Christmas in Miri

As usual, Christmas parade has become an annual affair in Miri. The year, it was held last Saturday.

 After the parade, was the usual open air concert.

Despite the slight rain the crowd was quite big.

The usual Christmas tree at the Miri City Fan.  Samling company constructed this huge tree and display again this year.
I didn't take many photos and I hope you like the above photos and the effect I use. They are straight from my camera!

Assembly Hall of Church of God in Miri

Some photos taken during the recent conference at the Assembly Hall of Church of God in Miri is now posted here.

This is perhaps the largest Assembly Hall of Church of God in Miri which has the seating capacity of 3-4K people. It has 5 levels inclusive of 2 basements. B2 is for car park and B1 is partly for car park and a large dining hall.
If I am not mistaken, it cost some RM23M to build.

May you have a blessed Easter

On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of the Lord, Jesus Christ. It is typically the most well-attended Sunday service of the year for Christian churches.
Christians believe, according to Scripture, that Jesus came back to life, or was raised from the dead, three days after his death on the cross. As part of the Easter season, the death of Jesus Christ by crucifixion is commemorated on Good Friday, always the Friday just before Easter. Through his death, burial, and resurrection, Jesus paid the penalty for sin, thus purchasing for all who believe in him, eternal life in Christ Jesus.

This morning Methodist Churches in Miri organised a combined worship at 8AM. It was at ...

Mega Hotel. Speaker was Dr. Su. The place was packed...

... with lots of people.

Miri Christian Community Thanksgiving Dinner

Monday 27-Dec-2010: This evening, there was a thanksgiving dinner organised by the Miri Christian Community to give thanks to all the participating churches for the successful Christmas Parade attended by some 10,000 people. The highlights of the evening...

... a speech by organising vice-chairman, Ven Father Solomon Cheong.

... followed by speech from YB Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan

It was held at the Civic Centre.

We saw the presentation of certificate to each participating church organisation. Followed by presentation of cheque worth RM6814 to each of the three charity organisations, Methodist Home of Hope, Miri Dialysis Centre and children centre.

A souvenir presentation.

Orang Ulu Dance by SIB Bahasa Kayan Pujut 3

VIPs

Presentation of Ngajat Iban by the Dayak Association.

GMC Christmas Celebration

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This morning the church celebrated Christmas at Imperial Palace Hotel. It was a Christmas celebration, farewell to both Pastor Law and Pastor Connie.

The worship was done by the youth.

I think there were some 400 who turned up.

Baptism of the children...

... and adult.

Presentation of "Creation" by Primary six group.

Sunday School presentation.

Maggie obviously enjoyed the presentation.

Solo dance (by Cheah Hooi Leow) dedicated to the two leaving pastors.

Choir presentation for the leaving pastors.

Flowers for them....

Finished off with a buffet lunch.

2010 Methodist Youth Convention

Today, 18-Dec-2010, is the first day of the annual Methodist Youth Convention 2010 held at Curtin University of Technology in Miri. This year, Grace Methodist Church is hosting the event, which will end on Monday.

The attendees will be staying at the university hostel and everyone is guaranteed a bed, warm water to shower and I think air-con room for everyone.

The university is at Senadin. The setting is nice... lots of green, ...

... man-made lakes and beautiful sunrise and sunset!

Over the next few days, they will be well fed...

... with enough food...

... which I think they all enjoyed very much.

In the afternoon, they had ice-breakers. No problem, they all get to know each other through this type of games.

... worship.

Before the food was fully digested, they were fed again at tea break.

... and more ice-breaking. This time, another group from Kuching finally arrived.

At dinner, they were well fed again.

We had Pastor Herbert Tan delivering a message for the evening session.

The crowd was much bigger. Altogether, there were just over 200 participants from all over Sarawak.

Christmas Parade 2010

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Tonight, Miri City Fan was crowed with people. I have never seen such a big crowd at this place before.

Some scenery of City Fan

Another angle at City Fan

The huge crowd after the parade round the town. Click on this image for a bigger picture. Make sure that the display  is maximized.

Speech... not sure who he is. YB Datuk Lee seems very bored!

Some youngsters amused themselves

CM Taib gave his speech. I think he gave a good speech tonight.

Brass Band leading the parade.

After CM declared the parade "open", this fountain lighted up!

The view of the fountain from the stage.

Huge crowd from Methodist.

Very nice decoration at the City Fan. If you have not gone there, make sure you make the trip there quickly. Someone paid a substantial sum of money for this decoration.

Another view of the fountain and the huge Christmas tree.