Bless Our Cops Cagayan De Oro: Ang Hingpit Nga Gugma Sa Dios

“Ang Hingpit na Gugma sa Dios, (The love of God is greater far)

Sa dila dili malitok, (Than tongue or pen can ever tell;)

Saylo sa kabitoonan, (It goes beyond the highest star,)

Abut sa kinahihidladman.” (And reaches to the lowest hell;)

“Alang Sa makasasala, (The guilty pair, bowed down with care,)

Ginatag si Hesus,( God gave His Son to win;)

Ang mga nanghisalaag, (His erring child He reconciled,)

iyang gi pasig uli.” (And pardoned from his sin.)

“Gugma sa Dios! (O love of God,)

O pagkaputli! (how rich and pure!)

Way Kinutoban, Lig-On!  (How measureless and strong!)

Gugmang dili gayod mabalhin! (It shall forevermore endure)

Kini utong awiton! (The saints’ and angels’ song.)

Responding back to God for the love he gave, has been the hallmark of the members of CORPS Movement and its volunteers. From time to time, one could see an extra mile exerted by its members in reverence to God for the Love, great and far reaching, we are not worthy of.

In Cagayan de Oro, such love was again was displayed as members of the CORPS Movement shared the vision of reaching the PNP to pastors of the city of Golden Friendship and nearby Bukidnon and campers of the Lifeline Christian Ministry.

The event which started four months back was the brainchild of Ptr. Atilliano Ligmon who was deeply moved to help young people in his native land to find meaning in their lives. He also had the burden to help pastors in his area to have a vision in sharing God in every Cop in their locale. It was a weekly concern for him and he even asked for prayers during the CORPS Thursday prayer breakfast meeting. To help the brother of his desire, members of the CORPS Movement: PSUPT Bernard Banac, PSINP Gus Ferrer, Ptr. Ruben Alivar, Bro. Boi Manuel and Jojo Dellosa committed to visit him and organize a Bless Our Cops vision cast among his peers in the city.

Joyful with the development, Ptr. Atil went to Misamis Occidental a month early to prepare. Alas, some misfortune befell as he was robbed three consecutive times before the start of the event. In one incident, he was even beaten badly that he almost died. But such “small” mishaps did not deterred him, as he persevered and continued to be a vessel of God’s love to his fellow ministers with limited resources.

When his brothers at the CORPS Movement arrived last May 17, the whole team responded and encouraged Ptr. Atil... to persevere even more.

Ptr. Ruben Alivar presence was most encouraging to Ptr. Atil since Ptr. Ruben did not only promised to teach Karate and Jujitsu at the camp but also promised to be his personal black-belt bodyguard for the rest of the time that they would stay.

Once at the Camp, Col. Banac, Capt. Ferrer and Kuya Boi took turns in presenting to pastors the need and benefit of conducting a police ministry within their locale.

Col. Banac highlighted the moral and spiritual component of the Integrated Transformation Program of the PNP and rallied the pastors to help in the transformation process itself as a community (external) support. He also pointed out the benefits of helping the police yet instructed the pastors not to use their special relation for their advantage.

Capt. Ferrer, on the other hand, reached out to the youth of the camp as he recounted how abiding in Christ even as a youth had a strong impact to his Christian walk. He also obliged the pastors to encourage the youth and to instil strong Biblical teaching among them.

Ptr. Ruben Alivar also spoke of his ministry platform: karate and explained the difficulties of guiding the police as well as the joy of discipling them.

Kuya Boi, as usual, taught of the dynamics of the police ministry and how could a church could grow and mature using the model.

At the end of the day, a group of 14 pastors which includes Alfenio Ligmon, Diosdado Lipiahan, Ben Soroma, Bengjahns Yuganod, Marlon Lunsayan, Timothy Lesigon, Francisco Cagais, Michael Queck, Geson Magrina, Norberto Millendez, Sotico Lanman, Ruel Paunillan, Elan Ligmon and Glen Namoc have all committed to bless the cops in their locale as response to God’s immeasurable and strong love to all of humanity including the PNP.