)

Have a blessed week, Indonazers....

April 08, 2007

He is Risen!




He is Risen indeed!

Happy Easter everyone =)

Click on the video above to watch our choir today singing "Christ the Lord is risen" today! Haaaalleeeluujah!

Click on the picture below to see all the pictures taken from Easter Service today. Thanks to Martha, Monica, MJ and Nico (Easter Sie Documentasi. hahaaha)

Service today was very very special. Its Easter! (great worship time, two new songs and five singers!) Trus ada Pelantikan Komisi Pemuda 2007-2008! (congratulation Michael, Steffi, and Eric!) And Paul's Birthday.

Enjoy!



April 01, 2007

Palm Sunday



First Sunday of April 2007, the Palm Sunday. I can't believe Easter is only 7 days away, seems like we just celebrated Christmas. (heyyy,who has our last Christmas pictures?!?! Minta donkss!!). We had a good Sunday Service today. We started ontime loh! Banyak yg dateng juga meskipun lagi musim Spring Break. Malah ada Two new students from DVC, yay!

One thought, since we moved to the Gym, we have less inteference from the sound system during the service. (Biasanya kan suka ada ngiiiiiingg, or mesti tuker2 microphone gr2 ada yg gk nyala, or ada krek krek krek di ampli depan.) I noticed this because today, gak ada yg berdiri di belakang buat atur2 suara. I guess its because we have more time setting up in the morning, so everything was taken care of before the service =)

Happy Birthday to Martha, Jessica, Jeffrey S. & Ruth (Uti)
(too bad Ko Jeffrey couldnt come to church today, but thanks to his Mom & Tt. Agnes, we enjoyed special birthday lunch today. Chicken Steak & Gado2. Yumm!)

Picture of the week : SAM helping out wih beres2

March 31, 2007

Sang Greget

Jangan katakan bahwa Dia besar, dahsyat, berkuasa, selalu kuat. Lihat... sekali lagi... lihat. Langkahnya gontai, mataNya nanar. Lebih banyak Ia memandang kebawah, lelah otot bahuNya, tak lagi Ia mampu menegakkan kepalaNya memandang Golgota. Jika Getsemani hanya mampu memeras keringatNya seperti butiran darah, maka Via Dolorosa menguras darahNya bagaikan keringat yang mengucur. Siapakah yang peduli, siapakah yang masih berani menyapa, “Guru!; Rabi!; Mesias!”? Semua bibir terkatub, semua mata tertutup, pengikutNya memilih hening, menyaksikan drama kolosal nyata dari kejauhan. Dengar! Kalian dengar! Yah, tidak salah, itu adalah suara tangisan wanita. Mereka datang dari Yerusalem, bersedu-sedan entah karena pribadi Yesusnya atau semata karena tragis penderitaanNya yang membuat ngilu di dada. Yesus menoleh, dengan terbata meminta agar mereka menangisi kemalangan mereka beserta dengan keturunan mereka sendiri. Sindirankah ini? Atau sebuah peringatan akan datangnya sejarah hitam di kemudian hari?

Duhai hati, engkau mampu membuat rekonstruksi. Dengan segala detil menjabarkan peristiwa tragis itu lalu membawa haru dalam diri. Duhai pengertian, engkau mampu memberi arti. Menggali, mengembangkan, menafsirkan, lalu menarik kesimpulan-kesimpulan yang dikemas dalam statement indah, mulia, penuh kata-kata asing yang susah. Tetapi, ... duhai inti jati diri, dimana gregetmu? Greget yang bukan saja dapat membuat mata menangis, tetapi juga merasa apa yang Dia rasa, mencari apa yang Dia cari, berlari kemana Dia pergi.

Ini ... ini, pegang dia... tangkap... jangan biarkan lari. Dudukkan dia, ikat tangannya, buka paksa mata dan telinganya. Agar dia, si inti jati diri, memandang tak berkedip, mendengar tak tersisip, terpaku pada pemandangan dan berita dari Salib. Agar dia dapat menangis, yah... menangis bersama wanita-wanita Yerusalem itu. Bukan menangisi matinya Yesus, tetapi menangisi matinya sang greget; greget untuk mengerti Yesus, greget untuk mencari Yesus, greget untuk mengikut Yesus, dan greget untuk melayani dan hidup bagi Yesus.

Tetapi jangan berhenti disana - kadang si inti jati diri malas, terbius dengan pengharapan palsu atau pengetahuan ragu - bawa dia, jika perlu seret dia, agar jangan berlama-lama terpukau pada Golgota, menyaksikan Yesus meregang nyawa. Tegakkan dia di muka kubur itu. Putar ulang pertunjukan sejarah besar: Yesus menguak tabir kematian, berjalan keluar dalam cahaya hidup kebangkitan. Sampai bibirnya bergumam, mulai dari seruan kecil hingga teriakan besar, “ hidup!, ...hidup!, ...hidup!, ...hidup!, ...Hidup! ... Gregetku hidup kembali, bersama Yesus yang hidup!”


Oleh Pdt. Hengkie Tjahjadi

March 25, 2007

Last week of March 2007



Here are some photos taken from today's service. Kbanyakan foto beres2 tapi =P

Service went well today, some people came early to set up. Hendra, Nico, Asher and William setup the stage & sound system - Lloyd, Ronald, and Robby setup the chairs, partitions, etc. Mestinya tadi di videoin tuh waktu taro2 chairnya, cepet bangets, di angkat2, oper2, lempar2, atur2, tuingg! Done! Very efficient! =D

Akhirnya kita Worship Team bisa practice our ALL SEVEN SONGS before the service. What a difference. No more "huh?","what key!" or "ow iyaaa!!"

Oooo I should have taken some picture of Music Practice yesterday!! Since it's not practical for us to practice in Sanctuary anymore, we have to practice in the Gym on Saturday. Tapi jam 3 sore tuh ada youth gereja korea main basket. Jadi kaya our Tuesday Badminton gitu kali ya. So kita gak enak kalo suruh mereka gak main (We couldnt reschedule our practice time, its the only time we had). Jadiiii ... while they were playing basketball, kita latihan deh tuh di panggung, semua alat2 musik, speaker2, ampli2, pemain musik, worship leader and singers, mepet2 di panggung yg kecil ituh!! hahahaha... (edit: stage yg diatas, yg orange, gk ada yg abu2/ungu. So its rillli small) It was very very awkward, yet practice went well. Anggep aja kita skalian blessed their game. weheheheheh.

Good food from the Purnawans today =D banyak yg nambah deh. Ayamnya wuenakkkk.

March 18, 2007

Gym Sweet Gym


Finally, our first service back in the Gym. Meskipun awal2nya banyak pusink2, heboh2, repot2, pindah2, angkat2 bangku, beres2, kabel ilank, cymbal drum ilank, kertas lagu2 ilank (arrgh!!) ..... but the service went very very well =) Music sounded great, Powerpoint looked awesome, Choirs both Youth and Pleasanton group, mantap! =D Worship Service went smoothly, finally the congregation can praise and worship together as one! It really made a difference.

After service, langsung makan deeee. Gak usah jalan jauh2, langsung antri di belakang =D

One thing we missed from our lunch time in gym, seating together. Biasanya abis ambil mkn, duduknya pada tersebar jauh2. Anak2 muda di pinggir2 panggung, org2 dewasa deket2 dapur, I usually stayed in the kitchen malah. Today, duduknya balik lg k bangku jemaat donks =) Ngumpul & melingkar2 lagi. Hehehe... Makanan hari ini, again, buanyakk! Pak Rudy & Linda, i think, were also celebrating our moving back to Gym. Hihihi... thanks a bunch, yah. Especially for the yummy desserts! ^^

Enjoy the photos ( sorry banyak yg burem, will fix the camera soon)

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March 13, 2007

Sunday Blog - March 11' 2007


Nieh ada sedikit foto2 minggu kemaren, our last Sunday di Sactuary (tp gk ada foto2 Sanc seh, hueheheheh) kemaren itu kepikir motret2 karna waktu lunch, ternyata Gym dipake Seminar sama greja bule, jadi deh kita pada makan diluar. Jarang2 kan makan di pinggir jalan gini. hahahah

so buat yg kemaren gk dateng bisa liat dikit =P and makanan kemaren itu buanyakkk!!!
(habess gk tau kalo Satrio&Irma jg bawa makanan, jadi I brought too much)
Sam's parents bawa LoMie & Sup Sosis Merah, wuieehhh sedapppp
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December 17, 2006

Christmas 2006


front : Alvin, MJ, Pei, Stephanie, Sandy, Inez, Martha, Michael
back : Asher, Eric, Nico, Cath, Jessica, Hendra

September 16, 2006

April 16, 2006