Thank you for praying with us, and for anticipating alongside us God’s unleashing of His powerful challenge for this conference: ‘Kabalikat sa Misyon!’

Like the bricks and mortar of an invincible fortress, He has given us the honor – those of whom He Redeemed – to be crucial, integral and invaluable to each other as we strengthen each other in the united fulfillment of His Call for the world, “Come Unto Salvation”.

Come Back!

Boston Welcomes You!!!

We look forward to your return to Boston, Massachusetts – the site of Balikatan 2010!

To Praise God with You, to be edified by your testimony of His Goodness in your lives, to hear your perspectives on Global Evangelization in the 21st Century – starting with where God has placed you thus far, and to be rekindled alongside you of our commitment to where we all began: God’s transforming work within IVCF Philippines and Balikatan.

And speaking of compelling testimonies, our Key Note Speaker, MISSIONARY OTTO KONING of the renowned “Pineapple Story Series – Yielding Your Rights To God” will be sharing insights, experiences and his own love story with the Lord. This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime occasion. You wouldn’t want to miss it!

So Register Now!

1) To date, 218 have already downloaded the Balikatan 2010 Registration Forms.

2) There is no time for procrastination. Register now, and invite a few more family members, friends and associates for whom the Word of the Lord would cause profound cultivation.

3) Registration Deadline is Wednesday, March 31st. Download the Registration Form for specific details.

4) Please note that churches, other Christian organizations and friends, particularly in the New England area, will be invited to join the conference.

Conference Venue

Gordon College, one of the top Christian Colleges in the nation, will be the venue of the conference. Its President, R. Judson Carlberg describes the school’s own missional vision: “As a distinctively Christian college of the liberal arts and sciences, we are educating our students into a paradox: the further in they go in knowing Christ, the further out they will go in joyful and sacrificial service to the world.”

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State of the art technology
ooohs and aahhs on views of the workshop rooms

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features:
air-conditioned double occupancy suites, wi-fi

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cozy dining room, wi-fi

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ideal place for the worship service

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF)
BALIKATAN Conference 2010
Friday to Sunday,  July 2 ­ 4, 2010

KABALIKAT SA MISYON!

Speaker: Missionary Otto Koning, Author of “The Pineapple Story Series (Yielding Your Rights)”
Philippians 2:9-11: That at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow…Every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord!
Gordon College , 255 Grapevine Road Wenham, MA  01984

Gordon College , 255 Grapevine Road Wenham, MA  01984

(978) 927 2300

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Our July conference this year will be held in Boston. Praise God for our brethren in Boston and their hard work in hosting this conference. Let us devote this month’s Prayer Day to our conference- the major activity of Balikatan to renew, reunite, and revitalize our group all over the US and Canada.

Prayer Requests for Boston Hosting Group

1. Please pray for single mindedness of purpose and motive which is to Glorify God and lift Jesus Christ up above all.
2. Please pray for good working relationship among all the planners.
3. Pray that Otto Koning’s health and well-being be preserved and that God would anoint and use him effectively to deliver God’s truth.
4. Pray that the workshops and quiet time/personal devotions be opportunities for God to speak to each of us individually and to all of us as a group.
5. Please pray that the youth, our teenagers and the college/career group gel nicely and together learn from the Lord important truth for their practical lives.
6. Pray too that the children will have fun learning about missions and God’s desire for us to be his messengers of the gospel to others.
7. Pray that God would bring 200 conference attendees to Balikatan this year.
8. Please pray that He will provide for all the financial needs of the conference.
9. Pray for preserved health and safe travel for all those coming.
10. Finally, please pray that God would also generously provide for all those planning to come and those who determined to come.

Praise and Thanksgiving prayers:

1. Praise for the venue of the conference Gordon College Campus, it is beautiful, peaceful and affordable. (Maganda, mapayapa at mura pa).
2. Praise and gratitude for those who pledged to give financially in support of the conference out of the generosity of their hearts.
3. Praise and thanks for all the Balikatan groups and chapters who sent their pictures and their donations for the souvenir program.
4. Praise for the availability of our speaker and the workshop leaders who committed themselves to be used by the Lord in this conference.
5. Finally, praise and gratitude to all who are attending this conference from far and near with the desire to honor and glorify God, and listen to what He has to say from His heart through the scriptures and the interaction of fellow believers.

As the current Balikatan constitution assumes that discussion and decision-making has to be conducted in the context of face-to-face meetings, an interim procedural system for electronically mediated meetings was recently adopted by the Balikatan Board to further streamline and simplify the means by which motions are made through online and electronic means, how these are addressed in terms of discussions and deliberations and then resolved in terms of decisions / courses of action. The Constitution and By-laws committee was likewise directed to make recommendations for amending and aligning the current Constitution and bylaws to address these motion-making, discussion and decision-making needs in the light of evolving communications needs. Such recommendations will then be presented to the Balikatan constituency in the forthcoming annual conference.

Kindly click link below for details.

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