Art Talk/Exhibit - Easter Sunrise Service / Houston Trinity UMC
Easter Sunrise Service
Houston Trinity
United Methodist Church
Katy, Texas
April 3, 2010 / 9:30AM
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Lorna and I were already up and about early Saturday morning for our trip to Katy, Texas. We left shortly before 10AM for Katy taking freeways I-45 N and I-10 W. In less than an hour, we arrived at Pastor Butch Ramirez’s residence just to discover that nobody was home.
Anyway, I called him by cell phone to find out that he was at the Houston Trinity UMC preparing for the Easter Sunrise Service. In less than 10 minutes, he was waving at us from his place when we were coming back from a stroll, stretching/limbering our legs and bodies from the not too long a trip from Houston to Katy.
Not too long from then, we found ourselves at the kitchen talking, drinking coffee, tea, eating home-made "suman" (rice cake), courtesy of Obed, their Filipino cook prepared by wife, Lerree whom Pastor calls “dahl”, maybe a shortcut of “darling”, hehe. We spent the rest of the afternoon at the church to have an ocular of the place where I would conduct my “Art Talk/Exhibit”. We then arranged the long tables and chairs for my art presentation.
Headed back home to print my message for Easter and didn’t have to eat dinner since we had several pieces of chicken at the church that late afternoon. Anyway, the next day Sunday, we left their residence by 5:30AM for the Easter Sunrise Service at Houston Trinity United Methodist Church.
Before I knew it, I had already delivered my message and conducted my “Art Talk/Exhibit”. It was a fun Easter day spent with a majority of Filipino congregation and a few Americans. We stayed around at church until 4PM just chatting with a few friends and headed back home to Houston.
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Badong Ramirez (68) - Apr 5, 2010
Glenn, in behalf of the Houston Trinity UMC and the First Filipino-American UMC, please accept our gratitude for accepting our invitation for you to preach in our Joint Easter Sunrise Service. Salamat na rin for making a presentation of your art works to us. We were all impressed by your works and your desire to share it with us, free of charge.
May the Lord continue to bless your God-given gift of art, preaching, and music. I was surprised to know and hear Glenn playing the piano with ease.
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Link to April 18 2nd Message by Glenn: http://glenlorn2.multiply.com/photos/album/64
Houston Trinity
United Methodist Church
Katy, Texas
April 3, 2010 / 9:30AM
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Lorna and I were already up and about early Saturday morning for our trip to Katy, Texas. We left shortly before 10AM for Katy taking freeways I-45 N and I-10 W. In less than an hour, we arrived at Pastor Butch Ramirez’s residence just to discover that nobody was home.
Anyway, I called him by cell phone to find out that he was at the Houston Trinity UMC preparing for the Easter Sunrise Service. In less than 10 minutes, he was waving at us from his place when we were coming back from a stroll, stretching/limbering our legs and bodies from the not too long a trip from Houston to Katy.
Not too long from then, we found ourselves at the kitchen talking, drinking coffee, tea, eating home-made "suman" (rice cake), courtesy of Obed, their Filipino cook prepared by wife, Lerree whom Pastor calls “dahl”, maybe a shortcut of “darling”, hehe. We spent the rest of the afternoon at the church to have an ocular of the place where I would conduct my “Art Talk/Exhibit”. We then arranged the long tables and chairs for my art presentation.
Headed back home to print my message for Easter and didn’t have to eat dinner since we had several pieces of chicken at the church that late afternoon. Anyway, the next day Sunday, we left their residence by 5:30AM for the Easter Sunrise Service at Houston Trinity United Methodist Church.
Before I knew it, I had already delivered my message and conducted my “Art Talk/Exhibit”. It was a fun Easter day spent with a majority of Filipino congregation and a few Americans. We stayed around at church until 4PM just chatting with a few friends and headed back home to Houston.
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Badong Ramirez (68) - Apr 5, 2010
Glenn, in behalf of the Houston Trinity UMC and the First Filipino-American UMC, please accept our gratitude for accepting our invitation for you to preach in our Joint Easter Sunrise Service. Salamat na rin for making a presentation of your art works to us. We were all impressed by your works and your desire to share it with us, free of charge.
May the Lord continue to bless your God-given gift of art, preaching, and music. I was surprised to know and hear Glenn playing the piano with ease.
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Link to April 18 2nd Message by Glenn: http://glenlorn2.multiply.com/photos/album/64
3 comments:
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Tony Ablen wrote:
Thank you Glenn.
I'll check on Womack. I know the Almighty God have you in His favor however you praise, adore, worship and love Him in your own natural, relaxed way.
Jesus Christ "simplified" the Commandments into "Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind, and with all thy strength........ Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself...."
So whatever denomination our neighbors belong, we are all loved by the
One True God who created the Universe; the Heaven and Earth; who
created the Sun, moon, stars, sea, land, trees and evrything else for
mankind which is created in His Own image...
God bless,
Tony
To: Tony Ablen, banggaan
Hi Tony,
I am very happy for you and your family because since the first day I had met you in cyberspace through our Banggaan yahoogroup, I knew that you have always been on the right path. I do not judge others in favor of you but I know that God has always been pleased with you because of how you have been to your family and friends.
I do not really regularly follow any TV program for spiritual feeding, nor do I go to church to please God. I still go about my own, natural relaxed way going about life but try to keep in tune with what God wants me to do. It is more Jesus and myself and there's nobody in between. I am not saying that what I do is the right thing to do. This is just how things are for me and my God.
Despite myself, I know that He has always been there for me beyond my expectations. He is so great I cannot think in any way that I can even associate with Him. But He does care for me each day, each minute and I know that to be true, despite myself.
I think you can learn about Womack via the internet. I had seen him a few times on TV and internet because of links my elder sister used to send to me. The few times I had seen him, I think he is ok.
Btw, Lorna and I have been staying with a Vietnamese family since first week of June 2010. We just go about our Christian ways, and they go about their Buddhist ways. We are in harmony and feel God's love in the air. We do not separate our things, food and thoughts. Our hearts are just tuned in to loving each other. This is what I meant that God reads our hearts and only Him can judge whether we love or have loved the way He would. Also, I think He doesn't really want to judge us, He wants to unconditionally love us. He wants us to love the least of our brethren too.
You may click to view our - - > Activities in Texas: http://glenlorn2.multiply.com/photos
Blessings,
glenn
loiebautista wrote on Apr 17, '10
Congratulations on your Art Exhibit! Looks they are all new to me! They seem to really enjoyed your paintings! Beautiful!
You're really preaching! Belated "Happy Easter."
Leembo Dinglasan (69) - Apr 5, 2010
Badong Ramirez (68) - Apr 5, 2010
Leembo, sinabi mo pa. And these ones I posted are just
samples of his many artworks.Bilib talaga ako kay Glenn. He is one of a kind. For more of
his works, you can visit his website at www.glennbautista.com
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Badong, thanks for sharing - yes, no doubt that your (Church) was blessed by a talented Unionite by his presence and sharing his God-given talent!
His work is amazing!
Wendell Quila (67) - Apr 19, 2010
Actually , I was not able to make it to the Sunrise Service w/ Glenn as Speaker, but when I saw his Artworks even in his Cell phone, namangha talaga ako, parang ayoko ng isoli sa kanya yung phone nya at keep it for myself, to show others that they are my Work of Art... hehehe
Napakagaling mo Glenn, pa kiss naman ako, oh. LOL
Glenn Bautista (63) - Apr 19, 2010
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Hay naku, nagladlad na rin c Wendell, haha . . nalilito na ako, akala ko tumitibok ngayon ang puso mo?
Enjoyed our meeting/reunion at Bads church & place last night, Wendell! Ayaw na nga namin ni Lorna umuwi kagabi, e. Dati nga sa kanila kami natulog at enjoy talaga kami meeting with Bad's family members . . enjoyed Obed's culinary creations, too!
Inaabot ka ba ng malakas na ulan sa freeway? Grabe, kasi halfway, todo lakas ng ulan at halos hindi na namin makita ang daan, hehe. Anyway, we got safely home but was a bit worried about you. Nakarating ka naman daw, sabi ni Bads, hehe. Naiwan ko pa ang payong namin kala Bads . . senior moments, ika nga, hehe. Kitakits uli, bro . .
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Wendell Quila (67) - Apr 19, 2010
Glenn, I did enjoy our togetherness , esp. w/ Carol around . Ang sarap nung mga dala niya . Inabot din ako ng ulan , kaya nakapikit ako nung nag -drive, kasi hindi na rin makita ang daan mabuti matulog na lang.
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