Thursday, September 27, 2018

Around the Region - Northern Philippines Devastated by Typhoon Mangkhut, Shechem Children's Home Opens and more!!! for Thursday, 27 September 2018 Volume 6, Issue 18 from The Asia Pacific Region of The Global Church of the Nazarene in Kaytikling, Taytay, Rizal, Manila 1920 Philippines

Around the Region - Northern Philippines Devastated by Typhoon Mangkhut, Shechem Children's Home Opens and more!!! for Thursday, 27 September 2018 Volume 6, Issue 18 from The Asia Pacific Region of The Global Church of the Nazarene in Kaytikling, Taytay, Rizal, Manila 1920 Philippines

VOLUME 6, ISSUE 18 FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Join Us In Prayer
Typhoon Mangkhut hit the northern tip of the Philippines a few weeks ago before moving toward Hong Kong and southeast China. Dozens were killed, hundreds missing, and cities are still picking up the pieces left from the storm. Let us pray and respond to this crisis.
Northern Philippines Devastated by Typhoon
An elementary classroom flooded on the PNC campus.
Typhoon Mangkhut, the world’s most intense storm this year, hit the northern tip of the Philippines early Saturday and killed more than 80 people before moving toward Hong Kong, China, where it killed four more people. About 50 people are still missing, and the death toll could rise above 100 as search and rescue missions continue.
Winds of over 127 miles per hour and gusts of as much as 189 mph tore through the landscape. Rice and corn crops worth an estimated $177 million were destroyed, and 450 homes were damaged, with flooding in nine provinces.
The village of Ucab in the Cordillera region was hit by one of 50 landslides triggered by heavy rains. Hopes of finding survivors in the rubble faded on Monday as rescuers in the region struggled to reach dozens of people feared trapped.
Philippine Nazarene College in La Trinidad sustained serious flooding. The damage at the college and at other churches and schools is still being assessed by local Nazarene Compassionate Ministries staff.
NCM staff in the Philippines are coordinating a response in Pangasinan and Benguet with local pastors. Churches are beginning to collect supplies for neighbors in need and connecting with other local organizations to further their reach.
An assessment team is being organized to visit churches in the northernmost part of Luzon — the area most impacted by the typhoon — and they will deliver Crisis Care Kits and generators as needed.
How You Can Help
Pray
Please pray for those facing the devastation left by the storms and the ensuing floods. Pray for those who have lost loved ones and homes. Pray for those who are most vulnerable during and after the storm, especially senior adults, individuals with disabilities, and people living in poverty. Pray for the swift delivery of the supplies and care they need, and pray for the months of recovery ahead. Pray for church leaders and churches responding to the needs around them. To send a prayer or note of encouragement, go to ncm.org/pray.
Give
Churches and individuals around the world can provide support through the Emergency Relief: 2018 Storm Response. Donations will be used for immediate needs, such as water and food, as well as long-term recovery and rebuilding efforts.
To send donations by mail:
In the U.S., make checks payable to “General Treasurer” and send them to:
Global Treasury Services
The Global Church of the Nazarene
P.O. Box 843116
Kansas City, Missouri 64184-3116, United States
Be sure to put 132634 in the Memo area.
In Canada, make checks payable to “Church of the Nazarene Canada” and send them to:
The Global Church of the Nazarene Canada
3657 Ponytail Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L4X 1W5, Canada
Be sure to put 132634 in the Memo area.
For any other country, give through your local church or district, designating your gift to Emergency Relief: 2018 Storm Response. (Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, originally published in NCN News) Read More.
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Latest News
On September 8, the Church of the Nazarene Philippines-Micronesia Field dedicated and launched the Shechem Children’s Home, the first assessment center in the Philippines for victims of Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC).
Shechem Children’s Home Opens as a Refuge for OSEC Victims
Manila, Philippines – On Saturday, September 8, 2018, leadership from the Church of the Nazarene Philippines-Micronesia Field dedicated and launched the Shechem Children’s Home. The Shechem Children’s Home represents the first assessment center in the Philippines for victims of Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC). After a time of worship, the partner organizations and Shechem staff were introduced. A Memorandum of Agreement was signed to formalize the partnership between the following organizations. The Philippines Church of the Nazarene and Nazarene Compassionate Ministries will own and administrate the home. The International Justice Mission will provide all legal counsel and protection for the children and the home, along with Trauma Informed Care training for the staff. And, the Philippines Children’s Ministries Network will provide a community social worker and additional resources for the home.
Dedication Rites being read by FSC Stephen Gualberto
The Shechem Children’s Home fills a vital gap in the process of rescuing victims of OSEC. With a staff composed of a social worker, a psychologist, a counselor, a medical doctor, and nurses, critical care can be provided to survivors while professionals assess how best to aid in the survivors’ recovery and reintegration into safe settings. Philippines-Micronesia Field Strategy Coordinator Stephen Gualberto said, “The comprehensive assessments to the child and his or her family is critical in determining the permanency plan for the child, be it reunification with relatives or reintegration through another avenue such as adoption, foster care, or independent living.
Field NCM Coordinator Leody Echavez shared about the challenges of sexual exploitation in the Philippines. “We often think of sex trafficking as adults filming videos for other adults, but this problem has taken on a new face. Now parents and relatives sell sexual videos of their own children, sometimes under a year old. Over 80% of the time it involves a direct relative.” He went on to add, “The Philippines is particularly vulnerable to OSEC, not only because of poverty levels, but also because most children speak English, and can, therefore, take instructions from predators.”
Signing of MOA between Church of the Nazarene/NCM, International Justice Mission (IJM Philippines), and Philippines Children’s Ministries Network (PCMN).
“There’s a continuum of care for victims of online sexual exploitation,” said Atty. Reynaldo Bicol Jr., Manila Field Office Director for the International Justice Mission. “The recourse now is to rescue a child and immediately bring them to a shelter, regardless of the situation. With the assessment center, our hope is that [Shechem] will serve as a model on how to properly care for children who are being rescued.”
The board and staff of Shechem ask for continued prayer as they seek physical needs for their ministry, and as they seek financial partners who are willing to participate in this valuable ministry.Read More.
Articles and Blogs
Dr. Dick Eugenio continues his "The Human Jesus" series by reminding us that temptations can come from the most unexpected avenues. If Jesus was tempted like us in every way, then he too experienced the multi-faceted and multi-colored temptations of daily mundane existence that is influenced by our environments or from our minds.
The Human Jesus – Part 2: Tempted Like Us in Every Way
The writer of Hebrews is very clear: Jesus “was tempted in every way, just as we are” (4:15). The only obvious accounts of Jesus being tempted were those when he was in the wilderness, immediately after his baptism at the Jordan River, being tempted by the devil himself (Matt 4:11). However, we must recognize that the whole life of Christ is a life face-to-face with temptations. We must realize that temptations do not only take the more common obvious forms. We face temptations when we wake up in the morning, when we sit idly or busily, when we walk, when we talk, when we minister, when we ride the public transport, when we watch the television, when we go to the mall, when we order food at McDonald’s, when we give, when we plan, when we respond and react to someone or something, when we arrive home from work, when we deal with our spouses and children, up to when we lie down and close our eyes in bed. If Jesus, according to our passage, was tempted like us in every way, then he too experienced the multi-faceted and multi-colored temptations of daily mundane existence.
Temptations can come from the most unexpected avenues. It is true that temptations can come from outside. They can come from the devil, whose tricks and schemes know no limit. They can come from even your friends and colleagues when we are faced with social conformity. They can come from our boyfriends and girlfriends when they are starting to be touchy and endearing. They can come from our family members and loved ones when they begin to become hindrances to our commitment to God and his work. They can come from strangers when their dresses are quite revealing. They can come from children when they are testing our patience. They can come from non-living things, like TVs, billboards, magazines, newspapers, computers, internet, tablets, cell phones, etc. Temptations can come from anybody and anything.
But temptations can also come from within us. Being human itself, with our inherent constitution as psycho-somatic beings, can become avenues of temptation. For example, to be hungry and to thirst are a part of being human. These are good human experiences because they keep us alive. But these basic and inherently good emotions and desires can be corrupted and turned by the devil as avenues of temptations. Hunger and thirst can lead someone to steal, kill, or hurt other people. Even sexual desire is good because it is necessary for the fulfillment of God’s command to Adam and Eve to reproduce offspring (Gen 1:28). But sexual desire can become an avenue not to produce life, but actually to take life and to make the lives of others miserable. Even the experience of love, which is a reflection of God’s own nature in our human constitution, can become the source of jealousy, bitterness, envy, and even to hatred. The ability to think is also a gift of God, but it can become the source of pride, arrogance, and conflict.
So when John wrote that “Jesus Christ has come in the flesh” (1 John 4:2), or when Paul wrote that “God sent his own Son “in the likeness of sinful flesh” (Rom 8:3), it meant that Jesus fully experienced what it meant to be human, and therefore also faced the same temptations that we face daily. The writer of Hebrews wrote that in Jesus Christ, “we have one who has been tempted in every way–– just as we are” (Heb 4:15). But because of this, Jesus truly is able to “empathize with our weaknesses.” Having been tempted like the rest of us, He is able to be merciful. When He was the cross, He prayed, “Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34). Instead of condemning us for our sins, because He understands our human weakness, He “is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us” as our High Priest (Rom 8:34). (Rev. Dick O. Eugenio is the Academic Dean of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary and SDMI Field Coordinator of the Philippine-Micronesia Field.) Read More.
Announcements
You are invited to the 2019 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, to be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The theme for this event will be “Unleash The Power.” Join us in Chiang Mai as we learn what God has in store for our church when we are willing to embrace His plan for us!
Registration Now Open for 2019 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference
You are invited to attend the next Asia-Pacific Regional Conference: Unleash the Power 2019! We believe that the power of the Holy Spirit is strong enough to move mountains and sensitive enough to urge hearts toward change. There will be time for you to connect with others who serve in your area of ministry as well as engage in field break-out sessions. Conference topics will focus on how the power of the Holy Spirit is unleashed to move in the following areas:
  1. Seeking the Kingdom First
  2. Discipleship
  3. Church Multiplication
  4. Intergenerational Faith Communities
  5. Compassionate Churches
  6. Christlike Leadership
  7. Using Loving Dialogue
Laity, clergy and ministry coordinators who serve on the Asia-Pacific region are encouraged to register. Prayerfully consider attending this exciting conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand from October 19-22, 2019.
Register Now!
Watch this video to get inspired!
Early bird registration* is $300 per person and includes:
  • All Sessions
  • Lodging (double occupancy) 18, 19, 20, 21 & 22 -October-2019.
  • All Meals for the duration of the conference (Breakfast on 19th to Breakfast on 23rd)
  • Transport from Chiang Mai Airport (CNX) to Venue and back to CNX Airport
  • Event Materials
*Late registration begins June 1, 2019, wherein the registration fee will be raised by $50 per person.
Registration Fees DO NOT INCLUDE:
  • VISA Fees (if applicable)
  • Airport Departure Fees / Taxes
  • Transportation costs from your resident country to and from the Chiang Mai airport
  • Extra / Optional Tours that may be available – details forthcoming
  • Personal snacks/spending
How To Pay
Registration Fees should be paid to your Field Conference Coordinator or Field Treasurer (District Conference Coordinator for Japan, Taiwan, and S. Korea). If you do not know who this is, contact Unleash2019@apnaz.org
Registration Fees WILL NOT be accepted at the conference venue. Unleash2019@apnaz.org
Also, consider attending the Regional Theology Conference
Theme: “Christ and His Church Engaging the Cultures of Our Region”
This will take place on the afternoon of the 22nd and all day on the 23rd
The cost is only an additional $60 to attend.
Register Now!
Sincerely,
The Team, Unleashed!
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The Asia-Pacific Regional Theology Conference will be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 22-23 October 2019. The planners of this conference are calling for scholarly papers.”
Regional Theology Conference 2019: Call for Papers
On 22-23 October 2019, the Asia-Pacific Region will host the Regional Theology Conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The theme of this conference will be “Christ and His Church Engaging the Cultures of Our Region.” This event will be held in conjunction with the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, “Unleash the Power 2019,” also being held in Chiang Mai on 19-22 October 2019.
Nazarene Theological College, Brisbane, Principal Dr. Rob Fringer is coordinating this conference, along with the NTC faculty. In preparation for the conference, Dr. Fringer has sent out a call for scholarly papers. These papers will be due to Dr. David McEwan at NTC by October 15, 2018. For more information on submission, and for specific guidance on topics, follow this link.Read More
Hiring English Teachers for Malaysia – INQUIRE NOW!
Dynamic Language Centre is accepting applications for full-time language teachers in their English language center in Penang, Malaysia. The newly renovated center has been in the business for over 15 years. While they teach many languages, children’s and adult English are their main focus. If you are an experienced children’s teacher, enjoy a wide mix of cultures from Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, and are looking for a rewarding career- we have an opportunity for you!
Hiring English Teachers for Malaysia – INQUIRE NOW!
Dynamic Language Centre is accepting applications for full-time language teachers in their English language center in Penang, Malaysia.
The newly renovated center has been in the business for over 18 years. While they teach many languages, children’s and adult English are their main focus.
If you are an experienced children’s teacher, enjoy a wide mix of cultures from Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, and are looking for a rewarding career- we have an opportunity for you!
Candidates should be:
  • Native English speakers
  • 4-year University degree holders
  • Experienced in teaching children
  • TESOL certified
Join our team! Contact us for further details about the program and available opportunities.
Teaching Opportunity in Malaysia!
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