Silent Sunday in Bohol

Tagbilaran City, Bohol has a pretty large Deaf community.  By far, the majority of these deaf attend the Catholic Church as do about 90 % of all Filipinos outside of Southern and Central Mindanao.  The other 10% of the population attend various Protestant churches.  The Tiptip Deaf Church in Tagbilaran represents only a handful of Independent Protestant Christian churches in the whole Philippines that cater exclusively to the Deaf.  The congregation in this beautiful little church runs between 30 to 50 members on any given Sunday.  One Sunday of each month features a fellowship meal before the service and has been know to attract over 100 deaf persons from the community.

Many Deaf in Tagbilaran have married and now have hearing children so that the Tiptip Deaf Church is planning to add children’s Sunday School so that whole families can attend.  In addition the church will begin focusing on activities to make the services more relevant to men.

Click on the link below to view a video of a typical Sunday service.

Tiptip Deaf Church Video

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ADVENTURE IN BOHOL

Adventure Church team with teachers and students at Loon Central Elementary School, Bohol Philippines

The youth from Adventure Community Church in Duvall Washington came to Bohol this past July.  Shortly after the team arrived in Tagbilaran, they were asked what their expectations for the trip were.  They responded that they only wanted to serve and were open to how God would use them.  They were not disappointed with their experience here and left a lasting positive impression on many people.  During their two weeks on Bohol, they presented the Gospel in drama form in many places and to many groups.  They helped out at IDEA’s Bohol Deaf Academy with putting in a large vegetable garden, painting of dormitories and the constructing an erosion control trench on the campus to minimize damage to some of the buildings.

As was observed by the IDEA staff and Dao Diamond staff, each of these team members were also on inner spiritual journeys during this two weeks.

It was a joy to have the team visit IDEA and we are so grateful for their willingness to share their energy and hearts with us.   We look forward to seeing them all again someday.

A special thanks to Judy and Wes Robbie for bringing the group over.  Wes currently serves as one of IDEA’s Board Members and both Judy and Wes served as missionaries here in Bohol with IDEA for three years.

Visit the Adventure Community Church blog to see a video clip and many more photos of their trip.  Just click on the link below.

Adventure Community Church

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