Oscar Awards 2010

OSCAR AWARD NOMINEES

QUEST(Children’s Ministry)

Ciru Kabibi

Ciru Kabibi Githang’a for giving exceptional leadership and displaying shepherd’s heart:She has served as Sunday Service pastoral oversight Personal Assistant for 4 years with exceptional commitment and has trained many new volunteers at SSTO( Sunday School Teams Orientation)She displays maturity and a  high sense of responsibility and leads graciously and knows how to handle the kids and parents well.

Social Justice/Missions

Alex Maina

Alex Maina KimariFor giving great leadership of the Jikaze Committee. This committee is our liaison with the IDP village in Mai Mahiu.Alex has lead the team in establishing and fundraising for various sustainable economic projects with Jikaze that will allow a revitalised community. This will be a great way to measure successful intervention by Nairobi Chapel.He has wisely brought in other stakeholders to help us in securing this including the Anglican Church.He has also continuously made trips to Mai Mahiu to resolve various crises and has maintained a great working relationship with the community at Jikaze and their leaders.Alex has gone before his call of duty and served with great humility and joy. This assignment was his Plug-In and while the term of service has long gone, he is still committed to God’s service and His People a year down the road.

Susan Mbugua

Susan Njeri Mbugua :Susan is the Visionary, life and heart behind our Front line Ministry – Hope and Restoration Center (HARC)which is our outreach ministry to the children of Kibera slum.She has served with great dedication having begun the ministry by giving up everything she had to feed the children every Saturday.Susan has mobilised over 50 families in Kibera in a discipleship and support group that allows her to work alongside them in the transformation of their children.She prays for each of the children on her program and carries their situation to heart. Many times, when there are situations of abuse or outright rejection, she has taken children into her own home as she works out transition and a permanent solution for their living situations.

Mercy Mahiaini

Mercy Wanjiku Mahiaini :Mercy has served as Chairperson of the TULIP ministry, our Frontline outreach to girls in the Korogocho slum.She has served with great dedication, sacrifice and service and given wise leadership to a time of great transition.Mercy has had to act in multiple capacities in giving leadership to TULIP and has done so with an acute sense of integrity and accountability and with spirit of great joy.

Jane Wathome

Jane Wathome :Jane is the Visionary, life and heart behind our Frontline Ministry – Beacon of Hope, our Frontline ministry to women infected and affected by HIV and Aids.She has given exemplary leadership at BOH from its initial inception in 2002 when the obeyed the Lord’s call during her internship at Nairobi Chapel and reached out to these women in the Quarry Slum of Ongata Rongai.She realized that God had equipped her with gifts and talents to bring hope, significance and self-worth to those women and has embraced them beyond the individual to their families and the larger community around the area.Jane serves everyone who comes to Beacon of Hope with great humility and a deeps sense of caring for each one as an individual.Her commitment to those she cares for has seen Beacon of Hope become a Center of Excellence that provides the following services – Child School Sponsorship, Beacon Academy, Spiritual Counselling, Home Based HIV-Aids care, A Comprehensive Health Care and VCT, Vocational Training, Ciondo Women Group for Grandmothers caring for their orphaned grandchildren and Youth Resource Centers.You need to know that the number of little Janes running around Ongata Rongai has significantly increased since Jane started serving this community. The women there honor her by naming children after her!

Joe Radkovic

Joe Radkovic: Joe has served with great commitment out Frontline Ministry of the Tumaini Clinics in Kibera and Korogocho for the last 5 years.His commitment to excellent and loving care of each patient who walks into the clinics and even more of the mothers coming to the maternity to have their babies is highly commendable.He has had to commute innumerable times and in the middle of the night to the maternity clinic to care for a mother who is having a difficult care that only a medical doctor can resolve.His devotion to giving excellent gospel care alongside excellent medical care is a great value that he has passed on to his staff and volunteers and has made the Tumaini Clinics the Health Care Providers par Excellence in the slums of Kibera and Korogocho.Joe serves with great humility and a real servant heart. Many times we have called on him on times of crises to serve us here at the church and he comes without a second thought. Recently, a young girl called Irene came to our offices with a very difficult pregnancy and needed urgent intervention. While it was out of his way, Joe came, bought Irene lunch, counselled with her, drove her to Korogocho for a Ultrasound, made available funds for her delivery and now she has twins, one of whom she named Joe!

Deborah Kimathi

Deborah Kimathi:Debbie has served with great diligence as one of our Frontline Visionaries at Seed of Hope where she is the Field Director. Seed of Hope makes provides wholisitc care including vocational training to girls who primarily have dropped out of school due to lack of school fees. Her desire is to equip and empower disadvantaged teenage girls for self-sufficient and independent living; through vocational training, business training and the teaching of life-skills; and through continually nurturing physical mental, emotional, social and spiritual development.Since 2002, this ministry has had approx. 240 graduates, about 75% of whom are either in employment or self-employment who graduate after a 2 year program at Seed of Hope. Debbie runs 4 centers currently engaging 320 girls in Nairobi, Kitui, Kisii and Murang’a.Debbie serves as a great role model to the girls because she interacts with them as a peer. She allows them to see her into life and while she challenges them to excellence and distinction, she lives that out her self. This comes from the knowledge that one of the greatest challenges of the ministry is in nurturing self-esteem and self-confidence amongst the girls many of whom come to the centers from very difficult backgrounds.  Without this the other skills they try to impart are almost meaningless.Debbie empowers her staff team unreservedly and has enthused them with caring for the girls at Seed of Hope as passionately as she herself does.Her desire is to see many disadvantaged teenage girls who had lost hope of making anything of their lives find a place of refuge, care, affirmation, love, dignity and opportunity.

Pastoral Care

George & Lara Rabala

George and Lara Rabala have not only committed themselves to the marriage ministry but have gone the extra mile to mentor couples and have a great impact with couples at PMCC. They have always been available to host meetings, assist the leadership and offer counsel and wisdom to counselees. They are great team players both with in the ministry and as a couple.

Anzaya & Mbithe Akatsa

Anzaya and Mbithe Akatsa –The Akatsas have pioneered the Parenting class for the last two years.They have mentored couples and had a great impact in families.They have sacrificed a great deal and invested a lot of time in making this class successful, not just for Nairobi Chapel parents but also for Nairobi Baptist and Mavuno Church.They have served with humility and consistency given the class meets at 7am on a Saturday morning.

Leadership

Ken Obimbo

Ken Obimbo His support and involvement in the six week  Mission tujuane, evangelism drive, helped make it a success.He plays an outstanding role of  service in various leadership capacities in nairobi chapel.And out of his way, he has taken the time and interest to network Nairobi chapel with various stakeholders.and you will see him giving of himself to coach the boys at quest , in soccer. For exceptional Leadership, Ken Obimbo.

Dj Moz & Jugush

K-Krew’s is one of our Frontline ministries whose mission is to disciple a generation of young people who are sold out to Christ. When K-krew started in 2000 it operated only as a Gospel Dj outfit. Today, K-krew has three different arms; Mission, Media and Events. The Mission arm of K-krew does outreach in high schools around the country every term. Last year alone over 450 students gave their lives to Christ.The Media arm of K-krew uses both Radio and TV to reach out to young people through music.  In radio, Kkrew has produced different radio shows including the popular “Klub Kubamba”. K-krew is currently seeking a Radio frequency after getting an opportunity to air their own content on a leased frequency last year.K-Krew have also had the opportunity to host different shows on TV like Crossover 101 on NTV  last year and Gospel Sunday which airs every Sunday from 6am Citizen TV.K-krew also hosts events that create a positive environment where young people can have fun. Every last Friday of the month, K-krew organizes Chillage at the village at Village Market where young people can bowl and shoot pool as they dance to funky gospel music. Every year, KKrew hosts an end year event dubbed T.S.O. Last year, T.S.O was held at Nairobi Chapel and had over 30, 000 young people in attendance.Surely God has been good to KKrew in many ways and looking back at where He has brought them from, we are confident of where He is leading them.  On 30^thMay 2010 K-Krew will host a thanksgiving concert at Nairobi Chapel to celebrate their 10th anniversary.

Worship Department

Carrington

Carrington Muhati for his faithful dedication in Worship: He has served faithfully as an instrumentalist in the worship team through all the Nairobi Chapel transitions and has sacrificially assisted with the worship both for the youth and the adult church while juggling the worship ministry, school and work.He has networked for us to source for instrumentalists in and outside of Nairobi Chapel. Carrington has a very positive attitude as he serves and a great musical feel as an arranger and writer of music.He has trained many instrumentalists and drummers both in and outside of Nairobi Chapel.

Joyce Wanjala

Joyce Wanjala for her selfless service in Ushering:Joyce has faithfully served in various ministries at the Nairobi chapel through the years.She is currently serving in the Ushering ministry and she is responsible for planning and communication of the Ushers and Greeters every week.Joyce is consistent, has a great spirit and is a joy to work with.

Lorna Abwonji

Lorna Obwonji for her dedication and faithfulness in serving:Lorna has served in the Karibu tent for the 4 years She is a dedicated person who ensures that the Karibu tent runs well and that our visitors are well taken care of.She Gives direction at the Karibu tent ensuring that everything is in place and that there is always a team to serve and talk with the visitors.

Club Expressions

 

Muthoni Maina

Commonly known as Kamutho, she is one of the main founders of Kuhani, Club Expressions worship team and has been part of the band playing the bass guitar. She is influential and outstanding as a leader, bringing together her D-club mates and sourcing a leader for her group. There is nothing impossible with Kamutho. She has gone to turkana for three months on her own, taught English and support raised for some of the kids she met so that they can go to high school. For her outranding service, integrity and humility we would like to honor Muthoni Maina

 

Marjorie Mwangi

Marjorie Mwangi. Marj as she’s commonly known serves with a great attitude, characteristic of a true woman of God, gentle nature and personality that radiates , from the moment you meet her. She has a genuine heart for the  young people she has taught in Guza, and believes in their potential. For her true compassion for Expressionites and for her genuine heart and great attitude, we honor Marjory Mwangi.

Jack Ndirangu

Jack Ndirangu This man can be a dance movement by himself. He pushes himself to hit the mark of excellence and never says die. You will find Jack many times with his second in command John choreographing and going over their routines over and over. Jack is the heart behind DICE and even now that he has successfully handed over leadership, he still pours time and energy in ensuring that DICE remains one of the most respected dance groups in the country. Jack has through his leadership instilled a knowledge that they are first ambassadors of Christ, in integrity and Character. For excellent leadership and succession plan we honor Jack Ndirangu.

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