2011中秋暨新生欢迎会 Mid-Autumn & Fresh Students Welcome

光阴荏苒，Stillwater的树木又生长出新的年轮，中国人的传统节日--中秋节和夏季开学的新同学一起来到了。教会今年和达拉斯中国圣经教会(DCBC）一起举办中秋晚会和迎新会。

  Time zipped by and trees in Stillwater grew a new ring, what's coming along with is Chinese traditional festival - Mid  Autumn and fresh students enrolled in Fall.   Our church and Dallas Chinese Bible Church worked together this year to celebrate the Festival and welcome the new faces arrived in Stillwater city.

教会专门手工制作了美味的月饼，各个家庭专门制作美味佳肴，DCBC的兄弟姊妹从达拉斯带来中国菜肴。第一次在美国过第一个中秋节的新同学大快朵颐，在神的家里舒缓思家的情绪，感受来自上帝通过弟兄姊妹传出的无私包容的爱。

Church prepared plenty of  hand-made traditional moon cakes, families cooked delicious food, brothers and sisters from DCBC brought more Chinese traditional dishes from Dallas. New students were enjoying their first Mid-Autumn festival in US for the first time, alleviating homesick and the love from God channeling from brothers and sisters in Church.


享受了各种美味，大家一起欣赏教会颂赞小组的歌声，来自达拉斯的姊妹也带来他们喜欢的英文歌曲。接着的“破冰游戏“，让大家在欢笑中开始了晚会的主题： DCBC的罗牧师以通俗易懂的语言，讲解谁是神，人从何来，神的救赎等入门知识，让踏上异国的同学和朋友第一次感受到基督文化的冲击, 愿神能帮助他们有一天明白这不只是文化冲击，而是生命和真理。

After loving dinner, we sit together to enjoy the songs by church praise team and DCBC sister. In a short jubilant period of "iceberg break" game, comes the evening's focus: Pastor Luo's message. He introduced the who is God, where does human come from, salvage...  The messages were completely new from students coming from China to register and felt the impact from Christ culture. Hope God will help them to understand that this is not only a culture but life and truth.

之后的有奖竞答，第一次听到福音信息的同学纷纷举手作答，感谢神的作为，让属天的话语开始在新的灵魂里开始扎根！

The aftermath of Pastor's message ripple through joyful competing for small prizes, through getting/guessing the right answer to the question which was from pastor's messages. Unexpectedly that many first time listeners did remember the content. Thanks to HIM that let those Godly words start to seed in new souls!


愿神的祝福继续生长，祝愿我们教会在这无私圣洁的侍奉中有份，得添力量，人手和智慧。

May God's blesses pouring unto our church,  guiding our services in HIM, energizing us,  adding hands and wisdom. Forever.


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