United as One Family

          Last August 19, 2017 Saturday, Couples For Christ (CFC) Melbourne,  Australia celebrated its 26th anniversary at Saint Brigid Catholic Church. The day's celebration was filled with laughters and screams as each one witnessed the various presentations from the CFC units: West, North, South etc. 

          The YFC group was very generous to share their talents through their various presentations like the band playing and dances.

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There was also the much applauded lip sync battle of the different CFC Units. Our unit, CFC North Unit, was successful in sharing our God given talents through our Grease dance presentation- thanks to the support of our Unit Leaders, Bro. Walter and Bro. Gary as well as to our household leader- Bro. Sam and Sis Bong.

          Prayers and worship were also shared thus making this event centered on our belief that everything which happened within those 26 years of existence were guided by the graces of our Most Loving Father. Hence all these manifestations are but just right to be returned to Him through this get together of CFC brothers and sisters all throughout Melbourne. 

          Much gratefulness also to the elders of CFC Melbourne who unceasingly devoted their extra mile, time and resources so that CFC will continue to flourish and grow in this part of the globe.

Precious Moments.....Memories to Cherish

          When people gather together as brothers and sisters in Christ, it is there in that gathering that one can feel and radiate the same positive vibes to others. Life is so wonderful that one could not miss to enjoy every bit of it. Regardless of the busy schedules that we have everyday, it is still a part of our life to exchange our life story with others.

          That's exactly what we cherish last November 09, 2014, Sunday when we held our household gathering  at the residence of our household leader, Bro. Rodel and his loving wife, Sis Danna. What made the gathering more meaningful was the presence of our charismatic unit head, Bro. Ed and his loving wife, Sis Pinky. Amidst the chit- chat we made before we formally started our sharing, the full of spirit children were also busy with their games and antics most common to their ages. 

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          We had our singing practice right before we took off our celebration. What struck me among the three songs that Bro. Rodel had prepared for the celebration was that they all tell and remind us of the overflowing love GOD has for all His people including us gathered at that very moment.

          Finally, we started our celebration of faith and life and as each one shared his thanksgiving prayer for all the recent blessings that were received from God, I said to myself that God indeed is such a generous God. He never fails in sending His goodness to all of us in so many ways. Throughout all the chapters of life specifically for us who were bonded together at that very moment, we personally and concretely feel God's amazing kindness by the multitude of gifts that He has showered on us. 

          Thus, we all felt the strength of our being together and as we all went back to each of our families, we carried with us the new found flame of life and the bond of fraternal love that we shared with each other. After all, those precious moments that we shared indeed become memories to cherish.  

Submit Everything To Him Above

          Opportunities to gather together as one household is always a renowned moment for it brings people more closer to one another. When we had our household gathering last month, there was excitement in the air as we gathered collectively as one family- people bounded together in one common faith in the Lord. 

          And when we started the gathering by offering songs of praise, we lifted up our hearts and faith to God for we all believed that He is the sole purpose of everything. Being the owner of our life, He is the main reason why we always have positive things in life. He showered immense blessings to us most notably through the gifts of our family, our loved ones, our life, our talents etc. . 

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          So going back to our gathering, we also lifted to Him our personal intentions and even those intentions of other people unknown to us. We prayed in a special way for those who are presently sick and unloved, for those people who have no one to pray for them. Afterwards, we had our sharing on the given readings. Particularly, we shared our struggles and those positive energies that allowed us to move on from them.  

          To end, I am always looking forward to every opportunity that allows me to interact and share life with other people. There are fresh and new discoveries that I could find in myself as I will exchange moments together with others.  

Another Gathering of Faith and Hope

          Families gathering together, children enjoying each other's company, husbands and wives savouring the presence of each one---these are but just some of our treasured moments every time that we gather together for our Cfc Household. Thus last May 10, 2014, Sunday, as the world celebrated Mother's Day, we also grouped together at the residence of our fellow brother and sister- Alvin and Denden as they hosted our scheduled fellowship.

Succeeding events that ensued were the following:

1. Fellowship- we shared our thanksgiving prayer for the bountiful blessings that we endlessly received from God. All those beautiful things that happened to us recently and every blessing that we welcomed in our life, we also offered God our sincere gratefulness for His unending generosity. Afterwards, we also shared our individual petitions to pray for all our needs- family, community, society, global etc. 

2. Food- we savoured the festive for prepared and meticulously chosen by our host, Denden, sharing with us her delicacies. We all enjoyed the food on the table and again, we thanked God for such goodness and for the nourishment we received from all those food.

3. Thoughts on our moms and wives as we celebrated Mother's Day- we, husbands, had our special moments when we shared with each other how precious and endeared our wives meant to each one of us. Thank you, oh God for the blessings of these wonderful people in our life-- our loving and dedicated housewives.

          Finally, we departed from our gathering bringing with us a renewed strength and vigour graciously extended by the fellowship. Looking forward to future opportunities for bonding life's gifts and experiences.