"SALVACION" BUC's CHRISTMAS PRESENTATION

Salvacion - Part 1 (Christmas Church Presentation) from Lance Filio on Vimeo.

Yes, we have done it. We have produced a Teleplay. See it here. It took some doing but we did it. This is for God alone.

BUC CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS WITH "SALVACION"

We have done it! We are now in post production of our teleplay titled "SALVACION". It will be shown on December 24th with the live concluding part. See you on that night! Our storytelling scince December 16 is going on nightly featuring our group "TROUBADOURS OF CHRIST."

SALVACION: BUC's 10-day Celebration of cChristmas 2009

CHRISTMAS 2009 will be a grand and different celebration at Baclaran Unida Church – it will run for ten days. From December 16 up to December 25, 2009 BUC will literally glow with the spirit of Advent. The theme will run through one Spanish word: S A L V A C I ON and it will be storytelling time from the start of Simbang Gabi. Storytelling of the Christmas Story in songs, prose and dance.

Christmas is a celebration of God’s Love. In the beginning was the Word and He created the whole universe making man as the center of all His creations. Why did it become necessary that God has to give His only begotten son so that Salvation may come? If it be our wish to know of this, we must go back to the beginning and hear the whole story from day one like a Christmas Teleserye.

December 16, Mierkules - Tesalonica at Young Adults “Ang Pasimula at Paglikha”
Patnugot: Michelle Vizcarra Storyteller: Abi David
December 17, Huwebes - Efeso at Kalalakihan “Si Rahab at ang 2 Espiya”
Patnugot: Arnold Limpin Storyteller: Billy Limpin
December 18, Biernes – Antioch at Kabataan - “Bakit Bethlehem?” (Boaz, Ruth at Noemi)
Patnugot: Elba David Storyteller: Asher Pascua
December 19, Sabado – Colosas at Kababaihan “Si Samuel, David, at Goliath”
Patnugot: Baby Padilla Storyteller: Ira David
December 20, Linggo – Filipos at Koro “Juan Bautista, Elizabeth at Zacarias”
Patnugot: Mecce Espiritu Storyteller: Nash Limpin
December 21, Lunes – Galacia at Mga Diakonisa “Si Jose, ang kaniyang lahi, at ang Anghel”
Patnugot: Pining Bederico Storyteller: Genesis Luz
December 22, Martes – Corinto at Mga Elders “Si Maria, ang tala, at ang Tatlong Hari”
Patnugot: Miriam Pascua Storyteller: JP Manuel
December 23, Mierkules – Sunday School “Nang Gabing Isilang si Jesus”
December 24, Huwebes
On Christmas Eve, it is traditional for the church to stage a Christmas Drama. But this year, we are going to go beyond this. We are going to shoot a video teleplay entitled, you guessed it, “SALVACION” and show it that night, plus of course live singing of Christmas Carols. Different and yet not that different.

The bad news is that the script had to be written for the storytellers and the drama of December 16-25. It is truly a daunting task! But the good news is that I have finished writing the script for the storytelling and drama and Lance and Nikki will direct the whole thing. And it only took three days to write. We have started rehearsals and are scheduled to shoot the whole day of November 28 in different locations. Reshoot and post-production will follow.

One of the things that bothered me is the fact that churches celebrates Christmas with dramas and thanksgiving worship on the eve of his birth. Yet on the very day of his birth the churches are closed. But not in Baclaran because we have a Happy Birthday Jesus Worship on Christmas Day, December 25 every year.

December 25, Biernes – Happy Birthday Jesus Christmas Worship
Patnugot: Pred. Irvin Rebucas Tagpagsalita: Rev. G.B. Filio
Ang Koro ay aawit ng dalawang Christmas Hymns
Pastoral Family Singers will sing. Offertory: Marigold dela Cruz
There will be singing groups and solo singers
We will come out with a DVD of the whole activity and we are sorry we cannot put it in our youtube channel because it will be too long. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

TYPHOON "ONDOY" POURED UNPRECEDENTED RAIN AND FLOOD

WHEN DISASTER STRIKES,
EVERYONE is caught unawares and totally surprised. “This can’t be happening. It has never happened before.”

This came out of our lips when Typhoon Ondoy poured rain water equivalent according to PAG-ASA to one month of rain. And it surely felt that way Saturday when the street in front of our house flooded in the wink of an eye. Looking out to where the sea was, we saw Roxas Boulevard under water and the water flowing into our direction instead of out to sea.

We went into the rain to assess the situation forgetting that I had my cell phone in my pocket. It conked out. Then I saw in the intersecting street my son Bengene in his small car trying to turn left into our house but by then the street was under water so I signaled him to back up. But because of the rain, he can’t see his rear so I went to him and guided him going backward to park in front of Ate Pet’s house.

I went back and saw our street flooded and the drainage clogged. I reached down and found a wet rug blocking it. I forced it out. Flood water came rushing down, with all the plastic bags, lots of them. I told one of the guys to guard the plastics from blocking the water.

Then I realized that if our street is flooded what about those places that are flooded when we are not? We thought about the house where our grandson Eli stays. We were informed that the front of house is already under water.

A day after we learned the extent of the disaster and another day later we are seeing the full gloomy news. Flood went into Gagalangin Unida Church, Tipas is under water and will stay so for a week or perhaps a month, Tipas Unida Church is surrounded by water and worshippers will have to go by banca to worship, and we received the news that our Pastor Rainier was rescued from the roof of their house. A lot of cars and vans were submerged in water.

Government agencies are busy rescuing people and feeding and curing those in evacuation centers. It will take a lot of time before we recover from this disaster.

BALIK-ESCUELA UNIDA

BACK to the UNIDA SCHOOL OF FAITH! Ang Layunin ng Baclaran Unida Evangelical Church sa taong ito ay: “Upang linangin ang kakayahang ang bawa’t isa ay mayroong binagong buhay, at magkaroon ng isang iglesiang buhay at gumagabay.”

In line with this, the church has initiated a return to the School of Faith by means of a joint Sunday School (Youth, Young Adults, and Adults) every fourth Sunday of the month.

The congregation were asked to write down questions and more than fifty were submitted and are now being answered by the panel of Church Workers: Rev. Gamaliel Filio and Preds. Irvin Rebucas and Lance Filio.

The church has a channel at youtube, a blogsite, and a PODCAST. Visit us at www.youtube.com/PastorGalying, www.bagongunida.blogspot.com, and www.churchcloud.com/ieudc/sermons.

LANCE, FOURTH PASTOR FOR TWO GENERATIONS

There is now great rejoicing in our family. Out of the blue, our youngest son Lance got the call from God to be a Pastor. He was ordained last May 16, 2009 at Unida Christian Center.

He is an Electronics Communications Engineer, graduated with honors from Mapua Institute of Technology, a manager with Eastern Telecommunications and for the longest time has been saying he will not be a pastor. But God works in mysterious ways.

His style is that of his grandfather Obispo Genio, not mine. But I take credit for the fact that he does research and writes his own materials, not copying nor adapting from others, thank God.

He and wife Nikki got their test of faith early. Last October 2007, their youngest son Eli was born a blue baby, one with inverted heart arteries and had to be operated on at Philippine Heart Center when only a week old.

Lance and Nikki passed the test of faith and Eli is now a precocious lad who laid both his hands on the back of his father and uttered Amen on the day that he was ordained.

Click below for Video of Pastor Lance.

PERHAPS BRITAIN'S GO TALENT BUT WE'VE GOT IT TOO!

THE following video amazes me. It is posted at youtube and we have favorited it in our channel www.youtube.com/PastorGalying and we are also posting it here at http://bagongunida.blogspot.com.
It features the youngest son of Dr. Aladin Mariano, a heart surgeon par excellance and youngest son of the late Rev. Laureano Mariano of Tipas Unida Church. This is the piano recital of Andrew at his graduation. Bravo!
Dr. Al and wife Dra. Evelyn and family are based in Chicago, USA.

UNIDA, A HISTORY IN VIDEO

UNIDA, A TRULY FILIPINO PROTESTANT CHURCH

This is our account of the History of Unida Church based on old manuscripts. The sermon introduces the history.



Researched & Written by Rev. Gamaliel B. Filio
(This account is based on the history of Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Cristo as written in 1932 in the original manuscripts that are now so brittle one has to be careful handling them lest they crumble. Some facts are a revelation to me and I know it will be to you. The first part is the result of research by the author but the second part is a translation to English of the 1932 A.D. original. God bless)

The IGLESIA EVANGELICA UNIDA DE CRISTO or UNIDA CHURCH was born on January 3, 1932 but the seeds that gave birth to it were sown at the turn of the century. It was preceded by the birth pangs of an independent Filipino Nation and emboldened by the coming to the Philippines of Protestantism and consequently the right to read and own a BIBLE.
Protestantism entered when, after 350 years of “abuse, oppression, cruelty, and injustice”1 by Spanish Friars and of prohibition on owning and reading the Bible under pain of death or imprisonment, Spain ceded the Philippine Islands to the United States for twenty million dollars. As the bell of freedom rung throughout the islands. Protestant missionaries came in with lots of Bibles that people can own and read. The HOLY BIBLE was opened to the Filipino people and it was a time of joy and peace, and progress. *
It was a breath of fresh air long awaited by the Filipinos. The Americans guaranteed religious freedom and the liberty to worship God without literally paying for it through the nose. “The peace-speaking guns of Admiral Dewey have opened the gates which henceforth make accessible not less than 8,000,000 of people who have for three hundred years been fettered.”2 Thus declared the statement of the Presbyterian General Assembly, in session at Winona Lake, Indiana, in 1898.
The United States established a Civil Government in the Philippines and “The Presbyterian Board felt that political and military relations into which the United states had been so strangely forced with reference to the Philippine Islands……involved certain moral and religious responsibilities…..and that Christian people of America should immediately consider the duty of entering the door which God in His providence was thus opening.”3
For this purpose they decided to transfer Rev. James B. Rodgers, who was stationed in Brazil, to the Philippines. Rev. and Mrs. James B. Rodgers arrived on April 21, 1899. And thus began the spread of Protestant Presbyterianism through him. *
There were five Protestant denominations in 1903 funded by their American Mission Boards. And through them, many congregations and churches were established.
But the spirit of nationalism was awakened in the heart and soul of the Filipinos not only in their political life but more so in their worship of the one true God. Their eyes were opened that Salvation is not by good works and graven idols but by Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Indigenous Protestant Churches sprouted right and left, independently of each of other. They built chapels (kapilya) on their own and they existed without financial help from the Americans.
In his book “An Observer in the Philippines ” subtitled “Life in Our New Possessions”, published in 1903 by the American Tract Society, REV. JOHN BANCROFT DEVINS, D.D., Editor of “The New York Observer” wrote in page 265, “It is the belief of many that the Philippine Protestants will soon have not only self-supporting, but also self-propagating churches, and that men in training now will be willing to give a part or all of their time to the work of the ministry, depending upon their converts for support and the erection of churches.”
And ultimately, the belief mentioned above winnowed only two groups that pursued to be self-supporting and indigenous. One of them is a church composed of six groups that bonded into One, IGLESIA EVANGELICA UNIDA DE CRISTO.
“In addition to three Manila congregations, there were three in Cavite Province, three in Laguna, and one in Pasig, in the province of Rizal. Regular services are also held in six other places and occasional ones in a number of other towns. There are six chapels constructed by the people, in addition to the large native church opened in Manila.”5
Those three churches in Cavite begun by Rev. Rodgers, specifically Bacoor, joined Iglesia Evangelica delos Cristianos Filipinos which together with Iglesia Trinitaria, Iglesia Reformada, and three smallers groups formed IGLESIA EVANGELICA UNIDA DE CRISTO. Rev. Devins narrated a visit with Rev. Rodgers in 1903 to Cavite Viejo and Bacoor in his book pages 282-287. And the old history of Bacoor Unida Church confirms this.
The years that followed saw a people, awakened by nationalism, seeking to be an Independent Nation. Consequently, Filipino Protestant Churches sought to be independent and self-supporting, giving birth to a number of indigenous churches whose converts support the pastors and erect their own churches. It was hard going for them as their pastors were given no compensation and instead gave to the church.
In 1930 a group of them came together at the instance of Don Toribio Teodoro, owner of a shoe factory named “Ang Tibay”, who is a Lay Leader of Iglesia Evangelica de los Cristianos Filipinos and known as “King of Slippers and Shoes”. This meeting was held on November 10, 1930 at 2200 Rizal Avenue, Manila and those who attended were Atty. Prudencio Remigio and the General Superintendents Pastor Gil Domingo of Iglesia Trinitaria, Pastor Moises Buzon of Iglesia Metodista Reformada, and Ob. Victoriano Mariano. After a repast prepared by Mrs. Maria de Jesus Teodoro, they secluded themselves in a room and each one prayed for the Holy Spirit to guide the proposed unification of their three churches.
After their prayers they discussed the proposal and each one consented with the proviso that they will consult their churches about the unification. The consensus in the three churches was for the unification of their indigenous churches.

The first Meetings
In the meetings of each of the three churches they decided to bond their three churches together as one. However, Brother Toribio Teodoro received the urging from God to invite all the other Evangelical or Christian Churches being run by Filipinos. He did not waste any moment but immediately called on all Evangelical Churches that he knows to a special meeting that will be held at the factory of “ANG TIBAY” at 714 Ilaya Street, Tondo, Manila.
He also invited to witness and verify the beautiful plan to unify the Evangelical Churches some Gentlemen Brethren whose names are prominent and known in the entire country for their efforts to spread the Gospel and everything that will redound to the benefit of the country. They never wavered in helping to the best of their ability and they are Teodoro Yangco of Iglesia Evangelica Presbiteriana, Dean Jorge Bocobo of Iglesia Metodista Episcopal, and Atty. Prudencio A. Remigio of Iglesia Evangelica de los Cristianos Filipinos.
Ultimately, thirteen Churches were invited and came to the second meeting held at “ANG TIBAY”. At the start, almost all of the present representatives of Churches happily agreed to bond together all the evangelical churches in order to eradicate disunity and in order to be a unified force that can bring down the forces of evil and sin, fanaticism and all the bad vices that are prevalent in the islands.
But the 13 was trimmed down to 6 and this six examined the Constitution presented by Victoriano Mariano. After discussion, debate, careful examination, consecutive meetings, prayers and scrutiny of the verses needed the Constitution was approved.

The Meeting to Choose the Name
Choosing the name of the six churches that bonded into one happened after worship service on October 4, 1931 A.D. at the temple of Iglesia Evangelica of Atlag, Malolos. They held the meeting of the representatives and supporters of the six churches after lunch at the house of Pastor Quintin D. Santiago. Six names were submitted to be the name of the church unified by God. When the temporary chairman, Toribio Teodoro, asked the body how they will choose the name, Victoriano Mariano
suggested they should do it by PELOTILYA and it was approved without debate by the whole assembly. So they prepared six small papers on each of which they wrote the six different names suggested and they also prepared one on which is written “it is not here.” They rolled the seven papers and put it inside a hat (sombrero). They prepared another set of six papers on each of which they wrote “that is not the one” and also another one on which they wrote “That is the name God chooses to be the name of the unified church”. They rolled the seven papers and put it in another hat (sombrero).
The two hats were placed each on opposite ends of the table in front of the Chairman. At the suggestion of Victoriano Mariano, two five or six-year old children were made to stand at opposite ends of table where the hats were placed. Then they all knelt down to pray for God to point to the one he chooses so that all will agree. Victoriano Mariano, Atanacio Pineda, and Pedro Castro led the whole congregation in prayer. After the prayers, the whole congregation stood up from their knees and the first child was asked to draw a paper from the first hat and so also with the second child. They both raised up their hands to be seen by all. The first paper was opened and it read: “Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Filipinas”. The second paper was opened and it read: “That is the name God chooses to be the name of the unified church”. There was joy and rejoicing and acceptance of the will of God and they all stood up and as one they sang GLORIA PATRI.

Meeting to elect the Permanent Officers of the Church
The temporary chairman called a meeting on October 21, 1931 A.D. at “ANG TIBAY”. The representatives of the six churches that bonded into one decided to hold the elections of the permanent officers who will lead the new church. They agreed to separate or elect first (in the way the first disciples separated Joseph and Matthias Acts 1:23) three official candidates for the position of Superintindente Heneral by means of secret ballot. And the names elected were Moises Buzon, Juan S. Pring and Victoriano Mariano. And the three were submitted to God in Pelotilya, the same way that it was done in choosing the name of the church. The knelt down and prayed. (Acts 1:24) God chose Victoriano Mariano to be the Superintindente Heneral and then in the same way were chosen Moises Buzon as Secretario Heneral, Quintin D. Santiago as Tesorero Heneral, and Atanacio Pineda as
Ebanghelista Heneral. (Acts 1:26) The length of their term as decided also by Pelotilya is three years.

The Way of Electing
In order to prevent the entry into the hearts and mind of anyone, the destructive lust for power or position that is responsible for disunity of brethren and the outrageous habit of destroying the reputation of others and of lifting up of one’s self and inveigling others to make himself popular so that he will be elected the way it happens in the politics of the country, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED IN A MEETING WITHOUT DEBATE that from NOW and up to the FUTURE, the election of the officers of the church will be as it is done now by means of prayer and pelotilya or drawing of lots as it is taught in the BIBLE as written in Proverbs 18:18; 16:33 and Acts 1:23-26.

Announcing the Founding of “Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Filipinas”
In the last meeting of the representatives of churches they set the day January 3, 1932 A.D. to announce the founding of the church at the Manila Grand Opera House. They also decided to invite all the Evangelical Churches whether they are run by foreigners or not.

This is the history of the birth of Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Filipinas, and we respectfully and graciously greet all the Evangelical and Christian Churches of the Philippine Islands that is unified in glorifying Christ as Lord and Saviour by spreading the gospel to the world and to bring salvation and truth to all.

A Slight Change in the Name
However, when they went to Register the name, they were informed by the government agency that there is already one with the same name although in English namely United Evangelical Church of the Philippines. To avoid confusion they went back to God and by Pelotilya God chose the name ‘IGLESIA EVANGELICA UNIDA DE CRISTO.”
The name registered according to Act Number 1459 at the Department of Commerce and Industry was IGLESIA EVANGELICA UNIDA DE CRISTO number 5477 February 6, 1932.

BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT AT 47 YEARS OLD

God gave so many talents that are not seen and heard and appreciated. Thank God this one got out. When 47-year old Susan Boyle went onstage Simon was rolling his eyes and the audience and judges were so sickeningly cynical and laughing inside, but when she started singing “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables her voice was so angelic that they gave her a standing ovation. A lot of them cried. Enjoy and perhaps shed a tear or two.

From MARCHA UNIDA to KAISANG UNIDA, HAYO NA!

From seven decades ago, our UNIDA forefathers left us this song titled MARCHA UNIDA, composed by Prof. Hilarion Rubio, with lyrics by Atty. Ismael Santos. They called us their "KAPILAS NG AMING KALULUWA." Here is the song with a video of Baclaran Unida's parade around Barangay Baclaran during their 77th Anniversary.



In 2007 for UNIDA's 75th Anniversary our signature song is KAISANG UNIDA, HAYO NA! Here is the song with a video of Baclaran's 77th Anniversary Parade.

MYEVANGELISM

KAISA! THE POWER OF ONE!
By Rev. Gamaliel B. Filio

FOREWORD
I did not plan to put in writing my STAND on Evangelism at this time, not wanting to “rain on anybody’s parade.” But God and events have a way of interfering in the lives of men and who are we to question them? But let me be clear at the outset. Since I am not part of the leadership of Unida Church today, the stand made here is personal to this pastor. Responsibility therefore rest on me and mirrors a whole lifetime of learning the Word of God in Unida Church.

MAIN THESIS
WHEN Jesus said: “GO YE!” HE MEANS YOU. He is talking to you. He is telling you. He is telling each ONE of us. ALL OF US. He is teaching you your true worth - the POWER OF ONE, KAISA! The goal therefore is for EVERYONE to be a gospel-bringer (Lahat Tagapaghatid ng mabuting balita)

SUBTHESIS
GROWTH does not refer to quantity but rather to the quality of a man’s faith. As to how deep the roots of the Word of God is growing, unseen, in those that believed. It is God who is “causing this growth” , not men. It is not how many but what kind of Christians are produced that can make a difference in the world.

ANTITHESIS
THE wisdom of men will try to impose upon the church its own version of the “Way, Truth, and Life.” And for this, churchmen will be used.

SYNTHESIS
JESUS is the only WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE. Everything else will fall at the wayside.

DISCUSSION

John 17:11-12
Jesus prayed, “Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name -the name you gave me- so that they may be one as we are one. “ NIV

John 17:20-21
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.” NIV

1 Cor 3:6
I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. NASU

Mark 4:26-29
He also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain-first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come." NIV

INGESTING THE WORD OF GOD
These are the words of the Scriptures. INGEST them and God will cause them to grow in you. I know because I saw this miracle in the old members of Unida Church who showed me the way of the Lord in their lives. Picture in your minds the pioneer Unida pastor propagating the word of God “without pay” while others yield to the American dollars and you will realize how strong that faith is.

GO YE MEANS YOU!
“God might have sent angels to evangelize the world. But He did not. He might have broadcast the message from Heaven. But He did not. He might have utilized a heavenly TV, but He did not. God chose to send men, men saved from sin, to win other sinners.” 1

Our main point is that when Jesus said Go ye, he meant that each and everyone should be a bringer of the gospel of the saving grace of God wherever he is and wherever he goes. He did not call only a special group of people to do it but that everybody should be doing it. This is what we are aiming for: Each One a Gospel-bringer. Each ONE to have beautiful feet. How? Rom 10:15 "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!" NIV

ONE FOR ONE: EACH ONE, REACH ONE
This is a simple program, a simple plan. The Pastor is to move all to action on to God’s Agenda. To instill in the minds of the people that like Paul all that is being asked of them is to plant and water (translate to “share and explain the words of God”) and God will cause the growth. But he must move all of his members, no exemption, to share and explain the good news and God will do the rest.

This is the power of one. KAISA! In the previous three years we have proven that we can be one and achieve great things to show our nation that we exist and that the Holy Spirit works in us.

GROWTH IS NOT A QUESTION OF NUMBERS BUT OF FAITH
My youngest son, who has gathered and read all that I have written, pointed out to me that his generation has been bombarded with teachings that growth is measured by numbers and since Unida has not achieved big numbers they passed judgment that it failed. And the irony he points out is that many in Unida believed this. But it is not so, he says, because our 75 years show our great faith. He wrote me the email below: (slightly edited)

Dear Dad,
May the spirit of our evangelical founding fathers live in him who stands against the teaching of a different gospel than the one we have received since the beginning.

For while others may refer to it in different names or mask it In different ways, it is obvious that their assumption against us, UNIDA, will always be the same: We are SMALL in numbers so we are NOT growing, therefore we FAILED the Great Commission of Christ.

And where is this assumption coming from? Definitely not from us, UNIDA. Because if they really are with UNIDA since the beginning then they would have shared the same sentiments of UNIDA who has been there since the beginning when the gospel was preached freely during the last century. (1 John 2:19 “They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us. NIV”)

How can one assume that there is no discipleship happening in our churches only because they do not see it happening just like in other churches? How can one assume that our small membership reflects a weak commitment to the gospel when we have been doing it for the past 75 years? How can anyone from us feel that we failed our Lord in His call to make disciples just because we cannot show big numbers for the past several years?

We shall mourn the day when UNIDA concedes to this kind of faith. For then we would know that we indeed failed. But our failure will not be failing to grow our numbers but failing to GROW our FAITH.

We would have failed to see the invisible hand of the Master in His church inspite of our few numbers.

“Never underestimate the spirit of a dedicated few.
Although often ridiculed by the society and dismissed by the mighty,
A handful minority has the power to change the entire world.”

En Xristos,
Lance

THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD
But the wisdom of the world will try to encroach upon the church to bring it down under the guise of putting it up. And many will be deceived.

Christianity grew inspite of the world. It is in this world and yet it is not of this world. And because it is and because it lives by God’s wisdom, men and women learned in the ways of the world will try to insinuate themselves into the church to make it appear that they are the ones responsible for its growth. Yet the Bible says: “It is God who is causing the growth”, not men, 1 Corinthians 3:6. Amen.

AFTER ALL THINGS ARE SAID AND DONE...
We finally have Jesus to show us the TRUE “Way, Truth, and Life.” The way of the world confuses and misleads, the truth of the world is suspect, and life in this world ends.

But Jesus guarantees Life without end. He said: John 11:25-26 "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" NIV. Yes, I do believe.

UNSHAKEABLE ANCHOR. We have to anchor our lives on something that does not move and cannot be moved. A place where the gates of hell cannot prevail. A Kingdom where God reigns. THE CHURCH OF CHRIST that is built upon the Rock that JESUS is the Son of the Living God. There is only One God, there is One Lord, there is only One Saviour by whose Name man lives forevermore – JESUS. THE POWER OF ONE. THE POWER OF LIVE FAITH.

AND NOW THE FULL "Ang APAT" FINALE EPISODES

BUMAC CARRIES ON THESPIC LEGACY

WE HAVE COMPLETED A DREAM. A full Christian Telenovela produced and performed by the BACLARAN UNIDA MULTI-MEDIA ARTS FOR CHRIST (BUMAC). It is now uploaded at www.youtube,com/PastorGalying and right here in chronological video order for easy wiewing. The first two parts were shoot and edited as a Telenovela but the succeeding episodes were dramatized live at Baclaran Unida Church last December 24th. We have finished the Epilogue but it will be uploaded 2 or 3 days from now.

Baclaran Unida Church has a thespic legacy that dates back to the days of Pastor Genio, Tagumpay Garcia, Rodolfo Lusterio, up to the present Administrative Pastor, Rev. Gamaliel B, Filio, and now to Lance, Nikki, and Abbi & the newly organized BACLARAN UNIDA MULTI-MEDIA ARTS FOR CHRIST (BUMAC) composed of (in alphabetical order) Amaba, Jhervy; Borja, Kristine C.; Casimiro, Belle; Cortejo, Danica; Crisologo, Sharmaine; David, Abbi; David, Ira Azel G.; David, Lei; Deleña, Jasmine; Domingo, Shem; Erroc, Melanie; Espiritu, Mecce; Espiritu, Myki; Esquillo, Lady Francis P.; Giron, John Mark P.; Giron, Krissha Paula; Giron, Nico John Paul; Giron, Ryan Paul; Hernandez, Rodilynn; Ignacio, Michael; Lazarte, Jewel Faith G.; Lazarte, Jewel Love G.; Legaspi, John Paul; Limpin, Billy Joel; Limpin, Nash; Luz, Genesis; Manuel, Jared; Navoa, Pamela; Ortanez, Ronamay; Peñas, Andrea; Peñas, Angelica; Rebucas, Irvin; Rivera, Mara D.; Santos, Emmanuel; Sarmiento, Red; Tabaranza, Jacob L.; Untal, Carlos; Untal, Jemearl; Untal, Liloy. Special Participation by Lance Malachi “Eli” Filio, Arnold Limpin, and Dra. Amy Manalaysay

A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN AT SEVENTY-SEVEN

BACLARAN UNIDA CHURCH celebrates its 77th Year on Saturday and Sunday, January 10-11 2009.

The celebration begins with a parade of the 300-strong church on Saturday spearheaded by the 80-member BESC Drum & Lyre Band around Barangay Baclaran, followed by a free medical check-up for its members. Sunday begins with a worship and ends with a Congregational Fellowship.

Baclaran Unida has a signal achievement this term as its newly organized Baclaran Unida Multi-Media Arts for Christ introduces its own Telenovela titled “Ang Apat” that can be viewed at www.youtube.com/PastorGalying and this blogsite.