Every November, we give together for our Legacy Offering. This is separate from our weekly tithes and offerings—an offering over and above our usual giving. Each year, we partner with different organizations and projects, globally as one family and locally through our campuses, to strengthen our church, reach our city, and touch people across the globe.
As we give together, we believe that God will use our generosity to build a legacy—for our church’s future, our country, and our children and the generations to come. We’ve witnessed what God has already done, we believe there’s more to come, and our desire is to witness his goodness to the world!
This year, we continue to give into Favor Care, our church’s foundation. We started our efforts in March 2020 at the height of lockdowns in Metro Manila by providing food and essential needs to one to three thousand families a week. Since then, we’ve expanded our efforts to helping several organizations in the Philippines including our campus in the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong where over a thousand ladies have weekly Sunday services and are supplied with basic necessities and healthcare. We also have Redemptio, our Christian school for primary levels based in Taytay, Rizal, where we are able to provide support, healthcare, and feeding, as well as curriculum and school supplies to over a hundred students.
One of our deepest desires is to further expand the kingdom of God by standing alongside and uplifting other churches. In May, we held our first Favor Conference Pastors’ Experience, ministering to 196 senior and lead pastors and spouses across the Philippines by giving them free access to our conference, providing transportation and accommodation, and holding behind-the-scenes sessions with our teams. In June, we went on our first mission trip to Bohol, Philippines, hosting a recognition night and conference for 120 pastors and their team members from 22 local churches where we celebrated them, donated basic needs for their facilities, and ministered in various churches. We want to continue generously sowing into God’s kingdom by creating opportunities for pastors and ministers to be strengthened and equipped for their calling.
Water for Africa is a non-profit organization that exists to demonstrate God’s love by providing access to clean water and safe health care for remote communities in Africa. It was founded by Phil and Julie Hepworth, whose mission started after they learned that one child dies every 15 seconds from water-related diseases. But water is just the beginning — Water for Africa is compelled by God’s love to see lives transformed, purpose and identity found, and people changed by the knowledge that they are loved beyond measure and not forgotten, seeing thousands of people encounter Jesus each year.
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Consider the Lily (CTL) focuses on rescuing victims of sexual abuse and human trafficking, providing a new safe family for them to be a part of. Their desire is to teach the girls about Jesus and his redeeming love, and that through knowing him, they can find hope without worry of tomorrow. CTL is currently a family of 34 girls in Alpas — CTL’s first home and 19 girls in Amaris — their second home. Their continued goal is to increase the number of CTL families and provide more girls with a home.
This year, we continue to invest in our production equipment, facilities, and events for Favor Church in Manila. Our conferences for different ages and communities are growing as well as our creatives and production efforts to reach those we never thought would come to church, and we know that we are called to spread the good news of the gospel in this special way. The reality is that tickets and registration never cover the costs, but we want to make them accessible to everyone! Not just blessing our church, but opening this up for anyone to attend to grow and strengthen the Church and kingdom community.
God’s been doing a lot of great things in our youth outreach! We were able to partner with different schools such as Highway Hills, MPNAG, and WCC, hosting events and hangouts with our high schoolers—and with your help we are believing for more! We want to expand our outreach programs and partner schools in the coming years. Our goal is for teenagers and college students to find freedom from anxiety, experience the love of Christ, bring hope, and give practical help to communities, all while having a lot of fun! We are passionate to do all of these for a healthy generation.
Living Waters Philippines (Agos ng Buhay Foundation) is an inner healing ministry with reach all over the Philippines, seeking to bring the transforming compassion of Jesus to the relationally and sexually broken. Their mission is to empower the body of Christ to be a safe place, where people can experience Jesus and reflect his image by relating to one another in love. Thousands of individuals have already attended their programs, healing conferences, and retreats nationwide.
Many people across our city and nation are dealing with issues that have massive control over their life — things like alcohol and drug addiction, debilitating mental health issues, eating disorders, and so much more. Teen Challenge is a not-for-profit organisation that focuses on providing long term rehabilitation and residential care for people struggling with these issues. Through partnering with Teen Challenge, we want to make an impact in our city and region, and see people feeling hopeless find hope in Jesus.
Priceless House provides a safe space and support for women facing unexpected or unwanted pregnancies. Many women in these situations feel confused, scared, and helpless, and see having an abortion as their only option. Priceless House provides counselling and support and initial and ongoing practical help for these women, all in a judgement-free environment — helping them to see other alternatives as they move forward.
This year, we’re continuing to invest in our church building and facilities. God has blessed us with land and an incredible building, and we’re believing that God will use our building and location to reach more people in our area. We’re looking to invest in our cafe/hospitality space, our children and youth facilities, and in our production equipment — enabling us to connect with more people, create relevant programs for children and youth, and use creativity and media to reach people through our services and events. We also have a dream to pay off the mortgage on our church building — currently around $1.2million AUD!
Youth and young adults aren’t just the next generation — they’re the now generation! This year, we’re investing in our outreach programs in local high schools and universities. We don’t just want to offer good programs at our church for young people — we want to go to where young people are! Our local high schools and universities are the best way to do that, and we are committed to doing all we can to reach students in these campuses.
This year, we are giving towards the Women’s Hope Center, an organization that endeavors to provide hope, support, and a safe community for women in vulnerable situations, such as unplanned pregnancy, mental health crises, and domestic violence. They value life from conception and proactively reach out to support women considering or being forced to have an abortion, hoping to empower women and address their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
We’re believing for a location that can grow with us with space, that reflects the kind of welcoming, creative, safe, and passionate community we want to be. We want to connect with more people in creative and relevant ways! Aside from our regular Sunday gatherings, we’re putting our resources towards investing in instruments and equipment we’ll need for campus and young adult community events, as well as the launch of our future church services.
