Traditional Christmas Fellowship

Brother Ben, the CKN Chairman

Weeks earlier, the Chapel group leaders were arranging meetings to plan for a 2009 Christmas Get-together. The effects of their plannings climaxed that 25th December morning after the 'Katigis'-led Christmas Chapel Service.Speeches were the 1st order for the occasion. When one veteran Chapel goer was asked to speak, the only invited guest speaker for the occasion, the organizers might have been disappointed for this speaker did not take the opportunity to put forward any tangible message, the like of a plan for any social or material betterment relating to the immediate society. There were numerous aspects to mention, in fact. But, he only took the opportunity to extend his Christmas Greetings on behalf of himself and Household and extended his New Year Wishes to all residents, present or otherwise. He especially wished all that 2010 might provide for them prosperity and the true meaning, as they each could perceive, of the adapted John10:10 quote of Jesus' own words when He said in the year 33 or thereabout.....'I have come so that you might have life, and life in all its fullness'.

The CKN Chairman was full of seriousness and purpose when he gave his speech. He had to. After extending his Christmas and New Year Greetings, he took the opportunity to put across his message for a gathering of like that did not happen often.The pot-luck lunch part of the fellowship was fun to all the food adventurers. The typical kampung dishes appealed them.The lucky draw was fun too. The prizes were all donated and the proceeds from tickets sale, for a good Chapel facility purpose.The fellowship started with an Upholding the day to Baby Jesus and it ended with A Thank you to Him late in the evening.

Christmas Carols 2009

Tintap Farm was visited by a Combined Group 1 and 2 of the Chapel Kristus Nokotungag Carols Teams 2009. This 21 member combined group was participated by the youths of CKN. Among them were two speech-challenged, a brother and sister pair, who were always willing to be among the rest of their kampung friends in nearly almost all the Chapel activities they performed. Like those two, the rest in the group were either brothers or sisters, cousins or aunties and uncles to each other.During the fellowship that followed it was audibly wondered whether a sign language-teacher could be hired to better inform the interested others in the used of the sign language.Another notable capabilities of the group were that they were all motorbike riders, the younger ones being the pillion riders.They sang beautiful Christmas Carols although they were rather economical with their numbers.

....the number of hymes they sang.