Council for the Restoration of Filipino Values (CRFV)

COUNCIL FOR THE RESTORATION OF FILIPINO VALUES (CRFV)

Civil Service Commission Accredited Learning and Development Institute

"We believe that the values of Love of God, Stewardship of Resources, Sanctity of Marriage, Truthfulness, Selfless Love, Respect for Authority, need to be enhanced among the government officials and employees to enable them to have the moral strength to resist the temptations of corruption by living Godly lives."

WEEKLY VALUE FOCUS

FELLOWSHIP

Fellowship is the interaction of two or more people who share similar interests or feelings. Children of God are able to experience fellowship in a special way because their common interest is the Lord. Fellowshipping is more than just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is an essential element of spirituality, faith, and worship.

The importance of fellowship is highlighted by the writer of the Book of Hebrews. Our challenge is not to give up meeting together as recipients of God’s grace. We should continue to encourage each other and make sure we are not getting off-track spiritually. Fellowship becomes even more important as the promised establishment of God’s Kingdom approaches, so we need to make a serious effort to get to church on a regular basis and become involved with the people there.

Fellowship should not be limited to church meetings. In what other ways do you experience fellowship? What else can you do to encourage brothers and sisters in God? What can other members of God’s household do to help you?

ACTION PLAN

As a member of a denomination or religious sect, resolve to be consistent in your attendance and spiritual feeding. If you have been encountering issues with your spiritual leaders or ministers or with the doctrines upheld by your organization, pray and ask God to reveal what you should do in response. Once the Lord impresses in your heart the steps you must take, immediately do it to restore or establish your fellowship with the sons and daughters of God.

DECLARATION

I am a person who values fellowship. I understand the necessity of establishing and restoring fellowship both with God and with fellowmen. I shall seek ways to strengthen how I deal with people and commune with God. I shall obey my conviction to seek that which I believe will increase my level of spirituality and fear of God.

PRAYER

Heavenly Father, I know that fellowship is an important element of my spiritual growth as I personally walk with you. Open my eyes of understanding so that I may know what to do at times when my fellowship is strained. Reveal the course of action I must take so I can walk in fellowship first with you and second with my fellowmen. Amen.

SUPPLEMENTARY INPUT

The Philippine archipelago is composed of 7,100 islands. By this description itself, it clearly appears that there are a lot of land masses divided by bodies of water. What is more unique with our country is the fact that its citizens are diversified in terms of cultures, dialects, environment, customs, traditions, and tastes. By this reality, the value of fellowship is highly important. It is one of the means to connect us together as one citizen of a beautiful country. Modern communication technologies do not even suffice to unite us. It requires a physical encounter to help us better appreciate the distinct characteristics of each tribe or ethnicity.

Fellowship is more than just a mere gathering in one place. It requires relational communication and wholesome conversation resulting to integration and fusion of goals and intentions. People can be in one place at one time without being united and without forging any agreement. But with fellowship, the seemingly irreconcilable differences are foregone and the love and care for one another follow.

By its nature, fellowship is a behavioral attitude requiring practical exercise rather than an intrinsic value. It can be learned by constant practice until it becomes a habit. Through fellowship, unity is achieved. Fellowship, thus, is the means and unity is the end.

In a workplace where opinions vary and perspectives differ, employment of fellowship is advised. Applying the value of fellowship is the key to increase better understanding and acceptance of one another’s ideas. Each person concerned is trained to look beyond idiosyncrasies with the view of upholding the worth of others. Borrowing from the words of our hero, Apolinario Mabini, “Thou shalt consider thy countryman more than thy neighbor; thou shalt see him thy friend, thy brother or at least thy comrade, with whom thou art bound by one fate, by the same joys and sorrows and by common aspirations and interests”.

In effect, fellowship produces relational conduct. Everybody will be forced to be approachable and amiable and it does away haughty and arrogant personality. One who fellowship with others operates above negative circumstances and learned the skill of forgiving quickly. He or she is not bound by the negatives of the past. He or she is free and without prejudices. Keeping hurts and bitterness is not wise if one will nurture the value of fellowship.

In this period where the national election is forthcoming, fellowship among contending candidates is nil. However, civil servants not belonging to political office were proscribed from participating in partisan political activities. While we may have preferred and favored candidates as civil servants, this should not divide us if we are to carry out our tasks and keep the government machinery going. Factionalism and division shall not have any place in our boundaries and jurisdictions. We are all citizens of one nation. We should fellowship and continue to unite together for peace, progress, and prosperity.

CRFV Highlights

We are part of a generation of "BREED WITHOUT GREED". A radical opposition to corruption; Godly seeds in the Land who have chosen to make a difference; standing up against all forms of wickedness and winning by righteousness!

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CRFV was recently appointed as the implementing Civil Society Organization of the Values Restoration Program (Civil Service Commission Announcement No. 40 s. 2013) empowering the organization to deliver its advocacy to all Constitutional Bodies, Departments, Bureaus and National Government Agencies (NGAs); Local Government Units (LGUs); Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) with original charters; and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs).

There is a nationwide launching and discussion of a common value each week.

The Council for the Restoration of Filipino Values (CRFV) is a non-government organization (NGO) dedicated to the effort in transforming the Filipino public servant and the local government leadership to subscribe to the Code of Ethics and Values that shall provide our nation, the Philippines, with righteous, incorruptible, and sincere service towards a graft free society through the help and guidance of the word of GOD consistent to the exemplary life of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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VRP / GMRC Grand launching & vro capacity building highlights

overwhelming support

The event was supported fully by the Office of the President through Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs, Atty. Francis N. Tolentino, who delivered President Rodrigo Duterte's speech (please click here to read PRRDs message).
The unwavering support by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) is also very evident and has greatly contributed to the success of the launching and capacity building. The Commission was represented by Director IV Arthur Luis Florentin and has discussed the topic, "Values to Virtues - The Making of Excellent Servant Leaders".
In addition, CRFV is very grateful to the Province of Ilocos Sur. A special thank you to Provincial Governor Ryan Luis Singson, for the warm welcome and generosity .
To Judge Dolores Espanol of Transparency International-Philippines, thanks, for her unbridled support of CRFV's advocacy.
The Values Restoration Officers (VROs), for continually toiling with us in pushing the VRP, and for deeming it important to join the family, not only to celebrate but to come together and be strengthened and empowered to push our agenda to the next level.
Lastly, to all other government employees and officials and some private sector representatives, who were very encouraged and will soon be appointed as VROs. They saw hope for the Philippines and has seen themselves as part of the great Philippines that is about to come forth.

more agencies and departments responding

The first to respond to the VRP, since CRFV started training and appointing Values Restoration Officers back in 2015 are DPWH, DA, DAR, DENR, DILG and its attached agencies and bureaus, by issuing either a memorandum or a department order. This has opened many doors and has allowed the Council to appoint more than 1,000 VROs before the end of 2017. An overwhelming support to the VRP also came from SEC, BOC, NAPOLCOM and more for their eagerness to working out the VRP in their offices.
Through CSC Announcement No. 26, s. 2017, delegates from other agencies were able to join the event and we are looking forward to working with them in the days to come. This includes Landbank, the Bureau of Corrections, DFA, DOT, DepEd, SUCs and more.

there is hope for the philippines, the soul of asia.

A new Philippines will be birthed in our lifetime. We are part of the finishing generation who are arrows in the Hands of the Almighty God, to establish righteousness within our spheres of influence, particularly through our roles as public servants. Raised and fashioned for this purpose, attendance to the said event is not an accident, VRO or non-VRO, PSR or organic employee, it doesn't matter. What counts the most is the fulfillment of God's promise to the Nation through the select people he gathered during this event.
Dr. Jonathan David, the Presiding Apostle of the International Strategic Alliance of Apostolic Churches (ISAAC), based in Muar, Malaysia, validated the mandate and has encouraged the delegates through his video message played during the event (click here to watch the video)

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