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Who is Jorge Munar?Jorge wa s bor n on

January 27, 1957 in Baguio Ci ty. He i s marr ied to Rachel, and this year (2011), they will be married for 30 years. They have 4 daughters (Marion, Nikki, Loreen and Kyle) and currently live in Cavite.

Jorge and Rachel joined CFC in 1985, while Jorge was working with the Cultural Center of the Philippines as the print coordinator for print media.

Jorge experienced a 180 degree change in his life after joining CFC, and in 1986 he collaborated with others to come up with concepts for the logo, and designed the symbol.

Jorge and Rachel serve wi th in CFC FFL in numerous capac i t i e s - household servant, assistant team leader, guitarist, youth camp ser v ice coup le coordinator, facilitator. They have proclaimed to be in this mission to serve God for life!

Have you ever asked what our logo means? Read on.

In 1986, Frank Padilla was at the Evange l i za t ion Team Training at St. John the Baptist Parish where Jorge Munar was an attendee. The original task g iven wa s to make ne w brochures for the upcoming door-to-door evangelization project within San Juan, Rizal.

During the Team Training, Jorge was asked to come up with a symbol that will define CFC. The theme of the symbol was: C h r i s t a s t h e c e n t e r o f husband and wife.

Jorge took inspiration also from Matthew 11: 25 - 30, where the message to him was “come to me and rest”.

So what does the logo mean? That the husband and wife should depend on Christ ’s teach ings and put those teachings into action. And in sp i te o f a rguments and misunderstandings, to keep the respect and trust in each other; and to hold on to Christ as the only answer.

They gently hold hands as a show of sincerity; and Christ, at the center of their relationship, looks up to God as a gesture of obedience to the will of God and as an affirmation that love starts with husband and wife.

(more tr ivia : Jorge also designed the CFC “rings” logo, the 1987 Glory songbook, the Morning Star logo and the 1985-87 Ugnayan logo)

The Faceless Christ LogoThe story of the Original Logo by the designer

COUPLES FOR CHRIST

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Who was the Very First Full Timer of

Couples for Christ?

We all assume that the very first full-timer of Couples for Christ is Frank Padilla. But, we are all wrong. The very first one to take the plunge to do Mission-ary work 24/7 was RAUL SARCEDA. Who is he? Where is he? Let’s have him answer those himself:

“I worked full time for Couples for Christ as a response to God's invitation to me (and my wife) to serve Him more fully. Before we got married, we already had the desire of serving the Lord, particularly for couples and families. So when the opportu-nity and the need arose in Cou-ples for Christ for a full-time worker, we accepted the invita-tion with open heart and faith in the Lord.

We had many memorable expe-riences, but the exciting thing was the openness of the mem-bers to serve the Lord in what-

ever capacity, the generosity of the couples to share of their gifts whether financial, time or gifts, and the genuine transfor-mation of the life of members.

Right now we are preparing ourselves to move to Malay-balay (in the province of Bukid-non in the Philippines - ed.) to continue the mission God has called us to fulfill. We will be part of the Ang Buhing Pulong Community there, a community

we helped set up in the late 80's.”

Straight from Raul. The picture above is of the Sarcedas.

Now we have more than fifty (50) full-timers spread out all over the world. And we want more. Are you one of them?

First Countries with CFC

1. Philippines (1981)

2. India (1985) 3. China (HK) (1986) 4. Singapore (1987) 5. USA (1987) 6. United Kingdom (1988) 7. Australia (1988) 8. Thailand (1989) 9. Indonesia (1990) 10. Canada (1992)

HOW DID THEY START?Last January, we saw how

CFC Philippines started with the first 16 couples. Let’s take a look at how another country started.

China (Hong Kong)

! CFC Hong Kong was established in 1986. The pro-ponent of CFC HK was a cap-tain of Cathy Pacific, Brian Potter and his wife Judy, members of a charismatic group since 1980. When they attended a charismatic semi-nar in Bagiuo, they were able to contact Couples For Christ and started CFC HK in July 7, 1986.

The first CFC HK household was almost purely Caucasian, the only Asian was one of the wives, who was a Filipina.