ProCon 2012: Be grateful, Celebrate, and Proclaim

It is this time of the year where we are to spread amongst other SFC member the feel of the Regional Conference (ReCon). This year's theme is in line with the ReCon that we had at Siquijor that I have posted (here) which was Blessed. Thus, we held the yearly overnight event- the Provincial Conference or we call it ProCon at Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. This year's ProCon was decided to have the theme: Be Grateful, Celebrate (the abundance), and Proclaim.

Conferences like this is a great avenue for all Singles for Christ members here in Negros Oriental to gather and experience as one the grace of God's love.

Participants

The whole SFC Dumaguete Chapter

There are two talks given by our fellow SFC brothers who were previously on mission. The first talk is about being grateful for the abundance of life. The talk's goal is about recognizing all our blessings, give thanks, celebrate the blessing, and pass it forward. That at the end of the talk, you'd be claiming that "I am blessed!" It is being said and I believe that God is a giving God, and that He never forsake His people.

One of our sister sharing about her bitter outlook in life was changed with the help of God's grace.

The second talk is all about proclaiming, serving, or we can call it evangilization. We are to realize that there is no more rewarding than that being able to serve and evangelize. There are 3 S that we need to take note as an SFC. One is Submission. At one point in our lives we need to learn by heart the beauty of submission or we can call it humility. Second is the Service that we are to take to encourage everyone to experience Jesus in their hearts too. The last one is the Sacrifice. Sacrifice is every servant's tool to succeed. No servant is successful if there is no sacrifice at par with service. Our goal is to keep the community intact and invite more single man and woman to experience Christ.

Last October 21, 2012 was the canonization of Pedro Calungsod. Kuya Bryan also urge us to live our lives like Pedro using the FLAG method. F for Faith, L for Loyal, A for Atuned to the Lord, and G for God-fearing.

The conference isn't just about talks too. It is also important that we enjoy the each others company, right? We have singing contest for both solo and group, band prensentation, and modern dance competition to keep us all awake and energized, and hey! we also made sure there is enough coffee supply the entire evening. Otherwise, we may fall asleep while we are asked to close our eyes for a little peace and prayer...:)

The three contestant for the singing contest above is unknown...haha This is our bet Joeny, but we lose anyway...but that's okay. Just for fun!

We sang as a group too. We didn't win too...:(

What's with the outfit?..hehe kidding! They won anyway...:P

We have band presentations too.

Modern Dance competition. They are the winners.

And we are the losers....boooh!

This is for the Praise and Fashion (Shirt Competition). I realized we didn't win any except for this one! Haha...but we had fun rooting for our contestants! That is what really matters anyway.

Activities like these are indeed helpful for me to keep that inner fire burning. Me serving the Music Ministry has been rewarding. I can really feel the greatness of God in my life. How he blessed me with so much, and I know that I am called to serve in any way I can.

The entire orchestra- oh band! The SFC Dumaguete Music Ministry.

I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus...underneath his beard so snowy whittttteeeee!...practicing but we ended up getting everything off and flat...hahaha

Yeah! Goofing out.

Supportive, are we not?

The praise fest was memorable for me being able to sing with all my strength for the worship. Truly rewarding.

This is us behind the curtains....we are so camera shy...lols!

Our ever loving and supportive Tito's and Tita's.

This is our prize!...Lots of candies and the like...:)

Breakfast together at the Beach Front Bistro, Bayawan.

Since we have so much candies and cookies left, we found these fellas playing along the street while our food is still on the pan. We decided to share our prizes to them. We can't eat it all out anyway so might as well share it, plus candies are for kids!

I have been searching for so long for something that no one has ever fill until I found Him in this community. I also feel like I need them more than they need me. I realized that I have been searching so far when all I need is Jesus. I'm so glad He found me as well. Go find Him too.


I almost forgot that it's Halloween. Happy Halloween and Enjoy the long weekend blogoholics!....xoxo!

Getting there...

I have been so busy for the past few days going to band practices, work, SFC CLP 2012 (Christian Life Program), never to mention blogging too, and as well as my constant search for a very gorgeous black dress- but I guess I need to stick with choice number one. I only have a couple of days left before the big day, and I have not yet found a perfect clutch and accessories to pair the dress with. Well, enough of my chaotic outfit stress and panic. One of the things that have kept my hand full is the SFC Provincial Conference 2012 which was held at Bayawan City last October 21, 2012. You know, I take this community seriously..:) I for my self has a not-so-big-part.:) I'd be keeping my vocal cords up tune serving the Music Ministry. Now, before getting to Bayawan- a 2-hour ride from Dumaguete; we all decided to gather and have lunch together; just the Music Min that is- a stress reliever I must say. I enjoyed being part of the band- a group of talented young people really keeps you motivated to perform at your best at every practice.

I woke up at 7:00 AM, brew my coffee and opened the fridge and look for something to eat. I found this left over rice and a few packs of longaniza. I immediately turned on the stove and cooked my fried rice. I am pro-experiment when it comes to food. I usually take in consideration what is on the spice stand and see if there is something I can use. So, I found this garlic, onions, fried shrimps- surprisingly!, and tomatoes.  Afterwards, I got hold of the pan and cooked my longaniza too; then viola! I have something for breakfast. All of a sudden I’m a food blogger now…haha just kidding! I am fond of feeding people by the way, I love cooking “home-food” I call it or a comfort food. They happen to love it, so perhaps the taste is acceptable…hahaha So anyway going back, after eating, I started to do my vocalization- I have not done this for a very long time.

My own version of friend rice.

Breakfast for me is the most important meal of the entire day.

So we had lunch as a team and then head to the terminal to take a bus to get to Bayawan. It was fun and noisy...hahaha we always are! I'm a newbie to this group, and I was a little anxious and keen on our first couple of practices, but I somehow found my self getting comfortable with these amazingly talented and devoted young people.

Bernie in polo shirt- the bass. Leonard in peace sign for the vocals.

Mike the drummer.

Myz for soprano and Geh on both alto and soprano.

Me for the melody.

Gotta go....wohhooo!

It was raining so hard when we left Dumaguete and it does in Bayawan too. We were a little anxious when we arrived at the venue because the instruments were not set up. We were hoping everything is up so we can run the songs once again, but things happen and that the contractor did not make it on time due to the heavy rain. We instead decided to take our dinner earlier. We found this tocino stand near Mang Inasal. They serve the most affordable and very good batchoy.

Macoy for the lead guitar.

It's amazing how we all got to eat too much and paid only P203! We took only P25 out of out pocket and had fun at the same time. I thought this group is just all-fun-and-noise, but I realized it's more of hard work, discipline, prayer, and talent to be able to keep up. I'm just blessed I got to be with this people and share the same passion towards christian music.


Thank you for keeping up with my post. I am trully grateful for every page view and comment from you guys. I'd keep you posted on how the ProCon 2012 went...xoxo!