2/12/15
“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” Psalm 1:1, 2. How precious it is to walk in the way of the Lord and delight in His Law!
Last January 31 we celebrated the first year’s anniversary of our new pioneering work in Siaton, Negros Oriental! This is still a pioneering work with just four families attending. However, these families are committed in serving the Lord and they enjoyed the anniversary service so much! After the lively praise and worship time, some of the people gave their testimonies–some with tears–of what the Lord had done for them! Then others offered special songs before hearing the Word of God. I spoke on Isaiah’s call in the book of Isaiah chapter 6, when the Lord asked who will go for Him and Isaiah responded, Lord, here am I, send me! I challenged the people to commit to serving God. Everyone was refreshed and renewed in their decisions to work for God! I attach a few pictures of the group, the worship leaders and the pioneer workers!
Thank you for your prayers and for being a part of the Christian Fellowship Ministry! God bless you more!
Sis June Pacleb
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3/15/15
Christian Fellowship Church of the Philippines News Update, March 2015
“Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere and the Lord worked with them and confirmed His Word by the signs that accompanied it.” Mark 16:20
As the Lord sent out His disciples so long ago, He is still sending out disciples now with the same commission. The world has changed so much since then, but the method of God to save souls is still the same: preaching His Word! Also, the Lord still confirms that ministry by signs following!
We were so happy to say farewell to our Bible students and send them out to the ministry on March 13! We had a short farewell service at the Bible school and each student gave a testimony from the heart. Emotions were running high and some cried tears of mixed sadness and joy! The students have experienced so much together and they have become so close in the last year. They have become a “band of brothers”! We faculty prayed for them and sent them out in the power of the Holy Spirit!
After a simple lunch together with the faculty, the students packed up their bags and left the School for their designated church assignments as interns. Six of them will be working here in Negros Island and one will be in Mindanao Island. We know they will do well in their internship, each one working with a senior pastor in a church. They have been well prepared! We sent them out with joy and excitement!
We’ll have a new group of enrolees again in June for the 2015-16 school year! Thank you for being a part of the Bible school with us through your prayers!
God bless you more abundantly!
Sis June Pacleb
4/26/15
Christian Fellowship Church of the Philippines, April 2015
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you.” Acts 1:8
Our Christian Fellowship Church Annual Youth Convention was held on April 20-23 in the Dumaguete City church with a wonderful time of fellowship and with great revival! The theme of our convention was “Receiving the Power of the Holy Spirit”! For four days we truly experienced revival, with a powerful move of the Holy Spirit in the evening services, with empowering for pastors and youth alike! The church was full to capacity and we thank God for the good attendance of the youth.
During the mornings, we had a pastors’ workshop with the subject Teaching on the Basic Principles of the Operation of the Holy Spirit. The rest of the day the sessions were combined for all. Our son Christopher Pacleb was our convention speaker!
We honored our supervisors with tee shirts especially made for them! We also had a special “Pastors’ Luncheon” at noontime on the last day! It was a time to honor the Christian Fellowship pastors for their faithful service! Many pastors have served 25 to 30 years in the Fellowship churches! We believe they are the best pastors in the Philippines, and we honor them!
Our seven interns who are now on the field were also honored by receiving the gift of special study Bibles! These will be a great help to them in future ministry!
Thank you so much for your prayers and faithfulness to this ministry. God bless you more!
Sis June Pacleb
5/27/15
May 2015 Christian Fellowship Church of the Philippines News Update
“Put on the whole armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.” Eph. 6:11. This verse was the theme of our Christian Fellowship Church Pastors’ Convention in Dumaguete City on May 18-21!
What a wonderful time we had with our precious pastors who came from three islands and four provinces to attend! Several pastors came from Zamboanga province in the southern island of Mindanao. The Western Negros pastors hired a cargo truck and came over the high mountains to be here! Pastors came from the northernmost tip of Negros Island and from the southernmost tip! Many of the pastors are serving in far mountainous areas. Some had to walk several miles to get out to the main road where they could catch a bus! Our seven new intern pastors were also present. They are doing a great job in their churches!
It was a time of precious fellowship, encouragement and spiritual growth for all of us. Our anointed and talented lady pastors gave several messages during the convention and we were all so blessed by them! Our speakers gave us wonderful messages from Ephesian chapter six! Then the evening services were times of Holy Spirit revival!
Thank you for your faithful prayers and support for Christian Fellowship pastors and churches! We are “workers together” in His harvest!
God bless you!
Sis June Pacleb
7/1/15
Christian Fellowship Church of the Philippines, June 2015
“Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol Him all you peoples; For great is His love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord!” Ps. 117
It’s our joy again to share with you many blessings from the Lord here in the Philippines. On May 29, we had a water baptism of the new members of the Canlaon church and 26 new believers were baptized! The first pictures I attach are from that occasion.
The second and third pictures are of the water baptism at the beach in Litid, Manalongon, where 11 were baptized. We are so happy for these new believers and their commitment to be baptized! The scene of believers holding hands is in the river at Pantao church, also taken this month of June. Praise the Lord for all of them!
We opened the Bible school this month for the school year 2015-16 and we have six students! They are all so young but on fire for God, and so committed to study to prepare for their future ministry. I also attach pictures of the group at the Acquaintance Service June 30th!
We are thanking God for making the ministry here to progress and grow. The Lord is encouraging the pastors and churches to move on in faith for the good things the Lord is going to do for them! We thank the Lord for our faithful district supervisors who are working so hard and doing a great job in their districts! The monthly district fellowship meetings are a tremendous way to get all the pastors together and encourage them. Thank you for your faithful prayers and support for this work! God bless you!
Sis June Pacleb
7/25/15
Christian Fellowship Church of the Philippines News Update, July 2015
“I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts” Eph. 3:16, 17
We are encouraged to see the blessing of the Lord in the churches. The following Christian Fellowship churches are having some light construction work: Bayawan, Paniabonan, San Carlos and Campuyo. Two other churches, Manalongon and Pulopantao are having major construction; Manalongon is putting in the flooring of their new building, and Pulopantao is putting on their new roof! We are so happy to see the long-awaited work go forward. The pastors and congregations are so happy for the progress of their work, and they are feeling revival, too!
The Bible school is going on and blessed, as well. We are happy for the young people the Lord has brought to us to train for the ministry! Please keep praying with us for the students and also for all the CFC churches that God’s provision and blessing will stay with them! Amen!
Thank you so much for being a part of this ministry! God bless you!
Sis June
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8/20/15
“We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell of your wonderful deeds.” Psalm 75:1
Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus. The Lord is so good to us and we praise Him continually. We are all encouraged to keep on doing the work of the Lord!
We are now in the heavy rains of the Southwest Monsoon season, and these will continue until the first of next year! Right now, we are experiencing a typhoon and another one is on the way! The air is so humid!
Our Bible school is going on and blessed. It’s a joy to teach the young men and women God has called to become pastors. The interns from last year are doing a good job in the places where they are ministering!
Our churches that are are having building repairs are continuing on with their work, although there are delays sometimes because of the rains. The church in Manalongon has finished cementing their flooring, so this is a big victory for them!
The Pulopantao, Jimalalud church is still working on the installation of the trusses and roofing and some days the welders have to postpone the work a little due to rain. We hope in maybe another week or so the roof will be all installed, and we’ll share pictures with you. For now we share a few pictures of this church!
Thank you for sharing in our victories and thank you for your prayers. God bless you!
Sis June Pacleb
9/17/15
” Praise the Lord, Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever! Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord or fully declare His praise?” Psalm 106:1, 2.
We are so happy to share victories here in our churches! God is so good!
The Jimalalud church building has been undergoing renovation since the devastating 2012 earthquake that did so much damage there. Almost the whole church needed to be rebuilt. Now we’re happy to report this month that the new roof is up for the glory of God! The installation of the steel trusses and girders took a few weeks longer than expected due to bad weather and having to order the steel from Cebu City and waiting for it to be delivered, welded and installed. Afterward we also ordered the Color Roof roofing sheets from Cebu City. The whole roofing project was finished last week! Thank God!
The church members are so excited to have a new roof on their building! They have also contributed finance and those who are able to work are giving their volunteer time on Saturdays!
The old walls cracked by the earthquake have been torn down and the broken chunks of cement hauled out. New walls will be going up soon, as well as the front door and side door of the church!
We know the Lord is our Source for everything and we give Him glory and honor for these blessings for the Jimalalud church! Thank you, too, for all your prayers!
I attach a few pictures taken last week.
God bless you!
Sis June Pacleb
10/21/15
Christian Fellowship Churches of the Philippines News Update, October 2015
Ephesians 1:3. “Receiving Every Spiritual Blessing in Christ”. This was our theme verse of our October 2015 Semi-annual Christian Fellowship Pastors’ Convention here in Dumaguete City, October 19-21. We were so blessed to see our member pastors again and share precious fellowship with them. Our pastors gave wonderful messages from the Word of God and we enjoyed them so much! The Holy Spirit moved in the evening services with revival and sweet refreshing among the pastors!
We had a good attendance with pastors coming from all areas of the island of Negros; north, south, east and west! Sadly, some pastors were unable to come due to Typhoon Koppu that hit the Philippines and coincided with the dates of our convention. Inter-island ships were cancelled due to the storm, so pastors from Mindanao Island and Siquijor Island were not able to come.
We were happy to hear from the pastors of blessings and revival in their churches, so we praise God for all these things! I attach some photos!
God bless you,
Sis June Pacleb
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11/23/15
“It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your Name, O Most High! To proclaim Your love in the morning and Your faithfulness at night!” Psalms 92:1, 2
We praise the Lord and proclaim His love and faithfulness continually! It’s a joy to share once more some of our blessings here.
The second semester at the School of Ministry started on November 2 with seven students preparing for the ministry, including two new enrollees this semester! One of the new students is already a church worker and is from our Manalongon church in the south of Negros Island. The other student is from our church in the town of Barili, in northern Cebu Island, quite a long trip by bus and inter-island ship! We see nice potential in all these students and we are happy to mold them into being future full-time pastors. Please see their group picture that is attached.
We are happy for all our branch churches in our southern and northern Negros districts. Every month they hold a District Fellowship Meeting where all the Christian Fellowship area churches can attend. A recent gathering was held in the Culipapa church on the southern tip of Negros Island. Several of the area churches were able to attend. It was a wonderful time of refreshing in the Holy Spirit,with encouragement and joy in fellowship! The little Culipapa church was started long ago and the believers there are so steadfast in spite of hardship. They are strong in the Lord and they are encouraged and full of joy in serving the Lord! Please pray for them! Attached photos show the recent fellowship there.
Special services are scheduled for all our branch churches this coming December and I’ll be traveling to visit and speak at some of these “Thanksgiving Celebrations”! I’ll be speaking at one of our mountain churches the day after Christmas! Hopefully, the dry weather we’re having will hold up until then, so traveling up on the steep mountain trail will not be so dangerous!
Thank you for your prayers!
We love you in the Lord,
Sis June Pacleb
12/18/15
“Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” Luke 2:14
It’s the time of year again that we celebrate our wonderful Savior! All our Christian Fellowship Churches have their “Thanksgiving Celebrations” this month, so it’s a very busy time!
I attended the thanksgiving celebration of our Christian Fellowship Church in the town of Sta Catalina and we had a wonderful time of joyful worship to God and sweet fellowship with the believers! The church was overflowing with people, not only from the local church but also from three other neighboring branch churches. Everyone was so excited to share the whole afternoon with worshiping and praising God and hearing the precious Word of God! The pastor there worked so hard to prepare everything and cook a wonderful banquet for us! They prepared two big pigs, roasted over hot coals on an open fire! The people also brought food they had prepared. It was a celebration of Jesus!
We have recently put up a good cement wall around the whole property! Thank God! I attach a few photos taken at the occasion. Thank you so much for your prayers for the work here!
Many blessings this holiday season!
Sis June Pacleb