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The
Barangay 15 Senior Citizen Association of
Laoag City celebrated Christmas on December 16,2017 at the Senior Citizen
Center, with more than 80 neighbors, kids and guests attending.
In celebrating Christmas, we
remember that the birth of a tiny baby in the little town of Bethlehem was the
greatest event of history, and that civilization still marches forward for all
the words of kindness, appreciation, and love spoken to us. Our being together
last Christmas in serving others may be a source of continued inspiration.
The coming of Jesus Christ,
is a blessing to all mankind, to guide us, teach us, strengthen us, till we
become such a person that thou would’eth have us be, pure and gentle, truth and
open minded, brave and able, courteous and generous, dutiful and useful, and
make each day Christmas Day.
This Christmas, the kiddies
of barangay 15 and neighbors were the guests who all received cash and minipack
as gifts.
Highlights of the occasion
were the distribution of gifts to all the kids by Rosita Velasco Chea, an OFW
from Singapore, bringing joy into their hearts. The singing contest both for
the elderlies and kiddies, winners in both categories receive gifts packages. The
parlor games contest both participated in by elders and kiddies, likewise,
winners receive cash and minipacks. Elderlies monopolized the dancing contest,
automatically receiving minipack gifts.
The Christmas message was
delivered by Mariano Eugenio, the eldest lolo-member who said: “Christians that
knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him, is a sin. That is, no man can
stand in the midst of a needy world, a neighbor, a community like ours, and do
nothing to meet those needs without guilty in the sight of God. We will be
condemned because we failed to do our duty to serve those in need. That is to
live in the midst of men and women that are hungry and thirsty and lonely, and
yet empty handed and empty hearted”.
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