SGC Philippines Worship Gathering
An update from Emmanuel Iluzada, a Pastor of Cross Of Christ Salvation Gospel Ministries (CCSGM) in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines...
This pandemic has brought us both limitations and possibilities. And one of the things that has become possible is a gathering of around 100 worshippers from all locations in one virtual place. This transpired at the recent Worship Team Fellowship on July 24, when the worship team members from various churches in the Philippines came together online.
Friends and fellow-Christians from various churches in Luzon, Vizayas and Mindanao (Philippines’ main islands) were invited, brought together, and connected via Zoom for a Saturday afternoon of teaching, prayer and fellowship. It was a chance to get to know each other and the ministries that each one of us does in our respective local churches.
Pastor Dave Taylor shared God’s Word with us, looking at “What’s the Point of Singing?”. He focused in on Colossians 3:16, “‘Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.’ Highlighting four main points as compelling reasons as to why we sing:
Singing enables the Word of God to dwell in us richly
Singing enables us to sing praise to a worthy God
Singing enables us to reflect the glory back to Him
Singing enables us to enjoy a foretaste of a glory to come
The attendees listened and then gave their reflections and appreciation of the Word that was shared and the encouragement brought by the event. It was a wonderful time together.
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The main desire and prayer for this online session was to continue encouraging our fellow worship team members as we traverse this pandemic in the Philippines. No one has been spared from its repercussions, but the encouragement of the Word of Christ is the sustaining grace in this trying time, and the essence of singing to the praise of His glorious grace needs to be heard now more than ever.
We have another online worship team session lined up for October, with Pastor Devon Kauflin preaching the Word. Please pray that we’d be able to have more of these times together in the coming months, to continually strengthen our fellowship. It is our hope, that we will be able to have a Worship God Conference in the Philippines when we finally have the opportunity again to meet face to face.
