Youth Sunday!!!
Today we celebrated Youth Sunday under the bigger celebration of the Christian Education and Nurture month. I am so happy to see so much enthusiasm in the youth today as they took the leadership of all our worship services, from the 6:30AM Silliman Heights Chapel service, down to the 8:00AM, 10:00AM, 4:00PM worship services and the specially made for the youth 5:30PM contemporary service. The 4:00PM spilled over its alloted time, pushing the 5:30PM service to start past 6:00PM already. But hey, they had a great time worshipping God with music, testimonies, and messages from the youth as well as from Pastor Haniel.
I joined in the 8:00AM service, it being my ‘regular’ worship assignment and served as its minister. Cool! Micah Dagaerag, a philosophy student, gave the message while Jennelie Bomediano who just passed the Medical Technology board examinations last week gave a testimony. Our 8AM worship service was held at the big church since the body of Dr. Raymundo R. Dato, Sr. was still in the Udarbe Memory Chapel. We held the funeral service at 1PM and had the commital soon after day. However, I didn’t go to the commital anymore since I was scheduled to go on our Sunday shut-in visits together with some members of the Board of Elders.
We were able to visit Mrs. Dolores Tabasuares who is already 84; Major Rustico and Mrs. Edna Paralejas who are 88 and 86, respectively; and Mrs. Genovena Macalisang who is also in her 80s. With me were Prof. Connie Cadeliña, Mr. Clinton Jubela and a Divinity School Field Education student (Yen-Yen).
Coming back to church at the end of our shut-in visits, I chanced upon Neil Rio who just had their 3rd child baptized during the 4:00PM worship service. Neil and I go way back together in our NSDC-CYF (Negros-Siquijor District Conference Christian Youth Fellowship) years where we were both actively involved in the leadership.
Praise and thanks be to God for a very fruitful Sunday! To God be the glory indeed!
