The church conference which was held on April 17-19, 2009 in Medan was a big success! It is started with a Leader's Meeting on the first day until the last service on Sunday evening at 6.30 pm.Numbers of event, service and training class were held during the conference. The church also provide free tours around North Sumatera to Tongging, Si Piso Piso Water Fall, and to Berastagi. All charges for the tours were covered by brothers and sisters from Campus Ministry who have given their heart on getting the money by selling used clothes a few days before the conference. Awesome!
“This conference in Medan is one of the friendliest conferences that I've ever attended!” says Harliem Salim, lifting up the Medan Church. Budi Hartono, also stated the same thing. He said that the conference in Medan is more than just an event because the love and hospitality from the brothers and sisters can be felt by other participants from outside Medan City. “ Medan Conference has achieved more beyond our expectation and estimation...” says Budi Hartono.
The opening ceremony was great and awesome.. It blew out more than 2000 attendants on that evening, April 18 in Yang Lim Plaza. The performances included Traditional Dance, Drama and Choir by Consolasio group who won the first place in Beijing and three gold medals in Australia. Plus numbers of song performed by national artist Ria Warna at the end of the show.
As the core of the event, the Leader of Medan Church, Suwandi was appointed as an Evangelist together with his wife, Wernita as a Woman Ministry Leader. At the same time, as a closing to the conference, Harliem Salim officially announced 5 ( five ) mission teams plan to Pekan Baru, Bangka, Manokwari, Solo and Ujung Pandang. And as an addition to the event, 7 ( seven ) people were baptized after they repented and made commitment as Jesus' disciples.
To God be the glory!
Greetings Indonesia churches,
ReplyDeleteI cannot tell you how refreshing it is whenever the Salims come to preach the word, to bring good news of God's work in Indonesia and to provide us information on how God is able to use our contribution to spread his word in a foreign land.
Your faith and sacrifice are inspiring and encouraging. By the way, just to let you know even our kids in the Children's Ministry give what they can and sometimes they ask if we are collecting money for poor.
I'm sure that many of us may not get the opportunity to visit you but we're grateful to know that God is alive in your country and we are brothers and sisters even if we don't speak the same language.
Luke 10:23-24
Much love, your sister in Christ
Alma
Dear Alma,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your encouraging comments. We are so happy and joyful reading all those. May God bless you and family.
On behalf of media team,
Naek