The long-awaited Touch of

Hope Dream Center will soon

rise in a 5,130 sq mtr. property of

Touch of Hope Foundation, Inc.

in Cabaluna St., Brgy New

Visayas, Panabo City.

The center will house the

multi-purpose gym, main theater,

swimming pool and clubhouse,

and offices.

TOHFI Board, barangay offi-

cials, and ROL members were

present during the groundbreak-

ing ceremony.

“I am glad that the dream

center of Touch of Hope Founda-

tion, Inc. will be built here in

Cabaluna which is part of

Barangay New Visayas under

my jurisdiction”, these were the

words of Hon. Dizon P. Namuag,

the Barangay Captain of New

Visayas, Panabo City in his short

speech during the blessing of the

property and the ground breaking

ceremony of the Dream Center of

TOHFI, January 25, 2015 .

He added, “as the father of

the barangay, it is my joy and

honor in receiving big projects

and establishments as part of the

progress and development of the

barangay.”

The ground breaking was

spearheaded by Rev. Brendo S.

Medina, the Host Pastor of River

of Life Family Worship Center

located at 3rd Floor Northlink

Technological College, New

Pandan, Panabo City.

As gratitude to God for the

given property, a blessing and

ground breaking ceremony was

purposely done to give honor to

God for all the things He has

made and to prepare the land for

future construction of the pro-

posed buildings.

A short program was made,

singing of praises and worship to

God, unveiling of the perspective

plan and the releasing of bal-

loons as a sign of confirmation of

God’s blessings.

Fellowship snacks was

served also.

Prior to the blessing of the

property and the ground breaking,

two Saturdays of January were

spent for “OPLAN BAYANI-

HAN” in preparation for the said

event.

Members of Hang Out

Center Plus, a student center of

the foundation, members of ROL

and some other stakeholders of

the city joined the cleaning and

clearing of the site .

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PASTOR’S NOTE

By: Rev. Brendo S. Medina

A dream come true!

For almost two decades

now, finally, our church of River

of Life can now spread its wings

to provide essential information

to our members here and abroad

on what is going on inside the

ROL family. My warmest con-

gratulations to the ROL Multi-

media Team for making this

dream come true.

We started the year right!

Our experience during Directions

2015 has been a tremendous one

to everybody. There, we were

taught how to wait and know

God's will for our lives. We see

the value of listening and seek-

ing, not just His hands, but His

face.

Month of January was a

good start also. The Lord brought

us to the theme, "Finding God's

Will", with emphasis on our

relationship with God, which is

the first step in knowing His will.

Then came February with

the theme, " Loving God

Deeply". Here, our intimacy and

faithfulness are measured by the

way we love God and His words.

The month of March was

the one that ignites all of us to

stand up and claim our victory.

Our theme, “Walking in Vic-

tory", inspired us that as children

of the Lord, we are destined to

victory as Jesus is victorious over

death and the grave.

In April, we welcomed in

“Commitment". Our best exam-

ple here is our Lord Jesus Him-

self. His willingness to suffer

shame and death is a concrete

and a vivid picture of commit-

ment. The heart breaking story of

crucifixion will attest to this

claim.

My personal encourage-

ment to all is for us to be com-

mitted to the task God has

planned for ROL family. Our

commitment should be first to

God, second to our family and

lastly to the legacy that we would

like to leave to the generations to

come. Let us hold on to His

promises.

“Being confident of this,

that He who began a good

work in you will carry it on to

completion until the day of

Christ Jesus."

(Philippians 1:6)

God bless everyone!

EIC Speaks. . . The Start of a Lifetime

By Marjorie Bustamante

The River of Life Family

Worship Center formed its ROL

Multimedia Ministry on Decem-

ber 2012 with only three mem-

bers, Erma Ronquillo, Paola

Medina and yours truly. And

while we were three, we dreamed

the ministry to grow in members

count as well as its skills and

capabilities, and also develop-

mental projects.

In 2013, the team added

two members who have helped

us to widen our pace. And in

February 2014, the ministry's

members boomed into fifteen!

Aside from that, as of the first

project of venturing into give-

aways and invitation productions

to raise funds, we have now

come up with so much exciting

occasions and projects like quar-

terly fellowships and skills as-

sessment activity, to participate

in multimedia-related skills

workshops, audio-video produc-

tion of ROL, and the latest – this

publication which the body enti-

tled The ROL Today.

Because God has given us

talents not just in creation and

photo-audio-video production

but also in writing, we envi-

sioned The ROL Today as a

source of information in and

outside activities of the ROL.

This endeavor is to respond the

mission of bringing the lost to

the knowledge and intimate rela-

tionship with Jesus Christ as well

as to promote to every reader that

there is more a lot than being a

church spectator.

ROL has a wide variety of

events and we want everyone to

know about it. Thus we strongly

foresee this project to last a life-

time and desire it to be the best

tool of opening the eyes of every

reader's heart that it's more joyful

being a Christian!

To God be the Glory!

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ROL Missions

Department

kicks off in

2015 By: Karlo Cua

As a fulfillment of the

Lord’s command for us as His

people and the church’s deep

desire to engage in missions,

the River of Life Family Wor-

ship Center church council

introduced and developed a

new missions and evangelism

department early January 2015.

Appointed by the coun-

cil, the department is headed by

Jun Cua, alongside couple

Roed and Grace Hilado.

The department brain-

stormed different programs,

objectives, policies, and strate-

gies for the incoming year as

they joined the 2015 TOHFI-

ROL Hoshin Leadership Plan-

ning held at Northlink, Panabo

City last January 9, 2015.

Their objectives for the

year include going on a mis-

sions trip locally and interna-

tionally, conducting a specially

enhanced missions festival, and

incorporating the missions and

the evangelism department

with a radio program.

Last October 29 to No-

vember 2, 2014 the department

and 10 volunteers from the

church went on a missions trip

to visit the natives of the Ara-

kan Valley in North Cotabato

as an accomplishment to one of

the department’s objectives.

Moreover, the missions

depar tment successfu lly

launched test broadcasts of

ROL’s local radio station that

would incorporate the depart-

ment’s goal of spreading God’s

Word to

the peo-

ple of

P a n a b o

City.

I n

the fu-

ture, the

d e p a r t -

m e n t

aims to

send missionaries not only

within the locality but also

abroad. They are aiming to

send volunteers to go on trips

to countries such as Cambodia,

Thailand, and Vietnam to con-

duct programs and missions.

ROL GFF digs

deeper in GOD’s

Word By: Jezzriel Rado

G e n e r a t i o n

Full Force of River

of Life Family Wor-

ship Center contin-

ues to pursue a

stronger and deeper

relationship with

God through its

Bible Study Program

led by Mr. Keith

Medina, the ROL GFF President

together with the cooperation of

the officers.

The gathering piloted last

January 24, 2015 with FY Ad-

viser Ruel Montefolka heading

the group. In one of his mes-

sages during the Bible Study

Program , he emphasized, “it’s

good to know our weaknesses for

us to determine what areas we

are weak at so that we can focus

our life as growing Christians”.

Every Saturday of the

month, the GFF group gathered

together at different venues to

foster camaraderie, uniqueness

and belongingness among the

group.

The weekly gathering has

its prepared topics to follow

during Bible Study Lessons.

The theme of the sharing

during the whole month of Feb-

ruary was about love. The topics

were as follows: 1st Saturday –

Brotherly Love; 2nd Saturday –

Motherly Love; 3rd Saturday –

Love for your Partner; 4th Satur-

day –Love for the Lost.

The following month

dwelt about Victory .

With the support of the

parents, the growing teenage

Christians were starting to de-

velop a more intimate relation-

ship with God and knowing more

of who He is. As of now, the

officers keep on encouraging

other youths to join and experi-

ence an elevated life in exploring

the truth of God’s word.

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One Life group

Mt. Horeb dedi-

cates fellowship

cottage By: Karlo Cua

Eleven-member One Life

group Mt. Horeb offered a

cottage for dedication to the

Lord last February 7, 2015, at

the Touch of Hope Inc.

(TOHFI) Dream Center, Ca-

baluna, Brgy. New Visayas,

Panabo City.

Mt. Horeb built a semi-

concrete cottage on a rectangu-

lar lot located within the

Dream Center complex as allo-

cated by the TOHFI to fulfill

its goal to provide individual

fellowship centers for its 19

One Life groups.

The members of the

group, along with TOHFI

President Lisa Medina and

TOHFI Board Chairman Rev.

Brendo Medina, enjoyed after-

noon snacks and fellowship

shortly after the prayers and

dedication of the lot and cot-

tage.

The group started build-

ing their cottage shortly after

the Dream Center’s ground-

breaking ceremony and bless-

ing of the property last January

25, 2015 with the help of each

of the members’

individual contribu-

tions.

“This cottage

will serve not only

Mt. Horeb; but we

are also inviting

other groups and

members of the

church to come and

join us through lunch or after-

noon fellowships, prayer meet-

ings, Bible studies, etc.,” said

Jun Cua, leader of Mt. Horeb,

“and we are praying that many

memories with the Lord and

with our fellow churchgoers

will be made in the said fellow-

ship center.”

River of Life creates original songs By: Rozeny Diaz

"Finally!”, was the word

of relief and satisfaction uttered

by Mr. Elejo Candelario, Music

Director of River of Life Fam-

ily Worship Center, as he intro-

duced the first originally com-

posed song of ROL Worship

Team on February 2015.

"Many years ago, Pastor

Brendo Medina challenged the

team to make our own compo-

sitions. Now, after years of

waiting, naa na jud, dili lang

isa, Praise God!" Kuya Lee, as

he is fondly called, further

stressed. He composed the first

song entitled "UMARI KA"

which speaks about the great-

ness of God's love unto us, that

if we come to Him we can find

true rest, healing and assur-

ance.

The next two songs were

composed by Rozeny Gonzales

-Diaz entitled "IKAW ANG

GUGMA", which is based on

her own description of who

God is in her life; and Keith

Medina's "SIMBAHA ANG

DIOS" which is a song of

praise.

The compositions were

arranged by ROL's Fresh Start

Band Director Lenjun Diaz,

together with the help of its

band members' Ian Abapo on

bass, Alan Registos on guitar

and Keith on drums. These

songs are now being played in

the Sunday service several

times.

Producing at least one

song per month is one of the

team's 2015 HOSHIN goals.

ROL's Worship Team is look-

ing forward to creating more

compositions and finally come

up with an all original song

album to give glory and honor

to God.

Finding

S o m e o n e

Never Ends. . .

By: Monna Fe Quibuen

“The greatest challenge

in our lives is to find someone

who knows our faults and

weaknesses and are willing to

embrace us with so much love

without a doubt”.

To give emphasis to this

guiding principle in finding our

missing half, The TFC (The

Friendship Company ) a club

for young adults aging 22-45

had its annual membership day.

This year, the renewal of com-

mitment of being a member of

TFC at ROL was done last

February 21, 2015 at Cara’s

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Food Haven, New Pandan,

Panabo City. The fellowship

was anchored on the theme

“Love Bites” with Dr. Seth

Sabuga as the guest speaker.

The event focused on the

renewal of the love that is felt

and acted upon by our couples.

It is also a way of reviving

what has been lost through the

years and to remind them of the

sweet memories they once

shared. The message of the

speaker simply gave reminders

and guidance for the singles in

preparation for finding their

perfect partner in life and hav-

ing a happy family in the fu-

ture.

The Bible clearly states

in Gen. 1:27 that a man and a

woman is being created by God

to live and rule the earth. For

this reason, a man and a

woman will leave his father

and mother and will unite to-

gether to love each other in the

Lord. This is the design of God

for every human being. To love

and be loved.

How I wish I could al-

ways cherish my singleness in

life. Because being single is a

matter of choice and commit-

ment to work, to live happily

and to honor and serve God

wh o leh ear t -

edly. But as

the years went

by and the age

gets older, I

can say to

myself, God

has prepared

s o m e t h i n g

best for me and I have to em-

brace it. I believe in the verse

found in Jeremiah 29:11 which

says, For I know the plans I

have for you declares the Lord;

plans to prosper you and not to

harm you, plans to give you

hope and a future. This is a true

statement of God that never

ends and never changes. Find-

ing a perfect partner never ends

and it’s all in the hands of God.

Let’s just wait, see and pray.

ROL Kauswagan Ministry cele-brates 3rd anni-versary By: Karlo Cua

River of Life (ROL)

Kauswagan celebrated another

successful year of working in

the Lord’s ministry last March

1, 2015, 2:00 PM, at Purok C,

Brgy. Kauswagan, Panabo

City.

Attendees of the celebra-

tion were the members of the

ROL Kauswagan Church

headed by Sis. Rosita Los-

bañez, members of the ROL

Church Council, Pastors

Brendo and Sis. Lisa Medina.

Hosted by Sis. Ann

Ybañez, president of the UFW,

the program started with an

opening prayer and proceeded

with praise and worship led by

one of the members of the

Kauswagan church.

Ptr.. Asiel Pantelgone, an

ROL member who became a

pastor at a church in Agusan,

was the guest speaker of the

celebration wherein he shared

his testimonies along with

God’s Word.

The ROL Kauswagan

Ministry started with a two-day

medical mission held last May

2, 2008 and eventually by

God’s grace, it transitioned into

an extension church for ROL to

reach out to the people of Brgy.

Kauswagan.

The said church in Brgy.

Kauswagan is also the home of

the Kauswagan Organic Farm-

ing Training Hub (KOFaTH),

an organic farming training

program spearheaded by TO-

HFI to train and inform locals

o f d i fferen t

m e t h o d s o f

farming sustain-

ably and effec-

tively, since

Brgy. Kauswa-

gan is known for

its farmlands.

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River. . . . vivid pictures

come to life! Of family bond-

ings, of adventures with

friends, of a sanctuary, a place

of quiet rest…there’s life at the

river!

Interestingly, the Bible

speaks of the river of the water

of life, clear as crystal, flowing

from the throne of God, where

on each side is the tree of life

(Rev. 22:1-2). This brings eter-

nal joy and hope in our hearts

as we look forward to that

Great Day of the Lord.

As congregation of River

of Life Family Worship Center

(A Foursquare Gospel Church),

we stand in the hope that our

church’s name itself imbues.

So named due to its close

proximity to Lasang River,

River of Life (ROL) officially

started its Sunday morning

worship service last Sunday of

August 1996 in Barangay La-

sang, Davao City. The pioneer-

ing work which was started a

year prior to the official morn-

ing worship service was in

obedience to the prodding of

the Lord in Pastor Brendo Me-

dina’s heart as he traveled daily

to Davao to teach at our Bible

school.

Around four families

formed the first year of ROL.

Then the Lord added new be-

lievers until the spaces in that

small church was filled with

people.

God is sovereign. In

2008, the church faced a major

challenge: the lot where the

church was built and being paid

on installment was being taken

back by its owner. Church

members scoured the small

barangay for a place to transfer,

but there was none. After pray-

ing and consulting with the

Lord, His direction was so

clear, and His provision was so

evident: a big house along the

highway in Panabo City!

Breakthroughs upon

breakthroughs happened to

ROL since then until its transfer

to a bigger space at a 3-storey

building which the church is

currently renting. Here, we see

that listening and obedience to

God’s direction is imperative

for success in the ministry.

During the Leadership

Planning on November 29,

2010, the ROL leaders have

come up with the church’s Vi-

sion, Mission, and Core Values

to further solidify the member-

ship and from where all activi-

ties and plans should be cen-

tered.

All ROL members are

expected to remember these by

heart:

River of Life Family Wor-

ship Center is a congregation of

loving and God-fearing people,

whose passion and faith is cen-

tered on the Lord Jesus Christ,

whose teaching is based in the

Bible and depends on the Holy

Spirit.

OUR VISION

We see people coming to the

knowledge and SALVATION of

the Lord Jesus Christ, enjoying the

FELLOWSHIP of other believers,

submitting to DISCIPLESHIP

and are willing to engage in MIS-

SIONS, joyfully WORSHIPPING

God and SERVING the commu-

nity.

OUR MISSION

We will bring the lost to the

knowledge and intimate relation-

ship with Jesus Christ.

We will encourage every mem-

ber to participate in the fellowship

of the local church and help them

develop Christ-like maturity.

We will equip every member to

live in fruitfulness for the ministry

as the Lord leads

We will encourage members to

participate in missions work here

and abroad

We will honor God through a

joyful and Biblically sound wor-

ship

We will make ourselves rele-

vant to this generation by using

modern technology in the ad-

vancement of God’s kingdom

OUR CORE VALUES

Consecration – we value our

relationship with God above all

things, thus we seek to have an

intimate, fresh, and growing rela-

Come to the river …

THE RIVER OF LIFE! By: Lisa S. Medina

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tionship with Him

Christian Home – we value our

family, thus, we serve them next

to God

Call – we value God’s call and are

committed to missions and evan-

gelism program

Care – we value life-support

groups, thus, we always aim to

fellowship and serve one another

as a family of God.

Character – we value integrity

and preserve our testimonies in

and outside the church

Competence – we value progress

as the Lord leads us into a deeper

dimension of the ministry

ROL’s family description,

Vision, Mission, and Core Val-

ues are indeed vivid pictures of

what a church is all about! Like

a river that flows, may the Holy

Spirit move in our hearts, caus-

ing us to overflow from within,

may Jesus be the source of un-

ending joy, and may the love of

the Father unite us and bring us

to one purpose: to glorify His

Name together with others who

come to the river.

Welcome to the river,

the River of Life!

Passion For Souls-

The Heart of God By: Imelda Yamit

Ecclesiastes chapter 3:1

says, “There is a time for eve-

rything and a time for every

purpose under the heaven”.

Sometimes people wonder

why God put everything in its

proper place, proper perspec-

tive and proper timing. He

orchestrated everything in His

own way.

After so many years of

being together as a family of

God at ROL, we have seen

how God blessed us with spiri-

tual blessings in heavenly

places. Since River of Life

started in Lasang, the works of

God continued to display and

make some manifestations of

His marvelous works, unend-

ing love and grace. After pray-

ing for a long time, with some

innovations, techniques and

strategies that would increase

the passion and love for the

lost, God didn’t stop revealing

his plans for the church until

He finally spoke to His ser-

vants about the big ministry

which He prepared for ROL

people.

The reason for this is

to let us know the plans and

purposes of God for everything

until such time that we truly

realize the value of God’s

creation. It was one moment of

reflection that Pastor Brendo

S. Medina , the host pastor of

River of Life Family

Wo rsh ip Cen te r

prayed to God ear-

nestly seeking for

guidance and revela-

tion about the ur-

gency of spiritual

growth of his people.

In his prayer, he

asked a word from

God that will truly

speak about the pas-

sion for souls and

expansion of God’s kingdom.

True enough, He gave a word

from Ephesians 3:14-20

which we always stand in our

One Life class as our cove-

nant to God. .

cont’d on p8

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Passion… cont’d fr. p7

This vision and desire from

the heart of God’s servants

was truly realized when they

put their heart into it. After

seeking God’s revelation, Pas-

tor Brendo and Sister Lisa sat

down together and planned the

ministry of God . After plan-

ning and putting everything in

order, they called up some

prospective leaders of the

church who are willing to en-

gage in leadership ministry.

Thanks to God, there were

many who responded to God’s

call . A call to disciple others to

grow spiritually and become

leader of all leaders Thus, One

Life Class was born. In No-

vember 2011, the membership

day for One Life was held.

This is a unique discipleship

class of ROL where the life

coaches of different classes

were discipled also by Pastor

Brendo S. Medina every

Thursday night before they

can teach in a Sunday class.

Almost 22 classes were gath-

ered every Sunday after ser-

vice, discussing different top-

ics prepared by Pastor Medina

taken from some other authors

and from self study. The

group enjoyed each other’s

company . They have bondings

and outings outside the

church to foster cama-

raderie and self be-

longingness and of-

tentimes, One Life

group serves as an

avenue for them to

pour out their prob-

lems and some other

emotional baggages

which they had in their hearts.

There is under-

standing, unity,

cooperation and

love for everyone.

The biggest event

in One Life hap-

pened in December

2014! The One

Life Quiz Day, which was held

simultaneously with the

Thanksgiving Day . Pastor

Brendo and Sister Lisa gave

some special incentives to de-

serving one life classes who

did their best in studying the

lessons. The

following prizes

were given: First

place- trip to

Pearl Farm, Sec-

ond place- Over-

night Stay in

Eden Nature

Park, Third place

- Eat All You

Can to Chippens

Restaurant. It was difficult but

everybody prepared and en-

joyed the moments of excite-

ment……. That’s the beauty of

One Life. One God, One Vi-

sion, One People, One ROL.

HOP in Action By: Angie Abapo

Hang-Out PRO (P, Revi-

talized, Optimistic), the resting

club of businessmen and pro-

fessionals in Panabo City,

started the year 2015 with fun

and excitement.

Last January 31, 2015,

Hang-Out PRO-ers kicked off

the year with PRAYER and

FITNESS, with the earliest

breakfast fellowship since HOP

started. The fellowship started

at five o’clock in the morning

with an early morning prayer

and devotion, and ended with

an invigorating and dynamic

gospel zumba. The HOP mem-

bers not only enjoyed the leaps

and jumps on their zumba at-

tires, but also the sumptuous

healthy breakfast served after

the session. Truly, it’s a good

way to start the NEW YEAR

2015 by SEEKING GOD!

During the Love Month,

Hang-Out PRO-ers set Febru-

ary 28, 2015 as their DATE

WITH GOD, with the lovely

and inspiring couple Mr.

Reynaldo Lagat and Mrs. Mi-

nette Kwan-Lagat as their

speakers. The couple-speakers

shared insights on UNDER-

STANDING BIBLICAL

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SOS Team Building

COURTSHIP and MAR-

RIAGE. Moreover, love filled

the air as HOP couples re-

newed their marriage vows

with an exchange of wrist cor-

sages and boutonnieres, and

was then sealed with a kiss.

Single HOP members got their

share of the romantic moment

by reciting their commitment

for purity and chastity until

marriage.

As the Graduation Month

approached, the members of

the Hang-Out PRO felt the

need to extend a humble ser-

vice to the community through

a CAREER GUIDANCE

SEMINAR. This desire was

realized as Carmen National

High School opened its doors

to welcome the Hang-Out PRO

and bless their 340 graduating

Fourth Year students last

March 21, 2015. Chosen HOP

members shared their experi-

ences, the values they hold on

to at work, gave advices and

tips to guide these students as

they face their university life

and towards their future.

For the past three

months, God has been gracious

to Hang-Out PRO in providing

opportunities for their personal

spiritual growth and to be of

service to the community. With

this, brace yourselves Hang-

Out PRO-ers for more inspiring

fellowships and more exciting

activities!

ROL holds first ever S i n g l e s Retreat

By: Maggie Bustamante

"Status: Single but happy

#waitingformyGoddesignedlov

estory" was the theme of the

River of Life's first ever Sin-

gles Retreat held on March 31

to April 1, 2015 at Eden Nature

Park, Toril, Davao City, joined

by twenty four participants

who reflected themselves in

three sessions, Knowing Your-

self as a Christian Single,

Knowing the Christian View

on Romance, and the Biblical

Knowledge on Marriage; and

also blissfully participated the

Singles Night with parade of

their own creative pillows

which signify their lives, and

faithfully signed on the Absti-

nence Pledge Ceremony.

This was a much-awaited

event after the first Couples

Retreat on May 2014; the sin-

gles were so expectant on this

activity with the counsel of

well-known psychotherapists

Dr. Ed and Dr. Norma Gaston.

Its purpose is for Christian

singles' identity to be ironed

out. Dr. Norma stated during

the last session that Christians

have no problem at all in their

spirit since it has already been

born again, but their soul which

consumes psyche problems

should be dealt with before

entering into a relationship.

The event was indeed a

success; it has met the needs of

every single participant. As Dr.

Ed gave the word SINGLE its

acrostic meaning "Satisfied

Inwardly; Nurtured by God's

Love Everyday,” the singles

were so enthusiastically asked

for a second phase that will

focus more on identifying false

and true self.

ROL's main pastors,

Rev. Brendo and Sis. Lisa Me-

dina, also attended the said

event, which was coordinated

by the ROL Events Manage-

ment Team committee headed

by Mrs. Angelie Grace Abapo

together with her husband Mr.

Ian Irwin Abapo, and all be-

hind-the-scenes production by

couple's Mr. Edward and Mrs.

Janice Miral of ROL Multime-

dia Team.

Singles Retreat as well as

the Couples Retreat will al-

ready be observed every other

year as one of ROL's annual

activities.

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Women’s Hearts

Bond Together By: Imelda Yamit

Psalms 112:1-2 says,

“Blessed is the man who fears

the Lord, who finds great de-

light in his commands. His

children will be mighty in the

land; the generation of the

upright will be blessed.”

These are the declaring

words of Jesus in the Bible

which was given to Sis. Lilia

M. Sugaran, in her exhortation

to the United Foursquare

Women of ROL during the

Membership Day last March 8,

2015 at Cara’s Haven Food

Haus, New Pandan, Panabo

City.

The speaker also empha-

sized the benefits of being

fearful in the Lord so that we

can find true peace and happi-

ness in God’s service. A short

program was prepared before

the membership signing. Sister

Mary Ann R. Ybañez , the

UFW president of ROL led the

women in the distribution of

mem-

bership data form which was

filled up and signed by the

ladies as their commitment to

renew their membership status

and be a part of ROL family.

Almost 25 ladies were

the participant to the big mem-

bership day. Songs of praise

and worship, giving testimo-

nies, sharing of God’s word,

and above all games and other

surprises entertained the group.

A fellowship lunch was

served after the short program.

ROL Kids join Interfaith Night 2015

By: Paola S. Medina

The River of Life Kids

displayed their first ever show-

case of talents in dancing

“MUSAYAW PARA SA GI-

NOO” held at ARF Gym,

Panabo City on March 29,

2015 in the evening.

Ms. Joy Rupita, under the

supervision of ROL Kids Ad-

viser Ms. Algerica Engles,

trained around 34 kids who

joined the said event. They had

been practicing for many Sun-

days in preparation for their

dance presentation which in-

cludes synchronization of tam-

bourine, dancing on “wings”

and with banners.

Aside from ROL, other

churches and organization that

participated were Panabo City

Foursquare Gospel Church,

Independent Baptist Church of

Salvacion, Independent Baptist

Church of Gredu, Foursquare

Gospel Church Cagangohan,

Faith Tabernacle, Youth Posi-

tive of Christian Renewal Fel-

lowship, Life Outreach Fellow-

ship Ministries, Church of

Nazarene and Panabo City

Tribal Council.

To remember, last year’s

ROL representatives were the

"Wings Club" dancers Rozeny

Diaz, sisters' Jill and Shiela

Cano, and Rowena Godoyon

who showcased graceful danc-

ing with "wings" for God’s

glory.

The Interfaith Night 2015

was indeed a successful event.

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ROL Kids

It is a passion for chil-

dren that will always be the

motivation of the River of Life

Extension Classes. Teaching

Staff put in weekly efforts for

the expansion of

Biblical knowledge to the chil-

dren of Monica Homes, Joesil

Subdivision, and Goldland.

In the course of its suc-

cess, behind the scenes are the

said staff and Miss Algerica

Engles, or commonly known as

‘Teacher Algie’. They are used

by God to seek out and bring

Panabo and its children to sal-

vation. As all things have, the

Extension Classes started

small. The classes that the

River of Life Family Worship

Center (ROL) offered were

only inside the

church and was only used for

retention, until now.

This new program will

not only retain souls for the

Lord, but also to acquire,. This

sparked in the heart of Teacher

Algie to start reaching out to

children from beyond the pe-

rimeters of the church. She

started this new project at

Purok 1, Barangay Salvacion,

Panabo City, then onto Gamao,

Goldland, and Tagum.

These extension classes,

alongside the ROL Children’s

Ministry, went on to participate

in events such as the ROL

Children’s Festival, Vacation

Bible School (VBS), and the

Cypress Division Christmas

Party.

2015 kicks off with The

Extension Class program no

longer including the Salvacion

Extension Class and the Ga-

mao Extension Class. We

know all things come to an

end, but when a door closes,

another one opens.

The ROL Extension

Class program has now two

new extension classes, the

Monica Homes Extension

Class and the Joesil Subdivi-

sion Extension Class. These

new classes will also be in-

volved in the VBS and hope-

fully the ROL Children’s Festi-

val.

Out of these efforts come

success, but all this is done in

vain if it was not for the greater

glory of our Creator, who has

made us able to do these

things.

We want to hear from you!

Follow the ROL Multi-

media Team in its Face-

book account: /ROLMultimediaProductions

UMARI KA By: Lee Candelario

Sa wala pa ang kalibutan Gihunahuna Ko na ikaw

Sa wala pa ikaw matawo

Gilain Ko na ikaw

Sa wala pa ikaw mag-ampo Nadungog Ko na ikaw

Ug sa imong pagbakho

Sa tago ako nagapaminaw

Umari ka, Ako kapahulayan Sa dughan Ko

Ikaw magaduyan

Igo na ang luha mo Akong pahiran

Dawata 'Kong kaayuhan Ipabati 'Kong kahupayan

Sa dughan mong gibudlayan

Kalipay Ko matagamtaman

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Small Beginnings By: Zennen Andrei B. Sugaran

VBS Kids

VISION

-To see people come to know

Jesus through widespread mul-

timedia.

-To see stability, sustainabil-

ity and organized promotion

and documentation of ROL &

TOHFI Activities.

- To see the ROL Multimedia

Ministry being founded by

people who have great passion

and commitment.

Mission - To spread the Gospel by

way of producing audio, video

& printed Gospel materials.

- To establish links and work

closely with every departments.

- To hold regular fellowship

and to share skills and best

practices in the field.

Core Values -Passion

- Integrity

-Timeless

-Diligence

-Responsibility

-Covenant-driven

EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief Marjorie Bustamante Associate & Layout Editor Erma Ronquillo Feature Editor Imelda Yamit

Moderator Ronald Mena

Writers Karlo Cua Paola Medina Zennen Andrei Sugaran

Contributors Jezzriel Rado Rozeny Gonzales-Diaz Monna Fe Quibuen Angelie Grace Abapo

Photographs ROL Multimedia Photo & Video Team

Consultant Mrs. Lisa S. Medina

The River of Life Multimedia Ministry - is a support

group of River of Life and Touch of Hope Foundation, Inc. by which to help and assist

the needs of the ministries regarding promotion and production of different activities by

using multimedia such as flyers, posters, audio-visual presentation and the like.