By: Reginiana Dosvia
The Cyber Challenge program was additionally supported by two trainers from Yogyakarta, Trustha Rembaka (the coordinator of Stube HEMAT Yogyakarta) and David Pamerean Budiarto (a student of the International Program on Computer Science, Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta). The face-to-face training location was chosen in the city center on June 17-19, 2021.
The activity began with a visit to the Indonesia Pentecost church (GpdI) ‘Hidup Baru’, Bengkulu city. There Rev. Apriansori Marbun was the meeting facilitator and 22 participants attended the gathering that started at 19.30 WIB. He welcomed the Stube-HEMAT group and described the church's ministry and character building, specifically for young people the topic related to how to get a spouse according to Christ's will. Rev. Apriansori thought that Stube HEMAT program deserves to be introduced to youth and students in Bengkulu for its usefull for them. Regarding the cyber challenge, he suggested that the young people take advantage of technology but not be enslaved by technology. Furthermore, Yohanes Dian Alpasa, the Multiplicator of Stube HEMAT in Bengkulu introduced Stube-HEMAT as a training institution for students and church youth. Therefore, the institution opened the chance for the church youth to take part in every activity.
The second session of the training was held on Friday, June 18, 2021. Yohanes Dian Alpasa first introduced Stube-HEMAT and asked the participants to write on a piece of cardboard that was spread out on the floor about the dream village that each had in mind. After that, they wrote down social, environmental, educational, and cultural problems in their surroundings. The feedbacks will be used as consideration in formulating Stube's next program in addition to sharpening their sensitivity to the existing social situation. Furthermore, the multiplicator introduced the Cyber Challenge program as a chance to open up and adapt to technology changes because many things can be done online. So, the participants were expected to be able to have their own actualization.
Session III was led by Trustha Rembaka who conveyed how the simple content created by cyber creators attracts many followers, as well as internet user segmentation, and age distribution in social media accounts and on social media platforms. They were invited to express ideas on each platform to reach a wider community.
Session IV was facilitated by David Pamerean Budiarto, who focuses in computer programming. He trained participants to produce videos from their photos and notes. The shooting technique was facilitated by Trustha, while the application and software on editing skills were taught by David. The practice was carried out directly at the training spot.
Session V was conducted through a Zoom Meeting with Dema Mathias Lumban Tobing as the resource person. He explained that every action taken in cyberspace was recorded by the company's server. Our expressions will be processed into data containing hobbies, likes, emotions, feelings, which are very useful for other parties for promoting products. Being wise in media is still an absolute requirement, so starting from now, the participants have to try to get the benefit from every action in cyberspace. The virtual world must be a promotional space for talents, businesses, hobbies, and so on, so do not waste the opportunity.
Next, the participants actualized their knowledge and experience in life both in community and church into videos records. Enjoy the self-actualization! ***