GENERAL ASSEMBLY & TRIBUTE NIGHT

February 18th

PMA Partner Members & Guests

Victory Christian Fellowship (Robinson’s Pioneer)

10:00am – 9:00pm

Registration Fee: Php 600.00

Ask God to lead me to the right people to tell about CLF Philippines who will support us financially and faithfully in prayer. 

Grace Alcazar, 8 years old, in urgent need of heart surgery!  Pray that she will live until the surgery can be done, tentatively scheduled for Aug. 14 ^th if the needed funds have come in.  Pray that she will NOT need the expensive artificial  valve.  Pray that the doctors will not change the price of the “package.”   Ask also that the Lord will provide funds for Joey, a four year old in remote Eastern Samar, also needing heart surgery.

Ask the Lord us use CLF Philippines in miraculous ways to see at least 112,000 pray to receive Him this year!  

Pray for 3 – 4 film showings per week for CLF’s film evangelists . Ask God to find ways to publicize these ministries.

FINANCIAL NEEDS:

A miracle provision for the Christian Light House building!

$800/month for 3 Gospel Vans (film evangelism)

$3000/month for the 2 medical teams

At least one new vehicle this year

$810/month for the Child Care Ministry

This could be depressing except the Lord has been answering our prayers for our needs!

Personal needs:

Daughter, Taylor, a single parent with 3 preschoolers, really needs an immediate miracle to keep her house!  Or she needs a less expensive house in the same area, as Patrick’s therapy is there in a nearby public school.

ANSWERED PRAYERS! 

The 25^th Anniversary dinner was a joyful success!  Altogether in the ministries before & after, 5162 prayed to receive Jesus, 783 pastors attended various seminars, 1764 students & parents lives were touched with special ministries, 110 kids attended vacation Bible school, there were no typhoons, no one had any trouble with Customs, and MOST planes were on time.   

We have been provided full monthly funding for the Luzon Gospel Van, Jun Mayor’s ministry, from a supporting church! 

Some significant extra contributions have come in to provide for the replacement with a used vehicle of our oldest, most problematic van, the one used for Metro Manila film evangelism.  

Thanks so much for praying for my washing machine!  The Lord sent exactly what was needed with $10 left over within two weeks & the new machine is already in use.   Just in time for the heavy sheets & towels of our anniversary visitors from abroad.

“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the

whole world as a testimony to all nations…”

Matthew 24:14

“Witnessing Thru Prayer”

August 1, Wednesday
6:00 PM PrayerWatch
Launching of Evangelism and Missions Month Prayer Calendar

August 4, Saturday
5:30 AM Main Sanctuary    DAWN WORSHIP SERVICE
Speaker:  Ptr. Loida Soncuan
Pastor for Pandacan Outreach
Music by  CWMC graduates, Praise Worship Team,
Missions Ministries and Youth

“Witnessing Thru Scripture”

9:00AM–12NN 2F Rigos Hall
“A THOUSAND WAYS TO SHARE”
Seminar on creative ways of sharing the gospel to
unreached people groups
Speaker:  Dr. Lloyd P. Estrada
Project Director, Wycliffe Bible Translators
Pre-registration requested for lunch: P50/cover

August 5, Sunday  Communion Sunday
10:00 AM 2nd English Service
Communicants Confirmation Ceremony & Reception

All AM Worship Services:
“Look What God is Doing” Church Planting & Missions AVP
UCCP Cosmopolitan-Taguig Worshipping Congregation Choir participation

“Witnessing To Special Needs”

11:30 AM – 2PM Social Hall
“Pag May Access, May Success”
Making Cosmopolitan Church PWD* -Friendly
Sponsored by DMRM
Resource Speaker:  Bro. Nap Caballero
Dean of Physical & Occupational Therapy
Emilio Aguinaldo College
Pre-registration requested for lunch: P50/cover
*Persons With Disability

9:30 AM Pulpit Exchange in 7n7 Outreaches
Ptr. Tina Gervacio (Sta. Mesa Outreach) at UCCP-
Cosmopolitan-Taguig Worshipping Congregation
Centennial Village, West Bicutan, Taguig

10:00 AM  Pulpit Exchange in 7n7 Outreaches
Ptr. Loida Soncuan (Pandacan Outreach) at
UCCP-Cosmopolitan Sta. Mesa Fellowship,
Panganiban St., PUP Compound, Sta. Mesa, Manila

“Witnessing Thru Community Service”

August 9, Thursday
8:00 AM-4:00 PM Pandacan Outreach
Barreto Subdivision, Pandacan
“KABUHAYAN NG PAGPAPALA”
Food-Making Livelihood Seminar
in cooperation with Quota International

“Witnessing Thru Healing”

August 11, Saturday
6:00 PM    2F Rigos Hall
“A DECADE OF LOVE AND HEALING”
Medical Ministry 10th Year Anniversary
Thanksgiving and Membership Dinner

August 12   Evangelism & Outreach Sunday
10:00 AM 2nd English Service
Commissioning of Workplace Ministry Movers
Cosmo Care Corner Preschool Participation

9:30 AM   Pulpit Exchange in 7n7 Outreaches
Sis. Mercy Mejia (Taguig Worshipping Congregation)
at UCCP-Cosmopolitan – Bacoor Fellowship
Walk-In Activity and Trade Center
Andrea Subd., Bgy, Panapaan IV, Bacoor, Cavite

“Witnessing thru Church Planting”

All Worship Services
“Seven Reasons” Church Planting AVP:
UCCP Cosmopolitan-Sta. Mesa Fellowship participation
3:00 PM Visayan & 5:00PM Vesper Worship Services
Bacoor Fellowship Praise Worship Team participation

“Witnessing Thru Miracles”

August 15, Wednesday
6:00 PM Prayer Watch Healing Service
“MIRACLE NIGHT”

August 19, Silliman Sunday
7:00 AM English and 8:30 Tagalog Worship Services

1:00-2:30 PM 2F Rigos Hall
“REMOVING THE LANGUAGE BARRIER”
Bible Translation Seminar-Workshop: An Introduction
Speaker:  Dr. Annie del Corro
Translation Consultant
Philippine Bible Society

3:00 PM Pandacan Outreach
Barreto Subdivision, Pandacan
Pandacan Fellowship 2nd Anniversary
“Kristiyanong Nagliliwanag sa Kapurihan ni Cristo”
Guest Choir:   Vesper Choir

“Witnessing Together”

August 22, Wednesday
6:00 PM  PrayerWatch Healing Service
“BLESS ISRAEL NIGHT”

August 24-25 Friday/ Saturday
9:00AM – 4:00 PM UCCP-Noveleta
Remelville Subdivision, Noveleta, Cavite
LCSMC CHURCH GROWTH SUMMIT
Registration:  P100

“Witnessing Through Outreach, Service and Mission”

August 26, Missions Sunday/Martyr’s Sunday
10:00 AM Second English Service
Consecration of All Missions Ministry Members/Workers

All Worship Services
Evangelism, Outreach and Missions Ministries’ Exhibit
Cosmopolitan Ladies’ Dormitory Choir Participation
Special Missions Offering

All AM Worship Services
UCCP-Cosmopolitan Pandacan Fellowship participation

September 1
8AM-4PM Cosmopolitan Church Sanctuary
Outreach Family Fun Day & Workers’ Appreciation

May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children. May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us – yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 90:16-17 NIV

This Psalm 90 is a prayer of Moses seeking for God’s favor. An appeal with the desire for God to grant His people happiness in proportion to the suffering they have endured under His wrath.

[May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us] – the psalm closes with a plea that God’s favor, (or “beauty,” “loveliness,” “graciousness,” “pleasantness,” “splendor’) might be so manifested constantly before them.

[And establish thou the work of our hands upon us] – is a prayer referring to what they are endeavoring to do – an appeal to enable them to carry out their plans, and to accomplish their purposes. God’s favor to be the basis of the Lord’s preparing and establishing all the daily tasks ahead of them [the work of our hands].  

[Yes, establish the work of our hands.] – The repetition of the prayer here is forceful. It indicates an expression of an earnest desire that God would enable them to carry out their plans. It is an expression of an earnest desire that they might not all be cut down and perish by the way; that the great object of their march through the wilderness might be accomplished; and that they might be permanently established in the land to which they were going.

For us today, this is a prayer which is proper to offer at any time, that God would enable us to carry out our purposes, and that we may be permanently established in his favor.

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us – yes, establish the work of our hands.

May this be our prayer as we move ahead with the plan Deployment and MCare Summit.

(Insights are taken from The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1962 by Moody Press and from Barnes’ Notes, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1997 by Biblesoft) 

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PRAISES! Let’s praise the Lord for the following: 

Title of Summit: DEPLOYMENT AND MISSIONARY CARE LEADERS SUMMIT: Working together towards accelerating the movement of Witnesses” (the main title)   

SPEAKERS: We praise the Lord that as of June 12, our line up of speakers and presentors are complete and confirmed as per Ptr. Bob: 

• UPG’s- Kuya Nemuel Castrodes
• Latest on the LRP’s- Kent Parks
• Latest on the Ar World- Dr. Hormoz
• Church Model on Sending: ENLI, Mike Paderes

COMMITTEES:

We praise the Lord for the commitments we have received:  

Program: We have BOLFI’s – Sis. Marissa, Kuya Buddy (Fr’ntrs) (volunteered by Joy), and Sis. Bolen (CBAP).  

Registration / Ushering: BOLFI  staff, Edith and Wing Flores of OM Philippines.  

Promotions: PMA and ACM, Chit Villamor is praying to be in this committee

Logistics and Venue: none yet
Secretariat: PMA
Documentation:  Bibien

Finance: none yet

Others who want to volunteer for the different committees are still needed. 

PRAYER POINTS: VENUE: Please pray that God will confirm our venue for the summit. Please pray for God to give wisdon to Ate Meg and Ptr. Bob in deciding where - for our venue.  

PROGRAM: Please pray for the Program Committee who will meet on June 27 to discuss and work on the program for the summit. Pray for God to enable them time on the said date and to received wisdom in deciding the program. 

COMMITTEES:  Please pray for God to provide people who will help in the different committees – pray for more volunteers. Please pray for God’s covering for those who already volunteered.  Please pray for Ate Meg Alag as she leads this endeavor.   

BUDGET: Please pray for God to provide abundantly for this undertaking. Pray for Ate Meg and her team who will set the budget.     

PARTICIPANTS:  Pray for God to prepare the sending agency leaders / participants to be invited.  Pray that God will bring those who are willing for working together towards accelerating the movement of Witnesses.  

OBJECTIVES OF THE SUMMIT : Information and Direction setting for the Deployment of missionaries (Where to Go) Equipping for MCare and Networking of Sending agencies and OFW desk set-up (How To Go)

 Please pray for God to really guide us in the entire process to accomplish this.

May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us – yes, establish the work of our hands. Psalm 90:16-17 NIV

 Praise The Lord of the harvest who sends laborers to the field through NYMM!!!

 We, at NYMM are being pressured by our creditors to pay Php31K this month. We don’t know where to get the money. I stopped working which I used to do to support  the ministry. I have a mother who needs special attention due to dementia and diabetes. 

Please help us pray for God’s provision on this matter. NYMM cannot move on because of this financial obligation. Instead of concentrating on following up the youth, we are focussed on looking for funds.

We thank those who have already responded to this need. It was dramatically reduced from Php120K since December 2006. We believe that God is faithful to provide the rest.

your co-laborer i n His vineyard,
Leah

PROVERBS ON MISSION MOBILIZATION
by Stan Nussbaun, Mission Proverbs, Connections, the Journal of the WEA Mission Commission Man shoots, God carries the bullets (Polish Proverbs)
 
From start to finish, the work of mission mobilization depends on God.  Though we are right to be diligent and creative in choosing our slogans and creating our mission brochures and displays, we must depend on the Spirit of God and the grace of God throughout the process.  Human strength is not equal to the task (cf. Proverbs 21:31, the horse and the battle).  The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD. Prov. 21:31
 
Dear Brethren in the MC Network;
 
Please join us in prayer to ask the LORD to help us in the following:
 
1. Title of Summit : “PINOY ROAD MAP TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH” Please pray that we will be able to finalize this.
 
2. Pray for God to provide a good venue for the summit. Pray that the CCBC venue will be confirmed within this week.
 
Please pray that God will guide us for item #1 and provide for item # 2 so the promotional flier can be started already.
 
3. Please pray for Ate Meg Alag as she leads the MC Network in preparing for the summit.  Pray also for the different committees who will help her and pray that the volunteers for the committees will be completed this week also.
 
Together let us “trust in the LORD with all [our] hearts and lean not on [our] own understanding; in all [our] ways acknowledge him.” Proverbs 3:5-6

1. Regional Day of Prayer and Fasting – June 7:  This month’s Pacific Rim Region prayer focus is on the San Chay of Vietnam. For more information and specific prayer requests, visit www.go2pacrim.org

2. Korea:  The Korean Centrifuge is scheduled for this month. Over 130 students participated last year, and the sponsors are expecting the same number of campers in 2007. Please pray for the Lifeway team that will travel to Korea as most team members will be meeting for the first time on the flight from the U.S.  Please pray for traveling mercy while they are away from friends and loved ones, for wisdom as they meet together on in mid-June to make final preparations, for unity and cohesiveness as they mesh their unique blend of gifts and talents together, for strength and perseverance and, most of all, for spiritual guidance that God might be able to use these individuals to glorify Him.

3. IMB:  Give praise for the 35 new personnel who were appointed in a commissioning service in Missouri last month. Give thanks for answered prayer that these personnel responded to God’s call on their lives.  As part of their testimonies at the appointment service, all the new personnel indicated some previous overseas service, either as volunteers or in short-term assignments. Be in prayer for IMB President Jerry Rankin as he gives the organization’s report and for Bobbye Rankin who will be leading the benediction following the report at the SBC Convention in Texas in mid-June. Also be in prayer for David Garrison, Regional Leader for South Asia, as he gives a Challenge Message. Give praise for the generous, sacrificial, record-breaking Lottie Moon Christmas Offering that Southern Baptists gave this past year.

4. Philippines:  The drawings are really unimpressive and the message simple. At first the pastors did not seem to take the Church Planting Training seriously. This was true one Sunday at God Is Able Baptist Church in Taysan. As missionary Dave Daggett struggled to teach the message of the Ten Commandments in Tagalog, Pastor Eloy jotted notes on a piece of paper. After the training session, Pastor Eloy preached on Luke 9:35-36, “Pray To The Lord Of The Harvest To Send Forth Laborers Into His Harvest!” He strongly exhorted his people to become soul winners and church planters. Pray that pastors will continue to challenge their members to become the laborers for the harvest in fields where no one is going and where the fruit is yet to be picked.

5. Korea:   Praise the Lord for the recent Baptist Press report that, “One hundred years ago, American missionaries took the Gospel to South Korea. Today, more than 17,000 Korean missionaries are taking the Gospel throughout the world.”  Korean Baptists engage in mission work in their communities, nationally and globally. The first Korean international missionary was appointed by the IMB in 1987; 300 more have been appointed, mostly to non-Korean people groups. Pray that many believers will respond to God’s call to go into all the world and share His message of love.

6. Philippines:  Lift up the Magahat people on the island of Negros who also call themselves the Bukidnon people. This is the only people group in the Philippines that is not engaged. The population is just over 10,000. There is a government-related group that has kept all religions away from these people. Communist rebels are also fighting in the area preventing workers from having access to this group. Pray that God would send workers into this group. Ask that God would open the door for believers surrounding this area to go into this group. Pray for persons of peace that would help give workers access to the area.

7. Korea:   Gihwang Shin, Korean-American IMB mobilization consultant, said that the IMB has a goal of appointing 1,000 Korean missionaries by the year 2010. Pray to the Lord of the harvest to call out willing cross-cultural workers and for local churches to commission and support them.

8. Philippines:  Thank you for praying for the 20th annual convention of the Luzon WMU that met May 16-18. The theme of “Healthy Heart and Happy Feet” was incorporated into uplifting Bible studies, workshops and cheerful visual aids for the conference. Around 400 women attended the special time of fellowship and spiritual renewal. Give praise for the enhanced and expanded prayer calendar entitled WMU Prayer Devotion and Bible Reading Guide published by Luzon WMU that emphasizes missions with articles and contributions by Filipina writers and Michelle R, Diana C, and Lyn H. Pray that the new Philippine Baptist Women Manual will facilitate beginning new WMU groups in many Baptist churches and strengthen existing groups.

9. Korea:  Join local believers in praying for more than 100 volunteers to serve in the Korean-American Partnership Crusades in some of the most needy areas this Fall.  Plans for this event are underway in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the1907 Revival when the number of Christians doubled in Korea.
 
10. Philippines:  Pray for new Bible studies to begin in Siyatin, Batangas where several cults are active. Pray that people’s hearts will be open to the Gospel and that seed will fall on good soil. Ask that the cults’ impact in this area will be checked and nullified by the Truth.

11. Korea:   Give praise for this year’s 50th anniversary of Korean Southern Baptist work in the U.S. Since Don and Esther Kim planted a Korean Southern Baptist church in Los Angeles in 1957, the number of such churches in the country has grown exponentially -– from 10 in 1974 to 750 in 2004.

12. Unreached People Group:  Lift up those who are being persecuted for their faith. Ask that they would remain faithful to Him and not fall away while suffering for His sake. Pray for the Father to enable them to endure and overcome in the midst of troubling times. Ask that the hearts of those persecuting would be conquered by His love, grace and mercy and turn to Him in repentance. Pray that His kingdom will advance for His glory and honor.

13. Korea:   Prayerwalking has been a key to opening doors in many closed countries and areas. Koreans are strong intercessors.  A Korean prayerwalking brochure is being developed. Pray that this simple teaching tool will create an awareness of ways they can go to the streets, other cities and countries and make a difference with intercession. Pray that the goal of having this finished and printed by September can be reached

14. Philippines: Praise the Lord for the 43 young people involved in Filipino Nehemiah Teams this past month!  Seven teams shared the Gospel in more than 20 villages.  Thousands of seeds were sown as evangelistic tracts and VCDs were distributed house to house.  More than 200 indicated a decision to follow Christ.  Praise the Lord for the harvest!  Pray for local partners as they continue to follow up in each of these areas.

15. Korea:   Pray for Korean Baptists to be able to witness to world leaders as they gather in Seoul beginning June 4th for the 6th Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial Meeting. Top diplomats from 30 Asian nations will gather to strengthen cooperation and address region-wide challenges. The ACD, created in 2002, includes the nations of Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia as part of this forum. Pray that many of these key national leaders from countries closed to the Gospel will find the Lord Jesus in Seoul as they attend this meeting.

16. Philippines:  Susan S asks that you join her in praying for revival among the churches in Zamboanga City, the primary location of the Chavacano people group. Pray for committed workers to come and work among the people of Zamboanga City.

17. Korea:  Pray for Korean Baptists to be able to use various tent-making opportunities to spread the Gospel in restricted access countries, such as the recent multi-billion dollar UAE deal. A South Korean construction firm said that it signed a preliminary deal to take part in a multibillion-dollar development project in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Pray that many of the workers sent to UAE on these platforms will be believers with a passion to share the Gospel with their co-workers.

18. Philippines:  Exotic Summer Destinations!!  The beautiful islands of Camotes, Dinagat, Siquijor; the rivers of eastern Samar; the mountains of southern Mindanao – these are the destinations of 30 American college students this summer.  Pray for these as they minister among the unreached and hard to reach in these areas.  Pray for their safety in travel, willingness to learn, and boldness in sharing their faith.

19. Korea:  Give thanks for the Korean Global Missions Conference held recently where key leaders, Dr. Rankin and other IMB personnel, the larger Korean-American and South Korean churches, and other Korean Convention leaders, gathered at the International Learning Center to plan a mission vision for reaching lost people groups. Pray that specific plans and goals will be developed and fulfilled in reaching this vision.

20. Philippines:   Volunteer Paul Molina, a college graduate, will be involved with sports ministries Kim North has organized this month. Pray that Paul will have daily opportunities to share his faith as he relates with sports-loving, active Filipino young people.

21. Korea:   Please pray for the church family of Seoul International Baptist Church. Since its beginnings this international congregation has been a mission church with a missionary pastor supplied by the IMB. As the current IMB pastor and his family, Tim and Mari S, prepare for stateside assignment followed by transition to another assignment, the congregation will, for the first time, begin a search for its own pastor fully funded and supported by the congregation. Please pray for the leadership of the church as they select a search committee and present the candidates for affirmation to the church body.

22. Unreached People Group: Ask for wisdom for one who has opened a food-processing factory in a neighboring city. Ask the Provider to send the perfect assistants as the business expands to include producing bread and soymilk for school children in the area.  

23. Korea: In the village of Sancheongpo elderly people meet each day in a senior citizens community center. After a lifetime of hard work, losses and hopelessness without Christ, they have little time left. Pray for the elderly to give their hearts to Jesus and discover the peace only He can give. 

24. Philippines:  Thank the Lord for the nine participants who graduated from the T4T training (Training for Trainers) on Camotes Island.  Camotes has a population of 84,000 with three Southern Baptist churches that share one pastor who is near retirement age.  Each month, Mark S and three men from Cebu have been traveling to Camotes to train nine representatives from these three churches in T4T. So far, the trainees have started 13 Bible studies!  Pray for new churches to grow from these Bible studies. Pray for the Kingdom of God to advance rapidly on Camotes.  Thank God for these faithful disciples of Christ! 

25. Korea:  Buddhists in the village of Samcheongpo pray long and arduous prayers to idols with no power. Give thanks that Pastor Lee and his congregation are living testimonies of God’s faithfulness and power.

26. Philippines:  Bicol is a region on southern Luzon with a population of 4.5 million people spread out over six provinces.  Bicolanos are the largest unreached people group in the Pacific Rim Region.  Pray with the Batangas-Bicol Team as they ask God how He wants them to strategically mobilize His people to reach this region of people who need to know Christ as their personal Savior and Lord.

27. Unreached People Group: Lift up two elderly women who are engaged in a small business venture with neighboring villages.  They desire to share His love with those they meet each day.

28. Korea:  Sue P just returned from her stateside assignment and is refreshed and motivated for the work on Jeju Island. As she settles back into her community and team, pray that new relationships with non-believers will quickly develop and that she will discern where to use her gifts and time.

29. KORP: Petition for workers who have health problems that healing will take place. A number of personnel are facing serious health issues. Ask the Great Physician, in accordance with His will, to heal and comfort them.

30. Korea:  Koreans are concerned with their young people’s high involvement and interest in inappropriate and pornographic material on the internet. As a new code of ethics is promoted and bills are initiated in parliament this year, pray the teenage prostitution in South Korea will decrease. In one of the world’s most wired countries, 70 % of South Koreans use the internet. Pray for protection for Korean youth from destructive influence on their lives and for more positive influences to be gained from the internet.