CFCFFL Illinois Area Picnic

Brethren,

Two Saturdays from now, June 17th is already our Area Picnic. As always it is Potluck. Bring your favorite dish to share. Bring in our new CLS graduates. Bring your friends and introduce them to our community CFCFFL. Bring Joy and Laughter and some Energy. We will have Music, Games, Worship, Mass, and just a day of Fun and Fellowship.



Where: 
Proesel Park
6915 Kostner Ave.
Lincolnwood, IL 60712

When: 
8:00am to 6:00pm
Saturday, June 17, 2017

Here's our sked:

8:00 to 9:00 Set-up

9:00 to 9:30 Rosary

9:30 to 10:00 Worship

10:00 to 10:45 Short Exhortation / Sharings

11:45 to 11:00 Prepare for Mass

11:00 to 12:00 Mass to be celebrated by Fr. Bob Haffenkamp

12:00 to 2:00pm LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH

2:00 to 6:00pm Music, Parlor Games, Singing, Dancing, Outdoor Games

6:00pm - Clean-up

There is No Household on this week. Kindly forward and inform please the rest of your membership to come and join us.

See y'all then!

God bless,

bro barber

Area Update of Upcoming Activities from April to June

Hello brothers and sisters,

Greetings of Christ's Mercy in still this Easter Season!

Just an Area Update of Activities to come from April to June!
(sorted by date)

1. LCSC - ongoing LCS at St. Stephens. Second session tomorrow night, Friday April 28. This will culminate next Saturday, May 6th. We had a total of 80youth who attended the first session last week. 60 from St. Stephen & St. Mary parishes combined and 20 from our YFL. Please really pray for its success especially tomorrow since it will be Baptism of the Holy Spirit already. Thank you for the HFL for providing food for tomorrow. Thank you also for Chicago Chapter for providing food last week.

2. HFL CLS - a 2-day CLS at sis Amy Albertine's residence at 4457 Brittany Drive, Lisle IL 60532 on April 29 & 30 (Saturday & Sunday) from 1:00 to 4:00pm.

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3. CFCFFL IL 23rd ANNIVERSARY - we will have it at St. Lambert Parish Basement in Skokie on Saturday, May 13 from 9:00am to 3:00pm. We will have Lunch together at the venue once again for just $6. Please submit headcount to bro Jun de Guzman so we can order food accordingly. We will have a guest speaker in the morning and the usual presentations per chapter, ministry and service in the afternoon. Please support and encourage all members to attend.

4. CFCFFL CLS - a 3-weekend CLS at Cookie's Basement (bro Jun de Guzman residence) at 7542 N. Kedvale Ave, Skokie 60076. This will start on Saturday, May 20 from 1:00 to 4:00pm.

5. WORK WITH THE POOR (WWP) - FUNDRAISER - This will be on May 27. Venue will be at Our Lady of Peace School Gym. 709 Plaindield Rd., Darien, IL 60561. Dinner cost is $35. Motiff is Hawaiian. Doors will open at 5:00pm. Please encourage all members to attend and support. Proceeds will go to building more deep wells, school houses, providing school supplies and other projects. Recipients will be from the list of barangays from the Work with the Poor office in the Philippines (under CFCFFL).

6.YFL CHICAGO SPRING CAMP - is scheduled on May 27 & 28 at La Quinta Inn in Deerfield. YFL Suburbs will have theirs in August.

7. HFL CLS - a 1-day CLS (6talks) from sis Joyce Bayona's Chapter. Venue will be at Corpus Christi Church, 1415 W. Lies Road in Carol Stream on June 10.

8. AREA PICNIC - Saturday, June 17 from 9:00 to 6:00pm. We couldn't get another venue in the suburbs this year so we will still be at our usual venue the past two years. We will have our Area Picnic at Henry Proesel Park. 7001 N. Kostner Ave., Lincolnwood IL 60712. More details to follow.

9. CFC-YFL NATIONAL CONFERENCE - June 23 to 25 in Seattle, Washington.

God bless everyone!!

-bro barber

LCSC

In less than 3weeks, we will be starting our All-Youth LCSC at St. Stephen's already.

Brethren, please support and offer prayers in your households & personal prayer time. May this seminar truly inspire, touch & bless the Youth of St. Stephen's. #lcsc

Regional Echo Conference

Hello MidNorth Region Brethren
(Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri, Michigan & Minnesota),

Greetings of God's love and mercy!

Our Regional Echo Conference has just officially been set. Below are the details:

Date: Saturday, October 8, 2016

Venue: St. Zachary Church - Gymnasium (same as last year's)

Conference Fee: $15 only - inclusive of Lunch 
(kids 8 to 12 - $5 / kids below 8 are free)

Program:

7:30 - 8:30 - Light breakfast (bagels, donuts, coffee)

8:30 - 9:00 - Rosary

9:00 - 9:30 - Worship

9:30 - 9:45 - Welcome

9:45 - 10:45 - Talk #1 "A Merciful God"

10:45 - 11:45 - Talk #2 "Mercy to Others"

11:45 - 12:00 - Sharer

12:00 - 1:30 - Lunch - Lunch - Lunch

1:30 - 1:45 - Gathering Song

1:45 - 2:30 - LCSC Pillars

2:30 - 3:30 - Talk #3 "Mercy to the World"

3:30 - 4:00 - Praisefest

4:00 - End of Conference

There is a 5:00pm Anticipated Mass at St. Zachary Church.

Also we will have Kids Watch, just like last year.

Early evening - SG bro Frank Padilla, wife Sis Gerry and our Country Servant bro Ed Yamba 
will fly immediately to New Jersey for the East Region Echo Conference the next day

Brothers and sisters, many where not able to attend the Conference Cruise last month.

This is the best time to hear all the talks once again from the conference. 
Let us really make sure we and the rest of our members all attend and be blessed.
As our theme for this Conference say in Ephesians 2:4 - He is "Rich in Mercy".

God bless,

bBarber Rabor

MidNorth Regional Coordinator

p.s. 
Area Servants, please forward and really invite your membership

for Illinois area - bRene please forward as well.

Thank you!

Area Updates

Hello brothers and sisters,

I know at least half, if not most of our membership in our area don't have or don't use social media (i.e. facebook, instagram, etc..).. where we post almost instantly current activities in our community. And that is okay, just doing things old school.

So allow me to share to you once again some major developments that we have very recently in our area.. through this email.

LIVE LIFE & LIVE PURE MOVEMENT

At least another half of us were not able to attend the LCSC Pillars training we had over the weekend. As previously announced, we had 2 Full-time Workers from the Philippines who are going all over the United States right now presenting and promoting LIVE LIFE & LIVE PURE Movement.

Needless to say, their presentations as expected, were very current, relevant and very exciting. Hence, we immediately talked to some of the parishes here and offered specifically Live Pure to be given to the Youth of their Churches. Here's what transpired:

St. Isaac Jogues Parish in Morton Grove

We presented to head pastor Fr. Mario and Fr. Carlos. They were very excited and affirmed they could definitely use this program. They are just adjusting as the new pastor and new associate pastor of this parish. They said they will call me really soon.

St. Stephens Catholic Church in Des Plaines

We spoke with head pastor Fr. Noel and Fr. Ronald. They totally embraced our Live Pure program. We will conduct the different Live Pure Forums to their confirmandis on Oct. 15, 22, and 29. Probably this will be the first Parish in the USA to utilize our Live Pure Movement.

St. Catherine Laboure in Glenview

We spoke with head pastor Fr. Maina, though he had initial concerns with the two different existing CFCs, he was also excited to have Live Pure given to his Parish Youth Camp on January 2017.

St. Francis of Assisi in Bolingbrook

Through bRuben and bLu Coson, head pastor Fr Herb agrees also to have our Live Pure given to the Youth of their Parish.

St. Lambert Parish in Skokie

Though head pastor Fr. Simon wasn't really very excited yet when I spoke to him at Church about Live Pure when I presented to him (he only gave me 3minutes to explain).. but when some of his Youth leaders attended the Live Pure presentation of Ina in Bolingbrook, they were very excited and said they will personally convince their Parish Youth leader to have it given in their parish. I'm pretty sure this time we will now have a thorough Live Pure presentation also with Fr. Simon.

We are also currently setting appointments to different Catholic Schools and offer these Live Pure Forums to their confirmandis.

Brothers and sisters, truly the Spirit is moving with us so please schedule an appointment to your own parishes and let us know. We are very excited to present our Live Pure Movement to them.

Also, very important, on a different note, our Area bank account was hacked a few days ago, someone stole some $5000 from our account and we haven't fully paid yet our final bill for the SFL Conference. But God is good we got back every single dollar of it yesterday. Hence, we have now a new bank account number. So for those of you depositing your tithes directly to our old account number, it has been closed already. We have a new bank account number now. So please call our Area Treasurer bFerdie (630-981-7558) as soon as possible to get the correct account number to deposit to.

By the way, we also have a special visitor from the Philippines who will give a teaching to our Handmaids this Saturday at St. Lambert Parish in Skokie from 1:00 to 6:00pm. She is sMenchie Donato. She is also a full-time pastoral worker from the Philippines serving the HFLs. She just came from Europe.

Please save the date also for our Regional Echo Conference on October 8th. Our SG bro Frank Padilla and our Country Servant bro Ed Yamba will be here to give the talks. Details will follow.

And lastly, we will have the CFCFFL Annual Top Servants Gathering on October 28 to 30here in Chicago. Details will also to follow. We will be needing your support and service once again on this 3day semi-conference.

God bless you all.

-bBarber Rabor

area servant
8472195412

barberr2@gmail.com

Area Teaching

Area Teaching for the Month of August 

Hello brothers & sisters,

First, a big congratulations to our area for a very successful SFL/CBFL Conference. Truly when everybody come together, there is no task too big. Praise God once again for the privilege and the joy of service.

I know true servants need no recognition, but we just want to honor brothers and sisters who did things more than they were called to do and really went the extra mile. We will have this during our Victory gathering. Date and venue are still to be determined.

In the meantime, we will have our Monthly Area Teaching for the month of August. Please save the date and attend this joint assembly on:

Sunday, August 7, 2016

St. Francis of Assisi Parish

Bolingbrook

We will gather at 3:00pm and end by 7:30 or 8:00pm

This is once again open to all ministries. We will have 2 specials guests from the Philippines. Full time pastoral workers (FTPW) Xavy Xavier Padilla  and Ina Sabrina Gasgonia will talk about Live Life & Live Pure.

Brethren, let's equip ourselves, take advantage and learn more of these 2 pillars of our LCSC. Personally, after hearing these training talks myself last weekend at the LIFT meeting in Houston, for me these are two big ways to get inside our own parishes and could eventually make the Parish Priest and its Parish Council agree into having an LCSC in their church. So this is crucial brothers and sisters. I truly believe we have so much to offer. That is why I urge everyone to please attend and be inspired.

See you then!!

God bless!!

Country Servant Pastoral Visit

Hello everyone,

Happy 1st day of summer! Hope everyone is enjoying the weather.

I would like to thank everybody for a very successful Area Picnic we just had over the weekend. The Camaraderie, Music, Games, Food and all the Fun & Laughter were truly a treat. Just like what I mentioned there, Community Fellowship is crucial in our growth and service. In fact it is really one of the "spokes" on how to Grow in the Holy Spirit (per CLS Talk#8).

Anyway, as we embark on the second half of the year, we would like to start out our service once again on the right track. Our Country Servant bro Ed Yamba will have his Pastoral Visit in our Area come July 2nd (two Saturdays from now). He wants to have a full-day with us to touch-base on the progress of the New Evangelization, updates on the LCSC and LIFT Training Weekend in Houston, our upcoming Conferences, introduce the "S.E.L.F." series of talks and just an overall presentation of our Community's direction. After the talks, we will have an open forum and Q & A with him.

I would like to request everyone to please NOT hold any household meeting on this week of July 2. Instead this will be our assembly & teaching week. Reserve this date brothers and sisters, and please SHOW-UP and SUPPORT as we gather to praise and worship and listen to the teachings and exhortations from our Top Servant-Leader here in the USA.

Here is our Program/Schedule:

What: Country Servant Update, Report, Presentation & Training

Where: St. Francis Parish, 1501 W. Boughton Rd, Bolingbrook, IL 60490

When: July 2, 2016 - Saturday, Whole-day

7:30 to 8:00am - Mass 

8:00am to 8:30am - "FREE" Light Breakfast, sponsored by our Area

8:30 to 9:00am - Worship / Prayer

9:00 to 9:30am - Introduction, Opening Message by the Country Servant

9:30 to 10:15am - TALK #1

10:15 to 10:45am - Group Discussion

10:45 to 11:30am - TALK #2

11:30 to 12:00nn - Group Discussion

12nn to 1:00pm - LUNCH BREAK  -  Bring your own Baon / Buy your own Lunch

1:00 to 1:15pm - Gathering Songs

1:15 to 2:00pm - TALK #3

2:00 to 2:30pm - Group Discussion

2:30 to 3:15pm - LCSC Updates

3:15 to 4:00pm - "L.I.F.T." and Pillars

4:00 to 4:30pm - Q & A

4:30pm - End with Praisefest

See you then everyone!

God bless,

bBarber Rabor

area servant