Marvin’s Place

Liberty Presbyterian Church is conducting its month long anniversary celebration this August. The theme is about commitment and spreading the Word of God.

There will be eating fellowships every after service and everyone is encouraged to invite a friend to attend, not just the anniversary, but permanently, in the church.

However, our first day of celebration was met with a bit of unexpected situations. (1) A vehicle by one of our members (they use it for their business) was stolen. Good thing is they really have faith in God and was able to carry on with it. (2) Our Pastor was not able to finish his message due to mild food poisoning. He went to a wedding last Saturday. And the worst effect took place during Sunday morning. He was sent to the clinic in the afternoon. Some of his friends who were also in the wedding sent him a message that they also had the same situation. Good thing it’s not serious and was able to go home the next day.

Still, God is good.

We conducted a two day seminar for Sunday School Teachers. And it’s been a great one. It is our first conducted by our church, and for us speakers/lecturers, it’s our first time also. 7 teachers attended the seminar.

I want to thank God for the success of this seminar. I pray that what we learned can be applied properly to improve and develop our Sunday School Organization.

Soli Deo Gloria…

Our church made an abrupt change last Sunday. It was so abrupt that almost half of the members weren’t able to attend the Sunday Service. It is about the schedule of the Service.

When I came in to that Church, Service starts at 10 in the morning. After few months, we have decided to move it at an earlier time (8 in the morning) so we could conduct Sunday school for adults after the service. Sad to say, members doesn’t want to go to church that early, so they came to church around 9 a.m., and later on 10 am. So, our pastor announced that the adult Sunday school shall be 9:30 and Service begins at 10.

Last Easter Sunday, we had our “Sunrise Service” at 5 in the morning. Almost everyone is in the church by 5:20. During the service, our pastor mentioned that he thinks it would be nice if we move our schedule in an earlier time. After the service, some members talked about moving the schedule at an earlier time because of the following reason:

• It feels more relaxed if we go to church at an earlier time
• It is summer (Philippines, tropical country) and it is hot (I mean HOT) at noon time, so if we could go home at an earlier time, we the sun isn’t that “high” yet.
• You can do your “things” that you want to do (cook, go to mall, chat with peers, etc) longer after the service.

Even I, myself, agreed with these. As you can see, the reasons are materialistic and for personal gain.

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This is a nice article, a reminder to all worship leader (including me)..

Arson or Spontaneous Combustion.