1. Our 1st Church Mission Program is training underway
GKI Seattle will embark on its 1st overseas mission program by sending 6 church members to North Sumatra this Summer. The mission team includes Mega, Indra, Kathrine, Tiffany, Manny, and Benny (in Solo, Ind. now). They will be part of a team organized and led by WEI (Woman's Enterprise International). The team will be leaving for Indonesia from July 2-July 14. The team will stay there for approximately 2 weeks.
Their activities include:
· Discipleship and Evangelism in Siborongborong and Aek Matio village
· Working with the Yagobi staff to encourage Christians to have their daily walk with God
o Library/Reading Room Construction in Aek Matio village
o Contribute labor towards construction
o Bringing books/teaching aid from Seattle & Jakarta
o English Education in Siborongborong by using lesson material from the Bible
o Teaching English to the Yagobi staff and interested individuals
It will be a wonderful opportunity for the mission team to bring the Lord's message to some people in the rural village of North Sumatra. The experience will also provide a first hand experience in appreciating the local Indonesian culture and lifestyle by engaging in some social activities to provide basic essential facilities.
Our Sunday school children are also participating by raising fund to give quite-time materials for the people of Siborong-borong and Aek Mateo.
On March 29, 2009, the Sunday School Bake Sale raised $348.50 for WEI's Electricity project. We turned our customary 5th weekend bake sale into a great food sale with wonderful contributions by a lot of great cooks. The amount collected of $348.50 will go towards supporting WEI's effort in bringing much-needed electricity service to the Aek Matio village in North Sumatra. In these days and age where we take electricity availability for granted, many parts of the world still do not have this basic necessity and it is still considered a luxury. We pray this we will be able to support WEI's effort further in the future to achieve this goal.
2. The Gideon International.
We dedicated the offering collection of $2,412 on March 29, 2009 to the Gideon International organization (Bible distribution) to support their effort of sharing the word of God with so many people around the world who might otherwise not have access to the Gospel. We pray that more lives will be saved and people from all walks of life will come to know the loving grace of our Lord as a result of the Gideon's effort in answering the call of the great Commission.
3. Sports
Sport-night at Spartan Gym brings a total of about 85 people. About 30-40% are non-church members. We will continue this coming late Fall/Winter/Early Spring. The Mission pillar organized a Sports night at Spartan Gym in Shoreline. Saturday nights from November 2008 to April 2009 became our Sport-Night, where we got to play, have fun, and meet now people. It was a fun event and great opportunity for everyone to get together on a Saturday night and participate in something that was not only physically enriching but also helped foster fellowship with other non-church friends. We had badminton, basketball, volleyball and for the physique-conscious folks, the fitness gym. The kids had a lot of fun playing Star Wars with light sabers and also badminton rackets. Turnout was pretty good and we had about 85 people of which 30-40% were non-church members. Unfortunately, we had to temporarily stop Sports night due to high insurance cost. But the good news is that we will be starting it up again soon at the same or other feasible location in late Fall / Winter. Please pay attention to the church announcement. So stay tuned and in the meantime keep those muscles working and pumping !!!
On May 5, 2009, we started the Summer-Sport (1st & 2nd Sat. at Green Lake/ 3nd, 4th and 5th Sat. in Grass Lawn Park). Summer is finally here (I think...) and what a wonderful start to the weather after the snowy winter we had! There were a number of outdoor venues to choose from for our Summer Sports program, but we finally settled on alternating between 2 great outdoor parks to balance the travel distance for folks living in Seattle and those on the Eastside. The split of locations also provided a nice chance to appreciate the variety of beautiful parks and fresh air we have here in the Pacific Northwest. We have basketball, volleyball, football, frezbee, walking, soccer. The kids have the playground equipment to stimulate their motor skills in a fun way and build some strong muscles as well as the elderly seniors.
4. Wycliffe
On May 30, 2009, the "K" Island Project totaled to be $3,722.00 for Wycliffe Bible Translation.
5. Movie-Night
Our movie committee selected 2 movies: The first movie was "5th Wheels" in January which deals with being an honest businessman. The second movie is "More than a Dream" in Indonesian. It touched many people and we will have similar theme (Muslim) in the fall. We are going to have our 3rd in June 27. "Time Changer" depicts putting Jesus value in today's confusing world
