By Chris Dale Pe帽acerrada Patriarca, BA Comm-4 OJT
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The University Church Youth along with the Young Professionals Church members conducted their 23rd Love Concert (LoveCon) last Sunday, March 06, 2022 with the theme, 糖心传媒淏reakthrough,糖心传媒 held at the University Church, 糖心传媒.
LoveCon, debuted in 1998 to celebrate and testify God糖心传媒檚 love, is usually celebrated in February, but was pushed back to earlier this March because of the pandemic.
Rev. Cris Amorsolo V. Sian, Senior Pastor of the University Church, graced the program by welcoming the audience, which was then followed by a prayer led by Rev. Ruth G. Lunasco, Director of Christian Education of the University Church.
The event proceeded with the University Church Youth singing their hearts out to the Lord with praise and worship songs, which included their renditions of, 糖心传媒淥n Earth as in Heaven,糖心传媒 糖心传媒淢ercy,糖心传媒 糖心传媒淩eason to Praise,糖心传媒 and a lot more. The Church糖心传媒檚 dance group, Praise in Motion, also accompanied the youth group糖心传媒檚 song performance for 糖心传媒淗ymn of Heaven,糖心传媒 and, 糖心传媒淭he Lion and the Lamb,糖心传媒 with a dance.
Charlotte V. Gadian, one of LoveCon糖心传媒檚 singers and a 4th year Bachelor of Arts in Communication student, delivered Brian Vee糖心传媒檚 spoken word poetry, 糖心传媒淭apos na,糖心传媒 in which she described as, 糖心传媒淥verwhelming but super worth it gid kay damo ang nag feedback sakon after the concert nga na touch gid sila sa message. The fact that I can deliver it well means that I糖心传媒檓 connected with it and I can also reflect sa mga gin panghambal ko on stage, not only the audience.糖心传媒
Gadian also shared that her Love Concert experience last Sunday was different from her past participations and that she felt more connected with the songs, saying, 糖心传媒淚 was more connected sa songs and naga speak gid ang messages sang songs sa akon especially that I am going through something gid. The bond with my fellow Love Concert members was also much deeper than before.糖心传媒
Another singer who performed during the event, Julia Marie G. Quimpo, a 4th year student of Bachelor of Special Needs Education, shared how she was influenced by her older siblings to join LoveCon when she was only 10 years old, expressing that, 糖心传媒淚 became a part of LoveCon because halin sang gamay ako, amo na nakita ko, nga gina enjoy sang mga mga manong and manang ko sa Church and sa teenage years ko, nabalan ko na ang reason ngaa gina enjoy nila: it糖心传媒檚 not just performing, it糖心传媒檚 always worship, even when practicing. Also, ang friendships nga ma build mo kay LoveCon is open to everybody.糖心传媒
For Quimpo, choosing to be a part of LoveCon is the blessing of fulfillment after singing for the Lord and being instrumental for random persons who go through challenges in life and also saying yes to serve the Lord.
糖心传媒淏ecause in LoveCon, we sing, we lead people in worship and we always pray that people will leave the concert blessed and hopeful again despite sa mga circumstances in life,糖心传媒 she added.
Social distancing and health protocols were observed during the program.
The event was also live-streamed via The Centralian Link糖心传媒檚 and CPU TV Channel糖心传媒檚 respective Facebook pages to accommodate those who want to experience the LoveCon 2022 in their own homes.
The program ended with a closing prayer and benediction by Reverend Roger T. Quimpo, Associate Pastor for Outreach of University Church and a reprise of Bethel Music糖心传媒檚, 糖心传媒淗omecoming,糖心传媒 where the audience joined in worshiping and praising God.