The first Encounter God Retreat of the EGR Pangasinan Network has been set on February 22 & 23, 2008 at the Villa Narcisa Vinoya Resort in Labrador, Pangasinan.

The Postman invites all who have not been to an EGR to take advantage of the February EGR which is likely going to be the last 2-day EGR of the Network. The next EGR is tentatively scheduled this coming May 2008 and it is a 3-day EGR.

The 3-day EGR is patterned after the EGR of Rev. Castellanos of Bogota, Colombia.

Interested parties should make sure they go through the Pre-Encounter Lessons. For more inquiries, please contact Rev. Charlie Loranza at cell no. 09203290415.

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By now everyone has gotten back to normal day-to-day life.  The Christmas and New Year breaks gave us probably enough time to “escape” from the routines of our lives.  Parents get back to the usual office, business or home activities and look after the children’s classes.  Children resume schooling and make their teachers buzzing again.

But as we get past the first week of 2008, may we learn to look back one more time to the past years and thank God for whatever we had gone through.  Anyway, life is a matter of being grateful to our Maker whether we received more blessings or not in the past. 

Life is an enormous blessing in itself whatever your attitude toward it.  Your way of looking at the happenings of life does not affect the fact that you are alive. 

One thing that we should all learn to do is to live life to the fullest and this can only be done if we connect this life to its Author.  Only the Author knows the full extent of a life lived fully and only the one who confides to the Author knows if he/she is living a full life.

The year 2008 is the Year of the Lord, not the year of the earth rat.  Every year is the year of the Lord and if everyone just lives each day of the year for the Lord, then this year shall also be called the Year of the Lord’s favored ones.

I pray that you reader belong to the Lord’s favored ones this year and to eternity.

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This is a rather late post but just the same, it is to the delight of The Postman to tell everyone that there was a December EGR which hosted 88 delegates from Zambales, La Union and Pangasinan.

The December EGR which was not actually in the schedule was held last December 21 & 22, 2007 at the Villa Narcisa Vinoya Resort in Labrador, Pangasinan.

It was thru a strong request that the December EGR was held.  The next EGR is tentatively scheduled on February.  Specific days are still withheld at the moment because there is a proposal to make the EGR a 3-day activity.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and may God make 2008 a year of breakthroughs, triumphs, blessings and hope.

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The Solid Rock Bible Congregation (SRBC) and the EGR Pangasinan Network sent their first batch of delegates to the Re-encounter God Retreat last December 7 & 8, 2007 at the Grace Testament Church (GTC) in Caloocan City.

The 12 delegates joined more than 50 other delegates from various parts of Luzon.

The Re-encounter is a curricular requirement of the PEPSOL of the G12 system for church multiplication. Specifically, the Re-encounter is required to those who already finished SOL 2. The 2-day retreat rekindled the fire which the delegates experienced in the EGR.

If the EGR was great, I can say that the RER (re-encounter) is even more wonderful. I encourage every EGR baby to go on to the PEPSOL curriculum and go through the RER.

The following are the delegates from SRBC and EGR Pangasinan Network:

1. Rev. Charlie Loranza
2. Ptra. Jenny Tolentino
3. Ptr. Rey Prangan
4. Ptr. Ronald Hermano
5. Ptr. Jess Paragas
6. Sis. Kess Maneclang
7. Sis. Tess Loranza
8. Sis. Nora Paragas
9. Sis. Nene Fernandez
10. Sis. Angie Olanda
11. Sis. Julie Cervantes
12. Bro. Lester Onza

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It’s now in the news that the Marquez-Pacquiao II has been done. If things really go the way of the rematch, then this rematch will be one of the most anticipated rematches in recent years.

After their May 8, 2004 meeting, Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao have had different experiences going into their rematch. Marquez went the way of less money and loss of belt. He squared it off against Chris John of Indonesia and loss his featherweight championship belt in the process. On the other hand, Pacquiao decided to move up in weight at 130 lbs. and challenged Fahsan 3K Battery of Thailand and won by knockout.

Marquez then faced a couple more fighters, one of them was Filipino Jimrex Jaca who floored him. Marquez, however, prevailed over Jaca via knockout to make his boxing record still shining. He faced the legendary Marco Antonio Barrera, then the WBC Superfeatherweight champion, and decisioned Barrera over 12 rounds to become the new champion. His latest bout was a successful defense against Rocky Juarez.

Manny Pacquiao, for his part, faced up to the challenge of one of Mexico’s greatest, Erik “El Terrible” Morales. He fought “El Terrible” for 12 grueling and bloody rounds, his face distorted by a cut caused by a headbutt. For the first time in many years, the vaunted Manny Pacquiao was dealt a loss. His famed knockout punch didn’t bring Morales down.

He asked for a rematch and this time, Pacquiao would not be bullied again. He pummeled Morales to submission after 10 rounds and celebrated one of his sweetest victories ever. Morales, not wanting to be counted out that easily, challenged the Pacman for a 3rd meeting. Pacquiao responded and the two wrote one of the great trilogies of boxing. In the final chapter, Pacquiao shut the door completely for Morales when he finished off the Mexican in just three rounds.

Lately, Pacquiao put a period into his story with Marco Antonio Barrera. After rumors flew that Barrera’s loss to the Pacman was based more on the Mexican’s distractions than on the Filipino’s great boxing skills, they finally decided to meet another time. But the Pacman was just overpowering for the skidding Barrera.

If there’s a rematch that would equal if not surpass the magnitude of the Pacquiao-Morales II & III and the Pacquiao-Barrera II, then it’s the Pacquiao-Marquez II.

Of all the Mexican greats, Marquez is the only one who managed to survive the boxing phenom known as the Pacman. Though he was floored three times in their first meeting, Marquez rose from the canvass to register a three-way no-winner decision. His vast skills in the sweet science sent Pacquiao a message that “you can’t KEEP a great boxer down.” Yes, Pacquiao put him down but he could not keep him down. In fact, it was as though Marquez won the fight because after giving away one round, he won a majority of the next 11 rounds.

Marquez is the hardest test for Pacquiao at the moment and it is well that this rematch is finally born. A study of their developments since their first meeting will showcase an interesting battle of Level A fighters who have gone through both devastation and domination. Also, it is interesting to see how Marquez would rise against the age factor. He is now 34 years old and he seems not to be slowing down. His masterful handling of Juarez is an indication that he is another Bernard Hopkins in the making.

On Pacquiao’s part, boxing fans and experts will see how he adjusts after Marquez put to shame his title which reads, “Mexican Assasin.” He has learned his lessons from his previous top level performances and Freddie Roach has fine-tuned his previously erratic boxing skills. It’s only Marquez who survived his dominating bravado in the ring. Amidst the bright horizon of Pacquiao’s success as a boxer, there is the Marquez fight that paints a black picture, a sort of ghostly silhouette which cannot be simply ignored. A win in their rematch will dissipate that ghostly silhouette and make Pacquiao’s fame one of the most colorful in the annals of the sweet science.

I would say that if Pacquiao wins over Marquez, he should be boxing’s no.1 pound-for-pound even when Mayweather prevail over Hatton.

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I was in the middle of a class and one of my students was about to do a singing activity when the building started to shake a little and it took me a couple of seconds more before I shouted to the class that there was an earthquake.

Everybody panicked but I told them to stay in the room. We were in the fourth floor of a building. I was afraid there might be a stampede along the stairs so I insisted that everybody stay in the room.

When the temblor subsided, I ordered the class to go down as fast as they could. According to initial reports, the quake was magnitude 6 and had its epicenter in Pangasinan.

This temblor brings to memory the July 16, 1990 earthquake which brought Dagupan City down to one of the worst hit cities.

The panic caused by the quake aggravated the fear of many in Luzon after two typhoons ravaged the island and leaving lives and properties terribly affected.

Let us all pray to God that the people will be able to bear the trauma caused by these natural calamities. Pray also that people will learn something from these experiences. God is probably sending a clear message to everyone.

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The 9th Encounter God Retreat of the EGR Pangasinan Network welcomed 64 delegates from Zambales, Pangasinan and La Union.

They were immersed into a two-day incubation with the presence of God through messages and activities that fired up their dormant spirits.

The 64 delegates will not forget the dates November 23 & 24, 2007 and the Villa Narcisa Vinoya Resort in Labrador, Pangasinan.

In a related news, the EGR Pangasinan Network decided to hold a December EGR after strong requests were given to the staff. The December EGR is tentatively scheduled on December 21 & 22, the same venue.

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The last Encounter God Retreat (EGR) of the EGR Pangasinan Network has been set on November 23 & 24, 2007 at the Villa Narcisa Vinoya Resort in Labrador Pangasinan.

If you have not yet gone to the EGR, this is your chance to incubate in the presence of God and experience life-changing activities in what could be the two most important days of your Christian life.

You should make sure you are already a born-again Christian and have undergone the Pre-Encounter Lessons.

Register now with your pastor and make contact with Pastor Charlie Loranza for reservations at cell no. 09203290415.

If you have gone through the EGR, please continue to pray for the success of the retreat.

For the EGR staff, the prayer and fasting schedule for the 9th EGR is on November 17, 2007 at the Solid Rock Bible Congregation in Samat, Bugallon, Pangasinan.

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The Solid Rock Bible Congregation (SRBC) has just graduated 11 brethren for its G12 Vision PEPSOL. The graduates were confirmed last November 4, 2007 at the SRBC compound in Samat, Bugallon, Pangasinan.

Conferring the graduates with the Diploma in the School of Leaders was Rev. Francisco Alvarado of the Jesus Christ Saves Global Outreach (JCSGO), himself a graduate of PEPSOL and is now an overseer of hundreds of cell groups in the fold of the JCSGO in Manila.

The SRBC’s first batch of PEPSOL graduates are:

1. SIS. MYRNA CABURNAY
2. SIS. ANGELITA FERNANDEZ
3. SIS. MARITES LORANZA
4. SIS. JEAN ANGELI OLANDA
5. SIS. LEONORA PARAGAS
6. BRO. RONALD AYSON
7. BRO. RICARDO CABURNAY
8. BRO. RANDOLF FAJARDO
9. BRO. CELESTINO ONZA
10. BRO. JONALD PARAGAS
11. PTR. JESSIE PARAGAS

The next of batch of PEPSOL graduates are expected to be conferred sometime in January 2008.

It is to be noted that a student of PEPSOL will graduate if he/she already has established his/her own cell group. Finishing the curriculum is no guarantee for graduation.

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November 3, 2007

104 Encounter God

October 26 & 27, 2007 are days that will be forever etched in the minds and hearts of 104 delegates in the 8th Encounter God Retreat (EGR) of the EGR Pangasinan Network.

The delegates went through a two-day incubation with the Spirit of God and with brethren at the Villa Narcisa Vinoya Resort in Labrador, Pangasinan.

The 8th batch is the biggest delegation so far. The delegates come from the provinces of Pangasinan, La Union and Zambales.

The next EGR is already set on November 23-24, 2007 at the same venue.

Enlist yourself now for the 9th EGR. You may contact your pastor and register by calling up or texting Pastor Charlie Loranza at cell no. 09203290415.

EGR babies, if you have a URL, you may log in your comments here and share with those who went through the EGR already. Beware not to reveal the activities and sermons in the EGR. Click on the COMMENT button below.

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