Word of Hope Training

For the past four Saturdays (June 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2009) at 1 past noon to 7 in the evening, four GYMN trainers (I, Ethel, Eric and Aboy) have been teaching the Level 1 material to leaders of “Youth Alive” the youth department of Word of Hope here in Quezon City, Philippines. Here’s a [...]

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Camarines Norte Training

A month ago, May 9, just a week after our Boracay anniversary I found myself on a bus coming from Manila on an 8-hour trip toward Labo, Camarines Norte, a place me and my companions had never been to before. Finding yourself in far-out places is one thing that comes with being involved with GYMN.
Four [...]

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PCEC Training, Day 3

February 7, 2009–the third and last Saturday of the training. The atmosphere was warm with the smiles and greetings of the participants. We could sense the bond that had been built by one another, despite the short span of time and the fact that the 39 participants come from 20 different churches of [...]

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PCEC Training, Day 2

It’s just the second Saturday of our event and I can already tell that the youth leaders who have attended the training are a really dedicated bunch.
For one, a lot of them came early. Specifically there’s Jon, Cindy and Leslie of Joy in Christ Church in Cavite. There’s the CYouth-Gen Team of Makati Gospel Church [...]

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PCEC Training, Day 1

On a calm Saturday morning, January the 24th we had a great day. Our long awaited training hosted by the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches-National Youth Commission (PCEC-NYC) finally came to pass.

We had a varied crowd of students, some coming from Metro Manila and others coming from neighboring provinces. There was even one person coming [...]

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Training in Iligan

A GYMN training occurred last Dec. 16-19, 2008 in Iligan City in Mindanao, the huge southern island that makes up a big chunk of the Philippines. This place also holds special meaning for me in that this is the land I have spent much of my ministry years before coming on board GYMN.
I and Ethel [...]

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Sri Lanka: Level Up

Last November, Ghie along with GYMN trainers Herman and Eric went to two countries in Asia to train youth leaders. The following is a post on their time in Sri Lanka, the third visit of GYMN to train youth leaders here. This was written by Herman Dionson. As you will see, he is not only a great [...]

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