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Life & Ministries:
     • The Choirs
     • Men (UCM)
     • Women (CWA)
     • Young Adults (YAF)
     • Youth (CYF)
     • Children
     • Cluster Bible Studies
     • Sunday Church School
     • The UCLEW
     • @the Catacombs
     • Kalauman
     • Foster Care
     • Jail Ministry
     • Multi-Media Ministry
     • Others

IMPORTANT DATES
TO REMEMBER:

MARCH 9
(Sunday)
The 10:00AM and 4:00 PM services will have as guest Preacher Rev. Elmer Saa, Senior Pastor of UCCP Cagayan de Oro City.

MARCH 16
(Sunday)
Baccalaureate Sunday at 8:30AM. Guest Preacher: Rev. Bernadette A. Morales, UCCP Cosmopolitan Church of Manila. (Note: The other services will be cancelled on this day. The Commencement Program will be held in the afternoon).

MARCH 20
Maundy Thursday - 7PM

MARCH 21
Good Friday - 1:00PM

MARCH 23
Easter Sunrise Service (Amphitheater), 5:00AM
Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. T. Valentino Sitoy
10AM - Confirmation Sunday
(Note: There will be no 6:30AM, 8:00AM and 4:00PM services)

FROM THE
PASTOR'S DESK

We are nearly over the school year. How time flies.

We have not been able to thank so many people personally for their ministry. But this is better late than never. (READ)

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continued construction!
Please bear with us.

 

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Fourth Sunday in Lent

We are now in the fourth week in the season of lent and we all look forward to our lenten activities. This coming Sunday, March 9 we will have as guest preacher the Rev. Elmer Saa, the Senior Pastor of UCCP Cagayan de Oro City. On March 16 (Sunday) we will be celebrating Palm Sunday as well as the university's Baccalaureate Sunday for all the graduates at 8:30AM. Our guest preacher is the Rev. Bernadette A. Morales of the UCCP Cospmopolitan Church of Manila.
     We will have a Seder Meal during our Maundy Thursday worship service on March 20 at 7:00PM, while our Good Friday worship service will be at 1:00PM on March 21.
     Our Easter Sunrise Service is scheduled at 5:00AM at the Amphitheater with the Rev. Dr. T. Valentino Sitoy, Jr. as guest preacher.

Photo at right: CWA Holds Retreat. The Christian Women’s Association led by its president, Mrs. Nena S. Guasa, gathered at the Calderon Beach Pavilion in Calo, San Jose for a day-long retreat on Saturday, March 1, 2008. The Rev. Edelmira I. Navarro coordinated the day’s program on the theme “Growing Into Christian Maturity,” featuring songs and games. Mrs.Ophelia R. Pantejo gave brief testimonials on the theme. The group deliberated on future plans and possible projects for the coming months.The much- appreciated lunch was prepared by Mrs. Paciencia Bucol. A worship service ended the retreat on a meaningful note for the women.

Bible-Reading Marathon
Dumaguete City Council receives Bible

The Dumaguete City Council, led by Dumaguete City Mayor Agustin Perdices receives the Bible that was used in last January's Bible Reading Marathon. The Bible was turned over to the City Council after it was read completely during the Bible-Reading Marathon last January 23 to 26 which saw the Bible being read from Genesis to Revelation non-stop. It took a total of about three and a half days with around 356 persons taking turns reading from the pages of the Bible for 15 minutes each.
     The turn-over was done at the City Hall last January 31 during the council's regular session together with pastors coming from Silliman University Church and the Gospel Ministers' Fellowship of Metro Dumaguete.

Reaching Out!
YAF 20s initiates Project Blessing

The Silliman University Church Young Adults Fellowship 20s is embarking on a project called “Project Blessing,” a fundraising campaign for the “least of our brethren.” This campaign adopts the “least coin” concept where each member drops their loose coins into their coin bank as often as they can within a month. The collected coins will be remitted every last Tuesday of the month to the organization’s treasurer for safekeeping.
     To launch Project Blessing, some YAF 20’s members plan to start a feeding program for street children dubbed “Pospas Alang Sa Kabataan ug Katilingban” to be held at the space in front of the Silliman Bookstore and SU Coop every Sunday beginning March 2, 2008, Sunday, at 9:00 a.m.. This project is open to all.
     YAF 20’s meets every Tuesday for Bible Study and Fellowship, 7:30 p.m. at the Catacombs.
     For more details, please contact Pastor Haniel Taganas (09173002001) or Ellen Dejaresco-Calunsag (09189087881) or Oyen Alcantara (09177060729 or 09287647001).

Dr. Proceso U. Udarbe donates
book for Rural Pastors Fund Drive

We continue to sell Dr. Proceso U. Udarbe's book "On This Side of the Jordan" to help build up our Rural Pastor Endowment Fund. We successfully raised more than enough funds for the gift-giving last December and the actual gift-giving was a great success (see above article). Copies of the book can be bought from the church office at P100.00 each. For alumni and friends who would like to give Dr. Udarbe's books as presents to residents of Dumaguete, please contact our church office during office hours or email our office assistant Ms. Blanch Utzurrum (church@su.edu.ph). We are thankful to Dr. Udarbe for his generous heart. To God be the glory!

Silliman University's 106th Founders Day
WORSHIP SERVICES MESSAGES
Theme: "Descending Into Greatness"

Chief Justice Reynato Puno
 10:00AM Guest Preacher, August 26, 2007

"Servant Leadership"
“Their styles of leadership were in contrast. King Herod's idea of leadership was ascending the ladder of power to rule and staying there for good. Jesus' concept of leadership was descending from the top to the bottom of society, not to rule but to serve.”
(CLICK HERE TO READ THE COMPLETE SERMON)

 Dr. Noriel C. Capulong
 8:00AM Guest Preacher, August 26, 2007

"Descending Into Greatness?"
“True greatness is not to be sought after. It simply has to be practiced out of our love for God and the people to whom we are being sent to serve even if this comes unrecognized, unrewarded and unacknowledged. The motive should only be love and not the aspiration for greatness.” (CLICK HERE TO READ THE COMPLETE SERMON)

Rev. Barton L. Kelso
8:00AM Guest Preacher, February 3, 2008 • Udarbe Memory Chapel Worship Service

"Pressing On"
“Sometimes life overwhelms us with trouble. Illness, and grief and a host of other sufferings are no respecters of race or culture or level of education. And it's in times of suffering that Christ's people most especially need one another's support and encouragement. We need to be reminded then that the fellowship of Christ is often a fellowship of suffering, which we share with him and with one another.” (CLICK HERE TO READ THE COMPLETE SERMON)

 Dr. Noriel C. Capulong
 3:00PM Guest Preacher, February 4, 2008 • UCLEW Faculty & Staff Convocation

"Silliman Way of Growing up in Christ"
“Anyone who feels they could live with their own kind of moral and ethical values apart from and independent of the demands of our faith may have to re-examine their own sense of calling and reason for being in this place. For our calling is for a life and work ethic which provides a faithful witness to the kind of living that can inspire, not just our students, but also those in the community and beyond, towards discerning their own sense of calling and mission in life.” (CLICK HERE TO READ THE COMPLETE SERMON)