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[from the DMYP Philippines Desk]
When we talk about youth ministry, ang madalas na pumasok agad
sa utak nan ay fellowship, games, drama, camps, instutes, at
kung ano pa. Which goes to show that we view youth ministry as a
series of program that we should implement.
Tanungin nan ang mga Methodist youth district and annual
conference ocers kung anong pinakamahalagang ministry nila at
sasabihin nilang ang Christmas Instute! In the United Methodist
Church in the Philippines, we have lots of programs and events:
Leadership trainings
Christmas Instute
Sportsfest
Spiritual retreatSummer Camp
School for Chrisan Youth Development
Etc (Bahala na kayo mag-isip kung ano pa )
And what is our usual measure of success with these events?
Siempre, yung dami ng kabataan na nagpunta sa program nan!
Take for example our Christmas Instute. If a district CI had an at-
tendance of 80 or less than 100, sinasabi nan, Bakit ang kon?
and we go on to decide that this years CI is the worst in the his-
tory of the UMYF!
Pero kahit na maraming nag-aend sa CI nan, say 300 or more,
sabihin nan Wow! Ang galing ni God, andaming umaend!
But, aer the Christmas Instute, what happens?
Honestly, maraming members ng local church ang skepcal sa
commitment ng mga kabataang galing sa CI.
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Usually, pagkagaling ng mga ka-
bataan sa CI, they are on re, and
theyre very acve in the church
they sing in the choir, they aend
almost all church acvies, and
be part of the Praise and Worship
Band.
January, lumalagablab na apoy ang
spirituality ng mga kabataan.
February, parang apoy sa stove.
March, uling nalang ang nara at
marami-rami na ang madalas um-
absent sa church. See you next CI
nalang!
In fairness to our young people, itsnot enrely their fault.
We priorize programs over people,
and when we do that, we compro-
mise the spiritual growth of young
people in our church!
Sabi ni Kenda Creasy Dean and Ron
Foster, sa libro nilang The God-
bearing Life, instead of focusing on
programs and events, let us focuson developing signicant relaon-
ships with young people. They said
further:
Naaalala mo ba kung sinoang taong may pinakama-
laking impact sa buhaymo? Was it because of aprogram or because of ameaningful relationship?How can we balance pro-grams and relationships?
Signicant relaonships with other Chrisans maer because
they teach us something about what God is likethe One who
can love us in spite of ourselves and who loves us passionately
enough to suer willingly on our behalf
Wala namang problema sa programs. Okay nga kasi they help
integrate young people into the life and mission of the church.
But more than programs, young people need relaonships
Teenagers need faithful adults to represent the gospel, to
shore up their faith, and to guide them in mission. (Dean &
Foster)
Kaya nga, we need a paradigm shi. When we plan for programs
and events, lets make sure that there is space and me for
young people and adults to develop meaningful relaonships.
Imperfect man tayo, (sino ba kasing perfect in the rst place?)
we can point people to Christ, kagaya ng ginawa ni John the
Bapst nung dumang na si Jesus.
June is the beginning of the conference year of the United
Methodist Church. Umpisa na ulit ng pagpaplano at pag-iim-
plement ng mga programs at events. So, as you plan for theseevents and programs, keep in mind that relaonships maer.
Kahit gaano kaganda ang program, if walang meaningful rela-
onships na mabubuo between young people and some of the
faithful adults of the church, mahihirapang mag-grow spiritually
ang ang mga UMYF.
Pero ingat lang ha, when I say relaonships, hindi yan evangeli-
gaw or disciplechicks ne?
REFLECT ON THIS!
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DiscipleShifSMACK Forum 2 Challenged Pinoy
Methodists to Be Hardcore Disciples
Jesus didnt wait for His disciples to come, but He
went where they hangoutat their workplace,
shingand asked them to follow Him and be sh-
ers of men, said Keynote Speaker Michael McCord
of the General Board of Higher Education and Min-
istry (GBHEM) during the second Student Method-
ist Active in Campus Kirk (SMACK) Forum last May
25-28, 2011.
Organized by the National United Method-
ist Youth Fellowship in the Philippines (NUMYFP)
in partnership with GBHEM, SMACK 2 themed,
DiscipleShift: Making hardcore disciples of Jesus
Christ for the transformation of the campuses (and
the world), aimed at bringing back our Method-
ist roots in campus ministry, empowering existing
chapters and encouraging interested individuals/
church to start one.
One of the most untapped har-
vest areas of the church is the
campus, reaching out to student
youth. Most of the time in our
churches, we tend to make the
people come to us rather than
going out and taking them in,
especially inside the campuses.Yet, our roots indicate otherwise.
The Methodism movement started
in Oxford University- a campus-
with the Wesley brothers, John
and Charles, along with some of
their friends, doing acts of piety. Topmost pic: Rev. Tangunan of Solano UMC being given a certicate ofappreciation by Czarina Ramos, John Samuel Ramos and Joy Eva Bohol;
Above: Rev. Michael McCord of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministryposes after delivering his talk on United Methodist Campus Ministry.
Joy Eva Bohol
Do you want to bea United Methodist
CAMPUS MINISTER!
ContactJohn Samuel Ramos
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Around 30 participants, both youth
and church workers, from around
the country participated in the event,
having majority of them committed
to serving as full time campus min-
isters from one semester to lifetime
after being commissioned. Interaction
between the student leaders and the
adult workers led positive discus-
sions on shifting the church focus from
issues to ministries. Plenary on Youth
Situation, Filipino Youth Culture, Cam-
pus Ministry; team building; breakout
groups; among others by speakers
from within and outside the United
Methodist Church were also included
in the program, strengthening theskills of the participants.
SMACK is an initiative of the National UMYFP, which started in April 2006. It was formally
launched on July 30, 2006 at UMC Good Samaritan, Quezon City. Around 60 students at-
tended the rst SMACK General Assembly. And in 2007 the SMACK Handbook was published
with Mighty Rasing and Earlie Pasion, former NUMYFP presidents, as authors.
The Vision of creating SMACK came from the general observation that there is an apparent
decrease in number of college students who attend the UMYFP activities. One of the reasonsidentied is that college age young people feel too old to join the youth activities and mingle
with the increasing numbers of youngsters. In addition, more young people are leaving their
provinces to pursue college education in the cities.
With the large number of UMYFers moving to metropolitan areas for college, most of them
cannot fully integrate themselves in the UMYF chapters in the city churches. Also, there are
few or no UMC-initiated campus ministries reaching out to these young people. As such, they
look for other young peoples ministries or organizations where they can be involved. They join
ministries that reach out and cater to their spiritual needs. As a result of their integration, theybecome members of new churches and later on forget their Methodist Heritage.
Michael said that it doesnt matter if we only reach out to only one or three students as we
start our work. Whats important is our relationship with Christ and how we could reect it to
someone and be a blessing to anyone we meet. If we channel Gods impact upon us and has
transformed a persons heart, more and more people would come to hear Gods word and be
blessed themselves.
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revelation 3.20revelation 3.20
devotionalThe telling of something has an effect on the
hearer. for example, when young people in the
church call for fund raising, they manage to con-
vince people to respond.
When the audience screams SAMPLE, Sample
at the guest or host of a noontime show, then it is
understood that the audience wants to see a per-
formance of that host.
Sometimes though, saying or asking something
is not a provocation to act, but a provocation to
change ones mindset.
A single knock on the door can be ignored. But
imagine if that knock becomes a persistent call,disturbing and calling out to you?
The knock and call of God is persistent and those
who hears it cannot help but respond to God.
The call goes to anyone without biases on the sta-
devotional
By Pastor Jonathan Loscostus or gender. As long as you are counted as one who hears by the one who calls, then the call IS for you.
If we respond to the call, something happens. If we open our doors, Gods call can take over our very lives!
When the call takes hold of us, we identied as the ones who know and hear the call. Opening the doors ofour hearts is the rst act of responding to the call! If we do not open our hearts to the One who calls us, then
we remain closed, set in our own ways.
The most amazing part is thisthe purpose of the caller who calls anyone is to share Himself with the called
and so the called and the caller will be together. As we respond to the call, the caller becomes with us and
now, an opportunity is established to share a meal, a fellowship and even face to face conversation.
As we respond to this call, God also gives us a task.And as young adults, the best time to meet the de-
mands of this task is during the prime of our lives. A young adult has potentials that other people in other age
levels do not.
The young adult is a source of change and in the Bible God has called and used young adults. Even Jesus!He began his ministry at this stage. This stage is the optimum condition of a human being and though this is a
beautiful condition it is given only once and then it passes away.
As long as there is the call of God and the task set before us, with the knowledge that this age comes only
once, it is wise for us to use it and even invest our energy and lives on things that will eventually bring fruit
that lasts. It is truly a wonderful thing for the prime of a persons life lived well.
God is calling because your life counts and this stage of your life matters.
By Pastor Jonathan Loscos
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Is the UMC really committed to
young peoples ministries?Rev. Mike RatliffAlmost every article written or speech given in the leadership arenas of our church includes a statement on the
need to engage young people in ministry and leadership. Is this because the church is responding to Gods call
to make disciples of young people and provide room for them to join our mission to make disciples and trans-
form the world? Or is it because we know that without younger people, the church is doomed to wither away
into oblivion in the not-so-distant future?
If the church can reach out to share the saving grace of Jesus Christ with young people and invite them to be co-
journeyers in the unfolding story that we are co-creating with God, we will nd them ready and willing to take
our hand and leap into an unchartered future.
If, on the other hand, it is perceived that we are seeking simply to save the church by nding ways to get more
young people in the door, the current trend of young people abandoning the UMC in search of meaning, belong-ing and a compelling mission will most certainly continue. If we do the rst well, the concern about the second
goes away. Believing that Gods love is real and effectively inviting young people to share in that love will cre-
ate a sustainable church into the future.
In the book A Short History of Methodism, we are told that
in 1784 American Methodists were asking in their Discipline,
What shall we do for the Rising Generation? Two of the
four recommendations are as important today as they were for
the founding leaders of the Methodist Church in the United
States, Talk with them every time you see any . . . and Pray in
Earnest for them.
Does every youth in your congregation know that there is at
least one adult other than their parent who knows them by
name and cares about what is going on in their life? Do they
know that there is at least one adult who is consistently, daily
praying for them (and knows them well enough to know what
to pray about)? The Search Institute has identied the need
for every young person to have at least three signicant non-
parent adults to support their development. The Transitions
research project at Fuller Seminary has discovered that the key
to keeping college students connected to the church is the development of meaningful relationships while those
students are youths.
Can we do this in our church? Consider this information from our 2009 statistical data report. The statistics
tell us that we have 421,000 youth and 188,000 young adults involved in ongoing formation and study settings
in the U.S. There are probably at least twice that many young people related to our churches, so can we know
and pray for 1.2 million young people? Is there at least one adult for every youth and every young adult in your
church who could get to know them and pray for them? Want to know what difference it could make?
Watch this video: http://youtu.be/Ko6WM_7Ha2Q.
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There is more we need to do. Young people consistently share that their church wants them in worship, but
not enough to change worship to better relate. Their church wants them in leadership, but not if they are going
to challenge the way things have been/are being done. Their church wants young people to come inside their
buildings, but doesnt want those buildings to show signs that they were there. These statements are generaliza-
tions, and there are many exceptions where young people are loved, respected and seen as partners in ministry.
However, the fact that over 10,000 of our churches report NOT ONE youth or young adult involved in ongoing
spiritual growth experiences tells another story.
The recent Call to Action report suggests that we need more programs for children and youth. While there areplaces where this is true, the crying need for our young people is to have meaningful relationships with caring
adults who will openly and honestly share their faith journey and encourage our youth and young adults along
the path to discover God through Jesus Christ and to discern a future that utilizes their gifts to transform our
church and their world.
Sadly, we often hear that there are only 7.8 million of us in the United Methodist Church in the U.S. Lets
instead look at how those of us who are adults represented in that number might join with the young people
among us to change our world, and in so doing, change and grow our church as well.
The Rev. Ratliff is associate general secretary of young peoples ministries at the General Board of Discipleshipin Nashville, Tenn. This article was originally published at the UM Reporter, http://www.umportal.org/article.
asp?id=7848. Used by permission.
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Balancing ActBeing a United Methodist Young Adult
April Gonzaga-Mercado
I was born in a family of musicians, policians, arsts and comics. A prominent family, I should say, both in
my local town and my home church. I grew up aending Sunday Schools and family Bible studies. I grewup listening to my Dad and uncle as they sing Gospel duets. I grew up singing in a choir and I became more
and more acve in church throughout my teenage years. Summer camps, Christmas Instutes, praise and
worship pracces, cell group meengs, name it I did it.
Back then, life in the church seemed so sweet. I feel like I can be the master of everything. I was like a
circus acrobat doing a balancing act. Juggling between my me for my studies, for my ministries, for my
friends and for my family really seemed like an easy feat. But I knew that at some point I will begin to
struggle with my me. I had to choose between choir pracce and thesis wring, between praise and
worship rehearsals and on-the-job trainings, between my friends and family, between my church and my
personal aspiraons. I was at a crossroads.
Aer graduaon, I knew I had to make my schedule work because I have a new path to take and a new
challenge to conquer. I was ready to leave my ministry in pursuit of a career. But I was also glad at the
same me because I knew I will soon be free of a ring roune that occupied me for many years. For me,
there was nothing more sasfying than the feeling of independence. Or so I thought.
I was a fresh graduate, who got her rst job, who was also in a loving relaonship, who met her new set
of friends. My world suddenly became bigger. My horizon broadened. I was soaking in the moment of
independence. And at that point in my life, as supercial as it may sound, that I thought: life couldnt be
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any sweeter than this. Sadly enough, there was no holding me back from picking my new life over my
past involvements. My decision was swi and easy but came o as somewhat in a haphazard state. In 2
short years aer graduaon, I never thought that I would be in life-changing situaons. I was compelled to
resign from my job to enter domesc life.
I got married at the very young age of 22, instantly becoming Mom to my then 3-year old stepson (be-
lieve me, my love story is another story on its own ;-D). At 23, I gave birth to my baby girl. Fast-forward to
another 2 years, another blessing came in the form of a second son. At 25, I felt like I had it all. The Lord
blessed me with a loving husband and 3 beauful kids.
2002: Joshua 8, Julia 5, and Job 3
But I must say that married life is not guaranteed 100%
worry-free. It also has its shares of ups and downs. To this, I
apply the Lords promise that a cord of three strands is not
easily broken (Ecclesiastes. 4:12). I really dont mind do-
mesc life taking up a lot of me. At that me, I seemed to
be totally content on just being a wife and a mother. The
more I immersed myself in the blissful scenario of my exis-
tence, the more I see that having kids is totally dierent
from raising kids, and that you should also be a friend toyour husband. It can be frustrang, disappoinng and even
heart-breaking. Its a life-long challenge that not every par-
ent and wife knows about.
As a mother, I also need to teach my children the ways of the world just like how my Dad taught me when
I was growing up. I nd it important to hold on to a lot of lessons. The most important of which for me is
from the Book of Proverbs 22: 6: Train up a child in a way he should go, and when he is old he will not
depart from it.
A couple of years later, as my kids were growing up, I applied for a part-me job as events coordinator to
help my husband with the expenses at home. But as I become more and more aware that something was
missing in my life, Im beginning to realize that there is a connecon which I know in my heart of hearts
would be very vital in my existence not just as a wife and mother but me as a person. No job can ll that
missing connecon. I was soul-searching. I know that being a mother and wife are not just my purpose.
I just know it. The Lord was calling me to
commit to a higher level of ministry; a com-
mitment albeit a long me coming but none-
theless worth giving is what inspired me to
re-commit my life back to my Lord. Just like
old mes. I was really hungry for it. This was
what my parents trained me to be.
This is also what I am training my kids to be:
that each of you should use whatever gi
you have received to serve others, as faithful
stewards of Gods grace in its various forms
(1Peter 4: 10). And so I began my life to serve
as a young adult leader.
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There are simply no words to describe how faith-
ful the Lord is to me and to my family. In the midst
of all our struggles, in many aspects in our life as
a family, and in all my struggles as a leader of the
church, His rewards are just endless.
Our prayers are always answered and our cup-
board never empty. This same faithfulness we
bring back through our trust and obedience to His
will and commandments. I always teach my kids to
be grateful for everything in their lives, from the
clothes on their back right down to the very ny
eraser in their pencil case.
As my ministry expands, I oen pray for the Lord to give me the wisdom on how to set priories and on
how to balance my me equally between my family, my ministry, my work and my friends. So divinely is
the world organized that every one of us, in our place and me, is in balance with everything else (Jo-
hann Wolfgang von Goethe).
As many years have passed, this circus acrobat has now mastered the art of balancing on thin ropes, jug-
gling and somersaults. But I dont want to be recognized as a circus performer neither as a person born
in a prominent family of musicians, policians or arsts, because none of these would be of value. Promi-
nence is of no importance when you are face to face with your Savior. Come judgment day, I pray, that I
will be proud to declare that I was born into a family of the faithful.
Christmas 2010: Joshua 17, Julia 13, Job 11
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The ofcial soundtrack of the WeSPEAK MEA CI 2010 is now available.It features the songs of the musicalplay of the 2nd Big Night at the MEA CIentitled Sino si Pray? written by Pre-cious Romano (BulPAC).
It also inlcudes the theme song of theMEA CI Declaration composed by
Eboy Refuerzo and performed by NanteAmador.
The We SPEAK CD album is the rstproject of the We SPEAK Ministries forWorship Resources.
Please contact Mr. Ismac Fisco viaemail:ismaelsco@gmail.com
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