Category: Church Blog
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Ang Kapahayagang Cambridge (The Cambridge Declaration)
What is “The Cambridge Declaration?” In his May 11, 1996 article in World Magazine, “God and Man at Cambridge,” Joe Maxwell writes about the founding of The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. In this opening Declaration, the ACE indicts American evangelicalism’s lack of theological moorings. Here are the first few paragraphs of his article: Worries that…
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Sunrise Service on Resurrection Sunday
Join us in celebrating our Lord’s resurrection for our salvation at 5:45 – 6:45 AM on April 5, 2015. This will be an open-air public service at dawn (sunrise will be at 5:48 AM). The theme of the service is “Knowing Christ, Our Highest Desire” based on Philippians 3:8-12 and Job 19:26, 26. You can…
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Inquirers’ Class Manual
[wpdm_package id=’12314′] A new Inquirers’ Class started March 1, 2015. Thanks to Rev. Michael Brown, pastor of Christ United Reformed Church in Santee, California, who provided us with a copy of their Membership Class Manual, we now have a Manual of our own. As written in the Preface, the class is designed to…
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Photo Gallery 2008
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5 Reasons Why We Prefer Not to Have Godparents for Our Children
Some people noted that our infant baptisms do not include godparents. Because ninongs and ninangs are so entrenched in Philippine culture, we do not prohibit parents from asking their relatives or friends to be godparents. But we also instruct the parents about the reasons why we prefer not to have godparents for their children.…
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The Beginnings of Reformed-Presbyterian Churches in the Philippines (Part 2)
Part 1 * Download the whole article (PDF) The spread of Reformed presbyterianism in the Philippines was not limited to Manila and the island of Luzon, but also included other parts of the country. CDO, Marawi City and Other Mindanao Groups In 2009, Pastor Vic Bernales introduced his friend Glimar (Glem) Melo, a pastor…
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The Beginnings of Reformed-Presbyterian Churches in the Philippines (Part 1)
Part 2 * Download this article (PDF) The exercise of a federative relationship is possible only on the basis of unity in faith and in confession. (I Corinthians 10:14-22; Gal. 1:6-9; Ephesians 4:16-17) ~ “Foundational Principles of Reformed Church Government” by the United Reformed Churches in North America Last week, Rev. Richard Bout, Chairman of the…
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2014 Festival of Lessons & Carols
Welcome to our Festival of Lessons & Carols on December 24, 2014 at 4:00 – 5:15 PM. Through readings from God’s Holy Word, we will recount the dramatic history of salvation. We will survey the whole panorama of redemptive history from the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2-3, through the promises to the Patriarchs, the…
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Liturgy for December 21, 2014
Download bulletin (PDF) Welcome and Announcements Entering into God’s Presence * Call to Worship:Â Psalm 148 * Invocation:Â Psalm 121:1-2 Minister: We lift up our eyes to the hills. From where does our help come? ALL: Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. * God’s Greeting:Â Galatians 1:3-5 Grace to you and peace…
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“Against the World”
Athanasius Contra Mundum (“Against the World”) The body of the Word, then, being a real human body, in spite of its having been uniquely formed from a virgin, was of itself mortal and, like other bodies, liable to death. But the indwelling of the Word loosed it from this natural liability, so that corruption…