On this Day, Ten Years Ago!!! ...The Keeper was Born!

Today is the 10th year anniversary of the Keeper Magazine! The first published version featured CIDG Director PCSUPT Samuel Pagdilao who was then Chief of Police of Caloocan City, PSSUPT Cesar Hawthorne Binag and PSUPT Bernard M. Banac with the CORPS Movements Mission: God Centered, Service Oriented and Family Based Philippine National Police.

We also found this in the archives...our first fan letter from Ptr. William "Watot" Baradi one of our first volunteers in Rizal together with Ptr. Joel Canoy and Ptr. Jim Delos Santos. (whose pictures appears below). 

Ptr. Watot is now residing in Phoenix, Arizona and Ptr Joel is also abroad. Ptr. Jim remains a tireless and vigilant minister to the police.

Ptr. Watot Baradi

Ptr. Joel Canoy

Ptr. Jim Delos Santos

A Harvard Alumnus Wants to Say Thanks for the Prayers!

 

 

Partners

The CORPS Movement have been blessed with ministerial alliances and partners. Part of its success because of its good working relationship with other ministry and organization who has a passion in reaching out to policemen.Last week the CORPS Movement was busy in again strengthening friendship as it met with key contacts.

They first met with the husband-and-wife team of Paul and Pat Ellis of the Life Disciples wherein the CORPS Movement talked about the continuing partnership of both group as more and more volunteers of the BOC are continually trained by the Ellis. The CORPS Movement envisions all its volunteers to undergo the seminar on counseling to strengthen their discipling skills. It is part of the BOC upgrade under Bless Our Cops.

The CORPS also visited the office of Elder Mike Aspirin of the JOSHUA ministry  of the Greenhills Christian Fellowship at his office at Alphaland where he serves as the President of Alphaforce (the Alphaland group's security arm). The BOC4 concept was presented to Elder Mike and more partnership initiatives were being planned including sponsorship to GCF's Purpose and Passion for BOC and JOSHUA volunteers as well as a benefit concert for BOC 4.

The CORPS also meet with the I Care For My City Foundation Inc.  leadership under Dr. Jose Rodolfo Camello who are interested in partnering in the Police Ministry. The group of businessmen aims to help government offices and are offering their expertise to help in the reforms in government.

Bless Our Cops Rizal: Preparing the Harvesters

Morong, Rizal- The harvest field is wide open in the province of Rizal. It's fertile of souls waiting for the gospel to be planted and of policemen waiting to hear the good news. Thankfully, the CORPS movement has dedicated workers who are always ready for harvests and are willing to be trained for harvest.

Last June 8, 2011 despite of the torrential rains of Typhoon Dodong, the CORPS Movement still found ways to gather and meet with the leadership of the BOC Rizal chapter. Ptr. Jim Delos Santos who lead the group offered the trainings for Life Discipleship under Ptr. Paul Ellis and Purpose and Passion of the Greenhills Christian Fellowship. These are all in line with the upgrades of the Bless Our Cops program of the CORPS movement now named BOC 4. (see related article). Like what happened in Tarlac, the Rizal team will be trained and empowered not only to Bless their police stations but also equipped to strengthen their church and reach out their community.


Churches who again raised their commitment were Ptr. Rene Caraan of the Jesus Christ the Potter Christian Church, Ptr. Florencio Tingle of the United Methodist Church, Ptr. Medel Mendez of the Church of the Living Saviour Church, Ptr. Teodorico C. Talanay of the Rizal Gospel Partner, Ptr. Eric Dela Cruz of the Holy Grace Christian Church, Ptr. Frank Romaliza of the Jesus Cares Ministry, Ptr. Eduardo B. Glee of the Jesus the Livingstone Church and Ptr. Fortunato Elaso of the Mount Olive Assemblies of God. All of whom are actively involved with the police ministry of Rizal.


Surely God is moving...

Here are some additional photos from our Rizal Group: Ptr. Florencio Tingle and Ptr. Rene Caraan who are ministering to the Cardona Police Station

Bless Our Cops 4: Blessing the Cops, Church, Community and Country

The Bless our Cops Program have been upgraded in order to give volunteers a more meaningful and holistic experience in ministering to the police and also expand the breadth of coverage as the CORPS Movement Foundation tries to gain more works for the Lord.


The program will add three new components wherein in volunteers will be helped to not only bless the Cops but also how to bless their church, bless their community and in the long run bless the country.


As a foundational thrust of the program, volunteers will be trained to minister to the Police or "Bless the Cops". They will be oriented in the "culture of blessing" that the program espouse. Trainings for this core thrust are built around the Mission of the CORPS Movement Foundation wherein volunteers will assist policemen in fulfilling God-Centered, Service Oriented and Family based Philippine National Police.


The CORPS will then equip the BOC volunteers on how to "Bless his Church". Recently the CORPS Movement have talked with the Life Disciples of Ptr. Paul Ellis to equip the volunteers of the CORPS Movement Foundation on In-Depth Biblical Counselling. The CORPS and JOSHUA ministries of the Greenhills Christian Fellowshi has also agreed to sponsor the volunteers of the CORPS Movement for the Passion and Purpose Seminar of the GCF. Other resources and trainings are being developed by the CORPS to further enhance the capabilities of their volunteers.


In terms of "Blessing the Community", the CORPS Movement have designed trainings that will empower churches to reach out to their communities. First among them is the Sunday School, Vacation Bible School and School Outreach trainings wherein churches will be trained and equipped on how to utilize children's programs not only as an outreach but also a revenue generating program to help sustain the ministry of each churches. Other program that are set are the jail ministry extension and consultancy.


As for blessing the country, the CORPS Movement envisions that the churches involved in its ministry will one day have a significant role in nation building.

All of these activities and programs are dedicatedly designed not only to bless the cops, church, community and country but as always give glory to the One who has made all things possible. Thus, this program could also be called Bless Our Christ!

Warm Christian Greetings!

Thanks for keeping me in the loop. I have prayed for the CORPS Foundation, and will keep praying for it as I promised Bro. Cesar. Keep on preaching our Lord Jesus Christ to policemen and others. Pray for me too that the Lord will be glorified with my life, whatever is my situation in life.
In Christ, 

BaL Tira

I saw the Pulis Makakalikasan Keeper blog. It's awesome. Ano nga yun favorite nyo flavor na Kona coffee? I will bring when I come home in July. Thank you so much for your prayers and able support to Eric!
Cecille Noble

Greetings from Himalayan regions.

You Brothers are doing amazing!!. Thanks for updating the news that you have been doing there, we are mobilizing our people here, one day we'll run with you...

Give our love & regards to our friends and family there.

Because of Jesus,

Tinu Imchen

 Thank you for the photos, info and good news.  We keep you in our prayers constantly and looking forward to hear more of our undertakings with the CORPS family...God bless

Shalom

Ptr. Cris Alipio and Jim delos Santos

 

The Race According to Paul ( A Reflection During the FBINAA Fun Run)

"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on  to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me."

"Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it." 

"But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."

Philippians 3: 12-14

"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize." 

"Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever."

"Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air." 

"No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize."

1 Corinthian 9:24-27

"Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor's crown unless he competes according to the rules."

2 Timothy 2: 5

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."

2 Timothy 4: 7