REACH and churches in Butuan City serving food for youth in the Children in Conflict With the Law (CICL) program. Parents also took part.
REACH Project Coordinator, Rev. Maxie Tiguman, belongs to The Good News Butuan. The group recently sponsored a feeding program with REACH for families with children whose choices have put them in conflict with the law. Values formation was also included in the program.
The Good News Butuan is a group of pastors in Butuan City seeking to partner with local barangays to bring about social transformation. The group sees spirituality as an important component for instilling values in the community for a better society.
Other services that TGNB proposes are supplemental feeding, values formation, and marriage counseling. They also offer free mass weddings for unwed couples through Article 34 of the Family Code.
Rev. Maxie leading a group of parents during a values formation program that included food distribution.
For Meeting ID and Passcode contact Jerry Francisco and Mercy Beltran.
Missions. What is it, exactly? Is there a role for the youth? Jesus authored the definition and its scope. It’s called the Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20.
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
The command is an unending chain, making missions the responsibility of every generation.
REACH Youth Kairos is an adaptation of the Kairos world-mission course. It includes real experiences and encounters of REACH field workers who conduct the program, and aims to help young men and women of REACH:
To understand God’s mission and our part in it.
Help them integrate Kingdom values to daily living.
To inspire meaningfully involvement in the World Christian Movement.
Over 40 people logged in for the first session on Zoom. The course runs for eight Saturdays beginning October 9, 2021, running through the end of November 2021. Sessions are from 7:00 PM to 9 PM.
Topics include:
Oct. 9 — Biblical Basis of Mission, History & Expansion
Oct. 13 — Evangelism and Prayer as a Lifestyle
Oct. 23 — Cultural Consideration in Mission
Oct. 30 — Wholistic Ministry
Nov. 6 — Community Development (a personal testimony)
Nov. 13 — Coping up with Modern Technology/ Evangelism and Mission in the Digital Age
Nov. 20 — Mission & God’s Overflowing Resources
Nov. 27 — Integration, Task Remaining, Teamwork
Sessions include lectures, personal testimonies, plenary and small group discussions, and reflections. In addition, the staff incorporated prayer for the Least Reached People groups (LRP).
