2017 The Filipino Connection's First Funfair
Raquel Cardano
Challenging games and attractive prizes, lots of food, friends and sing-along – now this sounds like real fun, especially for us Filipinos! And yes! Our first Filipino Connection Funfair had all this and more!
Held on 12 November 2017 from 2:30pm onwards at the PLMC Fellowship Hall, the event was spearheaded by the The Filipino Connection (Filipino Fellowship) leaders led by Sister Grace Phoon. It aimed to reach out to our fellow Filipinos and broadcast that there is a vibrant community of Filipinos in PLMC that they can connect with. This was also an opportunity to introduce and promote the upcoming Filipino Service, which will be launched on 14 January 2018, 1:30 pm at the Covenant Chapel.
Eighteen game booths were set up and organized in such a way that all participants - around 150 of them - would get to play all the games and even win prizes. There was a food corner where everyone could enjoy a variety of goodies including some Filipino dishes. One of the popular spots was the videoke/ karaoke corner where they could sing their hearts out. But my personal favorite was the prophetic art booth, where friends from the Prophetic Art Ministry connected with and prayed over the participants and helped them hear from the Lord.
The event was greatly blessed by the strong support of the PLMC church office team and invaluable help from our Singaporean brothers and sisters in PLMC – from sponsoring food, manning the booths and helping with all the logistics. We all felt a great sense of unity amongst family. Our heartfelt thanks to each one of them.
It was a tiring day for most of us, but it was nothing compared to the joy that we felt, knowing that God’s presence was with us all throughout the event – from planning to its completion. I believe that from here, God will open many doors of opportunity for PLMC to reach out to, not just Filipinos, but to many more people of different races and languages, and to be the safe space to all God’s people.