Waking up at 6am in the morning
to get to church by 7am on a Saturday morning doesn’t necessarily make us jump
up and down with joy, but spirits were soaring high when the youths of St.
Paul’s Church, PJ (SPC) gathered at the church compound that one fine Saturday
morning.
This was it. Tony Pushpan, the
main coordinator that got each and every one of us there, started to hand out
the jerseys that were specially made for this particular occasion. Decked in
bright blue, the boys and girls of St. Paul’s Church were ready to face youths
from other churches at the annual Anglican Youth Sports Carnival 2013, held at
University Malaya and organized by St James Anglican Church.
We met youths from many other
Anglican churches, just as amped as us! The Lord blessed the day with great and
shiny day. To begin the day, we started off with a prayer and we got down to
business. Starting off with the athletics, the boys and girls of SPC ran their
hearts out. Star runners included Kennedy Amadi , Jovenne Lai, and Alyssa
Benny, led by Jeremy Joseph.
After athletics, we moved on to
tug-of-war, held at the stadium as well, where a great team spirit story was
born. Our tug-of-war team, led by Andrew
Jacob, were strong in strength and spirit. However, the team also included a
large group of men who were playing badminton and futsal straight after.
Tirelessly, they pushed on despite multiple times of losing due to a slippery
end. On the side, those that were not involved pushed on their spirits by
singing our victory march:
Oh
when St. Paul’s…
Oh
when St. Paul’s…
Oh
when St. Paul’s goes marching in…
Oh
Lord I want to be in that number
Oh when St. Paul’s goes
marching in!
By the time the semis came
about, the team could not carry on as they were exhausted and needed to use
what was left of their energy for their upcoming events. But our team spirit
was not dampened. A group of 9 boys and 2 girls stepped up to the plate and
volunteered to play on! With spirits flying high, after what seemed like hours
of screaming and shouting, we actually won 3rd place! All in God’s
grace! Seemingly pleased with those results, we separated into multiple groups,
playing multiple sports.
Futsal, Badminton, Ping Pong, Scrabble
and tele-match were some of the other games that we played. The two futsal
teams (St Paul’s A and B) both reached the semi-finals with St Paul’s A
(consisting of the BM congregation members) winning the silver medal. Uncle
Fang & Patrick Walliams led the ping pong and carom team to silver medals
while Padmini led a group of 10 to our very first group Gold medal at the end
of the evening.
The best part of the day was
obviously, collecting the medals!!! Each and every one of us took home at least
one medal. By the end of the day, while everyone was tired and exhausted
physically, we all left feeling happy and proud that our unity and teamwork
made this all possible. The next day, we were complaining of muscle aches
whilst showing off our medals. With God, truly all things are possible!
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