Thursday, June 01, 2006

MACTAN CELEBRATES 21st ANNIVERSARY


The Church of Christ in Mactan has just celebrated its 21st anniversary last May 21, 2006 where about 500 people attended the commemoration.

For 21 years Mactan Church is proud to have added 3 more Church leaders which totals to 10 Church Leaders. With its 3 full-time workers, more than 10 ministries have been actively operating and ministering to church members. Also, launching the Children’s Worship late last year is one thing we can be proud of.

The 21st Anniversary celebration last May 21 was a success with the special help of the Church Leaders, the Ladies of the church who had the initiative to get sponsors for the food, the Sunday School teachers who did their best to keep the children in the classrooms until the service is finished, the ushers, the organizers and the workers of MCOC.

The sermon was delivered by Bro. Aldous Echegoyen who presented the Gospel of Christ through his sermon entitled “The Voyage to Faith”. He preached about the beauty of being the child of the Living God and how a person can become a child of God.

Mactan is still in the process of growth and advancement. We are hoping to be able to reach our goal of 300 worshippers before the end of this year. We are also praying to convert as many as 50 souls by the end of 2006.

Please continue to pray for us. Thank you for all your support.

See more pictures here
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/a_echegoyen2000/album?.dir=/40f1scd

Saturday, May 13, 2006

NSO Seminar in MCOC

THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE
Solemnizing Officers Seminar on Marriage Law in the Philippines
May 12, 2006


Lapulapu City, Cebu - - The event was a success with about 15 ministers and church leaders attending the seminar last May 12, 2006 at Mactan Church of Christ.

13 ministers from Cebu Province, 1 from Butuan and 1 from Pasig City, attended the seminar on Marriage Law in the Philippines held by the National Statistics Office spearheaded by Atty. Lilia B. Tandoc, Regional Director of NSO Cebu.

The seminar started at 9:00 AM and ended at 5:00 PM. Among the topics and speakers are: Marriage Laws in the Philippines (Mr. Firmo C. Diputado), Updates on the Bacolod Convention (Atty. Lilia B. Tandoc), How to Fill-out the Marriage Certificate Form (Mrs. Anna Marie Yap), CENOMAR and Republic Act 9048 (Mr. Ronaldo C. Taghap), and Procedures/Requirements of Solemnizing officer (New Applications/Renewal) by Mrs. Candida S. Taghap.

The open forum was also patiently responded to by the speakers and all of the questions have been liberally answered. Also a slight issue on our doctrine of church autonomy has been discussed and solved. Apparently, it is only possible to get a Solemnizing License when the person applying has a recommendation from a SEC recognized and registered congregation.

On the other hand, Bro. Barry Murell will be composing a letter of resolution, as suggested by Atty. Lilia Tandoc, which may possibly help preachers from small congregations and/or congregations not yet registered with SEC. Atty. Lilia Tandoc promised to assist us in this process.

The seminar was mainly organized by Mactan and Babag Congregation lead by Bro. Elmer Palacio and Bro. Aldous Echegoyen.

This has been beneficial to all those who attended not just because of the Certificate of Attendance that they received (which is a requirement to get a Solemnizing License) but also because of the knowledge that they acquired.

Ministers and Preachers of the church needs to promote moral and legal marriage, family conduct and submission to the Government. I could say that this seminar has helped us to move one more step forward to that.

All participants received a Certificate of Attendance and a Family Code of the Philippines book.

- - Aldous

For other information regarding Solemnizing License please check http://www.philippinechurchesofchrist.org/news/solemn.htm

Also Check How to Register Your Congregation at http://www.philippinechurchesofchrist.org/sec/sec.htm

Monday, May 08, 2006

NEW CHURCH LEADERS

NEW CHURCH LEADERS

Mactan Church of Christ has added 3 more leaders last March 2006...


Bro. Roger Brown

Bro. Seth Tugunon

Bro. William Sameon

We now have 10 Church Leaders in Mactan. The other 7 are:

1. Dante Zulla
2. Gerry Bastonero
3. Ronnie Alegre
4. Reming Bensi
5. Pilmer Sausa
6. Alfred Tan
7. Charlou Famorcan