September is Fellowship Month!






Nag-bonding ang mga brothers! Ano kaya ang ginawa nila? Darren, ikuwento mo nga....













Siyempre, di pahuhuli ang mga sisters! Vida, magkuwento ka din....














At pagkatapos ng fellowship, nagkita-kita ang lahat sa Elims ng Singgolympics. May game ba na naipanalo ang Central B?

Ang Pogi Mo!

by Darren Torres

“Ang Pogi Mo!” A phrase, girls would normally shout out whenever they see Dao Ming Su or Brad Pitt or even Darren Torres, ehem! I can imagine girls reading this article would crumple this newsletter, reacting furiously, but don’t. Allow me to continue. The road to discovering that I and the rest of the ICC brothers are pogi started with our regular bonding moments.

Every weekend is fellowship weekend for the brothers. I have been spending most of my weekends with the extraordinary brothers of ICC. We have our regular basketball games where we display our basketball prowess, catching our breaths just to reach the other side of the court. We enjoy displaying our machismo muscles with our six-pack abs like layered hotcakes.

Straight from our basketball games, we also have our movie marathon overnights which were always a blockbuster! Planned movie marathons would always turn out to be unplanned sleepovers. Realization: I am now convinced that men are great singers - that is, during sleep. You would think you were listening to a Philippine Madrigals practice!

Last September 22, 2007, we had the time of our lives when we put an exclamation to our so-called regular brothers fellowship. Thanks to brother Ronald’s generosity, his house became our crib for the whole night. Brother Julius Ulep lead us to a powerful worship as our activity started then brother Ronald gave a talk titled Private Conversation: Usapang POGI. What striked me most in the talk was when Bro. Ronald posed an overwhelming question that made us pause for a minute: “Are you a boy or a man?” It’s as if my life just flashed back so fast that the question remained unraveled in my mind. I only discovered the answer to the question when the group was broken into pairs or buddies. Surprisingly all of us have the same answers and assessment to the question when we had the chance to share our thoughts.

Individually, we acknowledge that we are still boys with imperfections, still committing lousy things, still having difficulties with certain aspects of our lives. But as we struggle facing our difficulties, we are being molded to becoming a man with firm convictions, with great faith, and with a lot of love to share with everyone. That’s why I believe that I am POGI because even though I struggle, I still acknowledge that God is in me. ICC brothers are POGI because we have the Presence Of God Inside of us and that truth will always remain with us. HUA!

Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice

by Vida Visagar

Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of.
What about grown-up girls? What about women? What about us?

You are patiently and perfectly fashioned and God created you
beautifully. You are a woman of God. These are the words came into my
mind one morning as I was getting ready for office. “What is woman of
God made of?” I wondered if we can have the topic one household
meeting, but the upper household brothers might get disinterested (the
same way we would if they talk about machismo muscles with six pack
abs like layered hot cakes, gross…)

A sisters overnight fellowship would be the best venue to discover the answer to the question. The fellowship was arranged last September 22 to 23 with the theme: Discover Your True Beauty.

Earlier during the day of fellowship, 9:00am at the ICC formation center, our September birthday celebrants shared their blessings to the kids attending the regular Saturday Soup Kitchen as their way of saying thank you for another wonderful year God has given them. The little angels responded with a big smile to the little
and simple things they received from their kuya’s and ate’s. Every child was excited with the presents. Thanks to our generous birthday celebrators who shared their time and resources to make this gift giving possible for the kids.

Later in the day, 6:00pm, everything was set as the sisters started to arrive at the venue. Thanks sister Ann for opening your home for our sisters for the fellowship. The activities started with giving the sisters some practical tips on how to look good by putting simple make-up and by using readily available and natural beauty products without spending too much - care of our sister Nette. The next activity showcased our unit heads Wen and Mina sharing their top cooking secrets in making lasagna & ham & cheese roll (delisyoso!). After dinner, sister Rhia entertained the sisters with an acoustic performance of her self-compositions, kilig moment iyon! The sisters were then introduced to the skill of scrapbook making, as sister Joanne
fondly shared her memories and the story behind their family scrapbook.

Finally the time of being intimate with our God came. What can a woman of GOD offer? And why do we easily cry? As I listened to the sharings of the sisters, it was revealed to me that individually, we are undergoing certain pruning - in struggling to become good daughters, in loving unconditionally, in loving more and loving till it hurts, in fighting for what we believe in, in trying not to compromise our faith in spite of pressure, in letting go of temporary pleasures and joys as we patiently wait for our true love. I also realized that our tears are the expression of our happiness, our pain, our grief and our love

The ICC SFC sisters are all women of God because He created us after His own image. He even took overtime to create us perfectly and beautifully. We are special because women are the extension of God’s emotions and even as we grow up into different shapes and sizes, we are still God’s little daughters. HUA!

Message from the Chapter Head

Hello SFCs,

Congratulations to Central B for bagging the Men’s doubles badminton
championship and the 2nd place finish in the Men’s singles (only
because George had to default the singles finals match for he can’t play
the singles and doubles at the same time). Congrats to Norman and
George for the job well done!!!

Thank you for all those who have supported our teams despite our
meager participation.

CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES OCTOBER 2007


October 2, 2007 (Tuesday)
Leaders Core Training
Topic: "Discover Your Power"
7:30pm; ICC Formation Center


October 4, 2007 (Thursday)
General Membership Teaching
Topic: "What Are Spiritual Gifts?"
7:30pm; ICC Formation Center

October 5, 2007 (Friday)
CLP Talk#7: "The Christian Family"
7:30pm; ICC Formation Center

October 7-14, 2007
Household Week

October 12, 2007 (Friday)
CLP Talk#8: "A Spirit-Filled Life"
7:30pm; ICC Formation Center

October 14, 2007 (Sunday)
Tongues Workshop 1:30pm
San Nicolas Chapel


October 17, 2007 (Wednesday)
Chapter Assembly
7:30pm; ICC Formation Center

October 19, 2007 (Friday)
CLP Talk#9: "Receiving the Power of the Holy Spirit"
7pm; ICC Formation Center

October 20, 2007 (Saturday)
Rosary Vigil
5pm; San Nicolas Chapel

October 21, 2007 (Sunday)
SFC Singgolympics
8-5pm; Marikina Sports Complex
October 21-27, 2007
Household Week

October 26, 2007 (Friday)
CLP Talk#10: "Growing in the Spirit"
7pm; ICC Formation Center

October 27, 2007 (Saturday)
Halloween Party: A Fund-Raising Project
7pm; Venue TBA
October 28-31
Fellowship Week
Advance Announcement!

November 9-11, 2007 (Fri-Sun)
Singles Weekend Retreat 1 &2
Falcon Crest, Norzagaray, Bulacan
Reg. Fee: Php800/head
(inclusive of transportation, food and accomodation)

Happy Birthday October Celebrators :)

Sheryl Natanauan - 3
Jonah Dianito - 4
Bong Caruncho - 5
Maria Lourdes Camilon - 6
Jeanette Cabrera - 7
Raquel Garcia - 8
Catherine Cabang - 13
Jess Jumonong - 15
Leni Equiron - 16
Arlene Damasin - 16
Bing Afalla - 17
Rhode Mae Quilantang - 17
Argie Piodo - 23
Jay Rose Flores - 24
Marichu Arnizo - 24
Mary Anne Cayanan - 31
Jimmy Mallari - 31