by Minchie Sy Quimsiam, QCPACE UMYF Hundreds of young people gathered together to worship God during our district’s most-awaited Christmas Institute. It was held at Union Theological Seminary in Dasmarinas, Cavite. As a second-timer, I was eager and excited for the things that would happen in my five-day stay. With the theme “Siya Mismo”, Ptr. Cedillo expounded on Acts 17:27-28: [...]

Pacita UMYF and Sound.Proof (Pacita UMC’s own Multimedia Ministry) bring you their Valentine’s young people special. Watch it live on Pinoy Metodista TV!  Join us on 20 Feb 2010 from 5 to 9 PM.

Most workers with youth and young adults in the Philippines tend to approach their job via trial and error. There is a lack of training for youth workers. As such, they tend to rely on intuition in handling their own youth ministry. This is further complicated by the lack of formal training in youth ministry in Bible Schools and the [...]

Members of the Division on Ministries with Young People (DMYP) met on August 1-5, 2009 in Nashville, Tennessee to discuss young people’s ministries issues and concerns. The delegation from the Philippines included Ms. Earlie Pasion, National President of the United Methodist Youth Fellowship in the Philippines (UMYFP), Mr. William Tolentino, National President of the United Methodist Young Adult Fellowship in the Philippines (UMYAFP) and Rev. David Cosmiano Sr. as the adult worker with young people representative. Mr. Mighty Rasing was also present during the meeting as the DMYP contract staff for the Philippines Central Conference.

The United Methodist Youth Fellowship in the Philippines, supported by the Division on Ministries with Young People is holding the first ever UMC campus ministry conference dubbed as Student Methodists Active in Campus Kirk (SMACK) Forum 2009. The SMACK Forum is a gathering of high school and college students for leadership training, spiritual development, fellowship and networking. It is envisioned [...]

The United Methodist Youth Fellowship in the Philippines sponsored a nation-wide song-writing competition in the past biennium. This yielded all original songs from young people all over the Philippines. The music genre range from rap to folk, from mellow to rock and dealt with topics such as thanksgiving, praise and worship, and the nation. The eight songs in the compilation [...]