NCCP is now ready to accept donations, designated for Japan

From the NCCP General Secretary:

In light of the equally difficult times of the people in Japan, the National Council of Churches in the Philippines is now ready to accept donations, designated for Japan.  All donations shall be properly acknowledged and sent to the National Christian Council in Japan.

You can send your donations to the following accounts:

National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP)
Dollar Savings Account No 3054-0162-89
Peso Cheking Account No 3051-0063-04
Bank of the Philippine Islands
QC West Triangle Branch
1587 Quezon Avenue
Quezon City 1104 Philippines
SWIFT CODE: BOPIPHMM

or

National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP)
Dollar Savings Account No 223-700011-4
Peso Cheking Account No 223-009641-3
China Banking Corporation
E. Rodriguez Sr. Blvd. Branch
287 E. Rodriguez Sr. Blvd.
Brgy Damayan Lagi
Quezon City 1102 Philippines
SWIFT CODE: CHBKPHMM

For more details:
call (632) 928 17 79 or (632) 929 37 45 weekdays from 9am to 5pm.
or email us at library@nccphilippines.org
or send us a message on Facebook

Ecumenical Prayer Service in Solidarity with the People of Japan

Advisory of the NCCP General Secretary requesting everyone to attend an Ecumenical Prayer Service in Solidarity with the People of Japan to be held at the St. Andrew's Theological Seminary Chapel , 275 E. Rodriguez Sr. Blvd., in Quezon City, Philippines (this is behind the St. Luke's Medical Center).  The prayer service will be held on March 31, 2011 from 5:30pm to 7:30 in the evening.

update as of March 25, 2011: Below is the event poster courtesy of Ariel Siagan.

NCCP statement on the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan

 

March 12, 2011
 

We reach out in solidarity to the sisters and brothers in Japan at this time of unfathomable grief, sorrow and anxiety. May God's providence be cast upon them all. May those involved in rescue and clearing out operations be spared from any injury.

Even as we grieve with the people of Japan, we yet give thanks that many countries, including our own, were spared from the devastation of tsunamis. We also wish to express our elation at the way the men and women of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology worked with dispatch to inform potential target areas of any tsunami and the way local governments responded to the alarm. We hope that our consul in Japan will exert every effort to secure Filipino citizens in Japan not only to respond to their needs but also to ease the anxiety of their families here.

We urge everyone, especially the constituency of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines, to be fervent and unceasing in prayer for the people of Japan and all other nationals working therein. In our churches, in our homes, at work and with friends, may we find brief moments to intentionally reach out to them in prayer and commit them to God's mercy and protection.

signed

Padi REX RB REYES, JR.

NCCP General Secretary

signed

Bishop NATHANAEL P. LAZARO

NCCP Chairperson