By Pastor Marlou Javier
After a progression of seminars and trainings given to the volunteer programmers of Cagayan Valley, the last stage is the hands on Digital Program Production Training and Program Concepts held last January 28 to February 8, 2008
at the FEBC Compound in Valenzuela City. The first batch of volunteers who attended the training on January 28 to February 1, 2008 from Cornerstone Church were Pastor Marlou Javier, Pastor August Manio and Sis. Jane Mangadap. They were joined by other volunteer programmers like Bro. Robert and Sis. Lily Garcia of Cauayan City, Sis. Virgie Dulluog, Pastor Dante and Pastor Lito of Cagayan. The first batch were so excited because of the new experience and challenge they are about to face. Exciting also because for some, it was the first time to use a computer and a mouse. Pastor Dante gave joy to the group as he tried to hold and move the mouse for the very first time. The cursor moved on all directions of the monitor and he even hold the mouse up. We told him to put down the mouse and just place it on the table while controlling the cursor. 
Thanks We all had the best laugh of our lives when he asked where is the mouse when he is actually holding it. After two days, Pastor Dante, Pastor Lito and Pastor August can now maneuver the mouse very well and already have a know how on using the computer. Thanks to Sis. Jane who taught them the basics of computer encoding. the more to Pastor Em who unwearyingly taught us to produce digital audio programs. We learned a lot about creativity and program concepts through our very good and effective speaker, Peter McIntyre. The final day and evaluation of the programs we produced was the most exciting of all coupled with nervousness and anxiety. The evaluators , Peter, Ate Miriam, Pastor Em and Pastor Caloy, were all superior and first rate in every detail assessment. The second batch of volunteer programmers from Cornerstone Church who attended the same training on February 3 to February 8, 2008 were Pastor Danny Mangadap and Pastor James Bastian. They were joined by volunteer programmers from Cagayan. The same with the first batch, the second batch also had funny experiences in trying the “Toy” or the mouse and the computer.
After the training, the first fear of holding a computer for the very first time or the fear of modern technology faded away . The volunteer programmers were all excited now to produce digital audio programs. The desire to share the Word of God is now in their hearts. Everyone were challenged to do something new, something great and something extraordinary for the Lord this mid year of 2008.
Here's the video about FEBC, :D! Enjoy and God Bless To All! :D
These message send by my friend, and I want you to read it. Is VALENTINES DAY is Biblical? You will be the judge. But i pray that God will open your understanding!
Valentines day background
The origions of the world's most loving day
Valentine's Day
Forget the red roses, sentimental cards, and candle-lit dinners
this St. Valentine's Day. Do something really unusual this
year, something that harks back to the original traditions of
this ancient day of love - like sacrificing a goat, for
example. Yes, as with many modern festive days, St. Valentine's
is an old pagan festival which was later adapted by
Christianity. The roots of the Feast Day of St. Valentine lie
in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, believed to have
been held to ensure protection from wolves (lupus in Latin
means wolf).
Every February 15, Ancient Romans would gather in nearby caves
and sacrifice goats or dogs. The bloody knife would then be
smeared on the foreheads of two youths of good breeding and the
blood wiped off with wool soaked in milk. The whole party would
then run through the streets wearing the skins of the
slaughtered beasts and beating people with straps of goatskin.
This was also believed to encourage fertility and infertile
women were supposedly glad to receive the blows.
While Lupercalia seems to have more in common with the riotous
behavior of modern soccer crowds than with St. Valentine's Day,
the romantic and fertility significance of the ancient Roman
festival was gradually incorporated into the Christian Feast
Day of St. Valentine on February 14.
Exactly why is a mystery. None of the limited historical
evidence shows either of the two martyred Saint Valentines as
having any connection with love or romance. One legend,
however, has it that Valentine, a priest and later bishop of
Rome, performed secret weddings when Emperor Claudius the Goth,
believing marriage prevented men from being good soldiers,
banned them.
Valentine was clubbed to death, then beheaded, on February 14
around 270 A.D. during the Christian persecution. In a way, it
could be said he died for love and it may be for this that his
feast day, named in 496 A.D. by Pope Gelasius, has become
associated with romance.
The modern festival of St. Valentine's Day dates from at least
the 14th century. It developed most strongly in England and
France, but throughout all medieval Europe it was believed to
be the day when birds chose their mates.
The first recorded Valentine note was sent by a French knight
captured by the English at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. On
St. Valentine's Day he sent his wife a rhymed letter from
London, where he was imprisoned. The first recorded Valentine
from a woman was sent in 1447 by a Norfolk lady to her lover
saying: "To my right well beloved Voluntyne."
While drawing a girl's name from a love urn remained the
traditional way of choosing one's Valentine in parts of England
and America up until the 1880s, many other customs evolved
concerning the lovers' day.
Throughout England, one way to chose your Valentine was to kiss
the first person of the opposite sex you encountered in the
morning. Another English custom practiced by young, unmarried
women in the 1700s was to pin five bay leaves to their pillow.
If during the night the girl dreamed of her sweetheart, it was
believed she would be married within the year. She could help
stimulate the desired dream by scooping out the yolk from a
hard-boiled egg, filling it with salt, and swallowing it (shell
and all).
The BIBLE declare that "Be excellent of what is good and be innocent of evil" ( Rom.16:19 ).
It is our joy and pleasure to help each child discover his or her uniqueness and gifting so that they can fulfill their God-given destiny. That is why, we are comitted to shepherd, nurture and equip every child whom the Lord has entrusted to our care.
The Kids Church is very exciting and challenging! We have a lots of activities every Sunday, that will give a greater impact to their lives and to be more closer to the Father. They learn more about God and how to worship Him in spirit and in truth.
