MY "FOUR PASTORS AND FOUR CHURCHES PLAYLISTS" Friends Ministry
eNewsletter takes on a special significance today. In the past
week we at IBBC-Riverside have learned of the passing of a very special
and dear Christian sister and Friend, Nanay Virginia
"Virgie" Advincula. So our service today was a special Memorial Service for our Christian sister, Nanay
Virgie. She was promoted into the presence of God this past
week and we will miss her dearly. Yet while we join her family in their period of mourning, we also join them in
celebrating her Life and her HomeGoing.
In our daily Christian walk, we meet and are blessed by many with whom we worship and fellowship along the way. Then there are those who are very special, who touch our lives in a very special way. Nanay Virgie was one of those for me. In my thirty-three years as a believer, two Christian sisters always will come to mind when I think of inspiration. Why these two? Both had a smile and a Christian spirit that, when I entered a home or sanctuary where they were - their smiling faces seemed to illuminate the room.
About 20 years ago, we had a lady, Connie Quintans, whose family brought her to our Corona International Christian Fellowship. I will never forget the Friday Night Bible Study that evening at her son, Jun's, home when Dory and I first met Connie. On the way home I said to Dory, "Did you notice what a beautiful smile Connie has, it seemed to light the whole room?" And Dory agreed with me. Connie became a believer in our church - and a year later, because of cancer, she went into the arms of her Savior Jesus Christ.
Several years ago, when Nanay Virgie Advincula came to our IBBC-Riverside fellowship - immediately her smile made me think of Connie Quintans. Nanay has been a great blessing in our church and especially to Dory and me.
I pray that you will find our "Nanay Virgie Memorial Program" inspirational, comforting, and if there is anyone reading this message and watching our video who has not yet made a commitment to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, now is a great time to make that eternal decision. I know that would be very pleasing to Nanay Virgie and her family, to know that her memorial service help even one person make the eternal decision today.
My long time Friend and mentor, the man who led me to the Lord in 1987, Pastor Sam Lacanienta, always tells us at such services, and if he were at Nanay Virgie's service today he would have said, similar to what Pastor Sergio did, "If you are a believer today, you do not say 'Goodbye' to Nanay Virgie, you say, 'Good night, I will see you on that glorious Resurrection Morn when we will be together again.' But if you are not a believer, you must say 'Goodbye' to Nanay Virgie today."
Memorial Services are a great time for sharing the Gospel, for at such times we all feel our vulnerability. There is no greater way to honor Nanay Virgie than to believe and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior because of her Memorial Service.
After you have joined us in our IBBC-Riverside Memorial Service video today, please take the time to review the great Gospel messages in Pastor Sam's, Pastor Freddy's, and Pastor Ed's playlists. Maybe one of them has that special message you were seeking, but maybe did not know it, yet.
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill
In our daily Christian walk, we meet and are blessed by many with whom we worship and fellowship along the way. Then there are those who are very special, who touch our lives in a very special way. Nanay Virgie was one of those for me. In my thirty-three years as a believer, two Christian sisters always will come to mind when I think of inspiration. Why these two? Both had a smile and a Christian spirit that, when I entered a home or sanctuary where they were - their smiling faces seemed to illuminate the room.
About 20 years ago, we had a lady, Connie Quintans, whose family brought her to our Corona International Christian Fellowship. I will never forget the Friday Night Bible Study that evening at her son, Jun's, home when Dory and I first met Connie. On the way home I said to Dory, "Did you notice what a beautiful smile Connie has, it seemed to light the whole room?" And Dory agreed with me. Connie became a believer in our church - and a year later, because of cancer, she went into the arms of her Savior Jesus Christ.
Several years ago, when Nanay Virgie Advincula came to our IBBC-Riverside fellowship - immediately her smile made me think of Connie Quintans. Nanay has been a great blessing in our church and especially to Dory and me.
I pray that you will find our "Nanay Virgie Memorial Program" inspirational, comforting, and if there is anyone reading this message and watching our video who has not yet made a commitment to follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, now is a great time to make that eternal decision. I know that would be very pleasing to Nanay Virgie and her family, to know that her memorial service help even one person make the eternal decision today.
My long time Friend and mentor, the man who led me to the Lord in 1987, Pastor Sam Lacanienta, always tells us at such services, and if he were at Nanay Virgie's service today he would have said, similar to what Pastor Sergio did, "If you are a believer today, you do not say 'Goodbye' to Nanay Virgie, you say, 'Good night, I will see you on that glorious Resurrection Morn when we will be together again.' But if you are not a believer, you must say 'Goodbye' to Nanay Virgie today."
Memorial Services are a great time for sharing the Gospel, for at such times we all feel our vulnerability. There is no greater way to honor Nanay Virgie than to believe and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior because of her Memorial Service.
After you have joined us in our IBBC-Riverside Memorial Service video today, please take the time to review the great Gospel messages in Pastor Sam's, Pastor Freddy's, and Pastor Ed's playlists. Maybe one of them has that special message you were seeking, but maybe did not know it, yet.
PASTOR SERGIO NOLASCO - International Bible Baptist Church, Riverside, CA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hHeBEuxNkk&list=PL_YT3RttutrjJ0P_7W-3MKVGI9Rbwnekp
PASTOR SAM LACANIENTA - Talakag Church on the Solid Rock, Philippines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNKxCW-etMY&list=PL_YT3RttutrjP4_ws1dHh8bO_CvVYWkPi
PASTOR FREDDY CORTEZ - Church of Hope, Aliso Viejo, CA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNvTNeJr53M&list=PL_YT3RttutrjNG8vXg20iPm0FNhfwZImX
PASTOR ED DACIO - Corona International Christian Fellowship, Corona, CA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NESYvKPhClM&list=PL_YT3Rttutri2x3a9teQBvznVAO4IjUEt
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill
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