Feeling of Togetherness

Youth meeting at GKSBS Kurotidur

Sunday, February 5, 2017 became the first Sunday for Yohanes Dian Alpasa, who is running multiplication program of Stube-HEMAT Indonesia in Bengkulu area. Multiplication Program is a program to share knowledge conducted by alumni of Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta in his/her place of origin. The person in charge is called ‘multiplicator’ with a mission corresponding with local context, to revive village youth group into a community forum that are productive, intelligent, and creative.

Like the introductory program to village youth, multiplication program is conducted by several stages. Start from the stage of preparation and introduction until the implementation process. The process will come to the broader stage which will be marked by community formation that able to "turn on" the atmosphere of active and harmonious village. The early stage that can be done are by actively attending meetings (within neighbour meeting), local church, and youth organization of area 7 in Desa Margasakti.

It is not a new community, but it will be new after leaving for many years to study in Yogyakarta, and it takes time to re-integrated because of age disparity among the members. A meeting with youth of GKSBS Kurotidur at the church hall, in Margasakti village was the first meeting held from 1 to 5 pm.

"In the beginning we felt awkward because of our age disparity between 6 to 10 years. When I left Bengkulu to study, they are still young," Yohanes explained. "However this opportunity is useful, because 13 youths of GKSBS Kurotidur attended monthly meeting to prepare PORSENI (festival of sports and arts) in Klasis Bengkulu, which will be held in July 2017 at GKSBS Penarik (Muko-Muko regency, 250 kilometers to the north). They were coming from six service areas, namely MT area, DAM, KT, BP, Tanah Tinggi, Batik Nau", he added. The PORSENI itself is not for a competition but time to meet and keep in touch each other. The activity that will be held was designed for fun and celebration.

At the end of the meeting most of the youth went home while rev. Cornelius Saito, the pastor and several people spent more time to talk with youth who were still stay there. From the discussion some  information about the dynamics of the church in the district of Padang Jaya, struggle and hopes of the church and nearby residents were obtained. Thus, the discussion gave clear reference to determine the direction of multiplication program. Keep on rolling and flowing! (YDA).