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.

AT LAST, OUR VERY OWN TELENOVELA

We have posted our drama done in our church. But now we start to post the "Ang APAT" Telenovela as we have shoot it the way it is done on TV. This is our very own. Enjoy! The concluding FINALE will be posted later. When downloaded and processed on youtube, the resolution suffers a bit. But our DVD copies are crystal clear and of good quality. When we have shoot the concluding part, we will come up with the DVD copies.

THE FINALE EPISODE OF "Ang APAT" TONIGHT DECEMBER 24TH

Tonight we play the FINALE EPISODE of our Telenovela “Ang APAT” in a live drama at Baclaran Unida Church.

The episodes started last August and became the centerpoint of our sermons two Sundays of every month culminating on December 24th.

The presentation tonight will be two parts – One part video and the last part is a live drama.

If you are in the vicinity of 1139 Unida St., Baclaran, Paranaque City, please join us and be a part of our celebration.

PASKO NA NAMANG MULI!

We live in a jaded world. We use to celebrate Christmas with much more ardor. But now the ardor has gone. Yes, by December there are so many activities and to-do’s but most of them are downright commercial and eerily superficial. What is missing is the meaning of Christmas.

I grew up in a fishing village that was Baclaran when people were so few that everybody knew each other by name, pet-name, or teasing-name like talakitok, kandule, patola, or dat-dat. And oh how they celebrate Christmas!

My generation and the generation before me ANTICIPATED Christmas. As soon as the “ber” months began the simple people of Baclaran girded for the big event in December. Christmas carols were already heard and people were more “mabait” to each other than usual. It was a three-month anticipation plus a month-long celebration.

But now we have become so jaded that we have reduced it to a week-long celebration plus a month-long commercial anticipation. What an insult to the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings whose birthday we are waiting to celebrate.

And please pray tell me one thing: why is it that we, Christians, celebrate Christmas in full worship services on the eve or the night before the birth of the Son of God? And does not worship or celebrate on the day of His birth?

I find it a blessing that I grew up in a Church that offers Thanksgiving Worship to God on Christmas Eve and again on Christmas Day. At Baclaran Unida Church we worship on December 25.