TAYTAYAN

Bringing Christ into the Marketplace

and Winning the Marketplace for Christ

Brotherhood of
Christian
Businessmen
and
Professionals
Mactan Chapter

Message for the Month

I have called you by
name, I Yahweh your
God

Inside this issue:

How to get Involved in the
Harvest

Gen San CH Exhorts

On Being a Christian

Special points of
interest:
Sectoral Breakfast -

March 29

March 2014

Chapter Starts the 40 Days in the Word

After the breakfast on February
8, 2014, the chapter began the
first of the six sessions of the 40
Days in the Word. It is a video
lesson where Rick Warren, author
of the famous book The Purpose
Driven Life, teaches six devotional
methods of Bible study.
The ultimate goal of this video
lesson is for each individual taking
the course to:
- Love the Word
- Learn the Word
- Live the Word
Now on its fourth session, the
chapter membership found this
devotional Bible study a very enriching way of praying with the

The Participants in Group Discussion

Bible. Thus those who were there

at the start would not want to miss
the next sessions.
Each lesson always points to the
application of Gods Word into
the personal life of the member
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Cebu Region Conducts Steward Leadership Training

Thirty-five leaders
(Chapter Heads, Directors
and Unit Heads) from different BCBP Cebu chapters,
participated in the Stewards
Leadership Training (SLT) at
DepEd Eco-tech Center, last
January 30-31 and February
1-2, 2014.
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Our life ought to be like the ocean, its surface constantly battered by storms, but miles and miles below it
are deep peace in unmoved tranquility.

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Chapter Starts (continued from page 1)

For according to Rick Warren, In order to become
Christ like, we must become
living translations of Gods
Word.
The wisdom of the governance to have the program after the breakfast
somehow boosted the attendance of members to the
breakfast as well as save
the chapter expenses for the
venue.
The programs effectiveness however, still depends
on the faithfulness of the
members to spend time with
the Lord on a regular basis.
The author knows that this
is a struggle. Thus in session

The participants of Session 2 pose for a group picture

four, Rick Warren outlines

what to do to counter the
common problems in a daily
quiet time.
With two more sessions to
look forward, the program is
a sure hit for those who de-

sire to deepen their prayer

life and have a beautiful
encounter with our loving
God.

Cebu Region (continued from page 1)

One of the speakers, Eli Trinidad of

BCBP Cebu-South

This is an echo of
the SLT given to selected leaders from
different chapters and
outreaches nationwide
held in Tagaytay and
Cebu last year.
Headed by RCD
Boy Villanueva, as SLT
Team Head, the following served as the facilitators: Jourdan Polotan,
Eli Trinidad, Jeff Villa,
Jess Cagara, Hector
Tina, Bing Sarigumba
and Rene Recamara.

The SLT is a course

intended to touch ones
heart leading to a
personal change or
transformation. It offers
an alternative way of
living where values are
identified and lived
out.
Our chapter, was
represented by the
following: Eton Apao,
Tex Bulambot, William
Cejas and Jun Pardico.

Promises of God are like stars in the sky, the darker the night the brighter they are shining. Just
keep trusting Him, live your greatness with faith, hope, and love.

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Teaching

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How to get Involved in the Harvest

RCD Boy Villanueva

20 ways that we, as BCBP members, may get involved in the harvest, depending on our talents, our time, our willingness to step out of our comfort
zones, the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives, and our desire and determination to work in the Lords vineyard that for the BCBP is the marketplace.
1. Pray. Ask God to show you one person you can impact for Christ. Make a
commitment before the Lord to spend time with that person and to pray
every day for him or her.
2. Participate. Get involved in activities where you meet people on a regular
basis, especially in your workplace.
3. Volunteer. Get involved in your local school. Help with community projects
and reach-outs. Look for opportunities to develop friendships with both
non-Christians and Christians-in-name-only.
4. Socialize. Have a neighbor over for dinner or to watch an inspiring TV
program. Look for common interests. Invite your officemate for lunch.
5. Celebrate. Take advantage of holidays to include those you are or intend
to evangelize in your activities and traditions, especially those liturgical
celebrations in your parish.
6. Invite. Watch for special concerts, seminars, or speakers who might interest your friends. Invite them to a BCBP breakfast.
7. Serve. Talk to your chapter head about your gifts and talents and find out
how you can best use them in the ministries of the BCBP community. Find
out how you can serve in your parish, too.
8. Support. Find a missionary (or charity) to support financially, in prayer,
and with letters of encouragement.
9. Praise. Give the Lord the credit for the blessings in your life in the presence of others. Acknowledge His help in difficult times.
10. Empathize. Look for opportunities to draw alongside people who are
hurting.
11. Evaluate. Check your motives. Are you seeking your own glory, or are
you motivated by love for God and for the lost, the suffering, those who
have less in life?
12. Intercede. Pray regularly for the unbelievers you know and for ministries
that are actively seeking to reach out to others in need.
13. Encourage. Uplift your fellow laborers with words of encouragement. Be
gentle and understanding with others faults or failures.

Boy Villanueva
RCD-Cebu

Continued on page 4...

Choose to see the good side of every event, thing, and person in your life and youll never run
out of blessings to count. Let Gods love motivate your life.

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How to get Involved (continued from page 3)

14. Be available. Dont get so overextended that you are unable to respond to the Spirits
prompting to minister to a friend when needs arise. Remember that our Lord treasures more
our availability than our ability. If we are available, He will provide the ability.
15. Be holy. Live a life above reproach. Others should see the fruit of the Spirit in your life. As Fr.
Herb puts is: Walk your talk!
16. Be transparent. Dont try to be something you are not. Throw away your masks. Admit your
own struggles and share how the Lord is working in your life to help you grow.
17. Be accountable. Seek out a friend, perhaps a member in your action group, you can pray
with each week. Pray together for the people you are trying to reach. Share your experiences.
18. Persevere. Dont get discouraged when people dont respond right away. Leave the results to
the Lord. And keep on inviting them to the BCBP breakfasts
19. LOVE. Ask the Lord to give you the same love for your friends that He has. Do everything in
love, with love, and for the love of God.
20. Begin now. Dont wait until tomorrow. Now, right this moment, is the best time to start.

Gen San CH Exhorts Mactan Members to Attend NAC34

General Santos city is
the safest place to go. This
is the very words of CH
Danny Hamoy as he appealed to the chapter members to attend NAC34 to be
held at General Santos City
on April 25 & 26, 2014.
Danny and Nenette
Hamoy came all the way
from Gen San to share at
Mactan chapter on February 22. Mactan is blessed
to have heard their beautiful sharing and be tasked to
drumbeat the same appeal

to the other members within

BCBP Cebu region.
On that same day many
were added to the list of
Mactan members who are
registering for NAC34 as
there is no increase in registration fee until March 15,
2014.
All are set to see
Magandang Gen San
and be one in the NAC34
celebration.
Danny Hamoy
BCBP Gen San CH

Faith allows impossible things to happen, it is the force that comes only from a fearless heart, and
when a fearless heart believes, miracles happen.

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On Being a Christian (Part2)

A Practical Process of Transformation Through the Sacraments and
the Good News Preached by Jesus Christ
Fr. Martin Okafor-Ilozue CSSp - BCBP Mactan BCLP19

Christian life is composed of two principles, praxis and fides (faith). While faith is a gift from
God which has to be learned, this in turn helps one to practice the faith learned. And so it is
imperative that every Christian will be ready and willing to learn that which one believes as it
strengthened the understanding of who we are and how to live. The seven Sacraments become
the agent of initiation and motor that help us to learn and know about our Lord Jesus Christ and
what he did for us. Jesus gives us the life of grace that energize us to live out what we believe
as Christian. We will explore further all the sacraments in the church to be able to see how they
can help us in the practice of our faith becoming true witnesses of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is the
life of grace that comes from the sacraments that sanctify us and make us worthy Children of
God which our Lord Jesus bought for us by pouring out his blood on the cross.
The word Christian, meaning a follower of Christ both in words and in deeds become a symbol and identity that all the baptized embedded in his or her person. Identifying our self with
Christ here on earth is the best way to be a witness to the world, doing all that he asked us to
do in his memory. In this way, being a witness to the world would help us to re-echo the words of
Christ to us. To live in the world but not of the world, the spirit of the world has to be dead in us
through the witnessing we profess in following our Lord Jesus Christ.
When a rich young man asked Jesus in the Gospel, what I must I do to inherit eternal life, he
told him to keep the commandments, in the same manner, he asked us to follow him by keeping
the commandment of love by which others will know that we belong to him. This was evident in
the life of the early Church and those who had gone before us in faith, this made the followers
of Christ to be referred to as Christians in Antioch. Today we ask ourselves if the world still think
of us as faithful followers of Christ or have we become so attached to the world that no one
notices the difference.
Being a Christian lies more in practice than in studying or learning the Scriptures, staying long
hours in the blessed Sacrament chapels, or even belonging to a faith community in the church,
sometimes these devotional practices change nothing in ones attitude. St. James told us that
faith without work is dead. Hence for a Christian to be, one will go out of the ordinary to show
in words and in action what the scripture has asked of us in return for being saved by Our Lord
Jesus Christ.
In the Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis recognized this outward nature of a true Christian
model when he noted that, The Christian ideal will always be a summons to overcome suspicion,
habitual mistrust, fear of losing our privacy, all the defensive attitudes which todays world imposes on us. Many try to escape from others and take refuge in the comfort of their privacy or
in small circle of close friends, renouncing the realism of the social aspect of the Gospel pg 52
When Christ ate with the Pharisees and tax collectors, mixed up with the sinners and the righteous, he meant to teach us too to be a social being with the aim to bring people to God and
Continued on page 6..
God doesnt always tell us how Hes working out His plan, but in His time and ways He clearly let us
know Hes working out the best for you because He loves us .

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Chapter Heads
Message

Love in Action

February 14, 2014 was my most

memorable Valentines Day. I figured
into an accident that broke my taillight and caused a dent on our car.
Due to heavy traffic, I accidentally
hit a palm tree upon maneuvering
rear turn to give way to an insistent
CH Guy and Eden Ceniza
car driver.
On that Love day traffic was
enormous. Restaurants were full.
Even the distant restaurant up above
the hill was full. Luckily we had a
reservation and no need for us to be
part of the long queue. This goes to
show how people want to celebrate
and show love.
Envisioning 114 for 2014 as our
chapters goal initially gave me
some fears. Can we really make it?
Looking at the our first quarter
statistics, we are not far from its
realization. The increase in the number of our tithe givers, attendance in
almost all our regular activities and
breakfast 1st timers prove that we
can do it.

Surpassing our set goals is possible

as long as we will it. God has promised ask and you shall receive, seek
and you shall find, knock and the
door will be opened for you. Such
promise will never happen if we do
nothing. Ask, seek and knock are
action words which means we need
to do something, else our vision will
forever be a dream.
I believe love moves mountains.
Our first quarter statistics show that
love is already in action. Passionately pursuing our vision will definitely make our Almighty Father
happy as we reciprocate His everlasting love by evangelizing other
people.
As we enter the season of Lent, I
hope it will remind us of our Lords
great LOVE allowing his beloved son
to go through such suffering. Can we
not reciprocate by fulfilling the covenant we entered into in our commitment card? That surely is Love In
Action.

On Being (continued from page 5)

make them disciples of Christ through our interactions. Shying away from this form of fellowship
has caused Christians the opportunities of living the life of the gospel among all people and in
doing so we became anti witnessing, retreating from the world, being ashamed of who we are
and making ourselves laughing stock of non-believers..
The early Christians did their part in transmitting the message of the Gospel through their actions, no wonder they produced most saints in our calendar, today also like them we are called to
be authentic Christians in words and in deeds, in this way we will become an effective instrument
of love advocating far and wide with our actions the message of our Lord Jesus Christ in the footsteps of Mary, mother of God, the first Christian.
Most of the things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when
there seemed to be no hope at all.

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Intercessor Saint for the Month of March: Saint Joseph

We know Saint Joseph was a man of faith, obedient to whatever God
asked of him without knowing the outcome. When the angel came to Joseph in a dream and told him the truth about the child Mary was carrying,
Joseph immediately and without question or concern for gossip, took Mary
as his wife. When the angel came again to tell him that his family was in
danger, he immediately left everything he owned, all his family and
friends, and fled to a strange country with his young wife and the baby.
He waited in Egypt without question until the angel told him it was safe to
go back.

Guardian of the Word Incarnate, we feel confident that your prayers

in our behalf will be graciously heard before the throne of God
Amen.
We cannot change yesterday, its gone, that is clear. Nor begin tomorrow until its here. So all that is
left is to make today as fruitful and good as it can be.

Brotherhood of Christian Businessmen and Professionals

Mactan Chapter

BRINGING CHRIST INTO THE MARKETPLACE AND WINNING THE MARKETPLACE FOR CHRIST
The BCBP is a community of like-minded Christian businessmen and professionals who have
consciously decided to band together to bring about the transformation of the marketplace
BREAKFAST
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1st Wk: Mens
2nd Wk: Joint (Mens & Ladies)
3rd Wk: Mens
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Contact Person: Willy Lozano, Mobile: 09173114367

February 2014 Breakfast Sharers

Butch & Inday Pilapil (February 8)
BCBP Mandaue
When we pre-qualify (franchise) applicants, we look beyond mere financial capability or managerial knowhow; for us, the more important qualities
are, they must be God-fearing and share the same Christian values that we
have instilled in the culture of the company

Charles & Loy Tan (February 15)

BCBP Cebu-North
in my years of drought the parched land was watered

Danny and Nenette Hamoy (February 22)

BCBP General Santos
God cannot be outdone in compensation and fringe benefits

Failure does not necessary mean the end of the road. Many times it is the beginning of a new and
more exciting trip.