Rosewood of Sharon

Last August 28, 2011 our choir went to Tarlac. We were invited to sing during the worship service which coincidentally also the 26th anniversary celebration of the church.

It’s an early ride going there around 4:00, the rain was pouring heavily at that time. We had our breakfast of pancakes, sausages, and hot choco at Jollibee somewhere in Bulacan. After 3 hours of journey, we reached our destination. The church congregation had prepared breakfast for us... rice, hotdog, dried fish, and coffee. Some of us opted not to eat anything since we already had our fill earlier but others still ate with gusto.

After eating, we changed into our choir costume of black skirt and poncho for women and pants and barong for men. We practiced for a few minutes until the guest speaker arrived. We sang 4 songs during the entire worship service: We Are His Church (sang before the message), We Will Serve Him (sang after the message), Communion Song (sang during the communion), and Now Unto Him (sang at the end of the worship service). We’ve seen how appreciative the people from the Rosewood of Sharon church were. They said they were inspired to create a choir of their own, hopefully with the help and guidance of their Pastor they will. A feastive lunch was served right, after the worship service after which a certificate of appreciation and a souvenir was given to each member of the choir.

It was around 2:30 in the afternoon when we left the church and head towards home, but we had a stop over at the Sta. Lucia, Capas Death March Shrine. We've seen the museum and stone bearing all the names of the people who was killed by the Japanese after their marched to Tarlac. It's nice to get in touch with our past from time to time even just to be thankful for the freedom and democracy we have now. We took a couple of pictures and headed our way.

We were exhausted from the day's activity that most of us had fallen asleep. It was dark when we reached home. A tiring day we had but it's something always worth doing especially if it's to give praises to our Lord. I will be anticipating more activities such as this in the future. To God be the Glory!