A. We are going to elect additional Elders and Deacons on Oct 25 in all our services. The Council wants the church to know and pray for the Nominees it is endorsing. As part of the process, they will give a 3-5 minute testimony. For this morning, let us welcome Brother Bal Crooc to be followed by Bro. Abet Canlas who are nominees for deacons.In the 3pm service, Deacon Henry Remigio and Deacon Frankie Resus who are nominees for Eldership.
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B. We praise the Lord for the privilege to have served about 400 families in the recent onslaught of Typhoon Ondoy. Thank you for those who donated in cash and kind, as well as the many volunteers who helped. Our church continues to receive donations for phase 2 of our operation which will entail serving the broader community around our churches not just in relief but also in rehabilitation. Please course your donations through our deacons or Deaconess Rachel Villanueva.
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C. We will have the yearly Reformation Rally on October 25, Sunday at Los Banos, Laguna. However, for this year, we will continue to have our regular Sunday services here in Shangrila but we will send 60 of our members to attend. Our church will provide a bus that will leave 7am at the back of Shangrila, in front of Mercury Drug and return 5pm. Those who are interested to join, please sign-up at the reception, first sign -up basis. Merienda is provided there but everyone will need to bring or buy his or her own lunch. We will also provide election ballots to those who will go with the bus that Sunday.
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D. YOUTH BAPTISM CLASS will be held on Oct. 18, 2009 at the BreadCom Facade, 11:00am. Please look for Cris Ramos..

E. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ORIENTATION on Oct. 17, 2009 at BreadCom Center, 9:00 to 3:00pm. Ministry Servants, church leaders and everyone is encouraged to attend. This training will provide our church additional information on how to respond to calamity and disaster situations more effectively.

F. Shangri-La is closed on November 1, we will not have service that day. We will have our service on October 30, Friday 6:30 – 8PM instead.  

G. Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture (ISACC) is organizing the Care of Creation Seminar on November 9 -10, 2009, from 8am-5pm.  Resource speaker will be Mr. Edward Brown, Executive Director of Care of Creation, Inc. (U.S.A.) and author of book entitled “Our Father’s World: Mobilizing the Church to Care for Creation”. 
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