12 December 2016
Hyderabad

TAL is celebrating Christmas Celebrations for the last 9 years in London. The event which more than 250 people attended, has been organised by bringing together 6 Telugu Church Associations — The Lighthouse Fellowship Church, Bethel Ministries Telugu Church, Eastham Baptist Church, Manor Park Curch, Vision Ministries Church, and Mount Zion Church.

Local Labour Party MP Rt. Hon. Stephen Timms has attended the event as chief guest which took place on the 10th of December 2016 in Pilgrim's Way Church, Eastham. Speaking on the occasion he expressed his happiness towards the cultural activities being organised within his constituency. Councillor Sri Sathianesan who has also attended the event as another guest has praised the efforts of TAL in organising such a social event ever year.

Children from all Churches have participated and presented a skit about the birth of Jesus Christ which stood as the main attraction of the event. Members from Telugu communities in and around London along with TAL Trustees, Satyendra Pagadala, Mallesh Kota, Nirmala Dhavala, Bharathi Kandukuri, Sridhar Medichetty, Sridhar Somisetty and other volunteers took part in the celebrations. TAL Chairman Sri Satyendra Pagadala has praised the efforts of Ravi Mocherla, Ratnakar Dara and Jemima Dara who have shouldered the event and made it yet another successful event.

This year, TAL Christmas Celebrations have been webcasted over Facebook to take them to Telugu people around the globe.

Smt. Pastor Salomi, Smt. Sharmila, Brother Madhu ji, Sister Veena ji have spoken about the importance of Bible and the life of Jesus Christ. They sang prayers and praised the efforts of TAL in organising the event. The event concluded with pastors offering prayers for the well being of humankind and world peace on the occasion of Christmas.