For the First Time: Sunday Services-Քարոզի Պաշտամունքներ, in Mrouj village in the mountains

At last! For the first time, this Summer, and after praying for this vision that was held dear in the hearts of dedicated members, through God's blessings, and organized by the Armenian Evangelical Emmanuel Church, Sunday Services will also be held in the Evangelical Church of Mrouj, in the mountains, where lots of members spend their Summer.

The services will start at 10:30am, and they will begin starting from Sunday 19 July - 27 September, 2009.

This is a great opportunity to all those who are spending their Summer in the mountains to come together to worship our Lord and enjoy the fellowship of dear friends, colleagues and brothers/sisters in Christ.

Kchag Café, where you can enjoy your Summer

KCHAG CAFE is BACK!

The Armenian Evangelical Summer Camp Center - Քրիստոնէական Ջանից Ամառնային Կեդրոն - will hold its Sunday Nights, starting on Sunday, 19 July, at 6:00pm.

Everyone is Welcome to enjoy the cooler weather, and have fellowship and enjoy the food with all of us together.

Invite your friends and bring them with you!

Thanks to the Kchag Committee

PREPARE FOR SURPRISES THIS YEAR!

Kchag Café, where you can enjoy your Summer

KCHAG CAFE is BACK!

The Armenian Evangelical Summer Camp Center - Քրիստոնէական Ջանից Ամառնային Կեդրոն - will hold its Sunday Nights, starting on Sunday, 19 July, at 6:00pm.

Everyone is Welcome to enjoy the cooler weather, and have fellowship and enjoy the food with all of us together.

Invite your friends and bring them with you!

Thanks to the Kchag Committee

PREPARE FOR SURPRISES THIS YEAR!

Cooperation vs. Competition - Rethinking Youth Sports

Christian leaders use every opportunity to remind us that we as Christians should be cooperating together instead of competing so that the world would know that we are Jesus’ disciples. Hence, I ask you: how can we promote this indispensable concept in our daily lives?

One of the effective ways to encouraging cooperation is to adopt activities and sports games where the word ‘cooperation’ is the name of the game.

Whenever Christian youth groups come together to play against each other, I sense that antagonism among the teams rises and each cheering group starts “bashing” the other. I’ve participated and watched hundreds of competitions in my life and I believe this aggressive mood is always the case during such events. The reason is charmingly simple: in order for a soccer team to win the first prize, it should defeat its opponents at any cost, using any means possible. There can be one winner and many losers, and losers go home feeling low with a grudge in their hearts.

So I say to myself, why do Christian groups encourage such sports where “defeat” is the name of the game? Because of fierce competitions, some Christian players get so focused on winning that they even perform unsportsmanlike-like acts against their Christian friends or use foul language or psychological pressure and even choose to lie on the field for the sake of becoming the undefeated winner.

After a long and tiring sports day and when all cheers have subsided, I used to go home with a gloomy spirit thinking whether we – as Christians – accomplished anything good on that day. I felt that instead of bringing the youth together, such events pushed the youth away from each other and placed them in rivalry camps.

The spring of 2008 I had the chance to attend Leaders Training organized by World Vision. The topics ranged from organizing camps to reaching out to troubled youth. However, there was one topic that was completely avant-garde to me. The name of the class was "Cooperative Games." I couldn’t believe that someone had already thought of this idea before. The enthusiastic speaker introduced the exciting idea of cooperative games and explained with great vigor that idea behind it was to invent games where everyone was part of the main team and all participants had to work together to accomplish a specific mission.

On the competition field the Machiavellian philosophy of the end justifying the means is extremely difficult to ignore. Sometimes I wonder whether I am the only person who feels such enmity and jealousy among our own Christian youth groups during competitions. If we all recognize the antagonistic mood, why do we go on organizing such sports events? Isn't it time that we invented sports and activities where the name of the game is cooperation instead of competition, fellowship instead of unfriendliness, bonding instead of dislike?

ManoChil

Kchag Café 2008, Last Night

On 10 October, 2008, it was the last Kchag Cafe night. This time, it was dedicated for the Chanitz Camp and sharing about it. Also, the veterans shared about their love for Kchag and how many came to know Christ in the Camps that were held here before the war and before the different militias took it as a base in 80's and 90's.


Chanitzagans presenting the song that won the first prize, Inchou Yes? Why Me? Pourquoi moi? Also singing the new french song, Joie Joie Mon Coeur Est Dans La Joie.








Hovsep Ainteblian, Koko Aynilian, Mano Chilingirian, Raffi Chilingirian, Vahe Aynilian, Dr. Avo Chakmakian, Movses Harfoushian, Shant Aynilian and Levon Kardashian.


Left: Hagop Akbasharian sharing about Chanitz Camp
Right: Mano Chilingirian presenting the Chanitz Camp with pictures





Aline Tahazian and Jano Baghboudarian sharing about their experience from the Camp


Jiro Ghazarian and Noushig Shanlian sharing about their experience


Rev. President Megerdich Karageozian and Mr. Tom Hoglind sitting in front


Mrs. Yester Kilaghbian and Mr. Garbis Deyirmenjian sharing about the Camp


Left: Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian talking about Kchag and its future plan
Right: Rev. Raffi Missirlian sharing about the Camp in Kessab



Mr. Hagop Kelougian and Mrs. Hoglind talking about Kchag and their many lovely experiences and their special love for this place called Kchag.


Ms. Sona Nashian and Rev. Soghomon Kilaghbian sharing about their past experiences in Kchag and telling the new generation about the history of Kchag with some humorous anecdotes.