1 January 2011, Central Luzon State University, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. - The Sto. Tomas Church of Christ (STCC) celebrates today Her 11th founding anniversary through a special Sunday celebration program held at the CLSU Interfaith Chapel in the campus of this state university. Program celebration includes the usual Praise and Worship service plus the recognition of the Church leaders and officers via gift-giving, issuance of baptismal certificates for six recently baptized souls, and a simple merienda fellowship.
Recognized and awarded with gifts (courtesy of Sis. Rose as pasalubong from California) were the 7 couples who serve this congregation as elders, deacons and deaconesses, with specific functions as either chair of different working committees, Church secretary, treasurer, P/W leader and the like. Similarly, six souls who were immersed last November-Thanksgiving Sunday were issued with certificate of baptism.
STCC was founded, and held Her first corporate worship celebration on the first Sunday of 2001, as part of the 100-Centennial Church planting project of the Churches of Christ/Christian Churches in the Philippines, to commemorate one hundred years of the coming to this country of the non-denominational Church of Christ as rooted from the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement of Europe and America. STCC started as an outreach of Munoz Church of Christ, and eventually became an autonomous independent church of Christ anchored on New Testament teachings.
Today, STCC remains faithful as a purpose-driven Church with the following mandates: Evangelism, Ministry, Discipleship, Worship and Fellowship, as modelled and systematized by that famous world-renowned evangelist Rick Warren. Her current elders are Bro. Mario Salazar and this reporter. (Bro. Josue S. Falla reports)
