ICPF NEWS

Undignified for Christ

Pune ICPF chapter organized a one day retreat on 1st April at Pimpri -a new work station around 25 km North West of Pune city. The theme of the retreat-Undignified for Christ-was in tune with the day itself i.e. April Fools Day.

 It was attended by around 50 students who got invigorated by the action-theme-song “...I will sing, I will dance...I will become even more undignified than this”. The morning session enroched by spirit-led worship by student leaders they also  taught new action songs which  where loved by one and all. All the students were actively involved in the group discussions.

 The ICPF speakers spoke from the life of Moses emph-asizing the need of being a fool for the Lord by obeying Him in to to, as Jesus being the greatest prototype who has left behind a legacy to follow. The sacrificial stories of missionaries like Jim Elliot, Adoniram Judson and Joseph Damien who gave up worldly pleasures and became fools in the eyes of the world were the wisest people on planet earth in the eyes of the Lord.

 The afternoon session was set apart for giving personal experiences and games followed by a challenging message which encouraged the students to go as ambassadors of christ in colleges and campuses.

 The students were burdened by the enormous need of laborers to reach out to thousands of students and hundreds of colleges in the city of Pune. At the close of the session 37 students committed their lives to serve the Lord in different measures by becoming undignified for Christ. They  servants of God prayed and blessed them. This one day retreat served as a launching pad for Gods work among the college students in Pimpri through ICPF.

Angelos at Nagercoil

With the determination to impact the new generation with God’s love, Angelos, the musical squad of Inter Collegiate Prayer fellowship has imparted great hope for ICPF’s future with its melodious performance for three consecutive days from 17th March 2006. In the southern tip of Indian peninsula.
Jebaraj S.C, the Regional Staff from Chennai reached Nagercoil on Thursday morning a day ahead of programme . “Angelos’ team too arrived at Nagercoil on Thursday evening and they were received and hosted by the staff worker, Jeba Sundar Singh.

On 17th March 2006, Angelos presented its first performance in K.K.District at Christian College of Physiotherapy at Kolechal. The students around 70 gathred there were delighted by the exciting songs and also got inspired by the  message by the Regional staff on “Pressures of life”. The skit presented by ‘Angelos’ highlighted the need to be diligent and necessity to keep themselves away from sin. More than 15 students responded to the message and  Simjan from Chennai concluded that day’s event with a word of prayer the student were quite hospitable and co-operative.

The ‘Angelos’ then rushed to William Nursing College and Hospital at Nagercoil despite torrential rain. The students who attended there really enjoyed the performance of ‘Angelos’ and  were blessed by the brief thought provoking concept on “light & Darkness” given by the Regional staff.

After a short break, the Angelos resumed its journey and visited a colony of sweepers where hardly any team had gone before. The residents had little knowledge of Christ. After a few songs, a gospel movie entitled ‘Anpulla Anitha’ was shown on screen, As as a result, many people came forward with personal prayer requests at the end of the meeting.

On the next day, Saturday, the 18th March 2006, a get together for students’ leaders was convened by the staff worker at his residence at 3 ‘0 clock in the evening. Simjan shared his thoughts with the students and  explained to them about the ‘Go & Come’ structure ministry and reminded them of the dire need to remember the Creator (Eccl. 12: 1).

In the evening, the promotional meeting conducted at Jehovah salvation church, Ananthan Nager was successful in spite of continuous rain., Sunil Zachariah who had arrived at the evening shared a thought on “perished by temptation”  V.C.D on silver Jubilee celebration of ICPF was shown there after on screen.It was well appreciated by the participants and could evoke a good response.

The final day, 19th March 2006 being Sunday, it was scheduled to introduce ICPF in different churches during worships in K.K. District. In accordance with that plan, Jebaraj and Simjan went to  Indian Pentecostal Church at Kottaram. Tim, the staff worker in Trichy and Sunil Zachariah went to a church at Kattathurai.  Mukash went to New Indian Pentecostal Church at Azhagiamandapam. The Angelos team, and Dr.James George, the Associate General ‘Secretary, of ICPF, were accompanied by Jeba Sundar Singh went to Divine Healing Prayer ‘Tower at Nagercoil.

The final event was at  Assemblies of God Church at Arumanai. Where ‘Angelos’ had performed with full of zeal. Message by  Dr. James George’ and the introduction about ICPF  were effective.
After leaving an indelible impression of ICPF in Kanyakumari the  Angelos team left for home. To Him be the glory and honour forever.

‘Prathyasha Naadu’ Audio CD Released

A malayalam devotional CD, ‘Prathyasha Naadu‘, was released on 7th April  2006 at Doha College Auditorium during the Doha CGPF annual meeting.

The inaugural ceremony was conducted by Prof. Oommen George who was the  resource person of this year in the Doha CGPF annual meetings. The lyrics and music were composed by Mathew Abraham who is residing at Doha and a National Council member of ICPF. The orchestration of the songs in the CD was done by Pratheesh of ICPF Angelos. K G Markose, Madhu,Kester, Daleema, Jiji Sam, Sumi, Johnson and Davis gave their voice to the  album.The distribution of CD and audio cassettes have started in Doha, UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain apart from India. The distribution will take place in US and UKas well. Proceeds from the sale of he CDs in Gulf, UK and US will go to ICPF Educational and Marriage Fund (EMF).

The releasing of CD also was conducted in Kerala at Wayanad during the Family Meet.

DOHA CAMP ENDS

The Indian community in Doha had the great opportunity to be part of the ICPF summer camp which was held in the Indo Arab Recreation Centre from 30th March to 1st April 2006. The theme for the camp was ‘The chosen generation. Many of them who came from traditional Christian backgrounds experienced  the presence of the Lord.

 Overall, 170 children registered for the camp.  Prof.Oommen George and Bro.Jify Yohannan were the resource persons.

 The Praise and Worship session led by Bro. Jify Yohanan was the favourite among the children filled with action songs for the smaller kids and songs of devotion. The Holy Spirit moved among the youngsters. Prof. Oommen George spoke on Self Esteem, Sin & Grace, Science & Bible, Influence of media, Teens issues & Mission challenge in different sessions of the camp. Children took decisions to grow in their spiritual walk and to be more committed to the decisions they took. 

On the first day, after the session on Sin & Grace and issues of youth, nearly 12 children came forward in tears and committed their life for full time ministry. At the altar call, half of the crowd stood up to renew their decision to be a witness for the Lord and the Pastors and seniors prayed over them. Few children decided for water baptism.

All teens were actively involved in the group discussion and the leaders expressed their views on the said topic. 

The responses of the children for counselling were great and 18 children turned up. Three unbelievers brought even their parents for counselling.

All the children in one voice declared that they enjoyed the camp and that this year’s camp was undoubtedly the best. 

This year’s camp made a real difference in the life of many teens. Some of them experienced the need for having Jesus in their life while some realized they need to re-dedicate their lives and some experienced inner healing from the wounds they carried. All in all, they experienced the love of God and a real touch from High above.