The document summarizes the holiday activities and events at Calvary Chapel in Cebu, Philippines in December 2011 and January 2012. It discusses their Christmas celebrations across various ministries, challenges with equipment failures, and awards given. It provides an update on their website and requests prayers for direction, growth, health, ministries, salvation, and supporters in the new year.

1. Cebu2You January 2012
MAAYONG BAG-ONG TUIG
Happy New Year
Greetings from the Island of Cebu. The holidays are behind us and we push on with the work the Lord has given us for the New
Year, 2012. We wish all of our family and friends a very Happy, inspired and Spirit-Filled New Year. December was filled with
opportunities to celebrate the birth of Jesus, to share Jesus with others and to reflect on all He did for us and through us in 2011.
Christmas Celebrations
We celebrated with our theme of “Rejoicing in His Grace and Mercy”, based on 2 Corinthians 12:9. Each of our ministries had their own
small celebration, culminated by a church wide celebration on December 18th.
We had a special Christmas Message “The Joy of Christmas” based on Luke 2:1-11 which you will find on our web site cebu2you.com.
Satan was hard at work that day as our multimedia projector crashed and when we pull our old transparency machine, we found a rat
had eaten through the cord. We just rejoiced that Satan couldn’t steal our joy and pushed through the service without further incident.
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The Young Adults celebrated on the 16th and had an interesting evening which started t hat we had not
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faith. As the guest speaker, Pastor Bong from CC Cebu City arrived we had a t o our weekl y
brownout (no electricity) and proceeded with battery powered light for the speaker and St r eet Ki ds
candles on the tables for the rest. Shortly after the message, the power returned and Mi ni st r y at t he
the celebration continued. chur ch.
Messages On-Line
Our Sunday morning messages and Mid-Week messages are now available on our web site, cebu2you.com.

2. The SHCC church wide celebration was
held in the Apas Barangay Hall Sports
Facility again this year as we could not fit
everyone in the church. We had a special
message followed by entertainment from
each of the ministries and a presentation of
the Gospel using balloon animals. After
the presentation, each child received a
balloon animal to take home.
The Men’s Ministry celebration was also
We also were blessed to give food packages on the 25th as the men met for fellowship
and a focused discussion on “The
to 50 families with food for their Christmas Reason for the Season”. They ate fresh
dinner and we gave a small gift to each of fish and fellowshipped and bonded for
about 4 hours.
200 children.
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At our annual Christmas Celebration we
presented the Second Annual J.O.Y. award,
New Year ’s Message
presented to the person in the church who Thi s year ’s message was “Ar e
for the past year has exemplified the you Ready f or a Move of God”
Christian life by putting Jesus first, Other’s based on Ez. 37: 1- 10
second and Yourself third. This year’s encour agi ng t he chur ch t o st ep
winner of the famed certificate and P1000 up f or t he Lor d t hi s year and
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gift certificate ($20) was our intern from al l t hat He want s us t o do.
Samar, Brian Versosa. Congratulations You can f i nd i t on our web
Brian!. si t e cebu2you. com .
Summer Team
Can you believe it? It is January and we are talking about a summer team. Well, Impact Generation from
Calvary Chapel of Downey has already been meeting for a few months and planning a trip to visit us this
summer with a team of Young Adults. They are excited and we are excited about the possibilities this team will
bring. They have developed a newsletter for the team and for the ministry and I have attached a copy for each
of you to read so you can be up to date and know what to pray for.
If you have any questions you can contact Pastor Mitchell Perez at CCD or email me.

3. The Youth Ministry celebrated
on Christmas Day with fun,
food, games and a message
about serving while you are
young based on 1 Timothy
4:12. It was exciting to see
so many interested as I
shared the message. They
finished their celebration the
next day at SM Mall where
they drove “Bump” cars and Prayer Requests
sang Karoke as a group.
Pray for:
• Wisdom and discernment in all
To support this ministry in the Philippines,
things.
send your donations to: • Direction as we begin 2012 with a
theme of “Move for God” as we as
a church become more than saints
Calvary Chapel of Downey, 12808 Woodruff
but also soldiers for the Lord’s
Avenue, Downey, CA 90242 ATTN: Missions Support
army.
for Tom Maxwell
• For finances
If your donation is for a specific purpose in Cebu, • Controlled growth as the Lord
please designate the purpose, ie: sponsorship for leads
HS/Elementary, etc. • Health for the church and the
family
All donations are tax deductible
• Spiritual growth
Contact us at shepherds_heart04@yahoo.com • Children’s ministries
look at our web page, @ cebu2you.com • 6 feeding ministries for over 600
children
Call us from the USA @ 011-63-32-268-6280 or text
• Salvation for the lost
us @ +639164233620.
• My personal time with the Lord
Please return this coupon with your donation and • Our Marriage
thanks for being our partner in fulfilling God’s • Salvation for Austin (my Grandson)
purpose in Cebu. (Please send support to reach • Salvation for Krysta (my daughter)
CC Downey by the 10th of the month.) Thanks. • Additional supporters
• The Street Children’s Ministry (to
give them a future and a hope)
Check us out We are on @ We had a busy month to say the least but now
Shepherds Heart Calvary Chapel, my personal account is not the time to rest. Pray for strength as we push
is facebook.com/tom.maxwell3 and we are on
into 2012. Continue to pray for the victims of our
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recent typhoon, it was devastating. I still have 4
http://ptrtom@multiply.com, and I am on Twitter, or check
out our Web Site @ cebu2you.com. friends I cannot contact. Pray for the Calvary
Chapel Bible College Philippines as they were hit
We’d love to hear from you or have you visit us
individually or with a team. We can arrange hard and all of the other areas affected. We were
discounted accommodations and assist in many blessed to be only inconvenienced but with no real
other ways. loss or damage.
Ptr. Tom and Sheilani