Pelita!

Less people came today, but the worship team were still on fire singing for God.hehe

Edo lead the music team
with Cath and Amanda played keyboard;
Arrio and Ben played Bass and Guitar,
Hendra with his drum,
Astrid and Daniel as singers.

Pastor Hengkie memimpin kotbah setelah kembali dari liburan seminggu dengan keluarga.
Ayat bacaan di ambil dari Lukas 11:33-36
Pelita yang dimaksud Yesus : Iman
Fungsi dari Pelita : cahaya (untuk menerangi orang lain/ menjadi berkat)
Apa yang perlu diperhatikan : perhatikanlah supaya terangmu tidak menjadi redup atau menghilang (kita kerap kali membatasi cahaya kita untuk menjadi berkat bagi sesama).

Menu makan siang....Gado-gado; with Sago as dessert.

Youth Gathering

Another Youth Gathering this year!!!
Llyod shared on how to view everything positively. We might happen to feel dissapointed or encounter failure in our everyday life, but we should always remember that everything which happened was not outside God's purpose on us; therefore, think positively and move on. Daniel then continued the talk; it's about bitterness in life and how to think positively. The topic then expanded to our everyday life's issue: cheating in exam, relationship, etc. In short summary, we should not judge/compare others with what we are doing; do your own thing which you think is the correct way.
Good news.. music team grows in number, Amanda, Astrid and Ben joined our music team.
And, thank you for Daniel who coordinated the event and prepared the fun game.

Indonaz 9th Anniversary

9 years ago, Indonesian Church of Nazarene began their service.
Happy Birthday to Indonaz!!!!!!
We had a cake and simple decoration for the celebration.
Also, congratulations to the new music director that has been announced today, Catherine Muljadi.
Pastor Hengkie talked about us be a blessing for others (Genesis 12:1-3)
The passage was taken from Abraham's way of life.
After that, angklung group performed at the end of the sermon.
3 Worship Leader were on the stage today, with Mei-Mei Tan as the head.
Edo helped the backup singers Sandy and Petra, while Lloyd sang along and played guitar.
Aside, the committee of Indonaz-San_Ramon has been established today; let's pray that this new service really be a blessing for others.
And.....Happy Birthday to Pastor Hengkie.

A New Beginning

Happy Sunday!!!
today, Indonaz grows more.
Di mulai dengan musik team; kita ada drummer baru, Daniel!!!!
spending summer di dvc sambil belajar drum di gereja.
second, panitia perintis indonaz-san_ramon diresmikan minggu depan
Lastly,.....
Kita ada pengkotbah baru, Stefanus Jasin!!!
Stefanus shared ama kita tentang iman.
Dimulai dengan bagaimana kita menanggapi iman. Apakah hanya dengan iman semua bisa teratasi ?
Apakah cukup dengan iman, kita bisa sembuh dari penyakit ?
2 ayat alkitab dikutib, Matius 7:7-9 dan Markus 9:17-27.
Adalah wajar apabila ada keraguan di dalam iman kita kepada Tuhan.
Abraham di minta Tuhan untuk pergi tanpa membawa apapun, tapi dia tetap membawa beberapa hartanya sebelum keluar dari tempat tinggalnya menuju tempat yang dijanjikan Tuhan.
Musa pun berdiskusi dengan Tuhan sebelum pada akhirnya dia bersedia untuk diutus ke Mesir.
beberapa poin penting dari 2 ayat yang dibahas:
1. Tidak semua permintaan kita akan dikabulkan.
Analogy: Apabila orangtua kita bertanya, mau apa dari indonesia untuk dibawa ke US, itu tidak berarti kita bisa meminta apa saja dan akan dikabulkan.
2. Permohonan ditolak bukan berarti kurang iman.
Allah (orangtua kita) memiliki pengetauhan tentang apakah yang benar-benar kita butuhkan. jadi apabila permohonan kita tidak dikabulkan, itu bukan sepenuhnya karena kita kurang beriman.

And....Happy Birthday to Robbie Hidayat, Mei-Mei Chua, and Lloyd's Mom.

Joint Service

We have joint service today!!
Our music team presented the song, Yesus, lead by Edo.
Since it is a joint service, each congregation took part for the sermons.
English congregation shared about Father Abraham.
How Abraham had been tested to sacrifice his only son. How he reacted instantly as soon as God commanded him; he was not even thinking when to sacrifice his son, he started moving right the next morning. He believed that God has His own plan and he will follow everything.

Spanish shared about living in harmony. many nations worship one God.
Korean shared about being Jesus's servant of righteousness; we already paid in full by the blood of Jesus, so our life is for Him.

Indonesian shared about how you should follow God.
One who loves his daughter more than Him, is not worthy of Him.
One who loves his mother or father more than Him, is not worthy of Him.

Lastly, POTLUCK!!!!! and today, we have lots and lots and lots of good food. hehehe

Baptism

Today, Arrio shared with us about his spiritual journey before he got baptized.
from a skeptic person, he chose to be baptized.
how is that possible? anything can happen :D
He mentioned that if you always wait and wait to follow God, waiting for His sign, etc
you will end up with nothing. Not even getting close to God.
Therefore, commit to God first and He will guide you to know Him bit by bit.
Pastor Hengkie was the one who baptized him, and Pastor Victor prayed for him.

Happy Father's Day

Hari ini papa-papa diuji pengetauhannya..apa warna favorite istrinya masing2.
seru..ternyata ga semua orang tau walaupun sudah berkeluarga :p
kotbah hari ini, related to perumpamaan anak yang hilang
why did the father let his son go ? he wants to his child to learn, from his wrong doings.
why the father did not look for his child ? because the father knows that his child knows the way back home
why did the father still welcome his child ? because he loves his child!
Ternyata papa itu orang yang sangat considerate :D

we sang DU(Desiring You) song, Sweetterrrrrrrr.
Everyday with You Lord
Is sweeter than the day before
Everyday with You Lord
sweeter than the day before

Every morning I will worship,
every evening I'll adore
Cause everyday with You is sweeter,
sweeter than the day before

Lastly, happy birthday Eugenie.

Yesus

Yesus, Kau lah sahabatku
Yesus, Kau yang akan selalu berada disisiku
Kau sumber kuatku
Yesus, Kau lah sahabatku
Yesus, kau yang tak pernah jemu-jemu disisiku
Kau sumber kuatku

A good song's reff yang remind kita kalau kita tidak pernah sendiri
and kita nyanyi 2 kali hari ini, still people ga jemu-jemu nyanyi :P
Terus disambung ama kotbah pastor Hengkie tentang "melayani ama tanggungjawab"
di jelaskan kalau Tuhan Yesus datang ke dunia untuk melayani
dan kita pun sebagai pengikutnya dianjurkan untuk saling melayani satu sama lain.
perumpamaan : Yesus mencuci kaki murid-muridnya

lastly, Tante Titin (Hartati Santoso) ulang tahun minggu kemarin..happy birthday!!

KKR I

What a special Saturday! Remember Pastor Eddy Fances? From our Retreat? He came to our church tonight with his Music Team from LA! We had a great praise and worship time together. We are so blessed by their team. Great song choices and inspiring message from Pst. Eddy!

We have a new guest speaker today, Pastor Boya Faust. He delivered a great message about Spreading God's Word all over the world. He presented us with many interesting statistics about Christians in other countries, especially Indonesia! Pastor Hengkie said, Pst. Boya has more knowledge about Indonesian facts and history than he does. We learned a lot today from him. Thank you very much, Pst. Boya!

New singer today : Petra M. =)

New song : I Know Who I Am (by Israel Houghton) -- not an easy song for the musicians and singers to learn, but we managed. hahaha.

It's final week in DVC and UC Berkeley, so good luck to you all students!!

Mother's Day 2008

May 2008

First and foremost, sorry nieh blog udah beberapa minggu tidak di-update... i've been out on vacation for couple of weeks, jadi sedikit ketinggalan deh sama update2 gereja. But I'm back now! Thanks for those who faithfully check this blog and following our church's activity/pictures (and marahin me gara2 dah lama gak update. hahahaha) I really appreciate it! Jadi lebih smangat deee upload2 foto. Trima kasi yaaaa

Indianesian Service ^^

Back to 11am

Mulai hari ini (Minggu ini) kebaktian Indonaz kembali dimulai pada pk.11:00 pagi. Sama seperti dulu pada waktu awal2 kita kebaktian di Jones Building. I think it works very well today. Karna masih pertama kali, dimaklumilah kalau jam 11:00 masih sedikit yang baru datang. Jadi tadi kita mulainya juga agak telat, jam 11:08? hehehe. Moga2 di minggu2 yang akan datang jemaat bisa datang lebih early, jadi kita bisa benar2 mulai jam 11am.

Photos are posted, klik on the picture above to see today's album. Somehow, ada extra "Sungai Sukacita" mengalir di Indonaz hari ini. Check out the pictures, banyak yang smilessss =D (contoh : ya foto di atas itu =p)

Happy Birthday to Arrio, Ev. Benny, dan Samuel!

Sermon : Pst. Hengky Suryantyo
Worship Leader : Lloyd Devaraj
Singers : Sandy, Nico. & Hengkie
Musicians : Inez, William, Hendra, Eric, Cath, & Hengkie
Ushers : Hartati & Herawati
Food: Halim/Purnawan Family
Cleaning : Fuk Nyan, Arlene, Andre, Edwin, Junaidi
Sunday School : Chiu and Chua Family
PRI : Andereas & Samuel

Dont forget our ski trip this saturday!! Contact Oscar or Hendra or Winsen if you're interested. See y'all there!!