Christian Youth Fellowship

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!                     The SU church youth ministries (OSF, PK, J2MAD, HS-CYF and College CYF) had a joint youth Christmas fellowship at Jollibee North Road

It’s Christmas time once again and the youth ministry of SU church will be holding their Christmas party on Friday, December 16, 2010, at the Jollibee North Road function room. The party will begin at 6:30 and end at 8:30, I repeat, from 6:30 – 8:30 PM ONLY . Please be punctual and observe proper time. Our exchange gift is for a minimum of 50 Php. We will observe a dress code, wear anything purple (advent color) or if not white with a purple highlight. We hope to see you there! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Seasons Greetings to all! We would like to thank all of you who supported us during the Youth Christmas Bazaar. We are glad to report that we have reached the amount to buy gifts for half of our intended recepients - the Looc Outreach children. We are looking forward to completing the amount and spreading the joy of Christmas to others. Thank you very much for your help! To God be the Glory!

Rev. Pia opens the bazaar in prayer. (photo by Greg Morales) Thank you for your support in the SUC Christmas Youth Bazaar! So far, we are running out of things to sell, which is a good thing if I may say. The Bazaar will be ongoing until the 29th however, we will be closing for the fiesta and the charter day.. we resume on the 26th. Please continue to support our cause! To God be the Glory!

Inspired by the movie Letters to God, shared by the Saa sisters, Ate January and I were inspired to do the same for the CYF via the Catacombs Special. We decided to create a venue for the youth of the church to learn to express themselves, to learn how to communicate to God and to grow in that personal relationship with Christ. We created a tiny mailbox in the catacombs where we gave the youth time for them to write a letter to God, be it in thanks, a prayer request,etc. Fortunately, the CYF and the PK took the letters to God seriously. In the movie, the letters were later used to touch the people who were mentioned in prayer. What we plan to do, however, is to have an intercessory prayer for the letter writers. The letters will circulate among the pastors and a core group of prayer warriors that we are going to establish. Each letter will be prayed for by prayer warriors and pastors. This way, we also aim to promote the power of prayer in the lives of the youth. May God bless th...

CYF holds Christmas Bazaar Opening day November 21, 2010 SU Church grounds. Inclusive dates are Nov. 21-23 & 26-29. Proceeds will be used to purchase Christmas gifts for our outreach children's program in Lo-oc. May the spirit of Christmas live in this spirit of endeavor. Contact Person: Pastor Bernie, Norman and January Ways you can support the Youth Bazaar: 1. Sell You may sell cakes, pastries, home decors, books, souvenirs, plants, fruits, pre-used or other gift items. Ten percent (10%) of total sales will go to the cause. (The church will provide a table for you but you can surely bring your own if you wish.) 2. Donate You may donate some items that the youth can sell in the rummage booth. 3. Promote Help us promote the project through word of mouth, e-mail or your Facebook accounts . 4. Pray Let us pray for God's special blessings upon this project that the Church may be a channel of blessings to the outreach children this Christmas season. To Go...

Storyline A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and community and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's journey and his family by reading the letters. They inspire him to seek a better life for himself and his own son he's lost through his alcohol addiction. Movie Night` Letters to God shared by Jules Saa Another inspiring movie night that made us realize that sometimes people who are sick are the one's who is more understanding, forgiving and possess positive attitude than those who take care of them or people that surrounds them. When they are suppose to provide comfort, encouragement rather we are the ones being comforted, assured and inspired by them that through sickness they have seen the other beauty and blessing that God provided for each one of us. That being sick is just a physical hindrance for our mobi...

The Father’s Love John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave us His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life” The story of the bridge portrays the love of God for us. We watched this during our morning devotion in the youth retreat camp. It moved us so hard that we all began to cry. I myself couldn’t stop crying even until breakfast. The film strip shows a very realistic view of what the world really is about. It makes us ask ourselves “what have we done in our lives so far?” Many of us are like the passengers on the train: the lonely, the angry, the selfish, the hurting, and the addicted. We are usually living our lives without caring, often ignorant of how big the sacrifice of God is to save us by letting Jesus die for our sins. Most of the time we see and hear this story in the perspective of Jesus; this time we see it in the perspective of the Father. “The salvation of all required the sacrifice of the one so dear.” The pain...

Send off dinner for Karlo @ KRI last October 25, 2010

Last Friday, instead of the regular acoustic night at the catacombs, we had a movie night at the parsonage (pastor Bernie's). We watched a film, entitled Fireproof - an inspiring movie that talked about faith and marriage. The film had a lot of significant Christian values imparted to us. It also is a good film for the youth since in this time and age, relationships are very immature, and misguided. It puts into perspective what LOVE really is and gives value to commitment. The movie was created by the same makers of Facing the giants, another wonderful Christian film. After the movie, we enjoyed the fellowship snacks (Roberto's pancit) and the insights learned from the movie. The attendees were: Pstr. Bernie, kuya Oyen, Ate January, Norman, Janjan, Jules, Danna, Freitzel, Rodulfo, Rayelynn, Nikolai, GJ, Karlo, and Kuya Greg. We look forward to more movie nights with the youth fellowship.

The Silliman University Church held a sequel to last summer's retreat, entitled Because You Are Young, on October 14 - 16 at NCCP Banilad. It was a fun-filled experience as well as a very inspiring one. The retreat revolved around the key verse from 1 Timothy 4: 12 wherein the topics centered on becoming an example in SPEECH, LIFE, LOVE, FAITH, and PURITY. Our speakers were members of the board and deacons, namely: Ate Ana Montebon, Kuya Oyen Alcantara, Kuya Roy de Leon, Kuya Leonel de Jesus, and Pastor Bernadette Amistoso-Morales. Three events where also added to our retreat that were not in the previous session: the stargazing, the Amazing G-race (from SU church to Banilad) and the water olympics. These events served as a team building activity for the youth. We had no high-school and elementary participants unlike before since their exams was moved and their schedule conflicted with the availability of students.