VOLUME 22 • ISSUE 17 • APRIL 22
With our gratefulness to God, we admire and value your love to us through your selfless sacrifices to bring us nearer to the Lord, motivating us to love Him with all our hearts. We can say that we are growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ because of the Word of God which you never fail to proclaim by your preaching- teaching, and which you always exemplify by your walk with God and your family’s faithfulness to the Lord. Thank you very much. With our praises to God, we appreciate and regard your labor for us, so we can be strengthened in the faith. Your fervent prayers and constant prodding for us to serve God, together with your fruitful ministry-endeavors, are surely a great help in our church-involvement. We are truly enjoying the blessings that God is bestowing to CBBC through your diligence. Thank you very much. With our commitment to God, we acknowledge and support your servant-leadership over us. Indeed, we cannot deny that your godly influence is not only touching, but is also creating divine ripples in our spiritual lives, in our families, and in our work places. Such inspires and drives us to pursue and work for those that yield eternal dividends with our heavenly investments. Thank you very much. Today, it is with joy and honor that we greet you, our beloved Pastor, a very victorious and joyous birthday. We “wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth” (III John 3). We love you.
"I MUST SEE THE CHURCH PEOPLE AS A TEAM INVOLVING TOGETHER IN GOD’S WORK."
PEOPLE IN INVOLVEMENT
Dear Pastor,
Sunday School Outline People in Involvement must be Responsible Nehemiah chapter 1 I. God be thanked for our Pastor who is responsive to the call of God in his life. A. God be thanked for the ability He has given to our Pastor to respond with certainty to God’s call in his life. B. God be thanked for the availability of our Pastor to respond completely to God’s call in his life. C. God be thanked for the agility (alertness and liveliness) of our Pastor to respond confidently to God’s call in his life. II. God be thanked for our Pastor who is responsible to the central need of his family and the church of God. A. God be praised for the Pastor’s family that is a living testimony of our Pastor’s servant-leadership. B. God be praised for the church family that is a loving testimonial of our Pastor’s servant-leadership. C. God be praised for the church fellowshipping circles that are lively testament of our Pastor’s servant-leadership. III. God be thanked for our Pastor who responded to the crucial need of the hour, being a man of God full of vision and determination. A. The faith we enjoy today exposes our Pastor’s great delight in our spiritual growth. B. The facilities we enjoy today exhibit our Pastor’s great determination in advancing God’s kingdom. C. The family we enjoy today expresses our Pastor’s great dedication toward life-building.
Gospel tracts, preaching/music CDs & Sunday School/Discipleship lessons are available @ the ushers' table after the service.
Church Bulletin GRADE 6 RETREAT “Keep walking with the Lord all the way, keep trusting in His Word every day, keep looking for the Son, watch and pray...” Such was the song that wafted all through the retreat sessions and exhortations in this year’s Grade 6 Retreat as twenty involved students gave their talent, treasure and time in cooperation to this annual program. The Sunday School teachers who guided the event prayed up, planned out and promoted for its success and the Lord rewarded by invoking a manifestation in the hearts of these precious young students a commitment for a closer walk with God through His Holy Word. Through the mini-musical lite-rary festival and activities, the students exhibited their potentials in singing, songleading, preaching, and teambuilding competence. The Bonfire testimonies were richly evident of how the Word of God that was exhorted by Preacher Jonah Raña and Bro. Jay-Ar Daracan worked in the students’ hearts and minds to desire to have more commitment in the ministry, and to love God and the Bible more fervently. The event was capped off by a soulwinning morning and it was heartwarming as the delegates together with the Sunday School teachers led 103 souls to the Lord around the vicinity of CBBC-Sto Tomas led by Pastor Oliver America who also graciously received us in their abode for an overnight stay and accommodations for devotions and activities. BHBC BANQUET NIGHT 2012 CBBC-Old Building’s Second Floor was dressed up in drapes of various colors as BHBC joyfully celebrated a night of thanksgiving themed: “A Heart for God’s Glory Is Bound to Give Thanks,” last Tuesday, 17 April. It was a banquet full of fun and purpose highlighted with multi-media presentations of students to express unspeakable gratefulness to the Lord for the committed teachers who are investing their time, talents and treasures in inspiring them to be effective ministers for Christ. Rev. Dante de Leon preached and charged everyone to develop a thankful heart for God’s glory. Also, the event would not be complete without the giving of a birthday tribute to Dr. Ed Laurena, the man who pioneered this great institution. Surely, all glory and thanks be to God! BACCALAUREATE SERVICE FOR COLLEGE GRADUATES VICTORIOUSLY HELD “Godly character is more important than a college diploma.” Thus emphasized Dr. Ed M. Laurena in his message during the Baccalaureate Service for graduating college students held on April 20 at the CBBC Administration Building. The said event, bearing the theme, “Through It All” and anchored on Isaiah 43:2, aimed to celebrate God’s wonderful work and victorious molding in the lives of the collegians who succeeded in finishing their course by the grace and power of the Lord, midst the rigors, challenges, demands and difficulties of college life. The occasion was sponsored by the College Sunday School Department, and was enjoyed by 53 attendees, including including 14 students from BHBC and eight from other colleges and universities, as well as parents and guests. One highlight of the night was the awarding of certificates of participation to all the graduating students who participated in church activities, as well as the presentation of certificates of recognition to those with ministries, and to the Pastor’s awards recipients.
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Another property along St. Francis 2 was purchased by our church just this past week. We thank the Lord for generous members! God is slowly fulfilling our vision of Baptist City!
A brand new church billboard was placed behind our Administration building just yesterday. Pray with us that God will use this to invite more people to church.
Baptist Heritage Bible College
Graduation - April 24
"But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;" 2 Timothy 3:14
Never tell a young person that something cannot be done. God may have been waiting for countless centuries for somebody ignorant enough of the impossibility to do that thing. The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation. God has created each youth to do Him some definitive service. He has committed some work to a young person which He has not committed to another. Each youth has a God- given mission. Every youth who is ambitious to grow to the full stature of noble manhood must make up his mind at the start that he has got to be bigger than the things that are trying to down him. If he doesn’t he will go down with them. Young people will respond if the challenge is tough enough and hard enough. Youth wants a master and a controller. Young people were built for God, and without God as the center of their lives they become frustrated and confused, desperately grasping for and searching for security.
MAKIISA TAYO SA ATING PASTOR SA GAWAIN NG PANGINOON Beata Agustin Ang ating Pastor ay masigasig na lingkod ng Diyos sa kanyang panawagan! Iyan ay kanyang isinasabuhay nang may kagalakan… Dahil sa biyaya ng Panginoong Kanyang kinakapitan! Tayo’y makiisa sa kanya sa pagsulong ng makalangit na kaharian. Ang ating Pastor ay tunay na mangangaral ng Diyos sa kahit anong panahon! Iyan ay kanyang ginagawa anuman ang haraping hamon… Dahil sa habag ng Panginoong Kanyang inaasahan sa lahat ng pagkakataon! Tayo’y makiisa sa kanya sa pagbahagi ng Ebanghelyong kaligtasan ang layon. Ang ating Pastor ay mapagtagumpay na kawal ng Diyos sa gitna ng mga pagsubok! Iyan ay kanyang ipinapakita laban sa Diablo at mga mapanupil nitong dagok… Dahil sa kapangyarihan ng Panginoong sa Kanya’y laging tumututok! Tayo’y makiisa sa kanya sa pagtaguyod ng katuwiran sa banal na paghimok. Ang ating Pastor ay tapat na katiwala ng Diyos sa kanyang pamilya! Iyan ay kanyang ipinapatotoo bilang bunga ng kanyang pananampalataya… Dahil sa panuntunan ng Panginoong pilit niyang ginagaya! Tayo’y makiisa sa kanya sa pagtatag ng tahanang ang pamantayan ay Biblya. Ang ating Pastor ay masipag na manggagawa ng Diyos sa kabila ng mga balakid! Iyan ay kanyang naipamamana sa mga Kristyanong sa gawain ay masusugid… Dahil sa lakas ng Panginoong sa Kanya’y nagtutuwid! Tayo’y makiisa sa kanya sa paggapi ng katamarang dulot sa ati’y kahirapang-bilibid. Ang ating Pastor ay tiyak na sugo ng Diyos sa pag-aakay sa atin sa liwanag! Iyan ay kanyang inihahayag sa pagmamahal niyang katotohanan ang ibinubunyag… Dahil sa pag-ibig ng Panginoong kanyang tuwinang kalasag! Tayo’y makiisa sa kanya sa pagtulong sa mga kapatid na sa paglilingkod ay naduduwag. Ang ating Pastor ay masunuring pinuno ng Diyos sa pangunguna sa atin! Iyan ay kanyang naipamamalas sa pagtugon sa kalooban ng Ama’t Kanyang mithiin… Dahil sa katapatan ng Panginoong kanyang pinasasalamatan kapag nananalangin! Tayo’y makiisa sa kanya sa pagtupad sa dakilang tagubilin.
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Rosary Manzanilla “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?” Jeremiah 32:27
Pinupuri at pinasasalamatan ko po ang Panginoon sa Kanyang kadakilaan at biyayang ipinagkakaloob sa aking buhay. July, 2004 noong ako po’y nakakilala sa Panginoon at nagdesisyong tanggapin Siya sa aking puso bilang sarili kong Tagapagligtas. Sa araw ding iyon, ako po’y nabawtismuhan at napabilang sa CBBC family. Isa pong napakalaking pribilehiyo ang lumaki sa isang Kristyanong pamilya, na kung saan sa biyaya ng Diyos ay naturuan akong mahalin at unahin ang Panginoon, sumunod at magpasakop sa authorities, at magkaroon ng takot sa Diyos. Nagpapasalamat po ako sa Panginoon sa ating Pastor na may vision at pagmamahal sa mga kabataang katulad ko. Ang mga programa, activities at preachings sa ating church ay nagsisilbing hamon at motivation sa aking mag-involve sa pamamagitan ng pagso-soulwinning, pagdidisciple, at pagbibigay sa gawain ng Panginoon. July 1, 2010 po ako sumali sa Sunday School Ministry sa biyaya ng Panginoon. Pinasasalamatan ko po ang aking mga naging Sunday School teacher na ginamit ng Diyos upang ako’y lumago sa aking buhay spiritual. Tunay pong “their labour is not in vain in the Lord.” Sa akin naman pong pagtuturo sa mga bata, napapalakas lalo ang aking pananampalataya, pagtitiwala, at kasigasigan sa Panginoon. Bilang isang college student sa secular university, nakita ko, sa tulong ng Panginoon, na hindi problema ang time management sa pag-aaral at pagiging involved sa ministry kung alam ng Kristyano ang priority niya sa kanyang buhay. Salamat sa Diyos na ginagabayan Niya akong unahin Siya palagi. Ngayon po’y nagpapatuloy at nagpapagamit ako sa Diyos, sa Kanyang pag-ibig, sa ministeryong ipinagkaloob Niya sa akin at sa Area 11 na aking kinabibilangan. Ibinabalik ko po ang pasasalamat at papuri sa Panginoon.
Maricar Del Castillo
"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man." Ecclesiastes 12:13
Ako po ay “laking Sunday School” dito sa CBBC na naligtas noong October 25, 2009 at nabawtismuhan sa araw ding iyon. Nagpapasalamat po ako sa Panginoon na sa kabila ng aking pagdududa sa aking kaligtasan ay nagkaroon ako ng katiyakan sa pamamagitan ng aking involvement sa Area. Sa biyaya ng Diyos, malaki ang nagbago sa aking buhay, ganundin sa aking pananaw, layunin at nasain. Nalaman at natutunan kong ako ay iniligtas ng Panginoon upang magkaroon ng takot sa Diyos at paglingkuran Siya ayon sa Ecclesiastes 12:13. Kaya nga sinisikap kong maging sentro ng aking isipan ang Panginoon sa bawat bagay na aking ginagawa. Sa pamamagitan po ng CBBC, lumago ako sa aking buhay Kristyano at nagkaroon ng pagkakataong makapaglingkod sa Panginoon sa pamamagitan ng soulwinning, visitation, BYF, at campus ministry. Dagdag din po rito ang ipinagkaloob Niya sa aking Sunday School Ministry. Nagpapasalamat din po ako sa ating Pastor, sa mga preacher at Sunday School teacher na patuloy na nagsisilbing halimbawa sa akin sa kanilang katapatan sa paglilingkod upang matulungan kaming mga kabataan at ma-preserve ang aming henerasyon at iyong mga sumusunod pa sa amin. Pinupuri ko ang Panginoon sa pagtataguyod Niya sa akin upang magpatuloy sa paglilingkod sa Kanya sa kabila ng mga problema, panghihina, pagsubok, at tukso. Masasabi ko pong ang Kanyang kapangyarihan at kamay ang kumikilos sa akin. Ang kaluwalhatian ay para sa Panginoon!
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Baptist Youth Fundamentalist @ 1:30 PM Maaari Mong Matiyak ang Langit Ang sabi ni Hesus, “Ako ang daan, ang katotohanan, at ang buhay: walang makapupunta sa Ama kundi sa pamamagitan ko.” Juan 14:6 Wala nang iba pang makapagliligtas sa iyo mula sa impiyerno. Magtiwala ka kay Hesus ngayon! Roma 6:23 “Kung ipahahayag ng iyong bibig na si Hesus ay Panginoon at mananampalataya ka nang buong puso na Siya’y muling binuhay ng Diyos, ikaw ay maliligtas”. Roma 10:9
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1. Aminin mo na ikaw ay isang makasalanan. Roma 3:10 2. Magsisi ka sa iyong kasalanan. Gawa 17:30 3. Manampalataya ka na si Kristo Hesus ay namatay para sa iyo, nalibing at nabuhay namagmuli. Roma 10:9-10 4. Sa pamamagitan ng panalangin, tanggapin mo si Hesus sa iyong puso bilang iyong Tagapagligtas. Roma 10:13 Manalangin ka ng ganito: Panginoon, ako po ay isang makasalanan at nangangailangan ng kapatawaran. Nanampalataya po ako na nadanak ng dugo ni Hesus at Siya ay namatay sa krus para sa akin. Nagsisisi po ako sa aking mga kasalanan. Tinatanggap ko po si Kristo Hesus sa aking puso bilang aking Tagapagligtas. Amen.
Attendance April 15 & 18 Sunday School Sunday AM Sunday PM Wednesday First Time Visitors Baptisms
2,363 2,367 1,168 585 179 35
MORNING 1 Chr 8-10 1 Chr 11-13 1 Chr 14-16 1 Chr 17-19 1 Chr 20-22 1 Chr 23-25 1 Chr 26-29
Ngayon: 1. Basahin mo ang iyong Biblia araw-araw upang makilala pa ng lubusan si Kristo Hesus. 2. Makipag-usap ka sa Diyos sa panalangin araw-araw. 3. Manambahan ka sa isang simbahan na pinapangaral si Kristo at ang Biblia ang tanging pamantayan. 4. Ibahagi sa iba si Kristo Hesus.
BUHAY NA WALANG HANGGAN PANANAMPALATAYA KAY HESUS
Reading Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
"Kung tinanggap mo si Hesus bilang iyong Tagapagligtas, ito na ang simula ng iyong bagong buhay kay Kristo." Roma 8:1
EVENING Ps 105:1-24 Ps 105:25-45 Ps 106:1-25 Ps 106:26-48 Ps 107:1-21 Ps 107:22-43 Ps 108
T A O
HESU KRISTO -KAYAMANAN -RELIHIYON -MABUTING GAWA (hindi makakapagligtas ang mga ito)
D I Y O S
IMPIYERNO
ACTS29 - Christian Bible Baptist Church official Sunday publication St. Francis Homes 2, San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines 4023 • Dr. Ed M. Laurena, Pastor telephone: (02)869-0433 • email: info@cbbcphilippines.org • website: www.cbbcphilippines.org
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