during Rise Up NYC

National Youth Conference 2008
October 31, 2008
at the JCSGO Seed Dome
15th Ave. Cubao Q.C

a whole day of praise and worship and listening to God’s Word. The theme of the event was:
“You are amazing”
Becoming An Amazing Youth through the Power of an Amazing God

It was truly a heavenly privilege to be there, together with many young people from all parts of the Philippines lifting their hearts to God. We arrived as early as 6:30, seemed we were super excited because the event was scheduled to start at 9 am..hehe.. di pa nga ata naseset-up ung sound system non!..haha. Pero dapat naman talagang di ka nagpapahuli sa mga gawain for the Lord. Naks!

And then 9:00 am came and passed! the program started with a Praise and Worship led by Pastor Rommel Guevarra. The composer of the famous “Mahal na Mahal kita Panginoon” Song. Amazing worship time!..una pa lang, nakakapuspos na..ehehe..lalo na ung part na kinanta ung “Napakabuti mo” (hope i got the title right). The message of that song is forever true at nakakaiyak.

There were three main speakers of the event. hope i could blog about these speaker’s messages later on. They were:

• Pastor Roni Astrologo from (Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches NYC)
• Pastor Eric Maliwat (702 DZAS) – it was nice to see him again after 4 years, he was our Commencement Speaker during our Graduation Ceremony nung highschool.
• and Pastor Jordan Escusa (Against the Flow NU 107 and Perfect Rhythm on 702 DZAS). once a drug addict but now a pusher for God’s Word. He is a self-confessed rocker for Jesus. check out his multiply site and see. thejesusrocker.multiply.com He is an alumni of TUMCS (my highschool alma matter too), a true pride of Taytay, indeed!

The day ended with an almost non-stop praise and worship led by Pastor Roman Guevarra, who’s also the host of the event. Overall it was an overwhelming, stressfree day of worshipping and drowning into God’s presence. Sbi nga ni Pstr. Roman, “it wasn’t accident why we were there”, it was God’s plan. Truly Amazing!

Sa uulitin!

(reposted from here)