The Living Rock Church

Welcome to our Church!

jlrcm — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:40:46 +0000

No matter who you are,

no matter where you have been,

no matter what you have done,

you will always be loved and accepted here.

Hope you will enjoy your visit.

God bless you.

JLRCM

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Pastor Norman and his family. From left to right, Kyle Jonathan, 10, Velma Jane, Nikka Andrea, 8 mos., Pastor Norman and David Bryan, 11.

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We got it! Praise the Lord!

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed toward this project! God continue to bless you!

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CONGRATULATIONS to our NEW LAWYER! Philip A. Dureza just PASSED the BAR exam in the US. We rejoice with you and your family! God be praised!

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ILOILO UNDER WATER: The Aftermath of Typhoon Frank

New Links:

Friends (External Links):

Other Internal Links:

Our Sermons Page
Thanksgiving Service (November 18 2007)
Urgent! We Need Your Help!
Warren Aragona’s letter after the operation of Victoria
Urgent Prayer Request from our Missionaries to Cambodia and Laos
YOU CAN HELP us have our own Multimedia LCD Projector. Click here for details.
18th Anniversary Message by Pastor Roger Quimpo
Pastor’s Open Letter (18th Anniversary)
Our 18th Anniversary Program

Recipients of the Finkelstein-Dureza Calamity Assistance

jlrcm — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:12:50 +0000

Jesus the Living Rock Christian Ministries

Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines

MARK FINKELSTEIN CALAMITY ASSISTANCE through the efforts of BRO. JULIUS and SIS. LINA DUREZA

TYPHOON FRANK and FLASH FLOOD VICTIMS LIST

Note: this list only includes Living Rock Members

Family Name (Location), Number of Members, Amount, Signature

1. Agravante (Fajardo Subd.), 5, P900, ______________________

2. Altea (Cuartero, Jaro), 1, P300, ______________________

3. Beliran (Villa Juanita), 1, P300, ______________________

4. Belostrino (Aganan, Pavia), 4, P800, ______________________

5. Buganas (Simon Ledesma), 1, P300, ______________________

6. Bugarso (Purok 4, Pavia), 1, P300, ______________________

7. Candari (Rd. 9, Pavia), 2, P600, ______________________

8. Castillo (Fajardo Subd.), 1, P300, ______________________

9. Cubing (Villa Juanita, Pavia), 2, P600, ______________________

10. Cubing (New Homes), 3, P900, ______________________

11. Dadivas (Arguilles, Jaro), 2, P600, ______________________

12. Decara (Villa Juanita), 2, P600, ______________________

13. Ducanes (Democracia, Jaro), 2, P600, ______________________

14. Espinoza (Tagbac, Jaro), 3, P900, ______________________

15. Gabales (Aganan, Pavia), 1, P300, ______________________

16. Garingo (NHA, Mandurriao), 4, P1200, ______________________

17. Gaerlan (Fajardo Subd.), 2, P600, ______________________

18. Go (Ledesco Village, Lapaz), 1, P300, ______________________

19. Gomez (Democracia, Jaro), 4, P800, ______________________

20. Guardafavo (Balabag, Pavia), 2, P600, ______________________

21. Griengo (Rd. 9, Pavia), 3, P900, ______________________

22. Jardenil (Balabag, Pavia), 1, P300, ______________________

23. Juaneza (Fajardo Subd.), 1, P300, ______________________

24. Lao (Villa Juanita, Pavia), 5, P900, ______________________

25. Magno (Aganan, Pavia), 1, P300, ______________________

26. Martinez (Ledesco Village, Lapaz), 4, P800, ______________________

27. Maquiling (Villa Juanita, Pavia), 1, P300, ______________________

28. Recto (Aganan, Pavia), 2, P600, ______________________

29. Reyes (Aganan, Pavia), 2, P400, ______________________

30. Taala (Sambag, Jaro), 5, P1100, ______________________

31. Villorente (Aganan, Pavia), 7, P2300, ______________________

TOTAL NUMBER OF FAMILIES: 31

TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS: 76 members

ASSISTANCE RATES: Adults and Teen Agers = P300 per head, Small Children = P100 per head.

TOTAL ASSISTANCE: P20,000.00

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Last Sunday Service for 2007

jlrcm — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:28:24 +0000

Men’s Fellowship

Women’s Fellowship

Young Professionals Fellowship

Youth Fellowship

Part of our Children’s Church

We consecrated ourselves before God before we cross over to 2008.

Consecration comes before victory. (Joshua 3:5)

Crossing Over to 2008

jlrcm — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:51:39 +0000

by Pastor Norman S. Lao

[Outline borrowed from Pastor Abner Batan of Inter-Faith Global Church]

Joshua 3:1-5

Introduction

They have declared the year 2008 as the “Year of the Rat.” There are a lot of predictions from so-called psychics and spiritists concerning the coming year. Most of these predictions vary from bad to worse. However, we say that 2008 is the Year of the Lord and it is full of Promise, Hope and Blessings!

Joshua’s statement, “Tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you” fittingly applies to us today as we prepare to Cross Over into a New Year. Only the Jordan River stands between the Israelites and the Land of Promise, the land known to be Flowing with Milk and Honey, a Land of Abundance.

Unless we cross over we cannot receive God’s best. There are three important things we need to do as we cross over.

1. We Must Forget the past.

A. Of course, there are things we should not forget such as, firstly, the important lessons we have learned in 2007. We need those lessons in order to gain the victory God has in store for us the following year. Secondly, we must never forget our Christian moral heritage and, thirdly, the blessings that God has showered us with this past year.

B. “What we mean by forgetting the past is that we should not allow our past experiences to negatively influence and affect us. Both past successes and failures have the potential of wrecking us, shrinking us to a status of unproductiveness.”

C. On the one hand, past successes may negatively make us feel comfortable and feel a false sense of contentment that will prevent us from moving further forward. Do not be content with the successes you have gained – God has greater successes in store for you this coming New Year!

On the other hand, failures may discourage us. Friends, remember “failure is not final!” You don’t need to stay in your failures. The Bible says, the “Righteous man may fall seven times, but he gets up seven times, too.” You are not a failure until you refuse to get up.

2. We Must Consecrate the present.

A. Before Israel could experience the amazing things the Lord would perform in their midst, they were commanded first to consecrate themselves. To consecrate means to offer or give yourself to God. To consecrate means to declare that you are a vessel of God and no one else’s. To consecrate means to be set apart. To consecrate means to be under God. A consecrated person does not belong to himself, but to God.

B. Likewise, before we can experience the amazing things that God has promised to those who love Him, w must first consecrate ourselves, our time, talent, treasure, work – our whole life to God today. We need to consecrate areas in our life where Jesus is not totally Lord. It maybe your love life, your thought life, your financial life. Whatever it is, you need to consecrate them to God if you want God to do amazing things in your life and in the life of this church.

3. We Must Appropriate the future.

A. It is exciting to wait for God to work amazing things. But waiting idly is contrary to God’s plan. The Israelites together marched forward into the Jordan River in obedience to God’s command. In like manner, we have to launch out in faith in order to receive what God has promised.

B. It should be noted that wonderful things do not happen when risks are not taken by faith. There is a common principle in business: “Small risk, small profit. Big risk, big profit. Bigger risk, bigger profit.” We made a step of faith when we built our church building. We had nothing — except God’s promise to never leave us nor forsake us. Now we have a sanctuary we can call our own. If we did not make that step of faith last year, we would still be renting our place of worship and still be under the mercy (or whims) of the owner of the building. But because we made a step of faith, because we crossed our Jordan God gave us the victory!

Conclusion

Let us consecrate ourselves to the lord today and expect God to do amazing things in 2008 for His people.

3D Photos of Pastor Norman’s and Sis. Bebing’s Daughter

jlrcm — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:25:10 +0000

Raffle of Door Prizes

jlrcm — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:20:47 +0000

Evelyn Casuncad: winner of our First Prize, a brand new Nokia cell phone.

Zenirose Magno: second prize winner, TV Rack.

Roy Gomez: third prize winner, an electric oven toaster.

Consolation winner: Lloyd U. Basco

Consolation winner: Lolita Basco

Consolation winner: Delia Recto

Consolation winner: Lydia Garingo

Year-End Celebration 2007

jlrcm — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:48:42 +0000

Our Annual Year-End Celebration is usually the Sunday nearest and before December 25. This is the time when we recognize our Workers and Celebrate Christmas. This year we started a new tradition called P.A.S. or Pastor’s Appreciation Sunday where we honor our pastors and offer them our Christmas gifts. Hope you will enjoy our photos.

Children’s Special Number (The Nativity)

jlrcm — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:40:03 +0000

The Angels announcing the birth of Christ to the Shepherds.

The shepherds.

King Herod.

The wisemen.

The wisemen conferring with King Herod.

The Star led the wisemen to where the baby Jesus was.

The Nativity Scene.

Workers Recognition

jlrcm — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:19:14 +0000

We recognized forty (40) workers (excluding pastors) by giving them cash gifts depending on the number and kind of participation they had this year. Our workers are involved in at least one to five ministries each. The more ministries they handle, the more gifts they have.

Praying for Our Pastors

jlrcm — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:15:58 +0000