2016 圣诞慈善嘉年华
隆2天圣诞慈善嘉年华,与民共庆佳节,齐做慈善
2016圣诞慈善嘉年华成功于12月10及11日(星期六及日)一连两天在教会前的停车处举办,吸引逾千民众前来参与,一同享受欢乐的圣诞气氛。
吉隆坡沐恩关怀基金会主席林城礼弟兄在致欢迎词时指出,十二月份是每个人所期待的假日和一年终结,歇息的日子。然而,沐恩关怀基金会的义工们却愿意牺牲假日,举办圣诞慈善文化街,为要祝福吉隆坡社区里的居民,不分种族和宗教,建立一个温馨和有爱的社会,达致成立基金会的其中一个宗旨,如圣经所说,我们爱,因为神先爱我们。
斯迪亚旺沙区国会议员YB拿督阿末弗兹在开幕礼上致词时表示,他会一直与沐恩关怀基金会保持紧密合作,并一同致力服务社区里有需要的群体。他也表示,马来西亚各民族应不分种族和宗教,甚至政治理念,和平同席而坐,各民族都有履行各自信仰的基本权利,而宗教都教导我们积极向上,爱邻舍和周围的人。
两天的圣诞嘉年华活动是从下午3时开跑,直到晚间10时才结束,欢愉的圣诞旋律热爆文良港社区,让公众朋友们个个流连忘返。12个各样美食及饮料摊位,还有干粮和商品也让民众大饱口福,选择目不暇给。此外,还有8个乐趣的游戏摊位,让民众一家大小玩得起劲,乐得开怀,难得可在圣诞佳节享受天伦之乐。
嘉年华里还备有许多丰富多元的舞台节目,民众在享用美食之余,也可欣赏具有圣诞气氛的余兴节目。今年的慈善嘉年华首推“慈善来卡拉”,让爱唱歌的民众朋友能登台大展歌喉,又能热心公益,一举两得!
另外,基金会也联合马来西亚砂沙福州同乡会认领约60名来自热水湖Mary 孤儿院及增江卫理儿童之家的孩童,为他们购买愿望得到的圣诞礼物,让他们的“圣诞之愿”梦想成真!
在第二天晚上,活动也邀请到“大马罗文”何海山牧师担任压轴演出嘉宾。当晚,他献唱多首著名经典粤语歌曲,包括《上海滩》、《几许风雨》及《海阔天空》,同时道出自己从黑社会分子,吸毒,坐监,到今天成为一名牧师的经历,激励了许多现场听众朋友。
除了圣诞慈善嘉年华,今年的活动依旧有圣诞花车游行,由文良港华文教会联祷会6间成员教会联合呈现,并邀请旺沙玛珠区国会议员YB拿督陈记光医生主持挥旗礼。花车游行是于10日(星期六)晚间7时正开始,备有4辆装饰精美,灯光闪烁的圣诞花车主题,分别是——星光的引导(文良港信义会基督堂)、马槽(沐恩堂)、好消息(长老会原道堂)及爱的礼物(吉隆坡接棒者基督教会)。
此外,也有数十支各样装扮,约500人的游行队伍也参与其中,包括,号角、旌旗、旗帜、铃鼓、 旗舞及圣诞佳音队,吸引民众在云顶吉冷路(Jalan Genting Kelang)两旁观赏,也有大批民众在慈善活动现场守候,欣赏这引人入胜的花车游行。4辆装饰精美的花车也停放在现场供公众朋友拍照留念,而现场中央巨大的圣诞牌坊装饰和霓虹灯光的圣诞树也深得民众的喜爱,家长和小孩们都欢喜在此合影。
2016 Christmas Charity Carnival
The 2016 Christmas Charity Carnival held successfully on 10-11th Dec (Sat & Sun) at the parking area in front of church building. The event attracted more than thousand crowd came and celebrated the joyful atmosphere of Christmas.
The chairman of Kuala Lumpur Muken Care Foundation in his speech mentioned, December is a month of holidays and relax which everyone is looking forward to. However, the volunteers of the foundation willing to scarify their day off to organize this Christmas charity cultural street, in order to bless the people in Kuala Lumpur area. It is regardless of races and religions, but to create a warm and loving society, which to achieve one of the purpose of the foundation, as bible says, we love because God first loves us.
Setiawangsa congressman– YB Dato Ahmad Fauzi mentioned in his opening speech, he will continue keeping the close relationship with Muken Care Foundation so that together we can serve the needy in the society. He also emphasised that Malaysian should be in a line regardless of races and religion, or even political issues. Every races has their right to pursue own religion, and every religion teaches us to be positive, and love people around us.
The 2 days carnival started from 3pm to 10pm. The celebration was overwhelmed with the Christmas atmosphere which the crowd enjoyed very much. There were 12 food & beverage stalls, groceries and goods. Besides that, there had 8 games stalls which adults or children found their fun there.
The carnival also had a series of stage performances to entertain the crowd besides of the foods and games. The charity karaoke which was first time launched in carnival had let those who love to sing enjoyed the programme. They can sing on the stage and at the same time is for charity.
The foundation also collaborated together with Sabah & Sarawak Foochow Association to take 60 orphans from Air Panas St. Mary Orphanage and Zhen Jiang Methodist Children Hme, to grant their wish and buy each of them a Christmas present.
The next day, we had Pastor Ho Hai Shan as the special guest for finale performance. He performed a lists of famous Cantonese songs, and he also shared how he transformed from a gangster, a drug addict, prisoner to a pastor today. His testimonial had touched many people on that night.
Besides the carnival street, we still had the Christmas carolling parade as usual. It is organized by 6 churches from Setapak Chinese Churches Prayer Network, and Wangsa Maju congressman – YB Dato Dr Chan Ji Kuang to make the flag off opening ceremony. The parade started on 10th Dec (Sat), 7pm with 4 beautiful decorated floats which different themes – The guidance of the ling (Lutheran Church), Manger (Muken), The good news (长老会原道堂) and the gift of love (吉隆坡接棒者基督教会).
The float had over 10 themes with different costumes, which included the shofar, flags, tambourine, flag dance and Christmas carolling team. The float attracted the crowd to gather at the main road side of Jalan Genting Klang, and another group waited at carnival street. The 4 parked at the street to let the crowd took photos for memory. The big door arch and lighting at the centre of the street was also one of the photos taken attraction spot.