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Ecumenical MSG 2011

The speaker thanks God and the various religious groups in attendance for the opportunity to gather for prayer. They express appreciation for the ecumenical service and encourage perseverance in serving Christ. The celebration of the 4th Gamenf Festival revives local values, cultures, and the environment as part of Filipino culture. The speaker hopes the event reinforces bonds between groups and shows strength and solidarity.

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Ecumenical MSG 2011

The speaker thanks God and the various religious groups in attendance for the opportunity to gather for prayer. They express appreciation for the ecumenical service and encourage perseverance in serving Christ. The celebration of the 4th Gamenf Festival revives local values, cultures, and the environment as part of Filipino culture. The speaker hopes the event reinforces bonds between groups and shows strength and solidarity.

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GREETINGS!

MY HEART ABOUNDS WITH GRATITUDE TO ALMIGHTY GOD-“THE FATHER


OF ALL, WHO IS OVER ALL AND THROUGH ALL AND IN ALL”—FOR THIS
BLESSED OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER WITH YOU THIS MORNING IN PRAYER.
I THANK ALL THE RELIGIOUS SECTORS AND I WARMLY GREET ALL WHO ARE
HERE. MAY THE PEACE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR BE WITH YOU ALL!

I EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THIS INVALUABLE WORK OF THE


RELIGIOUS SECTORS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN THIS ECUMENICAL SERVICE;
THE WAY OF SALVATION CHURCH, RISEN CHRIST FAITH ASSEMBLY, UNITED
CHURCH OF CHRIST IN THE PHILIPPINES, IGLESIA FILIPINA INDEPENDIENTE,
SAINT JAMES PARISH, SAVED BY GRACE MILLENIUM CHURCH, JESUS IS
LORD, CRUSADERS OF THE DIVINE CHURCH OF CHRIST, CHRISTIAN
COMMUNITY CHURCH, UNION ESPIRITISTA CRISTIANA DE FILIPINAS
INCORPORADA, FAITH BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH, CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
CHURCH AND ALL THE INTER RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS I WAS NOT ABLE TO
MENTION. THE CONTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIAN IN THE COMMUNITY TO THE
ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT IS FELT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. I THEN
ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO PERSEVERE, ALWAYS RELYING ON THE GRACE
OF CHRIST WHOM WE STRIVE TO SERVE BY BRINGING ABOUT THE
OBEDIENCE OF FAITH FOR THE SAKE OF HIS NAME.

THE CELEBRATION OF OUR 4TH GAMENG FESTIVAL REVIVES OUR VERY OWN
VALUES, OUR LOCAL CULTURES AND OUR ENVIRONMENT AS OUR
TREASURES; THIS IS A PART AND BUNDLE OF FILIPINO CULTURE.

MAY THE WORD OF GOD WE HAVE HEARD TODAY, INFLAME OUR HEARTS
WITH HOPE ON THE PATH OF UNITY. MAY THIS ECUMENICAL SERVICE
EXEMPLIFY THE CENTRALITY OF PRAYER IN THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT;
FOR WITHOUT IT, ECUMENICAL INSTITUTIONS WOULD BE DEPRIVED OF
THEIR HEARTS AND SOULS. LET US GIVE THANKS TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR
THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE THROUGH THE WORK OF HIS SPIRIT,
AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE WITH GRATITUDE THE PERSONAL SACRIFICES MADE
BY SO MANY PRESENT AND BY THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US. BY
FOLLOWING THEIR FOOTSTEPS, AND BY PLACING OUR TRUST IN GOD
ALONE, I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL ACHIEVE THE ‘ONENESS OF HOPE,
ONENESS OF FAITH, AND ONENESS OF LOVE” THAT ALONE WILL CONVINCE
THE WORLD THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONE SENT BY THE FATHER FOR THE
SALVATION OF ALL. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN
YOUR PROGRAMS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS; SUPPORT OF MIGRANT WORKERS; ECOLOGICAL JUSTICE AND
SUSTAINING OUR ECUMENICAL PARTNERSHIPS AND SOLIDARITY. 

LET US JOURNEY TOGETHER UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 


THERE ARE THINGS TO LET GO OF, AND THERE ARE NEW THINGS TO
EMBRACE.  WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT GOD, WHO MAKES ALL THINGS
NEW AND WHO IS THE GIVER OF LIFE IN ABUNDANCE, WILL CONTINUE TO
LEAD US ALL. 

I THEN HOPE THAT THIS CELEBRATION OF OUR 4TH GAMENG FESTIVAL WILL
REINFORCE THE BOND BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND WILL SHOW
STRENGTH AND SOLIDARITY AMONG US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I ENJOIN EVERYONE OF US TO BE A PART OF


THE CELEBRATION OF OUR 4TH GAMENG FESTIVAL!

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