Covenant community celebrates 34th anniversary

August 18 was a very significant day for the Star of Yahweh Covenant Community (SYCC) as they celebrated their 34th anniversary in a simple but meaningful way. A thanksgiving Mass was presided over by Bishop Julius Dusin Gitom followed by a thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant in Sandakan. The guests were: the religious sisters, parish priest Fr David Garaman, Fr Stanley, Pilis Malim, chairman of Parish Pastoral Committee, as well as SYCC friends.
The community has grown in the parish as they have faith formation during their general community meetings every Friday at 8.00pm at the parish hall. Besides this, they also help out in every activity in the parish such as in the church choir, MRSM, Sekolah Seni and Montfort boys monthly fellowship, Single Adult fellowship, Life in the Spirit Seminar and others.

This 34th anniversary was very significant as Philip Mosinoh accepted the call from the Lord to be the next Presiding Elder of SYCC, taking over from Michael Lee.

During his speech, Michael Lee shared about the lifestyle of SYCC which, for the past 34 years, has been united to serve the Lord and love one another as brothers and sisters. Indeed members have a great commitment to the Lord, meeting the challenges and difficulties that demand conversion, sacrifice and building relationship. This is not easy as the members come from different walks of life, different backgrounds, races, age, professions as well as cultures. He also added that fellowship and sharing are essential to strengthen the bond as Jesus gathers the community as one body. He encouraged the community to recommit to each other as the people of the Lord to make it easier to work as a team in different ministries.

This community lives righteous and holy lives. He also emphasised that living in the community is also to help and serve other communities in the parish by the guidance of the Holy Spirit. He extended his profound gratitude to the elders and members of the community who had rendered assistance and supported him during his service as a presiding elder.

Towards the end of his speech, he announced the next Presiding Elder of SYCC, Philip Mosinoh while Michael Tivit would be one of the elders in SYCC. Fr David witnessed the signing of Bro. Philip as the Presiding Elder and laid hands upon him for blessing.

Article reproduced from Herald Malaysia online