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Weaving the Patchwork of Justice and Peace in a Broken World |
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The NCCP Library has a collection of books about theology, faith, and personal, social and cultural issues as they relate to theology and our faith. The Library has also worship resources such as ideas for sermons, hymnals, and liturgies. |
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National Council of Churches in the Philippines |
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Sangguniang Pambansa ng Mga Simbahan sa Pilipinas |
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NCCP to Undertake Membership Census
The NCCP 22nd General Convention approved to undertake a census of individuals of the 10-member churches of the NCCP. This was upon the recommendation of the Membership Committee, an ad hoc committee created during the April 2007 Executive Committee meeting following questions on number of delegates to the Convention. The Membership Committee drew up guidelines and a form regarding the conduct of the census. |
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JOB OPENING AT NCCP |
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The NCCP is in need of an ASSISTANT PROGRAM SECRETARY for the Program Unit on Christian Unity and Ecumenical Relations This program unit of the NCCP is tasked to articulate and project the ecumenical perspectives and theology of the Council to various audiences. |
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Get Your Copy of Tugon! Only PhP 200.00 (exclusive of shipping and handling) |
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Going to Iloilo and Antique three weeks ago to see and assess the damage caused by Typhoon Frank is not one of those experiences that you would remember, set aside and move on. No. It is an experience that will cling to the core of your being and you’ll not be able to let go. How can you set aside the memory and knowledge of people who lost their homes, loved ones, livelihood, and dreams? I do not think that anyone can just sit by and watch. Damage assessment will naturally issue in a response to the needs of those severely affected by the disaster. The NCCP member churches in Western Visayas lost no time in immediately attending to the needs of the people and to organize and conduct a systematic way of relief and rehabilitation through the Western Visayas Ecumenical Council (WVEC). I had the pleasure of helping out in the distribution of relief goods in Barangay Calmay, in Janiuay, Iloilo. WVEC volunteers were at their warehouse in the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (CPBC) compound in Jaro on an early Saturday morning to load the goods onto the jeep. I am sure that Ate Mayda Eusebio of the CPBC left her home before the crack of dawn to go to the WVEC warehouse to help in the preparations as she leaves far from Jaro, a good 4-hour trip. |
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Loading the relief goods for distribution. |
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Waiting for their turn. |
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The bamboo rafters inside the sari-sari store where the children held on for dear life. |
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After the Storm... |
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Let us end deceit and falsehood! (July 23, 2008 Press Statement) |
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The bag of goods contains rice, the staple of Filipinos. It is ironic that we are giving rice to rice farmers and even more ironic that we are distributing rice to the people of Iloilo when Iloilo is the rice granary of Western Visayas. It makes one think of the delicacy of the balance of life -- a slight tip, and disorder is created. If the scenes I have viewed immediately after the Typhoon are haunting, what more to those who experienced it? Who were actually there on that stormy night? The havoc the Typhoon Frank wreaked will forever be in the memories of people in Western Visasyas especially those who have lost their homes and loved ones. The Typhoon’s fury brought trauma to children and adults alike. Ms. Sharon Rose Joy Ruiz-Duremdes, a teacher at Central Philippines University had observed that when classes opened two weeks after the raging typhoon, all her students could talk about was the storm – where they were stranded, what happened to their homes, how they coped, stories about their friends who lost everything, etc. One student seems to be too traumatized that when she recites, sometimes she just stops and exhibits a blank face and she couldn’t continue with what she would like to share in class. And when it rains while she is in class, Ms. Ruiz-Duremdes notices her body stiffens. I just wonder what this young woman went through at the height of the storm. |
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A month after the storm, it seems that everything is back to normal – classes have resumed, roads have been cleaned, and there are no more people in evacuation centers. But upon closer scrutiny, a lot of |
