* "To upfit and proclaim the pre-eminence of Christ in everything in the universe through Christian education, and in a redemptive way back to Him"*
Memang sabana padek ughang ko nampak eee On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:29 AM, Hanifah Damanhuri <ifah...@gmail.com>wrote: > Assalammualaikum Wr Wb Dunsanak sapalanta YML > > Masih penasaran dengan AA, lalu coba lagi bertanya pada nyiak gugel, > basuolah tulisan dibawah iko. mudah2an bermanfaat. > > Salam > > Jumat, 10 Januari 2014 > Masih mau mendukung pendirian Sekolah Pelita Harapan di Ranah Minang...? > > Silahkan baca pidato berikut yang dibawakan DR. James T. Riady saat > Commisioning pada acara graduation TC, 3 Juni 2011 lalu. > > UPH Teachers College Graduation > CHARGE TO GRADUATES > > DR. James T. Riady > UPH, Karawaci, June 3, 2011 > > Good afternoon graduates, students, parents, friends, Rectorate, > distinguished member of the faculty, Dean Connie, and fellow Yayasan > executives. > > I am deeply honored to have been asked to address you on this mort > important occasion, the 2nd and largest graduation and commencement > ceremony of UPH Teachers College. Nothing is more important to the whole > vision of the Yayasan, and to me personally, than the work that TC does to > prepare teachers for God's kingdom. > > To the graduates, I congratulate you. Each of you has passed the most > rigorous selection, and scholarship process that I know of, here or abroad. > You have worked very hard, very diligently, and have put in long hoursover > the last four years. You have also demonstrated leadership within the > campus in plays, sports, student council, chapels, spiritual activities, in > various operational & administrative roles, and have set the tone for the > rest of the student body. You have been an outstanding cohort, and an > exceptional class. Congratulations. You will be missed. > > To the faculty, we salute you for your total commitment and dedication to > give the best to these graduates. You have prepared them extremely well for > the road ahead. As TC graduates, you have given them a wonderful start on > their journey, and they will remember you the rest of their lives. > > This is a Teachers College blessed with strong leadership from the > Rector, President, and with creativity and commitment from a talented > faculty. TC has prospered from the presence of leaders like Dean Connie > Rasilim. There is not a day that she dosen't give the best to her students. > Thank you. > > Graduates, parents, ladies and gentlemen, in 1989 Pak Johannes and I > received a vision and a mission from God to embark upon a Pelita Harapan > movement in response to God's call in this age for a revival in true > Christian education. A Yayasan was formed, leaders gathered, vision and > mission crystallized, teachers selected, tens of millions invested, > schools formed, and finally UPH. The journey has always been on account of > urgency and rigor. The resolve was always clear: to upfit and proclaim the > pre-eminence of Christ in everything in the universe through Christian > education, and in a redemptive way back to Him. The resolve was always a > united and inflexible determination to go to war againts the status quo of > decay and destruction in our societies and communities, of the people of > Indonesia. To embark on a Pelita Harapan movement of this scale and > complexity is, and has indeed been, a serious undertaking. > > But make no mistake, we are still in the very preliminary phase of what I > believe is one of the most critical and greatest battles in Indonesia's > history. A battle againts secularism, relativism, liberalism, and the > anti-God, anti-Christ, anti-family spirit of the renaissance, > enlightenment, modernism, post-modernism, and the new-age movement. We are > in action on so many fronts now - at higher education schools, in the > capital city, in the cities, and in the outlying areas, all the way from > Nias in the extreme West to Papua at our border in the East. We are up > againts bureaucracy, norms, vested interests, and along the way, deserters, > and the ups and downs of our economic conditions. Neither have we been > immune from politics, and social pressures and upheavals like what we saw > in 1998. There are lots of temptations and distractions, and often, we are > weak and undeserving. But by God's grace, He sustains us, He preserves us. > He pulls us when we are proud. And He pushes us when we are down and > discouraged. He sends us partners and co-workers along the way, always > timely, and always in sufficient measure. He blessed us with TC, the > central portion of our vision, and Tabor, and Corban to walk with us side > by side and to lend us a foot when we lost ours. > > Graduates, faculty, ladies and gentlemen, the battle is continuing and > will become increasingly intense. We still have much to do. We still have a > long way to go to reach the goal of 1000 schools, to the time when children > in the disadvated areas in Indonesia will have a reasonable chance of being > redeemed, of coming to a personal relationship with our Lord, and of seeing > their talents being developed. We are still a long way off to get out of > the current crisis where only 2% of Indonesians have a chance of becoming > part of Indonesia's elite as they fall off in grades 7-10, as the > communities fail them, and as the bridges of access and opportunity are no > longer there for them. > > In these situations, I may be pardoned if I am less than cuddly to say > that this is really a commencement for each of you just as it is for us. We > have a very large cohort of 254 graduates, which is large by any standard. > All of you are going into our own schools, or partner schools. This is > important because content must have its own container. By God's grace, this > year we are blessed with the responsibility of another 22 schools. > Graduates, you must take it seriously. Nothing but a full commitment, > dedication and hard work. Give your best, touch every life you see, grab > their hands, grab their hearts, and catch their tears. What this cohort > will do is to lay the cornerstone of our journey in Christ-centered > education, and the foundation for the next 100, 200, 300, or 500 schools. > You can not afford to fail as there is too much at stake. There is no room > for deserters, for doubters, for troublemakers, or for the ignorant. > > Please, you must go out there to fight and stage a revival. You must give > what Churchill said when he said, "Give your blood, tears and sweat, > nothing less". You must press on, and press on just like the Apostle Paul. > You must never give up, never ever give up. Never. > > Your starting point must be a deep sense of gratitude and understanding of > the grace of God in your salvation, that God came, incarnated, crucified, > died, and resurrected for you. Every time you are reminded of your > salvation, be reminded of your calling. It is about calling. Not about > teaching or being a teacher but about responding to God's calling in your > life through teaching. Remember few are saved, even fewer are called to do > God's will in history and actually empowered to impact other lives and > society. Guard your theology - 'Hubungan Pribadi Dengan Tuhan' or a > Personal Relationship with God - work it out daily. Have a zeal for > evangelism and sense of urgency. > > Let our vision and mission be realized, all for His glory. Go out there, > never give up. Give your heart, nothing but your very best. Let's journey > together in strength and when your work is done, say Luke 17:10 "So you > also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, 'We > are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.'" > > Amen. > by Mount Everest > http://novi-kurniadi.blogspot.de/2011/12/prepare-for-my-second-practicum > -part-1.html?m=1<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnovi-kurniadi.blogspot.de%2F2011%2F12%2Fprepare-for-my-second-practicum-part-1.html%3Fm%3D1&h=sAQF4p0E5AQEhzQM9eDvnbOv8WHu5r3jNy4StfZ58aAaT0g&s=1> > > <http://novi-kurniadi.blogspot.de/2011/12/prepare-for-my-second-practicum-part-1.html?m=1> > sumber: > http://nelfianissajja.blogspot.com/2014/01/masih-mau-mendukung-pendirian-sekolah.html > > -- > . > * Posting yg berasal dari Palanta RantauNet, dipublikasikan di tempat lain > wajib mencantumkan sumber: ~dari Palanta R@ntauNet~ > * Isi email, menjadi tanggung jawab pengirim email. > =========================================================== > UNTUK DIPERHATIKAN, yang melanggar akan dimoderasi: > * DILARANG: > 1. 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