Preaching activities from June 8- July 4, 2022

 June 8 (Midweek service)

For our midweek service, we continue to the book of Proverbs with the help of brother Rody. We went through chapter 27:22-27. 

June 9 (Palca)

I went to Palca to visit some of the brethren. I went first to the house of sister Lisa Sabado. I noticed in the last couple of weeks that she is not present in our worships. I found out that she has been in and out of the town because her daughter is asking her to baby sit her grand son when she is in Manila. 

The last place I went to is in the house of sister Chelle Castillo. She is working in Singapore and she sent me a message in facebook that if I can go and visit her kids and try to convince the to attend the services. Thankfully, his son is already joining us every Sunday after this visit.

June 12 (Sunday Worships)

It is the day of Independence here in the Philippines. No work for everybody. We are expecting that all the brethren will come. Unfortunately, some use this opportunity to go on vacation rather than serving God. That is the sad reality sometimes and it breaks my heart to know it. 

I continue to teach in the young people class. We are already on Luke 4:15-20. Aside from that, I am also giving them a short summary of every book the the bible. On that day, I discuss the book of Ezekiel and Daniel.

In our worship here at Tuguegarao, brother Rody preached to us Proverbs 28:1-7.

In Palca, I preached to them the lesson "Only One". I gave to them examples in the bible those who who think they are alone and those who fought alone like Elijah, Gideon, David, Noah and Jesus. We might think that we are alone, but we should remember that God is always with us, fighting on our side as we continue to be a soldier of Christ.

In Dagupan, brother Henry taught in our bible study. He shared the lesson about forgiveness and after that, I also preached the same lesson to them. For the month of June, we have three Sundays that we do not have electricity. We are still having our worship outside the small house of brother Enzo. The roof is just about 3 feet above my head and when it is hot, we are like in an oven. But being a Filipino, we are already used to that kind of weather. Every summer, our town always have the hottest temperature in the whole country. Sometime it even reach 40-45 degrees Celsius that's why we are ok with that. It will not hinder us to worship.

June 13 (Radio Program)

I preached again in the radio and I got one of the character I used in my lesson last Sunday which is Elijah. Sadly, I still continue to hear in the news about suicides. I used Elijah as an example to tell everyone that in our battles with our problems in life, God has already prepared a way of escape 1 Cor. 10:13. Suicide is not an answer to escape our problems, but rather it will give us more problem because we will go to hell. 

June 15 (Midweek service)

Brother Rody is in Manila that's why the elders asked me again to teach in our bible study. I shared to them the lesson "From Earth to Heaven". Just like the song, This world is not my home,  we are just passing by in this world because we are on a journey going to heaven. And while we are here, we need to follow the example of Jesus in a proper way of living, to help our family reach heaven and for our names in the book of life to remain until the coming of Jesus.

June 17 (Dagupan)

Together with Jhian and Henry, we went to visit the houses of our brethren who are no longer attending in our worships. We have a record and we will try to do this when we have the time. We visited several brethren, sister Gaile Tabbu, brother Jerry Mangulad, sister Lyka Abad, sister Maricel Castro and sister Jona Villafuerte.

June 19 (Sunday Worship)

The brethren at Dagupan asked me if we can do the worship in the morning because the house near our meeting place will have a wedding celebration. Here in the Philippines, weddings are loud. They used big speakers for there music. We cannot worship properly with a loud noise.  And so we did our worship in the morning. Jhian taught in our bible study and  I preached in the sermon the lesson about "From Earth to Heaven" .

In the afternoon, at Palca, I also preached the same lesson. Brother Junior, whom I am training to lead songs is now our permanent song leader. And so I will only be leading prayer and sermon. 

June 20 (Radio program)

I preached in the radio about the true church of Christ. I received a message the last time I preach in the program if I can again share to them this lesson. I always give my contact number so that if they have any questions or lessons they want to hear, I can prepare it for them.

June 22 (Midweek service)

Brother Rody is already with us and so he was the one who taught in our bible study. My laptop is not working that's why we use my phone to do the live streaming over facebook. We discussed Proverbs 28:8-21.

June 23 (Palca)

I visited again the brethren at Palca. This time I went to sister Maria Andrada. She is one of our old sisters in the church, a widow and her grandkids are also christians, Bea and Jamycah. Just like I usually do in my visitations, we read the bible and pray together. 

June 24 (Piat)

I went to visit sister Teresita Puselero in the hospital in the Piat. She is a member in Dagupan church but they needed to bring her to the next town because there is not hospital in their area. She had acute gastritis. They only allow me limited time to be inside because they are still very strict regarding covid.

June 26 (Sunday Worships)

In our young people class, we studied Luke 6:12-49 and also the book of Hosea and Joel.

In our worship, we have a visitor coming from Ilocos Norte, brother Rolando Salvador and he preached about "The potter and the clay"

In the afternoon, at Palca, I preached to them John 9 about the Blind man who sees. Many today are like  the people during that time. They can see the truth, but they close their eyes. They hear the gospel, but cover their ears. Sadly, many knew they are in error but seems they do not care. 

In Dagupan, Henry taught in our bible study and I preached in the sermon the same lesson.

June 27 (Radio Program)

I preached in the radio Matthew 13:15. It is like a follow-up to what I preached last Sunday. The brethren in Palca and Dagupan are always listening to the program and I am happy for that.

June 29 (Midweek service)

We continue with our study on the book of Proverbs and we are already in the 28th chapter verses 22-28. On the first week of July, we will have guest preachers from all over the region who will be teaching in our midweek service. Brother Rogelio Esperanza will be the first one to teach next week.

July 1 (Palca)

I heard that sister Melissa Leyba came back to Palca and I decided to go and visit them. They are already staying in Cavite which is 14 hours from here. I have good conversation with them and also shared to them God's word. They've been trying to locate the right church in their area for so long. There are churches of Christ near them, but all of them are liberals. I contacted brother Junie Samontina because he is one of the preacher in that region, and we found the right place for them to worship. They went back the next day in Cavite and I am happy to hear that they are already with that congregation.

July 3 (Sunday Worship)

In our young people class here in Tuguegarao, we studied Luke 7:1-50 and the books of Amos, Obadiah and Jonah. In our worship, brother Rody preached Proverbs 29:1-10.

In the afternoon, in Palca, I preached to them "Why do Christians have problems?". I decided to preach this lesson because of what happened to sister Teresita's health. I just want them to realized that it is just a part of our life and trials is happening to everyone. We just need to have faith in our God because He is always there to protect and help us.

In Dagupan, brother Jhian taught in our bible study about "Who is God?" and I also preached the same lesson to them. No electricty again, but we have a good time worshipping our God.