In previous years, despite having no standardized program or funding, Open Table MCC has responded to and participated in relief efforts during typhoons and other disasters. Without a formal program, the church has always had to stay “on its toes” to determine the best way to respond and mobilize when disasters occur. We know that […]
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General Community Quarantine – Pastoral Advice and Message
Marami sa atin ang pagod na at nahihirapan sa pagkakaroon ng Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) sa loob ng humigit kumulang na 78 days pagsapit ng May 31. Marami ang higit na apektado lalo na sa mga mahihirap nating mga kababayan na mga informal workers, day laborers at sa iba pa na mga nagsusumikap sa araw-araw […]
Salvation in Coming Out
2016 10 12 Our coming out like that of Jesus is not a onetime event. It will be a series and a lifetime indeed of coming outs, crucifixions, resurrections, empty tombs and expelling demons who know our true selves as children of God. Coming out is not alien to Jesus. The greatest story ever told, […]
Sunday Preaching: Psalm 139
Psalm 139:1-18 (New International Version) For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before […]
Sunday Preaching: Of Capernaums and Nazareths
Mark 2:1-12 (NIV) A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four […]