VUMA

VUMA 2012 BEGINS ON THE 17th Jan 2012

VUMA is a 6-month long Ex Candidates Internship programme that seeks to take youth through a balanced and holistic process of equipping them with knowledge and information; identification and development of talents and outdoor and team leadership skills, discovery of vision, purpose and life goals, and finally development of a missions heart and service to the community. VUMA stands for Vibrant in PURPOSE, Unveiled in POTENTIAL, Mature in PERSON and Anchored in PRINCIPLES.

.::STATUS UPDATE::…

In November, we begin the STATUS UPDATE a series based on the temple Starting from the outer courts – OBSERVER, Inner courts – The SERVER and The Holy of Holies – The LOVER…… More to come

Q PID is a lie!

In the month of August, XP decided to discuss on relationships! Now, there are some myths out there about relationships that are making a lot of youth have wrong views about love and relationships.This month,we decided to burst all these myths and figure out what God really desired love to be for us as Christian youth.

During this month we had exciting themes at Xp;
On the First Sunday we had SCHOOL SUNDAY where we all dressed up in our school uniforms,had a roll call, raised the flag while KUHANI,the worship team sang the National Anthem. We then had a school parade and catwalk where all schools present showcased their uniforms and what stood out from their schools!
On the second Sunday, we had SPORTS SUNDAY where we celebrated all guys at the XP who do sports were as guys came with their sports gear and LAVIN ASEGO, from the Kenya Sevens’ Team was in the house to just show that you can go pro while still going strong with Jesus

Expressionites posing with the rugby players Laven Asego and Sidney Ashona

great sierra leonian XPressionites

The Sevens' Players

On the third Sunday,XP brought the house down with STEP SUNDAY where all the illest dance crews came through and showcased their awesome moves on stage with great music from Dj.Tismo.Our own dance crew, DICE was present and lead the service where more than 15 guys gave their lives to Christ.
On the fourth Sunday of August, all skater-boys and girls had fun as it was SKATING SUNDAY where everyone tried their skills on rollerblades,one-line skates and skooters where Pst.Mwangi from Mamlaka Hill Chapel just shared his vision to use skating as a way of spreading the Gospel through Africa and the rest of the world
Sunflower teens who had been rehearsing for their first ever play, “Beware of The Yeast of The Pharisees” have now been able to screen their play which premiered with a very exciting show!

The series’ Qpid is a lie’ continues in September with Pst.Gowi,Ephy Hunja and Jennifer Gowi leading the series as we go on bursting some of the relationship myths that have messed up our view on love!

SURVIVOR CAMP!

After 3 months of going through the Survivor XP program(Mizizi), all of XP was ready for CAMP! so on July 30th everyone had their bags all packed up and ready to OUTGROW, OUTLOVE and OUTSERVE!The camp was in PARADISE LOST Kiambu and about 90 wild XP guys and girls were about to get lost in mad fun, food and awesome bonding with God!
The camp kicked off with some great team building games by Mark and Muriu whose River of Confusion drowned everyone, and later the lunch filled up all the hungry Survivors from the games.
Guys unpacked and set up tents(benefiting from the previous week’s lessons at Church).The DJ then let loose some great Gospel tracks that got everyone dancing with the hype man,Aleki and Francis giving DICE a run for their money!
At around 2, Pst. KEN ARINGO checked in and talked about Forgiveness and later guys formed groups where they spoke to the Camp Counselors on issues they were dealing with on Forgiveness.
The Survivors then had an awesome time forming 3 groups, LOLIONDO, TENKI,TENKI and MITUMBA who competed in some more sports including the boat racing where a lot of skill was needed,but unfortunately,some teams lacked in this!
Supper was then served and guys and girls split after a joint session on Purity by Pst.ALBO and Pst.EDA who then talked about how to handle Purity issues as an XPressionite
KKrew showed up with a big screen and screened three movies,”LETTERS TO GOD”,”DESPICABLE ME” and a soccer match!
On SUNDAY the guys got up to breakfast which warmed a really cold morning and then got to a service with DICE and KUHANI leading worship.
The 3 groups then got into discussion of what would form a mature and an immature Xpressionite and then came up to present their points.
Pst.NICK and JUSH then talked about GROWTH and the life cycle of a christian. The Survivors went out for lunch and came back to finally form SURVIVOR GROUPS that represented all the different age groups at XP
It was a great time and as the camp was ending all the SURVIVORS had truly experienced a great time bonding with each other and with GOD and we now going out to OUTGROW , OUTLOVE and OUTSERVE!

check out pictures on the following link;

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PSt.NICK and MICHEAL DAUNAUDA off to MT.KILIMANJARO

Pst.Nick and Michael left early Sunday morning with a team of other mountaineers to launch the assault on Mt.Kilimanjaro,the most tallest mountain in Africa!
It’s a big deal for both of them as for Pst.Nick it’s an apostolic mission seeks to reach the roof of Africa for the youth while for Micheal who is from New Zealand,it’s a great achievement being in Africa and being able to be on the highest point on the continent!

Awesome stuff happening for these two so let us really keep them in prayer and wish them all the best with this ‘mountainous’ task!

WEEDS…

This June, at XP we are discussing WEEDS that mess us up in our lives as teens

The weeds in our lives that stifle our growth and potential as the great people we would have become. 

Think of WEEDS as the stuff that kills us off as youth…call it drugs, alcohol, porn or masturbation, it messes us big time from what our potential would have been…kinda like how weeds mess up a great harvest…

As youth we are like plants which can grow to produce such a great harvest…but the WEEDS of DRUGS,ALCOHOL, PORN and MASTURBATION…among others, kill us off too soon

So as we continue with this month’s series here’s a recap on the stuff we have been talking about for the last  two weeks…

JUNE  5th – WEED; DRUGADDICTION

ALEX and the guys from TEENS CHALLENGE OF KENYA were at XP to show the true picture of ADDICTION and its various consequences..

How ADDICTION affects your conscience…deadens tyour mind and finally kills the will.

JUNE 12- WEED; DRUG ADDICTION &ALCOHOLISM

After talking about the CYCLE of ADDICTION, Alex was back again last week to talk about how to HANDLE ADDICTION.

 

You don’t miss any of these series as

we launch into

the weeds of PORN and MASTURBATION

 this week with Pst. D.EWAGATA

Come join us at XP, Nairobi Chapel as we discuss spiritual

and practical ways of kicking the habit and of having principles

 that will help us overcome these WEEDS

 

VUMA LOKITAUNG MISSION- 18th-28th March

VUMA (ex-candidates – Nairobi Chapel) and INDA (ex-candidates – Parklands Baptist Church) came together to form VUNDA for the Mission to Lokitaung. With 96 of us on board, we traveled for three days to Lokitaung from Nairobi. The journey was tiresome, due to long hours of sitting on the bus but we arrived safely without any incidents. The first few days were quite unfriendly due to the hot sun, hot breeze and hot water. I thank God that I took a very short time to adapt the climate.

Our first stop was a place called Natukopei Primary School which was 8km from camp but it was good to preach to children and welcome them to Christianity. They shared their many problems with us.

Next we went to Lokitaung High School. We were there for two days, we shared the Gospel with the students through plays and drama and explained the challenges of early marriage and HIV/AIDS. This is just to mention a few of the schools we went to.

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We also did door to door evangelism and many people accepted Christ through this visits. During these visits, we sometimes felt we had to give something to the manyatta because most children only have one meal per day.

We visited market places and people were willing to listen to us talk about Jesus, we had a few translators who at the end of the trip were very tired. But it was a very good exercise.

Problems/Challenges

The hot climate made it difficult to travel for long distances hence we did not reach as many people as we would have wished to. The language barrier was a major challenge we had a few translators so it was difficult to reach many people because of our numbers. We also did not have enough Kiswahili Bibles, it was hard to translate some words from English into Swahili then into the Turkana language. There is also a lot of Islamic influence on some people in the area. Cold drinking water was a rare commodity because of the heat.

Our Success

We managed to reach out to many people for that short time we were there and identify the needs of the people of Lokitaung. We made them feel they are important and accepted in society and in God there is no condemnation, all people are equal before God.

Suggestions

• Groups going on Missions Lokituang should have at least three weeks or more so as to have adequate time for bonding and to reach out to a good number of people. The Karebur and Kokuro areas, which are 50km from Lokitaung are unreached which the next group (mission) should reach.
• If possible to carry some basic (material) things for these people – clothes, Bibles, foodstuff and medicine due to the many problems they face. Faith without action is dead.
• Carry Kiswahili Bibles for easy evangelism because of the language barrier.
• We have children who have finished primary school and the best thing about it is that they have passed but they are hopeless because their parents cannot pay for their school fees. Fees per year, is as low as Kshs. 15,000. These children need scholarships and sponsor to continue with their education.

I take this time to thank the Nairobi Chapel for giving me this opportunity. It has opened my eyes and my relationship with God has definitely improved and I now understand that I was created for service to other people in my life. I am ready to do missions anywhere as this mission to Lokitaung has prepared me well. Thanks again and may God continue to Bless you.

In God’s Service,

Augustine Mudome.

Survivor XP

Survivor Sunday was the test of all time.  All the tribes in Survivor XP had to bring their best game on the table as they locked horns to know who would be

THE LAST TRIBE STANDING!

ZUKA with their many men,were all over the rest of the teams  with their sheer strength while CROSSROADERS were the little terrors as they white washed all competition in their MKOKOTENI races!a true measure of SPEED

The FOOD was a huge relief for many as they would need the energy for the afternoon  and the slippery  WATERY TUG OF WAR  that was going  to be the ultimate test of strategy.

The final WATER FIGHT washed down the day’s titans as the drama that had ensued the whole day had made ROWALLAN camp too hot to handle.

All in all it was a great day with so much fun with over 300 guys from XP and their friends coming and having such a blast

Scope

SCOPE QUESTIONS

1.   What are some of the things you have wanted to do, but somehow you have never been able to do them?

2. What are some of the reasons that have made you intentionally postpone some of the things that you have wanted to do?

3. How have the things above that you have not been able to do, made you not achieve your goals ?

4. How do you think you need God to help you achieve your goals by doing these things above?

Bible Verse

PSALMS 90;12

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

The Alpha Series

Sermon Topic: Stuck in the future-coming soon

DEVOTIONAL

“Have you done your homework?”

“Have you finished that assignment that is due tomorrow ?”

When are you going to get started on that New Year’s resolution

you made to do that thing differently or to have a better attitude

towards school work?

These are just some of the questions that you really never want anyone to ask you…coz you know they’ll be hard to answer. They almost sound like the kind of questions that a grown up(your Mom) would ask you, and just spoil the rest of your day because you kinda had an idea or a plan of how and when to do those things but you just hadn’t started working on them yet! The idea of postponing stuff that we are meant to do immediately, always affects each one of us..We keep on getting caught up on doing other things aside from what we are expected to be doing and then constantly keep finding ourselves doing things ‘last minute’ Be it homework, be it that resolution, be it even making your bed… sometimes decided to put off something till later,gets us stuck in the future. And so this 3rd week in the ALPHA series, We are going to  figure out, how to not let ourselves get STUCK IN THE FUTURE!

Announcements

VUMA

IF YOU HAVE FINISHED FORM 4 last year, come and  join XP’s EXCITNG Ex-CAN’s programme. It starts this Tuesday Jan 25th @ GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH (Ngong Rd.) MultiPurpose Hall at 2p.m

MGENI 2929

have you been bringing your MGENI to XP?ONLY 1 MO week to GO till we find out who has the highest MGENI POINTS & walks away with THE GRAND prIZE!!!

21 days of PRAYER and FASTING

we are on our LAST week of our Fast AND we URGE YOU to CONTINUE PRAYING and FASTING FOR EVERYONE’s NEEDS @ XP