On April 5, 2026, Easter Sunday, The Lord’s Flock Community celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ alongside the opening of its 40th Anniversary – Founders Day. The month-long celebration carries the theme “Across Generations and Beyond Borders.” Both occasions converged on a single conviction: faith faithfully handed down outlasts every generation that carries it.
The Sanctuary Opens
Heritage’s doors opened to a full congregation. The Host Ministry welcomed members who filled every seat up to the second balcony.
The lights dimmed; spotlights fixed on the stage. Small World reporters stepped forward and narrated the events of the first Easter. Disciples reacted to an empty tomb. Mary Magdalene trembled. An angel appeared through white mist. The ensemble opened with a dance, launching Praise and Worship led by Bea Baclig with the Psalm and Koros Ministry.
Thea Vidad and Ashley Francisco, members of Koros Ministry and the Young Adults Oikos, served as emcees for the morning. Their presence embodied the Founders Day theme — the next generation carrying the celebration forward.
The Offering and Testimonies
Before the collection of love offerings, a temple dedication prayer drew from 2 Corinthians 9:7 (NABRE): “Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
Subsequently, members shared testimonies of God’s faithfulness. Sis. Ashley credited wholehearted service for passing a subject she had feared of failing. On the other hand, Sis. Thea expressed gratitude for the honor of serving in ministry. Sis. Baby drew a connection between her birthday (April 3) and the community’s founding month. Sis. Lori recounted her husband’s P.T.E. results and her own job offer arriving faster than expected. She anchored both in Fr. Orbos’ paraphrase of “P.A.E.W.A.N. — Pray about Everything, Worry about Nothing” (Philippians 4:6). Another sister shared how her family received a car and closed a condominium deal, both arriving in God’s perfect timing — precisely when they had stopped striving.
Fellowship and Games
The emcees invited members to post Easter photos tagging @lordsflockofficial. A “Bring Me” game followed. Prizes went to the fastest. The emcees then led a TikTok dance trend, “Hawak mo ang Beat,” with Oikos New Gen and Koros Ministry dancers joining onstage. The moderators announced free lunch and game booths before introducing the day’s speaker.
The Easter Message
Sis. Techie “Soar” Rodriguez, Elder-Founder, and a 46-year servant — delivered the morning’s central message. She opened with a reframe: Christianity’s defining symbol is the empty tomb, not the cross. The cross requires the resurrection to mean anything “Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me” (Matthew 28:9–10).” The resurrection’s first command, she noted, was not reflection — it was motion.
She drew attention to three witnesses at the empty tomb. Mary Magdalene concluded that the body was stolen. John saw the burial cloths and believed them. Peter saw and faltered. Soar pressed the congregation: “Which disciple are you?” Identical circumstances, she observed, produce different responses. The difference is not circumstance but the condition of the heart.
She focused on Mary Magdalene — delivered from seven demons (Luke 8:2) — as the resurrection’s most instructive witness. Despite her past, Mary outlasted every apostle at the cross, the burial, and the tomb. She became the first to see the risen Christ “Her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love” (Luke 7:47). Love for God tracks directly with one’s awareness of personal need for grace.
She then called the congregation to proclamation. Citing Acts 1:8 — “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” — she drew a line from biblical mandate to the Founders Day theme. Peter and John, described as ordinary and uneducated, stood before the Sanhedrin and proclaimed the resurrection boldly. Their witnessing catalyzed 3,000 baptisms (Acts 2), then 5,000 more (Acts 4). Hence, she urged all members to invite relatives and friends to the upcoming Spirit Empowerment Seminar (May)>
She recounted praying over Michelle, pronounced clinically dead. After intercessory prayer in Jesus’ name, Michelle revived — confirmed by nursing staff.: “Nothing will be impossible for God” (Luke 1:37). She made the point plainly: if a parent hears “your child is alive,” they do not whisper. Believers carry news of equal weight — and should carry it accordingly.
She turned to the community’s 40-year story. God had promised Lord’s Flock a land for the Heritage — and delivered it when ownership seemed impossible. With forty years of faithfulness, she charged the younger generation to carry that story as their truest inheritance — not diplomas, not savings, but testimony.
She closed on Peter before and after Pentecost — the same man, separated only by the Spirit’s infilling. Her anchor was Acts 4:12: “There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved.”
The congregation rose and joyful singing filled the Sanctuary – “Because He Lives.”
The Easter Egg Hunt
Children took over the sanctuary floor. Eggs lay hidden under chairs, beside instruments, and along the stage — larger ones holding extra prizes. Children scrambled, shrieked, and compared their finds. Thereafter, they moved to the event area for game booths and face painting.
Easter and the 40th Founders Day Anniversary are, at their core, the same celebration — the insistence that what God begins, He sustains. Lord’s Flock’s 40 years stand as institutional testimony to that truth.
To God be the Glory!
SCRIBES MINISTRY
Written by: Bro. Peter Valino (Production)
Edited by: Jo Advincula (Scribes Steward)
