Metanoia Batch 2007 and Metanoia's Outreach 2007

The Leadership Training Seminar was a success with three student delegates from Philippine Christian University. Our very own, all time facilitator---Liezl aka "T" was the facilitator from Friday to Saturday. She was then joined by fellow alumnus--XY, Ronald, Rosalie, Sarah, Anna,
Lalaine, Nilo and Mhay.


Before the end of 2007, Metanoia will also reach out to the poor kids along Roxas Blvd. on the 16th of December. Alumni volunteers and new student members will arrive at 4:00pm along Roxas Blvd. to distribute can goods and other gifts for the street children.

7 Principles of an Eagle

by Author Dr. Myles Monroe

1. Eagles fly alone at a high altitude and not with sparrows or mix with other smaller birds.

Birds of a feather flock together. No other bird goes to the height of the eagle. Eagles fly with eagles. Never in a flock. Even when Moses (Old Testament Bible) went to commune with God on the mountain, he left the crowd at the foothills. Stay away from sparrows and ravens. Eagles fly with eagles.

2. Eagles have strong vision, which focuses up to 5 kilometers from the air.

When an eagle sites prey- even a rodent from this distance, he narrows his focus on it and sets out to get it. No matter the obstacle, the eagle will not move his focus from the prey until he grabs it. Have a vision and remain focused no matter what the obstacle and you will succeed.

OFFICERS '07-'08

Announcing the Metanoia New Officers of '07-'08:

Welcome to the NEW MEMBERS as well!!!

Ride for the Philippines

Just want to share this to everyone about Tim's friend who started this bike ride from San Francisco, CA to Venice Beach in Los Angeles, CA (about 500 to 550 miles) for the funding of Arthur Center in Manila, Philippines.

For more information about this cause and how you can be a partner of it, kindly click on the link:

BIKE RIDE FOR PI

If you have questions about this cause or anything related to Arthur Center, kindly refer to the website link I posted above. Thanks!

Don't Ignore This

by: Don Williams
“Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise…” Ephesians 5:15
There are a lot of things in life that are good to ignore. We need to ignore the glut of useless information that pummels us. We need to ignore the foul moods of people that would bring us down. We need to ignore advice that comes cheaply. We need to ignore the advertisements that seek to seduce us and manipulate us, creating false needs and wants. So it goes. But we need also not to ignore the lies of the enemy. We need to confront them with God’s truth. We need to confront those who gossip about us, attack us, and run our name through the mud. We need to confront those who despise our faith. Silence, in these cases, means approval. While we need to chose our battles and ask the Holy Spirit to lead us in them, we need to stand up for the truth, for righteousness, even when it is unpopular in our “live and let live” culture.

Metanoia Outreach and LTS

Metanoia is launching once again an outreach! Rolling our sleeves off and stretching our hands to extend and help with all our means. Yes, thanks to the help of our dedicated alumnus who never forget their commitment since the founding of Metanoia.

Upcoming outreach which is on the 26th of November 2007 is at "Tahanang Walang Hagdan" (House Without Stairs)--a community of the physically challenged. Donations and gifts in kind are welcome in this program.

Leadership Training Seminar is also scheduled for new student members on August 3-5, 2007. Schedule and time is still pending as it depends on the university exam schedule.

Posted are photos from previous outreach programs:

Acquiring Wisdom

That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you." Solomon answered God,..."Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people."--God gave Solomon wisdon and very great insight, and a breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.

2 Chronicles 1:7-8, 10; 1 Kings 4:29

WISDOM is the ability to make good decisions based on proper discernment and judgment. KNOWLEDGE in this verse, refers to the practical know-how necessary for handling everyday matters. Solomon used his wisdom and knowledge not only to build the temple from his father's plans, but also to put the nation on firm economic footing.

God's offer to Solomon stretches the imagination: "Ask for whatever you want me to give you" (2 Chron. 1:7). But Solomon put the needs of his people first and asked for wisdom rather than riches. He realized that wisdom would be the most valuable asset he could have as king. Later, he wrote wisdom "is most precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her" (Prov. 3:15). The same wisdom that was given to Solomon is available to us; the same God offers it.
How can we acquire wisdom?
First, we must ask God "who gives generously to all without finding fault" (James 1:5).

First Alumni Meeting

Even I wasn't able to be in this meeting, I thought of blogging it.
Last March 25, 2007, Metanoia alumni met at Greenbelt Starbucks to get connected and plan for an upcoming outreach on December. As far as I know, the meeting went well since a lot of alumni came.
Check out the pics!!!
Meeting pictures (you have to be a member to view the pics)

Laughing All the Way Home

Death is frightening. It comes as a thief to steal away our life's breath, our existence, our loved ones and everything that signifies hope. Death is our enemy because we were meant to be forever in love with life. In the first garden that had sheltered us, protected us, and so delighted us, we were allowed to walk lovingly with the Life-giver, the Lord God who created us, until in our desire to listen to another voice and know more, be more, and have more, we forfeited our right to life.
So Jesus entered a different garden to face this terrible foe. The conflict, as the song says, raged within him, around him, and through him for he had to decide whether or not to die his own singular death. It was all he needed to do to free us and return to us the hope of eternity with the Life-Lover. There were questions we can only imagine. Was death such a price to pay for another? Would there be any value in this sacrifice? Could he show us what lay beyond the final blackness? And then there were the millions of griefs to bare...the sorrow of broken promises, the fragmented humanity, the pitiful fruits of disobedience. True knowledge broke his heart to pieces. Then it was time. Once to face the judgement hall, once to see the scorn, once to feel the hatred of hearts bearing no compassion or shame, Jesus went as a man with a boulder on his back. He did not run or flee; he climbed, he stumbled and he pulled his tortured and bloodied body through the streets and up a hill as those choking in death's grip looked on, unaware of the offering's purpose. And there were more questions.