Welcome to THE PILGRIM. The official blog of the Cainta Pilgrim Bible Baptist Church, chronicling its steps as it travel this earth on the way to the Celestial City.
For this maiden post, we will be featuring its 30th Anniversary celebration held last December 17 to 21, 2008. But first, lets take a look back in time... (rewind.. rewind..)
The ending years of the 1970s saw the energetic Pastor Bing Escrupolo preaching the Word to the inhabitants of the then sleepy and laid-back town of Cainta. The early meetings were held in a makeshift tent in a place called DM compound. This later on, was moved to a rented space also in that area. The work slowly grew and more people were added to the congregation.
December 17, 1978, a Sunday, was the date the Mission was organized into a church, and since then, there's no stopping the spread of the Word of God. Pastor Bing found an available abode along Espiritu Drive in Brgy. San Juan, which is much bigger than what they were currently occupying then. The church moved to this place and the house saw the steady growth of the Church. Soon enough, membership swell and the need for a bigger place of worship became the church's focus.
With much prayer and sacrifice, the members through the Pastor's leading and with the grace of God, were able to locate a suitable parcel of land in Brgy. Sto. Nino.
The property was purchased and groundbreaking was done in 2000. A four-storey edifice was planned for the 280 meter square lot, and again, through the members' concerted effort, construction commenced. The church moved to the half-built building in 2005, and up to this writing, the members together with Pastor Bing are continuosly praying and working to finish the building.. an arduous task, considering that not much of the membership have the capacity and means to financially support the construction. But there's one consolation.. though the pace of construction seems slow, one thing is for sure: God is working in His people in this part of town.. making them a great testimony to His power and might.
Soon, by God's grace, the building would be finished and would be a source of pride and joy for God's pilgrims in Cainta... thus we can once again say...
TO GOD BE THE GLORY.
Fast forward to 2008..
December saw the joyous celebration of the church's 30th year. WHEW!!! what a busy period (October-November) it was.. committees were earlier created to undertake and oversee the different components of the momentous celebration...
For this maiden post, we will be featuring its 30th Anniversary celebration held last December 17 to 21, 2008. But first, lets take a look back in time... (rewind.. rewind..)
The ending years of the 1970s saw the energetic Pastor Bing Escrupolo preaching the Word to the inhabitants of the then sleepy and laid-back town of Cainta. The early meetings were held in a makeshift tent in a place called DM compound. This later on, was moved to a rented space also in that area. The work slowly grew and more people were added to the congregation.
December 17, 1978, a Sunday, was the date the Mission was organized into a church, and since then, there's no stopping the spread of the Word of God. Pastor Bing found an available abode along Espiritu Drive in Brgy. San Juan, which is much bigger than what they were currently occupying then. The church moved to this place and the house saw the steady growth of the Church. Soon enough, membership swell and the need for a bigger place of worship became the church's focus.
With much prayer and sacrifice, the members through the Pastor's leading and with the grace of God, were able to locate a suitable parcel of land in Brgy. Sto. Nino.
The property was purchased and groundbreaking was done in 2000. A four-storey edifice was planned for the 280 meter square lot, and again, through the members' concerted effort, construction commenced. The church moved to the half-built building in 2005, and up to this writing, the members together with Pastor Bing are continuosly praying and working to finish the building.. an arduous task, considering that not much of the membership have the capacity and means to financially support the construction. But there's one consolation.. though the pace of construction seems slow, one thing is for sure: God is working in His people in this part of town.. making them a great testimony to His power and might.
Soon, by God's grace, the building would be finished and would be a source of pride and joy for God's pilgrims in Cainta... thus we can once again say...
TO GOD BE THE GLORY.
Fast forward to 2008..
December saw the joyous celebration of the church's 30th year. WHEW!!! what a busy period (October-November) it was.. committees were earlier created to undertake and oversee the different components of the momentous celebration...
This year's theme, taken from Jude 1:22. The church's goal and battlecry..
MAKING A DIFFERENCE, IN THIS LIFE, FOR THE LORD.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE, IN THIS LIFE, FOR THE LORD.
Pastor Bing delivering his welcome address.
All ears to the pastor.
Our young and beauteous receptionists.
The kids of Pilgrim Baptist Academy.
Jordan & Jinky Cruz.. kudos to Pastor Redith & Sis. Beth =)
The Escrupolo Sisters.... need we say more?
View from the mezzanine.
Part of the crowd.
The pastors who graced our first night, the Inter-Church Fellowship. ('Dami noh?)
We're really having second thought in posting this pic.... LOL
Well, what's a Baptist fellowship without food? =)
The Cainta PBBC Choir, our pride and joy. =)
Rev. Lito Valencia delivering his message during theEvangelistic & Revival Night, Dec. 18.
Guests who forwarded to receive the Lord, being led in prayerby Pastor Bing. During the Evangelistic Night.
Dr. Edwin Tan and Pastor Bing...a little tete-a-tete.
Pastor Bing presenting the token of appreciation to Dr. Edwin Tanthe resource person for two nights, Dec. 17 and 19.
We'll end this post with another eating session. =)There's thousand more of photos taken to record this momentous event.. we don't think we have enough bytes to post all of them here. =)
We hope you enjoyed our maiden posting... please do visit us fron time to time. By God's grace, we will try to update you with the PILGRIMS' PROGRESS in Cainta. Ciao
As the song goes, "And the Church moves on...until our work is done... the Church of GOD moves on" truly it was a great blessing to see how the LORD is working in our church. I praise GOD and thank Him for the wonderful brethren in Christ who are faithfully availing themselves for the LORD's work. May you continue to serve our Great GOD faithfully until the LORD Jesus comes. GOD bless you all!
ReplyDeletep.s. two thumbs up to you, tito erni
Wow! Congratulations!!! THank you Tito Ernie! Nakakabless po talga itong blog!
ReplyDeleteHi Lois & Nice,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the wonderful words of encouragement. Do continue to pray for our Church, the pastor, brethren, and for this weblog. My prayer is that the Lord will use this medium, and that it would be a blessing to whoever would read its contents.
God bless us all.
erl =)