28/03/2025
𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐘 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐖 (𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡) 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒
𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗔 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡: 𝗚𝗢𝗗’𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗖𝗘
“𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝” — 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 4:13
Today, the 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗪𝗢𝗪 (𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵) 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 gathered women from different places of Panay at Abangay Church of the Nazarene to celebrate their 𝗚𝗼𝗱-𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆. Anchored on 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝟰:𝟭𝟯, we were reminded that 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲, created not just for a single role but as 𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻.
The event was filled with 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 through the inspiring messages of our guest speakers:
🎤 𝐑𝐞𝐯. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲𝐧 𝐃. 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬 shared that a woman’s purpose goes beyond bearing children—she is a 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
🎨 𝐑𝐞𝐯. 𝐈𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐒. 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐢𝐧 beautifully compared women to 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀, much like the works of 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗱𝗮 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝘂𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗮, emphasizing that we are 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆.
🌱 𝐏𝐭𝐫𝐚. 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐜𝐨 spoke about 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, reminding us that raising children in faith involves not just Bible stories but 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲.
💖 𝐌𝐬. 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐂. 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐯𝐚, 𝐑𝐍 gave an insightful talk on the 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀, introducing the W.O.M.A.N. principle:
✨ 𝗪 – Wonderfully and Fearfully Made
✨ 𝗢 – Ordained for Purpose
✨ 𝗠 – Masterpiece of God
✨ 𝗔 – Anointed for Excellence
✨ 𝗡 – Nurtured in Holistic Beauty
The day was a powerful reminder that 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲– we are 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲, 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲.
May we continue to walk boldly in faith, knowing that in Christ, we are 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲. 💜✨
