85: Peranakan-Indonesia Fellowship - 23 Feb 13

Johnny Chew opened the fellowship with a prayer. Telly Oon was worship leader with Samuel Phuah on the guitar. Ester led the singing of choruses. Albert Ong conducted a short CNY quiz and introduced the song "Saya yang buat komuniti". The Bahtiar family gave a song item.

Click here to view the song item.

Mrs Phebe Kodrat spoke with text from 2 Cor 5:17. Rev Bahtiar Sinaga gave a brief testimony, and later pronounced the Benediction.

A fellowship snack of hokkien mee was cooked by Jennie Phuah.

84: Peranakan-Indonesia Fellowship - 26 Jan 13

Rev Jimmy Wong opened the fellowship with a prayer. Telly Oon was the worship leader and Ester led in the choruses.

Johnny Chew read the announcements and Albert Ong led in "Chin chia ho".

Md Habibah Samadi from Paya Lebar Methodist Church brought the message. The session concluded with snacks prepared by Baby Khoo.

83: Christmas Celebration - 22 Dec 2012

The Peranakan-Indonesian Fellowship celebrated Christmas with a record turn-out of 70 participants.Rev Jimmy Wong opened the session with a prayer. Johnny Chew was worship leader and Samuel Phuah the guitarist.Many activities were organised: e.g. song items by an Indonesian Youth Quintet with Trivenna Christiany on the guitar (Click here for their video)and Jenny's Ukulele Band ( Click here to see video). The Peranakan Singers presented a 3-carol item. There were 2 quizzes - 1 by Albert Ong and 1 by Ester, both with token prizes for the correct answers.There was also a magic show.

The highlight of the day was a sermon by Ibu Phebe Kodrat on the meaning of Christmas.

Gift tokens of appreciation were presented to all the participants.

There was a buffet dinner to conclude the celebration.

To see a video of the day's celebration in full, click here. The Ukulele Band's other video are: Semut. Merry Christmas. Joget.

82: Day 2 in Batam - 4 Dec 12

The main program of the day was a trip to Barelang. Barelang is a cluster of 5 bridges connecting 5 islands in Batam. But first, a visit to the market to buy some kuih2 and breakfast.

Barelang bridge is an awesome bridge.

We visited a dragon fruit plantation. But the fruit was off season and we could see only a few of them. But the drink was refreshing.

We next had a look at the Barelang Fishing Port.

After lunch we returned to base for a rest before setting out to Batam Centre to take the ferry home.

81: PMC Peranakan di Batam - Day 1

PMC Peranakan were invited to celebrate Christmas with Gereja Methodist Indonesia "Ebenhaezer" Batam by their DS Bahtia Sinaga. The team arrived.

The celebration worship service began at noon.

Christmas carols such as "Malam kudus" and "Mari kita berhimpun" were sung.

PMC Peranakan team sang 3 carols in Bahasa Indonesia.

Other items including a Christmas Bible Quiz by Albert Ong followed. The celebration concluded with a sumptuous lunch prepared by the host church.

After the celebration there was time for shopping @ Mega Mall Batam Centre. Then the team departed for home, leaving 5 to continue fellowshipping with the hosts overnight.

80: Persahabatan Peranakan-Indonesia : 24 Nov 12

The fellowship was well attended. Abang Johnny opened the fellowship with a prayer. Telly Oon was worship leader with Ester leading the singing of choruses (Click to see video). Sam and Jonathan accompanied on the ukelele.

The speaker was Mr William Tan who spoke from 1 Peter. Albert Ong led 4 other members of the Peranakan Singers in a song with video support. Ester and Jelli sang a duet.

Michael Tan gave a testimony. A fellowship meal of chicken curry and bread prepared by Jenny Phuah concluded the session.

79: Peranakan Singers @ CMC SOY 23 Nov 12

Fifteen members of the Peranakan Singers were @ Bedok MC to present a 3-song Christmas Carol item in Bahasa Indonesia to the Christ MC "Songs of yesteryears" fellowship on Fri 23 Nov. They sang "Malam kudus" (Silent Night), "Mari kita berhimpun" (O come all ye faithful) and "Bapa trima kasih" (Thank you, Father).

Here's a video of their 2nd song:Click here to view video