Miss my second home

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Gue ga bisa berbohong kalo gue rindu sama rumah kedua gue, Gereja Kristen Injili Indonesia. Sepanjang 12 taon gue di sana dari jamannya masih imut-imut sekolah minggu, masuk tunas remaja, lalu komisi remaja, dan pada akhirnya *teteup imut-imut* mulai menggeluti kebaktian pemuda. Tempat yang rasanya udah ga asing lagi. Disinilah tempat kerohanian gue bertumbuh, tempat dimana -selain sekolah- gue bisa merasa seperti keluarga.

Well, pas gue ngepost tentang rumah kedua tercintah gue, gue teringat sama pelayanan-pelayanan yang udah gue lakuin, gue abisin sepanjang -mungkin- 6 tahun terakhir secara emang pas sekolah minggu gue masih belum pelayanan. Setelah melalui pergumulan yang amat sangat berat, akhirnya gue memang mutusin buat meninggalkan "comfort zone" gue pas mutusin kuliah di Unpar, Bandung. Inget kata comfort zone, gue jadi teringat sama lagu rumah kita yang dinanyiin Indonesian Voices :p

Awal gue ke gereja itu waktu masih sd kelas 1. Waktu itu gue juga ga ngerti, tapi yang gue inget nyokap gue anterin gue ke gereja untuk pertama kalinya. haha, tiba-tiba gue kangen sama momen itu. Dalam hal ini gue percaya ga ada yang kebetulan =) Gue juga percaya kalo Tuhan selalu memberi kapasitas lebih buat orang yang terus mau bertumbuh. Tentu gue amat bersyukur, Tuhan kasih pelayanan yang terus bertambah dalam hidup gue.

Di tahun pertama hingga ketiga,gue teringet waktu mulai masuk ke tingkat pertumbuhan yang lebih tinggi dari sekolah minggu, yakni tunas remaja. Pas gue masuk ketuanya ci Yuwi dengan pengurus lainnya ko Hendra, ko Wijaya, sama ci Erna. Awalnya memang begitu asing, tetapi gue mulai merasakan komunitas yang nyaman sekaligus bisa lebih mengenal Tuhan. Pada masa-masa ini, Tuhan udah kasih gue pelayanan sebagai perlengkapan saat menjadi jemaat turem. Waktu itu juga gue dikasih pelayanan usher natal umum mewakili turem.

Memasuki tahun keempat, gue semakin bersyukur sama Tuhan buat komunitas yang Dia kasih buat gue. Di tahun ini juga gue butuh makanan rohani yang lebih. Awalnya memang sulit buat pindah dari tunas remaja ke komisi remaja. Tapi gue pun ingin terus bertumbuh dan akhirnya mulai mencicipi dunia remaja yang memang sungguh luar biasa.

Di tahun keempat ini, gue udah dikasih pelayanan yang lebih. Yang terakhir, gue dikasih pelayanan untuk acara outbound yang bertemakan eXcellent Leader (XL). Gue dapet pelayanan sebagai keamanan, tapi sayang beribu sayang, gue ga bisa ikut acara ini karena gue ada acara kluarga. Gue juga inget waktu jadi panitia jalan salib waktu jumat agung.

Tahun kelima, gue makin terus merasa bertumbuh di dalamNya. Tahun kelima ini, gue dikasih pelayanan yang luar biasa, dari mulai menjadi petugas lcd yang ngejalanin slide-slide lagu kebaktian, dikasih pelayanan hari orang tua, sie acara paskah dan natal remaja sama jadi panitia waktu acara kunjungan ke Lembaga Alkitab Indonesia (LAI) di Bogor. Selain itu gue juga jadi aktivis di tunas remaja. How great is our God :D

Inilah klimaks perjalanan lima tahun kebelakang. Hingga selesai tahun kelima, gue udah dikasih Tuhan buat pelayanan jadi aktivis, jadi singer, jadi liturgi, jadi panitia event-event. Kali ini gue dikasih kesempatan buat jadi pengurus remaja. Inilah yang menjadi pergumulan berat gue waktu mutusin kuliah di Unpar. Seperti yang gue bilang diatas, gue harus melepas zona nyaman gue selama ini. Tapi pada akhirnya, gue memang mutusin buat kuliah di Bandung yang termotivasi juga karna gue mau mencari tantangan hidup yang baru.

Pelayanan gue yang terakhir sebelum ngepost ini, waktu jadi panitia camp sky 2010. Waktu itu gue jadi pembina kelompok sekaligus pembina kamar dan juga jadi transportasi dan keamanan. Semua pelayanan yang ga bisa gue lupain. Thanks God for everything :D Yep, mungkin terkadang gue masih lupa sama Tuhan, masih suka ngelakuin pelayanan ga sepenuh hati atau mungkin karna buat kebanggan diri sendiri. Tapi gue percaya Tuhan bakal terus lembutkan hati gue ini semata hanya untuk kemuliaan namaNya.

Mungkin dengan pelayanan terus, gue bisa terus melayani Dia sepenuh hati, sekaligus bisa terus bertumbuh di dalam Dia. Semenjak gue kuliah di Bandung, gue pun terus belajar untuk bersyukur dalam segala hal. Belajar menerima apa yang gue miliki biar terkadang gue masih suka marah, kesel, kecewa, tapi gue terus belajar buat lebih sabar seperti yang tertera di alkitab, kasih itu sabar. Mungkin kadang gue juga suka masih khawatir sama masa depan gue. tapi gue harus percaya kalo masa depan gue ada dalam rencanaNya dan tentunya indah. So, Let's build strong relation with Him as fondation to serve Him :D

Rejoice In You :D

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Setelah minggu kemaren gue ikut geladi natural unpar, kali ini akhirnya gue dateng lagi ke Gereja. Seusai kebaktian yang luar biasa itu, gue mampir ke Metanoia. Tujuan gue ga lain buat beli buku renungan bulan mei.


Ga sengaja, gue kepikiran buat nyari cd-cd lagu di toko itu buat didengerin sambil belajar. Awalnya gue mau beli Hillsong kalo ga True Worshipper. Tapi entah kenapa gue ga beli salah satu diantara keduanya. Akhirnya gue mutusin buat beli Planetshakers yang judul albumnya "ONE".


Yep, gue milih salah satu albumnya Planetshakers tak lain karena gue pernah denger khotbahnya Sidney di JPCC tentang Mike Guglielmucci yang membohongi keluarga dan teman-temannya bahwa Ia menderita sakit kanker. Selain itu juga, gue pengen dengerin lagu-lagu Planetshakers. Keinget tentang JPCC, libur smester nanti, gue mau ke sana lagi. Rasanya udah cukup lama juga gue ga dateng ke sana. Liburan nanti udah janjian sama Leni mau ke sana. Moga-moga jadi ya. hahahaha :p

Salah satu lagu yang lumayan gue suka sih yang judulnya "Rejoice In You" skalian gue post di sini liriknya. sebenernya gue juga mau upload lagunya ke sini, tapi berhubung internet di kosan gue ini terbatas kapasitasnya, jadi gue masukin liriknya aja ya buat yang baca, nanti search sendiri aja di youtube atau google. Be Blessed Everyone :D


REJOICE IN YOU

PLANETSHAKERS

Today is the day You made, I will sing for joy
And I will be glad in it
Today Your promises are true, Your mercies are renewed
So I will rejoice in You

You are the reason I am singing out
You are the reason why I’m here

You are the reason I am free indeed
You are the reason why I live

All I am is for You, all I have is for You
All my life is for You, everything is for You

Planetshakers


Planetshakers is a Christian youth movement that began as an annual conference and grew into an international ministry and large church in Melbourne, Australia. The conference was born out of Paradise Community Church in Adelaide, South Australia by Pastor Russell Evans. Planetshakers expanded, and in 2004 moved to Melbourne to begin a church ministry (originally called Melbourne City Church). Planetshakers also has its own bible college which is located in several campuses throughout Australia.

Conferences

Praise and worship during a Planetshakers conference, 2005

Planetshakers runs annual conferences in several Australian states. The first conference held in Adelaide in 1997 had 300 delegates, growing to reach 20,000 nation-wide by 2004.

The 2007 conference period saw Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne as venues, and marking the 11th anniversary. Melbourne, being the primary venue, hosted the conference in Hisense Arena (formerly Vodafone arena), part of Olympic Park.


The conferences were held in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth in January 2008. Melbourne at
Hisense Arena from 2-5 January 2008; Brisbane 7-10 January 2008 at Brisbane Convention Centre; Sydney 9-12 January 2008 at Sydney Olympic Park in the Sports Centre (formerly State Sports Centre); and finally Perth on 15-18 January at Challenge Stadium.

The 2009 Planetshakers conference was moved to April, instead of January as in all past years. It was themed 'ONE' as the 4 conferences in the 4 venues were merged to become ONE major conference in the Hisense Arena from the 13 to 16 of April 2009.

Conference speakers have in the past included Glen Berteau, Jurgen Matthesius, Rich Wilkerson, Mal Fletcher, Pat Schazline, Jude Fouquier, Matthew Barnett, Judah Smith, Reinhard Bonnke, Reggie Dabbs, John Bevere and Chris Hill.

Growing internationally, Planetshakers now also runs conferences in Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa, with a desire to expand to the United States of America. They ministered at Singapore's Faith Community Baptist Church in Singapore Expo's max Pavilion in 2006.

Internationally in 2007, Planetshakers band played at events in Hong Kong, the USA, the UK, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa.

Planetshakers also has relationships with Australian Youth Alive events, which often cross-promotes the conference and college to tens of thousands of young people.


City Church

Planetshakers City Church Logo

Planetshakers City Church (formerly Melbourne City Church) is a Pentecostal Christian church affiliated with Australian Christian Churches, theAssemblies of God in Australia. The church started when the Planetshakers band and ministry moved to Melbourne in 2004, and currently meets in hired auditoriums throughout Central Melbourne. The church is pastored by Russell and Sam Evans and has attendance over 4000, and throughout most of 2005 it ran three services per weekend, commonly approaching capacity. Currently, the church is held at the Dallas Brooks Centre, with three Sunday services, 10:45am, 3:00pm and 5:15pm (all with a full kids' program). The church also made use of the Arrow building for baptism services but due to the increased attendance the baptism services have been moved to Richmond AOG Church in Melbourne.

The church's youth ministry called "PlanetBoom" is led by pastors Chad and Tiffany Harding, running Friday nights (7:15pm) during school terms at Collingwood Town Hall or Melbourne High School (check website for details). The youth ministry has become so successful that the Catholic and Anglican churches are looking at adopting Planetshakers' methods.

The church also runs a children's ministry called "Planetkids", led by pastors Rob and Assunta Bradbury, which is held concurrently with the main church service at 10:45am, 3:00pm & 5:15pm. Planetkids runs an annual children's conference at the same time as Planetshakers Conference (Planetshakers Conference has been changed to reach children, youth and adults). Planetshakers has also created a children's resources aimed at reaching children and training leaders, branded '4 Store'.

"planetUNI" is the church's university students ministry overseen by pastor Matt Fielder and comprises local and international students as well as recent graduates being active in the group. In addition to fortnightly meetings (Urban Life groups), a new outreach event will be held once a month on a Friday night aiming to attract university students.

"Urban Life" groups (basically cell groups) are run fortnightly in homes spread around all parts of Melbourne, offering discipleship and connection with other people outside of Church. They include different age areas, such as kids (held in the Church service each week), teenagers (PlanetBoom), university students (planetUNI), young adults and adults.

There are also various other ministries serving and reaching out to women (Beautiful Woman) and business people (Kingdom Life).


College

Planetshakers Ministries have set up a bible school named, Planetshakers College. There are several campuses running in most major Australian states. In Perth (WA), Brisbane (QLD) and Melbourne (VIC). The college is affiliated with Southern Cross College and emphasizes on impartation, not academic learning. They offer a fully accredited course for the Certificate IV in Contemporary Leadership which runs as a year long course. Students can then choose to go on and complete a Diploma version for a second year. The aim of the college is the same as the Planetshakers movement, "empowering a generation, to win a generation". Many well known individuals associated with the Planetshakers conference including Henry Seeley, Russell and Sam Evans, and Martin Steele serve as guest lecturers during the course of the year.


Controversies

On August 21 2008, former Pastor Michael Guglielmucci confessed publicly to having misled family, friends, and the broader community regarding his illness. Although he was no longer at Planetshakers when this confession was made, the confession related to his time in ministry at Planershakers also. Guglielmucci was stood down from his position at Hillsong Church after his confession, and is believed to be seeking professional help.


Music

Planet Shakers
OriginAdelaide, Australia
GenresWorship music
Contemporary Christian
Christian Rock
Years active2000 – present
LabelsWord Australia
Websitehttp://www.planetshakers.com

The Planetshakers band is an Australian rock and worship band, a part of Planetshakers's ministry. Their music is a contemporary style of praise and worship tempered with mainstream rock and pop.

The Planetshakers band is the central part of their events. The 2003 Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian was also a part of the Planetshakers band for several years, taking both lead and backup vocal parts on the 2002 and 2003 albums and conferences. Many of the musicians originated from Youth Alive South Australia, which also released CDs. Some of the songs written by current band members for the Youth Alive albums, such as 'Phenomena' and 'God of Miracles' (from Youth Alive Western Australia) have also featured on Planetshakers earlier albums.

In 2004, their CD Open Up The Gates was nominated for Praise and Worship Album of the Year for the Dove Awards.

Planetshakers announced at their 2008 conference that they would begin to release tracks via subscription to the "Planetshakers Revolution" - a new online music/resource distribution system designed to consolidate and build upon different products that they already offer. These include backing tracks, music videos, devotionals and leadership videos.


Discography