Church Profile
Church Profile
Church Profile
G R E E T I N G S:
We, your brothers and sisters in the Church of Christ at Quezon City (Project
7), in Metro Manila, have been your partners in God’s ministry in our
community for the past 29 years. It has been our fervent prayer to the
Heavenly Father to be blessed with more strength to continue serving Him.
We now have the building plan, and the estimated project cost is Php 25
million (about US $500,000). With our meager resources, we are committed
to raise one-tenth (Php 2.5 million) of the cost and the rest, we pray, will be
from your support.
We trust you will join us to realize this project for the glory of our Lord.
In His Name,
The Church
The Church is strategically located at the heart of Quezon
City
• The Vicinity Map illustrates how the Church of Christ at Project 7 can
serve a bigger number of people who seek Christ and can extend its
service to neighboring communities.
• It is easily accessible via public transport, i.e. via Metro Rail Transit
(MRT) and other public utility transport, from different points in
Quezon City and Metro Manila.
• The regular attendees of Bible study sessions conducted by the
Evangelism Ministry may easily visit the church. Attendees from
southern Metro Manila may easily attend Worship and other church
activities via the MRT and other public transport.
• The proximity of the Church with various establishments, i.e.
government offices and shopping malls, gives the Church advantage
in terms of exposure and inviting more people to visit and become
members of the congregation.
Growing membership
• Presently, the Church accommodates more than 100 members, who
reside at Project 7 and in neighboring communities.
• Membership has improved in size with the efforts of the Ministries
set-up by the Board of Elders.
• To date, the Church has 14 different bible study groups within Metro
Manila and has encouraged a number of regular church attendees
from neighboring places such as Westriverside, Commonwealth
Avenue, and Libis and is expected to grow even larger with the
reinforcement of the Church’s evangelical work.
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2. DONATION SCHEME
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Remit to your area coordinator
Deposit directly to our bank account (US $ Account No. )
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Sponsor’s Signature Date
How to become a Protected Sponsor
1. Fill up the “Sponsor Commitment Form” which can be found attached
at the back of the Church Profile or may be downloaded from the
Church website: http://www.________________. You can thereafter send
this Form to us through the following means:
a. Submit to your appointed area coordinator in your area, if any.
(We shall be appointing coordinators, if available, in your area to
directly communicate with us); or
b. Send it back directly to us through regular mail addressed to
Church of Christ at Quezon City (Proj 7 Church of Christ) under
P.O. Box ______; or
c. Send it through electronic mail through this address:
[email protected].
2. We shall acknowledge receipt of your accomplished Form through
electronic mail or regular mail, if necessary. We shall also advise your
area coordinator, if applicable.
3. We shall send you an
identification card bearing a
control number which shall be
used as you control number of
all donations that we shall
receive in our US $ Account
No. _____________. This I.D. will
also be our way of identifying
you when you come to visit us
in the Philippines to avail of
the privileges of being a Sample I.D. card
Sponsor of our Church.
4. You can give your donations to your coordinator, if any or send directly
to our US $ Account No. _____________.
5. Please advise us through email or through regular mail, if necessary, of
any donations you have given either to your area coordinator or
through a direct deposit in our bank account, indicating the date you
have made the transaction and the amount of the said transaction.
6. We shall acknowledge through electronic mail or through regular mail,
if necessary, as soon as the donation you have made shall have been
credited to our account.
7. Rest assured that your donation shall be exclusively used for our
Church Building Construction Project and not for any other purpose.
8. For your reference, we shall be posting weekly updates in our website
and send through email or regular mail, if necessary, to keep you up to
date with the development of the project through actual pictures,
financial report and work progress development graph.
The first missionaries of the Church of Christ arrived in the Philippines
together with, the establishment of the American civil government in 1901.
In the early days, the missionaries experienced great difficulty in propagating
the Gospel of Christ because of the long and embedded religious tradition
which has been taught and practiced by the Filipinos for over 300 years. But
the American missionaries remained unfazed. And with their efforts, the
Gospel of the New Testament Church razed like fire throughout the country.
Mrs. Wolfe opened her “retirement home” for evangelism where the
first small group was organized through Bro. Lungat and an elder of the
Church of Christ at Cruzada. And from this small
nucleus, a Church grew. Leslie and Carrie
Wolfe
It was in 1956
when the first
congregation was
established at Pitimini
Street. Mrs. Wolfe would
hire a public transport to
pick-up families who
usually attended service
at different Churches in
Manila. The church
services were facilitated through the assistance of our Brothers and Sisters
from different Churches.
Evangelism was
extended to the surrounding communities through Bible study sessions held
Early members of Proj 7 Church of every Sunday afternoon and every day during the
Christ then meeting at Mrs. Wolfe’s summer for children. With the effort of Mrs. Wolfe,
home at Pitimini Street. the missionaries and members, the flock at Pitimini
multiplied.
Project 7 Church of
Christ then
From its humble growing youth and children
beginnings at Pitimini Street, members.
until it finally transferred to its
present location at Project 7, The Church is guided
the Church has untiringly under the stewardship of
strived to spread the Gospel of Pastor Vher Palang, who
Christ and encouraged became full time Senior
others to accept Christ. At Pastor of the Church in
present, the 2002 after serving as
congregation consists part-time evangelist
of men, women, and assistant to
youth and children Pastor Bonifacio
who hail from Martin for two (2)
Project 7 and years. He has
from served the
Lord for
over seven
years as
Senior
Pastor of
the Church
of Christ at
Calapan,
Mindoro
and at
Galas,
Quezon,
City.
The Board
of Elders,
neighboring communities. which serves as the robust
There is also a growing number pillars of the Church, is
of regular church attendees composed of six wise and
who come from adjacent cities inspired men. The Elders serve
and municipalities and at times as the overseer of the
worshipers from different congregation, who labor for the
provinces. growth and development of its
members.
Currently, the church is home
to 110 regular worshipers. This Each elder heads a particular
figure excludes the rapidly ministry. The Christian
Education Ministry is under the
tutelage of Pastor Ver Palang.
Bro. Noel Obispo leads the
Evangelism Ministry. The
Worship and Music Ministry is
co-chaired by Bro. Atoie Conte
and Bro. Renato Mallari. The
Finance Ministry, which handles
the finances of the Church, is
headed by Bro. Dado Leonardo.
The Property and Space
Ministry is headed by Bro. Noe
Delfin. Bro. Oliver B. Peneyra
currently heads the Property
Development Team.
Administrative concerns
and all major decisions of the
Board of Elders are resolved
through a consensus and under
the guiding light of Jesus Christ.
The Board of Elders is supported
by a hardworking and inspired
army of Deacons and Lady
Christian Workers (Deaconesses),
numbering at 13 and 19
respectively.
Minister:
Vergilio Palang
Elders:
Atoie Conte
Noe Delfin
Diosdado Leonardo
Renato Mallari
Noel Obispo
Oliver Peneyra
The CEM also assists the other ministries in their respective projects
and extends services in terms of the materials necessary for Christian
education. It also works closely with the pastor for the purpose of selecting
and training members to become qualified leaders and teachers of the
Church, i.e. teachers, worship leaders, deacons, deaconesses, and elders. In
addition, the CEM assists the pastor in conceptualizing essential programs
for the members such as retreats and seminars. The CEM is presently
headed by Pastor Ver Palang.
The Children’s
Sunday School currently has four (4) departments, namely, Beginners,
Primary, Middlers and Juniors which are being handled by ten (10) volunteer
teachers.
Evangelism Ministry
The Church reaches out and shares the Word of God to the community
through the Evangelism Ministry. It is responsible for conceptualizing
effective means of spreading God’s Good News and encouraging not only the
members of the Church but also the members of the community to read the
Bible. The Evangelism Ministry, headed by Pastro Ver Palang and assisted by
Bro Noe Obispo, directly supervises the Home Bible Study and the Small
Group Bible study programs.
Worship and Music Ministry
The Worship and Music Ministry (WMM) is tasked with the preparations
for the weekly Sunday Worship. It is responsible for providing the Worship
program and music. The group also
offers their musical talents in special
occasions such as in Thanksgiving
celebrations, fellowships, Church
anniversaries
and other
programs. The
ministry is
Music Training
On March 2005, the ministry conducted
weekly music training for the members of
the congregation. The purpose of which is to encourage the other members
of the Church to discover their musical talents and to use the same in
serving the Lord. The training emphasized that Music for the Lord is not
merely about singing and playing the instruments but more importantly it is
for the purpose of offering pleasure to God.
Music Camp
As part of its mission to make fellowship with the other churches, the
ministry joins various activities in different parts of the Philippines. The
ministry joins the Praise Theme in its Music Camp held every two years for
musically-inclined Christians. The
Camp is for those who are
interested in learning to play
musical instruments and also for
those who desire to improve their
musical skills. The purpose of the
Music Camp is to encourage
Christians to share their God-given
talents to others and to enlighten
them that they can serve the Lord
through music.
Finance Ministry
The Finance Ministry handles the finances of
the Church and ensures transparency in the
reporting of the Church’s utilization of its financial
resources. The Ministry is headed by Bro. Dado
Leonardo, as Treasurer.
month.
Christian Youth Ministry
Upon realizing the need to unify the Youth of Project Seven into one
vision and mission, the Church formed the Christian Youth Ministry (CYM).
The CYM’s purpose is to reach out to the youth of the Church and also to the
community. It endeavors to inspire the youth to engender a dynamic
relationship with God and to
encourage them to lead a
purpose-driven life. The
Ministry provides activities,
programs and support for the
youth and undertakes to
impart the Word of God to
them so that they may know
the story of Christ’s life and
inspire them to be like Him.
The CYM also encourages
them to reach out to the
members of the community
who have not yet been
enlightened by Christ.
The CYM regularly conducts various programs all throughout the year.
Berean Nights
To deepen their relationship with God and to better understand God’s
part in their growth as mature Christians, the CYM developed a Bible study
program exclusively for
the teenage and young-adult
members of the Church. Every
Friday night, they gather in the
church grounds and have an
interactive discussion on the
Word of God, group dynamics
and reflection/meditation prayers. It also became an opportunity for them to
invite their “unchurched” friends and introduce God into their lives.
Youth Month
To better understand and experience the different ways one could
serve God, serve others and the Church, the CYM holds a Youth month every
October. For the next five (5) Sundays of October, the Youth will acts as
Deacon, Deaconess and Elder or as a Teacher or Assistant Teacher for the
Children’s Sunday School. Others will also be the Worship leader and
instrumentalists for the Worship service. In this way, they will be able to
further develop their skills, talents and qualities God has given them for their
ministry and prepare themselves for their future roles in the Church.
Preparations by PDT
In anticipation of this this Church is being built. A huge
project, the tent shall be
Church has set-up on the
made church grounds
to provide
comfort to the
church
attendees.
The
preparations as to its congregation
facilities to has committed to shoulder 10%
accommodate worshipers during of the total cost of the building.
the construction phase of the Hence, the Board of Elders has
new building. Thus, on 26 January set-up the Property Development
2006 the Team (PDT)
headed by Bro.
Oliver B. Peneyra
and the
Secretariat,
which is
supervised by
Bro. Jimmy
Valerio, to come
congregation worked together in up with projects in the attainment
cementing the church grounds, of the Church’s vision for a new
which will serve as the worship church building.
area when the new building of
Other Preparations
On February 12, 2006, the CYM organized a
Dinner-Date Fellowship for the members of the
Church. Couples were treated to a nice and elegant
dinner. The proceeds of the event was the first fund
to be deposited for the church building project.
On April 12, 13 and
14, 2006, the
Church opened its
gates to the public
for a musical play
entitled Calvary’s
Love, which was
an adaptation of
the play written by Greg Nelson, Tom Fettke,
Phill McHugh and Don Cason. The musical
play was directed by Bro. Faust Peneyra. The
The Cast, Band and proceeds of the play was likewise set aside to
Production Staff of “Calvary’s
be used for the reconstruction of the church
Love”
building.
The Finance Ministry has also set-up an exclusive account to handle the
funds for the church building project
The ground floor will house six classrooms for the pre-school learning
center. The ground floor will also have offices for the pastors, a conference
room, a reception area and a lobby. All of the classrooms and the conference
room may be used for varied purposes. The Worship Hall will be located in
the second floor, together with the Women’s Hall Area. The Baptism Area will
also be located in the Worship Hall. The third floor will house a library that
may be used by the members for study and Bible reading. The pastoral
house will be located in the fourth floor.
The classrooms for the pre-school center will also be used for other
Church activities like rooms for Sunday Schools, Bible Study sessions etc.
Presently, some Small Group Sunday school classes are being held inside and
outside of the Worship Hall and in tents as makeshift classrooms. The new
classrooms will enhance the effectiveness of the Bible study sessions by
providing a convenient place for sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Moreover, it will encourage more people to attend the Small Group sessions
and other Church activities.