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ast Friday, February 28, all
roads led to Baguio City as far as leaders and members of Couples for Christ
West C Sector is concerned. A good
number brought along their cars and vans while others took the ever reliable
Victory Liner buses and others rode the buses chartered for the
occasion. For those who brought their cars like us, the luggage compartment was
packed to the rafters with cooked and uncooked food, cooler with all kinds of
drinks, shoes, clothes, pillows for those who cannot sleep without the familiar
cushion under their head, junk food for munching while listening to the
speakers.
West C really knew how to have
fun. Everyone had a fantastic time last
Friday during the Fellowship Night. Just
like Facebook, the theme for this special night is Flashback Friday. All six clusters had prepared presentations
representing the era assigned to them, from the Rolling 60s to the present decade,
2010s. It was an opportunity for the
different clusters to be adjudged the best through the usual contest criteria
and audience vote. For the “Best
Ka-look-alike”, audience vote made it for the winner who came from the cluster
with the most number of delegates. The
moral of the story is to be in Baguio for the first activity to lend support to
one's cluster. For the cluster
presentations, it did not result to a popularity contest though as there was a
panel of judges composed of leaders from different sectors. The announcement of the winners was made at
the close of the conference two days after.
The following two days commenced
with the recitation of the Holy Rosary. A
Holy Mass and worship were held before Bro. Mandy Constantino, one of the
members of West C’s SGT, gave the Prologue of the Beloved Weekend. Bro. Joel Dayao, Provincial Area Head of
Capiz, tackled talk 1 entitled Ponder, The Family of Love. Two more talks were given
in the afternoon by Bro. James Solano, a member of the International Council
and Bro. Rommel Ancheta of Ablaze Communications. As always there were sharings by our brothers
and sisters to highlight and underscore the message of the talks. The Saturday program was ended with the
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, a way of honouring the Holy Eucharist by
exposing it in proper solemnity so the faithful will pay homage and devotion to
it. Though tired and hungry from a day
long activity, everyone went home to their respective dwellings spiritually
fulfilled.
Still sleepy from the fellowship
that happened in the various cottages and dwellings the night before, everyone
trooped to the Teachers' Camp for the culmination of the conference and the
Holy Mass. The fourth and last talk was given by Bro. Manny Garcia, another
member of the International Council with a heart rending sharing from his wife
Sis. Ditas.
Just like previous conferences,
the Beloved Weekend ended with a rousing praise fest led by our very own sector
head, Bro. Steve Maningat and the announcement of the clusters which best
presented the era assigned to them.
Though not everybody could be proclaimed winners, the important part is
everyone had fun practicing for the presentations.
