The Church and the Homosexual Issue

Greetings from Bagong Pag-asa!

As part of our initiative to educate and equip people with life skills, we will be conducting workshops (details below).  Please help us by promoting our workshops to your friends, colleagues who might be interested as well as in your in your church, office and social networks.

All proceeds will go to ministry programs such as support group meetings, Handog Pag-asa feeding program and Life at the Crossroads (HIV & AIDS initiative).  For workshop fees and other details, please contact our office at the numbers indicated below.

Workshop
Schedule
Remarks

The Church & the Homosexual Issue
March 21, 2009
August 29, 2009
November 21, 2009
830am-4pm
Open to church leaders, church workers & lay leaders who have a burden to
minister to people with Same sex attraction, free of charge

Counseling Skills Workshop
July 18, 2009
Open to all, particularly for church workers who wish to know how to counsel church members

Thinking Outside the Box
September 26, 2009
Open to all, with workshop fee

Self-Esteem Workshop
October 17, 2009
Open to all, with workshop fee

All scheduled workshops will be held in the BP Makati office.  Due to limited space, reservation is required to guarantee participant slot.  We can also conduct the said workshops in your church or office as in-house training on your preferred schedule.

You could also refer people struggling with same sex attraction to our weekly support group meetings which are held every Saturdays, 6 p.m. in our Makati Office.  Kindly contact the office to schedule an orientation prior to attending the group.

We also have a monthly support group meeting for family and friends of people struggling with same sex attraction.  You may know of someone who may need help regarding a friend or a family member who is gay/living the gay lifestyle, please refer them to us and ask them to inquire about the Family & Friends Support Group.

If you wish to see other BP activities for this year, please visit our website and check out our 2009 calendar of events attached.

Thank you and God bless you for helping us promote our programs!

Bagong Pag-asa
Unit 10M, Burgundy Corporate Tower
252 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City
telefax: (+632) 886-4441
mobile nos.: +63927-5788373 (globe) & +63923-6191381 (sun)
www.bagongpagasa.org