{"id":259,"date":"2025-05-29T05:48:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T05:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/?p=259"},"modified":"2025-05-29T05:48:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T05:48:58","slug":"april-may-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jfbelievers.com\/community_blogs\/missionsnews\/2025\/05\/29\/april-may-update\/","title":{"rendered":"April \/ May Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BELIEVERS CHURCH CEBU<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are nearing the end of the book of Matthew, which we have been going through verse-by-verse since we started meeting as a church in Sept. 2023. Jesse began teaching a class about what it means to be part of a church before Sunday services to a small group too. Those involved in the class did a lemonade giveaway on our corner a couple weeks ago, which was a good way to meet some of the people working nearby and invite them all to church. Plus it was a tasty way to cool off on a hot summer day! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On a Friday evening we all met up at a local food park – Sugbo Mercado in I.T. Park for dinner, then we hung out in the grassy area there and played some yard games (including kuub). It was a nice change of pace, and a good way to get out into the community too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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STREET LEVEL MINISTRIES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The school year is pretty much over now, but that doesn’t mean much for Street Level – we have still been pretty busy in both locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of April, we set up our booth at a youth event where young people from all around Cebu island were invited to come for a two day conference. It was a good opportunity for our group to serve together, and a few good connections were made along the way. We made a special edition mini ‘zine to giveaway at the event, and other outreaches, so the Cebu group got their first experience of a WOTS folding and stapling night as we all worked together to assemble them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Toledo group hosted an outdoor movie night, just outside of our space. It was a great night serving together, as we made popcorn, fries, and grilled hotdogs. It felt like a real theatre experience and there were several new students that came. We will be doing it again in a couple weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We just finished going through the book of James at our weekly meetings, so we took a break from the regular routine this week and watched “The Insanity of God” together. We will be starting a new series, “Follow Me” by David Platt next week. Going through this series will be good for our groups, but is also going to help prepare a few of our members to go on a mission trip when the next team is here to Bantayan, where they will be helping to host a Youth Leader Summit using the same series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SHOFAR<\/strong> MISSION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparations are well underway for the upcoming team that will begin arriving in mid-July. We have started receiving registrations for the Pastoral Training Institute, and Ministry Training Institute classes already, and will open up the Youth Leader Summit registration soon too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We appreciate your prayers as we head into a season of preparation – for the team and related activities, and also as we gear up for the next school year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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