10th KNH/CCCYC Ex-Foster Friends Fellowship
Venue:
Auditorium, Bishop
Heper College, Trichy
(Thruchirapalli –Thanjavur Region Tamil Nadu)
(Thruchirapalli –Thanjavur Region Tamil Nadu)
Date:
29thJuly
2014
The Tenth Regional Fellowship of KNH Ex
Foster Friends for Thruchirapalli -Thanjavur Diocesan Projects /other KNH Ex
Foster Friends who are settled in Trichy Region was organized at the
Multipurpose Hall,Bishop Heber College, Trichy on Tuesday 29th July
2014 from 10:00 a.m to 4:00 a.m. More than 200 KNH Ex foster friends some with
their families have gathered.
At the initiative of CCCYC, Bangalore,
Mr.G.Gnanadurai, Project Coordinator Thruchirapalli – Thanjavur Diocese under
the guidance of the Bishop of Thruchirapalli – Thanjavur Diocese and with the
active participation of all the Staff from Residential Care Projects, Day Care
Projects, CFCD Projects and Special Projects has organized the KNH Ex Foster
Friends Meet at Tiruchirapalli in a grand manner on Ramzan Day.
All
the KNH Ex Foster Friends were warmly welcomed with Tea and snacks by the Reception committee comprising CFCD
Mangers and Social Workers .Following the Registration , all the KNH –Ex Foster
Friends were led in to micro lab exercise recalling their rich memories of
their Hostel life.
Christian
Endeavor Hostel Students led the Praise and Worship session and all the
participants gratefully praised the Almighty God and for the manifold blessings
which transformed them to be what they are today.
The
Fellowship of KNH Ex Foster Friends at Trichirapalli was blessed by the
dignitaries such as Rev.Dr.Chandra Sekaran Clerical Seceretary, Dr.M.Anburaj,
Lay Secretary, Lt.Col.S.S.Immanuel,Treasurer, Rev.Paul Ramanujam an ExFoster
friend and Denary Church Council Chairman from Thiruchirapalli Thanjavur Diocese Dr.D.Paul Dayabaran, Principal,
Bishop Heber College, Dr.Jesph Anbarasu, Bursar from Bishop Heber College along
with Rev.Solomon P Benjamin Chief Executive, Mr.Asir Jeyasingh, Manager and
other Officers from CCCYC. It was
commenced with the traditional Lamp
Lighting event. The Chief Guest and other dignitaries were welcomed by
Mr.G.Gnanadurai, Project Coordinator and Child Care Workers. Those retired CCWs
were also facilitated in the fellowship.
Briefing the four fold
objectives of the KNH Ex Foster Friends Fellowship,
Mr.Charles Soundara Raj led
the KNH Ex Foster Friends to present their
profiles in brief and it was a great witnessing session.
Besides acknowledging
the love of the Sponsors/ knh
/cccyc, they recognized the service and dedication
of their Child Care Workers including those who are
retired from the service..
The Clerical Secretary
thanked every one who gathered that day and
Acknowledged that many church
leaders/Teachers/Officials both in public and
private sectors have come up
with the support of KNH/CCCYC . He also
encouraged them to come
forward to support the needy children.
The Lay Secretary shared that
some sponsors with their physical challenges earn
from their paintings and
continue supporting the needy in India.
In his emotional address, DCC
Chairman Rev.Ramanujam a first KNH Ex Foster
Friend from CSI Home for
children Mahimaipuram attributed all his successes in
life, achievements, status,
singing and other fine arts skills to the Hostel life. He
fondly remembered how
enjoyable the Hostel food was. Though he hailed from
a Hindu Poojari’s [priest]
family, he accepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour. His
active participation in Daily
Devotions, Vacation Bible Schools inspired him to
become a Pastor
Dr.Paul Dayabaran Principal,
Bishop Heber College, Thirichirapalli who hosted
the Event shared that his
childhood life was exposed to the great concern of
KNH and the sacrifice of its
Sponsors, Devotional inputs and the disciplined life
of the children in the Hostel
[Mannargudi] as he happened to be a son of Hostel
Manager. He also wished that
the ministry of KNH /CCCYC would be blessed
by the Almighty.
Witnessing
the large and enthusiastic gatherings of KNH Ex foster friends , Rev.Solomon P
Benjamin, Chief Executive from CCCYC highlighted that the deserving children
came and availed KNH support through the Hostels but now the KNH along with the partner churches
go in search of the vulnerable children, street children and children with AIDS
in the remote villages and uplift them through Community Development
Programme. Realising the need for the
quality care in the CCCYC supported Projects and enhancing the capacity of the
Personnel, CCCYC partnering with organizations like UNICEF to organize various
traing programme. He also appreciated the KNH Ex Foster Friends for their
participation in the Meet and willingness to extend support to vulnerable
children and thanked the Tirichy Tanjore Diocese for its partnership. . He narrated
that one Ponmalar witnessed that she was living because of knh /cccyc Hostel
that provided shelter to that abandoned child and surgical assistance as she
was a cardiac patient and God has blessed her to become a Professional Nurse
caring for the Cardiac patients in one leading multi speciality Hospital i.e
Bangalore Baptist Hospital,Bangalore. He challenged them to join the family of
CCCYC and become sponsors since millions of vulnerable children are in need
around us.
The
Diocesan Treasurer brought greetings and well wishes for the noble services
rendered in the Diocese by KNH /CCCYC.
Mr.
Pushpanathan a retired CCW praised God for making the KNH Ex Foster Friends as
Assets of KNH /CCCYC.
The Auditorium was filled with
more than 200 enthusiastic KNH Ex foster friends who have participated in the
fellowship joyfully . They were excited to meet their former friends and shared
their rich memories of their past among themselves. The Fellowship could
witness bursting laughter, emotions because the impact of their hostel
life was so great. They enjoyed
fellowship lunch very much.
The
participants who participated in the fellowship were Pastors, Evangelists,
Teachers, Head Lecturers, Nurses in Railways, Marketing/Civil Contractors, Traffic Police Inspector/Indian
Army/panchayat secretary, employee in
Collector’s office, Asst.grade, Social Service, Engineers, Fashion Designers, Bank Employees, Tradesmen, Entrepreneurs etc.
.
While
witnessing emotionally, many narrated how vulnerable they were and how KNH
sponsorship enabled them to be a blessing to their own siblings/families and
communities.
A
group of Ex Foster Friends from Mannargudi promised that they would support
five deserving children .
One of them voiced if you have visited your
Hostel and the Wardens who brought you up to this level.
Some
of them voiced that the Salaries of the CCWs need to be enhanced.
The
Exfoster friends were motivated to prepare the life stories to be passed to
their respective sponsors who invested their time, talent, money and love.
They
agreed to gather Region wise once a year and District cluster wise once in
3 months.
The
Contact Phone details all those who participated in the Fellowship will be
circulated to all by CCCYC for Net
working purpose.
All KNH Ex Foster Friends who attended the
Fellowship were presented Mementos by
the Staff from CCCYC supported Projects in the Diocese.
Dr.Duraisamy one the Managers of CFCD Projects in
the Diocese explained as to how the Cluster group can function and raise
resources through Corporates/ Firms.
Mr.Rathnam
CCW, thanked all the dignitaries and the Knh Ex Foster Friends, Correspondents
and Child Care workers for their cooperation and the support extended.
The fellowship meet was concluded with a closing
prayer with benediction pronounced by Rev. Solomon Benjamin Chief Executive,
CCCYC.
Prepared by
S.Charles Soundararaj
Special Officer- KNH Ex Foster Friends
KNH/CCCYC Exfoster friends sharing their life stories |
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