Activities from December 10 - January 4

December 10, in our midweek service here at Metro Tuguegarao, brother Robert was the one scheduled to preach but he was away at that time so he sent his son-in-law, Manny Pader to take his place. He discussed to us “Luke 19”.

December 14, in our Lord’s day service here at Metro Tuguegarao, brother Jun taught in our bible study about “What makes religious practices right or wrong?” and in the sermon, I preached to them about “Doing things the right way” where I shared the things that God commanded and what should we do in order to  be well pleasing to Him and not disobeying any of His orders.

In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached the same lesson to them. Many of the students who are studying at Tuguegarao already went back home to Palca because of the holiday vacation.

December 17, in our midweek service, brother Jerome discussed “Luke 20”.

December 19, I went to Palca  to visit the brethren. I went to the house of the Uton’s where I again talked to them about going back to the church because since the church at Naruangan stopped, they failed to attend any services that’s why I am again telling them that they are welcome to join us because they were members before at Palca. The distance is only about 2km from their house to the church building.

December 21, in our Lord’s day service here at Metro Tuguegarao, I taught in our bible study about “Lessons learned from the 12 disciples” and in the sermon, brother Jun preached “Where are the nine?”

In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached to them about “Certainties that should help us be sober”.

December 23, in our preachers’ bible study, brother Rody discussed to us about “The Spirit” from the example of Elishah having the spirit of Elijah when he was taken by the Lord.

December 24, in our midweek service, brother Rody taught “Luke 21”.

December 26, I visited the family of brother Mac and sister Grace Lamigo. Brother Mac is no longer attending the services but sister Grace is always present. I shared to them about the importance of serving God and what can we expect in return if we remain faithful to Him.

December 28, in our Lord’s day service here at Tuguegarao, brother Rody preached the lesson about “The state of Christ” in both the bible study and in the sermon.

In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached to them about “Having room for Jesus in our lives”. Jesus was born having no room for Mary to deliver him, the Jews have no room for him when he was with them and even his own didn’t have any room for him, and so we, as Christians, should not be like them and give a place for Jesus in our lives.

After the service, we had a thanksgiving to God because it is the last Sunday of the year. I solicited used clothes from my mother’s store without any payment and also gave a little help for them. My wife and kids help me with the packing for a few days and we gave it to the brethren on this day of 28^th. The brethren are very happy with what they have received and together we went to the Lord in prayer for His loving kindness to us all.

December 30, in our preachers’ bible study, brother Rody taught in the morning about “The bible survey” and in the afternoon “The book of Genesis”.

December 31, in our midweek service, brother Jun discussed to us “Luke 22”.

January 2, brother Jay and I went on a trip to Manila to preach at Edsa-Pasay church. I should be the only one going but I invited him to join me and help in the work.

January 4, in the Lord’s day service at Edsa-Pasay, brother Jay taught in the whole morning with the lessons “Consider your ways” and “How to maintain faith” in the bible study and sermon. The attendance is small with about 25 because many of the brethren went on vacation going back to their home towns.

In the afternoon, I preached to them about “Parable of the Pencil”. This parable is not written in the bible but I just use the title and at the same time, use it as an example with the contents of it to show the life of a Christian. We are like pencils made by a creator, sometimes sharpening comes in our life and we needed to be strong. The most important part of the pencil is the inside, and so with us, the most important part that God wants to see in us is our hearts to be always pure.