One of the most anticipated periods in the StAY Alive calendar did come and true to tradition did not disappoint at all. Well, when one hears tradition it often springs up a thought of rigidity but to StAY Alive the tradition is that once a certain level has been achieved that’s the new benchmark and next is moving to the next. And that’s what happened in August during the Youth Week!
The youth week commenced with a lovely discussion on ‘Making Career Choices’ where members present shared their thoughts on matters career with the Patron Pappa assisting in the moderating and a riveting personal story on multiple career changes by Joanne Mwangi.
Tuesday and Thursday were prayer days where membership shared on what prayer means to them. The Mid-Week Service was well attended and with Helen leading and Dennis sharing the word from book of Philemon. To cap the weekday activities the different working teams; Eagles, Yakobo and G.O. each participated in different Home Fellowships.
Saturday was the Handy Youth Day. Cleaning was done in all ‘forgotten’ places including the latrine walls and there was a good shine! Other members participated in preparation of the food to be consumed on Sunday and yet others worked on setting up the Church in readiness for the Youth Sunday. It being a Saturday, its worth noting that participation in the Handy Youth Day was disappointingly low with members either not showing up or turning up very late. Indeed during the morning session StATIC outnumbered and outworked StAY Alive! However matters picked up later but still there is A LOT of room for improvement. The same syndrome was also noted on Sunday where some members seemed overworked while others really needed to be pushed hard!!
Let not the above seem to dampen the spirit of the week… many achievements were made, all targets met and the benchmarks raised. Beautiful services marked Sunday, great work at the Youth Desk saw collections for the Operation 25 increase, sumptuous lunch was served, sleeves rolled to lay out the Beracah Concert.
The sound was on point, the décor came alive and the lighting was cheeky and delightful. Though kicking off 40 minutes later than scheduled, a warm praise and worship session by StAY Alive and the Praise Team set the stage for a delightful afternoon. The days curtain raisers easily took up the surprise package of the day. StATIC gave a great account of their well choreographed dance moves with a nice mix starting with the serenading ElShaddai, the shadyish Ngoro Yakwa, the crunked up Throw Your Hands Up, ragga laced ‘Jamming’ and finally the ever hot Fundi Wa Mbao. It was going to be a hot party!
Other performers included solo singers Jijo, Njets, and Sanka; dance troops YRC, XBiz and EDGE; singing groups KTatu among others. The MC’s and DJ did a good job of covering the gaps between the many performers as all were being warmed up to set the stage for the days Show Stoppers. In between there was time for some chiding and encouraging from the youthful Vicar known for the day as Passi J.
Finally StAY Alive took the stage to present one single for their upcoming recording laying the ground for the show stoppers Linda Orocha, Kamau Karongo and Mbuvi. And they did not disappoint. From Linda’s warm Siwezi Bila Wewe to the soulful ballad Tuma Mvua; Karongo’s teasing No Jesus No Life to a surprise unaccompanied Mungu U Mwema to Mbuvi’s high energy Ukilya Moko, Kivevelo (where he roped in the days surpirise guest Kambua) and Nishike it was an event well worth its time living up to its name - it was one big valley of praise, BERACAH!
StAY Alive closed with a warm thanks giving session.
All said and done, the bar has been raised and its time to move to the next level. Other lessons learnt included the need for more small group fellowship (as evidenced by the weekday activities) and more preparation for the handy kind of work!!
See a few pics below. Click here to join our Facebook for more pics!
The youth week commenced with a lovely discussion on ‘Making Career Choices’ where members present shared their thoughts on matters career with the Patron Pappa assisting in the moderating and a riveting personal story on multiple career changes by Joanne Mwangi.
Tuesday and Thursday were prayer days where membership shared on what prayer means to them. The Mid-Week Service was well attended and with Helen leading and Dennis sharing the word from book of Philemon. To cap the weekday activities the different working teams; Eagles, Yakobo and G.O. each participated in different Home Fellowships.
Saturday was the Handy Youth Day. Cleaning was done in all ‘forgotten’ places including the latrine walls and there was a good shine! Other members participated in preparation of the food to be consumed on Sunday and yet others worked on setting up the Church in readiness for the Youth Sunday. It being a Saturday, its worth noting that participation in the Handy Youth Day was disappointingly low with members either not showing up or turning up very late. Indeed during the morning session StATIC outnumbered and outworked StAY Alive! However matters picked up later but still there is A LOT of room for improvement. The same syndrome was also noted on Sunday where some members seemed overworked while others really needed to be pushed hard!!
Let not the above seem to dampen the spirit of the week… many achievements were made, all targets met and the benchmarks raised. Beautiful services marked Sunday, great work at the Youth Desk saw collections for the Operation 25 increase, sumptuous lunch was served, sleeves rolled to lay out the Beracah Concert.
The sound was on point, the décor came alive and the lighting was cheeky and delightful. Though kicking off 40 minutes later than scheduled, a warm praise and worship session by StAY Alive and the Praise Team set the stage for a delightful afternoon. The days curtain raisers easily took up the surprise package of the day. StATIC gave a great account of their well choreographed dance moves with a nice mix starting with the serenading ElShaddai, the shadyish Ngoro Yakwa, the crunked up Throw Your Hands Up, ragga laced ‘Jamming’ and finally the ever hot Fundi Wa Mbao. It was going to be a hot party!
Other performers included solo singers Jijo, Njets, and Sanka; dance troops YRC, XBiz and EDGE; singing groups KTatu among others. The MC’s and DJ did a good job of covering the gaps between the many performers as all were being warmed up to set the stage for the days Show Stoppers. In between there was time for some chiding and encouraging from the youthful Vicar known for the day as Passi J.
Finally StAY Alive took the stage to present one single for their upcoming recording laying the ground for the show stoppers Linda Orocha, Kamau Karongo and Mbuvi. And they did not disappoint. From Linda’s warm Siwezi Bila Wewe to the soulful ballad Tuma Mvua; Karongo’s teasing No Jesus No Life to a surprise unaccompanied Mungu U Mwema to Mbuvi’s high energy Ukilya Moko, Kivevelo (where he roped in the days surpirise guest Kambua) and Nishike it was an event well worth its time living up to its name - it was one big valley of praise, BERACAH!
StAY Alive closed with a warm thanks giving session.
All said and done, the bar has been raised and its time to move to the next level. Other lessons learnt included the need for more small group fellowship (as evidenced by the weekday activities) and more preparation for the handy kind of work!!
See a few pics below. Click here to join our Facebook for more pics!
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