Before their month long Christmas break, the BSM deans of students, Franz Vasquez and Percival Navarro arranged for an outing for the students at the Lolets EcoPark in Dao, Capiz.

The philosophy being taught to students in dealing with new comers in the church is expressed in these three words in this order: `Belong, Believe, Behave’. We first make people  feel they belong before we start preaching on them, and before we expect them to behave like we do.  FARM opens a welcome lounge  between the two Sunday morning celebrations where people are welcome to fellowship over some coffe or juice. This is where the BSM students  learn to deal with church visitors in a way that  they are made to feel they belong.

In response to the nationwide call of the PGCAG leaders to hold a solemn assembly, the BSM students joined the one held by FARM last November 30, 2011. Their participation proved to be a valuable experience for the students in travailing in intercessory and warfare prayer.

A supplementary course on Thearter Arts Acting was introduced last schoolyear   to help students improve in their communication skills.     The training challenges the students to discover their inner capacities of expressing themselves.  Joses Calusay, a    graduate of BSM last schoolyear, now a pioneer pastor in Santiago City, Isabela. Joses Calusay  offered hours during his vacation here in Roxas City to teach the students.

The BSM students were distributed to several churches in Capiz for a week-long exposure to town church ministries. Host churches included Assembly of God churches in Pilar under Pastor Maryjane Lucindo, President Roxas under Pastor Morita Reci, Ivisan under Pastor Jimena Villar and Panay under Pastor Pat Martinez.

BSM  students hit Capricho Street, Roxas City  to knock on doors, make friends with people and  motivate them to open their homes for   bible study.   Teaching the word of God in a Bible study is the major method of evangelism in SOS. The key in all our evangelism effort is the sufficient exposure of the unsaved to the word of God.  The word will speak to their hearts and then they will begin to call upon the lord. Therefore, our effort is to get them to study the bible.

As future church planters in a  training school for church planters, the BSM students   are organized into a church planting team to  implement the total SOS church planting strategy in a target place in Roxas City. This ministry exposure is under the oversight of  Pastor Percival Navarro.
As an initial contact method, the students conducted  an evangelistic crusade in Barangay Mongpong Basketball Court last September 24, 2011 at around 5:00 pm.   The event was graced by the Presence of Barangay Captain   Wilson Acervo who  gave the opening remarks. BSM students Belinda Malaygay and Joenil Villaco shared their life testimonies on how they came to know our Lord Jesus Christ. The students also   presented a skit entitled ” The Three Crosses of Calvary: The cross of rejection, the cross of redemption and the cross of Believing”.   Bro. Felipe Aposaga was the preacher of the event  who preached on  SALVATION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH.  A good number of adults responded to the invitation for salvation, after which the students prayed for people for healing.

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The FARM,Inc. building was literally occupied by the hundred and four  BSM alumni last September 20-22, 2011. Representatives from each of  the twenty batches  of students since 1987 were overjoyed to meet each other again. The ground floor was both welcome/coffee area and session area. A photo shoot area was also prepared which became the busiest  area as the alumni took turns to have their pictures taken. The ground floor function room, the Quiver classroom at the second floor served as accomodation for the attending alumni. The third floor from the BSM dining area to the Calusay Residence foyer, and the Sunday Chuch School classrooms at the rooftop served as dining areas. Except for the BSM students the last two  scholyears, many of these alumni did not enjoy   the    current facilities at FARM.

The present batch of BSM students   offered their services  as food service crew and as manpower for other functions like documentation and registration.    They rendered joyful and faithful service  during mealtimes and break times for   the three day event.

Students of this schoolyear opted to wear blue uniforms. This is a come back to the more popular color choice among earlier batches of BSM students. Last SY 2010-2011, the students sported gold uniforms. Click this for Photo Album in BSM FB Group