Klement Backpacking and Ministry

16/07/2025

Music forms a part of God’s worship in the courts above, and we should endeavor, in our songs of praise, to approach as nearly as possible to the harmony of the heavenly choirs. The proper training of the voice is an important feature in education and should not be neglected. Singing, as a part of religious service, is as much an act of worship as is prayer. The heart must feel the spirit of the song to give it right expression. --Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 591.

17/06/2025

The phrase "kick against the pricks" (or kick against the goads) means to resist something, especially authority or a course of action that is ultimately beneficial or inevitable. It implies a futile and self-harming resistance, much like an animal kicking against the sharp point of an ox goad, which only results in further pain.

The idiom originates from the image of an ox or other animal being prodded with a goad (a sharp-pointed stick) to move in a certain direction. Resisting the goad by kicking only makes the animal suffer more.

In the Bible, the phrase is used in the book of Acts when Jesus confronts Saul (who later becomes Paul) on the road to Damascus. Jesus asks, "Why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the pricks." This illustrates how resisting God's will or direction can be painful and ultimately futile.

Therefore, "going against the prick" signifies a stubborn resistance against what is ultimately unavoidable, beneficial, or divinely ordained, resulting in unnecessary suffering for the one resisting.

The phrase "kick against the pricks" means to resist something, especially authority or a course of action that is ultimately beneficial or inevitable. It im...

05/05/2025

19/11/2024

Science Shows These 3 Ways To Spend Money Will Make You Happier

1. Spend on Experiences, Not Things
2. Give to Others
3. Buy Time to Reduce Stress

Source: https://www.forbes.com/.../science-shows-these-3-ways-to.../

28/10/2024

Klement doctor, Franz Ryan Calipusan delivers a health lecture and sermon to Wao Seventh-day Adventist church congregation and participants of Central Mindanao Mission's Health Coach Training.

23/09/2024

Klement Small Group
SSD Congress at Mountain View College

15/09/2024

Welcome Home, MVC School of Nursing Alumni, Class Zephyrs 1978!

We are overjoyed to welcome back the incredible Zephyrs Class of 1978 to the Mountain View College campus! Your dedication to service and your remarkable contributions to the nursing profession have inspired generations of students. As you walk the grounds where your journey began, we celebrate the legacy you've built and the lives you've touched.

May your visit be filled with joy, reconnection, and a blessed Sabbath experience as you reflect on God’s goodness here at MVC. Thank you for your unwavering commitment to excellence and compassion. We’re honored to have you back!

Have a restful and meaningful Sabbath!

23/04/2024

26/03/2024

21/03/2024

Dagyaw: A Concert Featuring the Choral Works of Robert Delgado

GUEST CONDUCTOR: Robert Delgado

Robert Delgado is a choral conductor, composer, arranger, pianist, clinician, and jury. He studied music Major in Music Composition and Minor in Voice at the University of the Philippines College of Music. While studying, he was a member of the Philippine Madrigal Singers under the tutelage of National Artist for Music, Andrea O. Veneracion. He also served as one of its resident arrangers and was with the Batch ’89 of the group (Madz ’89), where it won all the first prizes in all the prestigious international choral competitions it had joined, such as Marktoberdorf, Spittal, Cantonigros, Gorizzia, and Neuchatel.

After singing with the group for nine years, he engaged himself in choral activities; particularly, handling choral groups, spearheading international tours, competitions, and festivals.

In 2002, he led the San Beda College Chorale in winning the coveted Olympic Champion (World Choir Games Champion) in the Young Male Category of the Choir Olympics (now, known as, World Choir Games) in Busan, South Korea. Also, that same year, they were declared the National Music Competition for Young Artists (NAMCYA) Champion in the College Choir Category in Manila, Philippines. In 2023, he once again, led the group, now named, Philippine Male Singers, in winning the top prize in the Equal Voices Category of the Hainan Prize Choir Competition held in Haikou, China.

He is invited as a choral clinician, choral festival conductor, and jury in competitions in and out of the country. He has been a member of the international high-ranking jury at the World Choir Games, the largest gathering of choral enthusiasts from around the world, since 2008. He has given choral workshops and seminars in the United States, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, and many provinces in the Philippines, and has conducted choral festivals in Spain and the Philippines.

He is a noted choral arranger and composer and has published volumes of his choral arrangements and recordings of his choirs. His arrangements have been sung by choirs around the world.

Apart from choral music, he has done music for films, live shows, recording, and state events. Recently, he has been listed in the Cultural Center of the Philippines Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, a repository of who’s who in the field of arts. Also, he is a member of the Music Committee of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. He has obtained a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and is soon to be a PhD in Music graduate at the University of the Philippines.

Experience his choral works on Sunday, 24 March 2024, 7:00 PM at Mountain View College, Valencia, Bukidnon.