Christmas:

traversing boundaries among people

Christmas Celebration at PMK ITY Yogyakarta

Every year those who believe in Jesus, the Savior will celebrate His birth. Decorated trees, twinkling lights, the gifts wrapped, melodious bell rang, the excitement and joy present in every heart of people. They realized that God, the Great came to save everyone.

Christmas celebrations have been done for many years as a reminder that he was born and died for us. Took place at hall B-C at ITY campus, on January 14, 2017, the Christian students fellowship of Yogyakarta Institute of Technology (PMK ITY) celebrated Christmas with a theme "Welcome him with real works (1 Timothy 1:7)."

There were two different places and time to celebrate Christmas. The first celebration was held in Dreamhouse foundation on December 12, 2016. The foundation took care for children who are school dropout, having no place to stay. Celebrating Christmas with children in Dreamhouse has a hope that the students can share love and care for them. The second celebration was held at campus of ITY and served in form of Catholic liturgy, led by father Januarius Berek.

In his sermon, the Pastor preached that Christmas was an event of faith. The coming of Jesus broke the barrier between God and man. Unluckily, man did one different thing. Men restricted themselves by ego, arrogance and greed, selfish, make border with others and even limiting God's work in their lives. The messages that can be reflected was that true Christian should step out of the comfort zone to reach people who need help.

The Christmas celebration was attended by students from other campuses and some student activity units of ITY. After the sermon, several students performed vocal group and sang some songs. The celebration ended with a group photo.

In the end of the celebration, Stube-HEMAT asked Deltiar, the chairman of the committee, about his hope. "I expect the Christmas celebration go well, the peace of Christmas be with us and the student fellowship will be getting better in the future. The celebration would not be possible without the cooperation of all members of the student fellowship and assistance from the seniors." Meanwhile Stube-HEMAT as a forum for students hoped that students have time to actualize themselves through training program held by Stube-HEMAT. (ITM).