Archive for September, 2009

30 Sep

Update on Relief Operations

Day 1 – Several Victory churches organized relief operations for their respective communities affected by the flood. Centers were used to receive goods/ donations.

Day 2 – Many church members magnanimously gave and volunteered to do relief operations such as receiving, packing and distribution of goods to the respective barangays. Victory Alabang volunteers went to 2 [...]

28 Sep

Jesus and The Storm

Last Saturday (September 26), we witnessed the fury of tropical storm storm Ondoy as it unleashed massive rains that caused damaging and rampaging flood waters throughout Metro Manila. Billions of pesos worth of property damaged and more than two hundred lives lost. Many even lost their homes.
All over Metro Manila, we see the different areas [...]

25 Sep

S.A.S.G. (Single and Serving God)

Last week, I went to Boracay to minister in our singles retreat. I got caught in traffic in front of NAIA 3 (due to road diggings) at 6am and my flight was at 7am. I decided to take some drastic action. I flagged down a motorcycle that would bring me to NAIA 2 (since I [...]

14 Sep

Passion #1 Sunday Recall (Sept. 13, 2009)

We are starting a 2-part mini-series entitled PASSION.
I am posting the outline of the message that I used last Sunday. Thanks to our missions guys: Pastors Michael Paderes, Jonathan Bocobo and Jun Escosar for passionately working on the details of this sermon.
Definition:
Pas•sion – a strong and barely uncontrollable emotion; obsession; fervor; enthusiasm; eagerness
I have many [...]

02 Sep

Suffering of A Close Friend

As I closed the series on Genuine, I shared in my sermon a story of a close friend regarding her journey of pain and suffering and the outcome of her life now that she is a Christian.
This is the story she told me:

She was raised in a well to do family as a young girl. [...]

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