Dear Friends and Ministry Partners,
Greeting in the Name of the Lord of the Harvest!
We want to joyfully share with you what the Lord is doing through ECPM:
“Praise God for His provisions”
** Sixty (60) pieces of mosquito nets were already purchased and ready for distribution to the community folks of Linao where there are many cases of children infected by malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
**The sponsorships for the campus ministry team ministering amongst the students of Palawan State University have been received and sponsors commit to support for a period of one year.
**Ella Santos, ECPM full-time youth ministry coordinator had received her support from committed sponsor.
“One new church planting team has just started” 
An assembly in Lipa City, Batangas Province invited ECPM to work together in church planting in the town of Ibaan. The new team had their first training module on 7-10 August. The team is composed of the couple Allan Perez (61) and Cora Perez (54), Rodel dela Crus (27), and Guiller Vicente (42). The target community for church planting is called Panghayaan village with approximate population of 2000 where the common source of livelihood is backyard hog raising and small-scale planting coffee. Majority of the residents belong to Roman Catholic faith.
ECPM took a step of expansion
The ECPM Board envisioned to have Palawan their own oganizing body that will plan and eversee the work of ECPM in the province. This is an attempt to decentralize the various ministry of ECPM and make the local leaders oversee the existing ECPM ministries in their area, plan training ministry projects and identify priority mission opportunities. Last June, a committee was formally organized compose of respected and active leaders of various local churches in the province of Palawan.
Personal Matters. Due to my unstable health condition, I temporarily deferred my study program at Asian Theological Seminary (ATS). I have 3 more subjects left before I finish my MBA Program on Christian Management. Pray that I could regain my old and healthy form fitted again for seminary studies. Our only daughter will soon become teenager this coming September. Pray for my wife and myself in dealing with our daughter who is entering the adolescent stage, which is quite hard to manage with as parents (according to many especially for fathers, but I hope not in may case!).
Other Area of Concerns for Prayers:
1. We are being invited by GLO-Australia to visit their future church planting projects in Catbalogan City and some coastal towns in Samar province. We are considering working in partnership with them in church planting sometime next year. Our scheduled visit is on 21-24 August.
2. The Campus ministry team in the state college located at Puerto Prinsesa City, Palawan is on their way or reaching students with the Gospel. Pray for their series of gathering their non-believer contacts with evangelism in purpose this coming September and October.
3. Another campus ministry team had just started in Tarlac province. Help us pray that their required sponsorship will be answered soon.
4. We are planning and preparing to conduct the First Youth Missions Congress this coming Nov. 30 to Dec 2 with the purpose of encouraging the youth leaders of the church to include mission topics on their youth curriculum and encourage active participation of the youth in mission activities and ministries of their respective assemblies. Pray for the speakers and good crafting of the congress programme.
5. Pray for the existing church planting teams in Linao, Brookes Point Palawan and in Salipsip, Polillo Island who are holding their grounds to penetrate the target communities with the power of the Gospel.
Your prayers and active partnership in the ministry encourage us much!
By His grace,
Elvin T. Buenviaje
Exe. Director
Empowered Christian in Partnership & Ministries (ECPM)
Formerly Emmaus Church Planting Ministries
Philippines
PS. For more updated photos of the activities and ministries mentioned above, you can visit my personal blog site: http://www.elvinbuen.multiply.com/. I encourage you to make comments and/or write responses as you visit my personal blogsite.
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