18 June 2022


Dear Friends in the Lord,

Peace!

We are happy to share with you some reminders and updates regarding our National Assembly 2022

1. DATE and VENUE
National Assembly 2022 which will be held from August 26th (Friday, 8:00 AM) to August 29th (Monday, 1:00 PM). The venue will be the Phoenix Development Center, Phoenix Building in Quezon City.

The national LC has chosen this as the best venue for the NA 2022 because of the current pandemic situation. We need a stable internet connection to allow us to conduct hybrid sessions wherein some participants can attend the NA either online or face-to-face. We are also prepared to shift to full online mode in case there will be a resurgence of COVID cases.

2. CALL FOR NLC NOMINATIONS
Those who are still planning to nominate CLC members to the National Leadership Community may still submit the names of their nominees on or before June 25, 2022, Saturday. Eligible nominees will then be notified of their nomination and they will be given a month to discern whether to accept or to decline the nomination.

3. APPLICATION FOR OBSERVER OR FULL COMMUNITY STATUS
Local communities that still wish to apply for either Observer or Full Community status, please submit your letter of intent to the CLCP Community Development (CommDev) Team at [email protected] (Please cc the Secretariat at [email protected]). The deadline for submission is July 31, 2022. Those who have already formally signified their intent to apply, kindly submit all the necessary documents on or before July 31, 2022.

4. PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP GUIDELINES
The National Assembly in 2019 instructed the new nLC to study the current membership guidelines and to propose revisions in the next National Assembly. We now have the proposed guidelines for your review.

Please find below the links to the relevant documents: the original guidelines, the proposed revisions, and the proposed revised guidelines.

Original Membership Guidelines: bit.ly/originalCLCPMG
Proposal re Membership Guidelines: bit.ly/proposalreCLCPMG
Revised Membership Guidelines: bit.ly/RevisedCLCPMG

Please review these proposed revisions to the membership guidelines together with your respective local communities by responding to the 5 reflection questions in this response form bit.ly/5GuideQuestionsMG. Please download the form, answer the questions, and submit on or before July 15, 2022.

5. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE STATUTES
The National LC is currently in the process of consolidating the proposed amendments to the current Statues. We will provide you the consolidated amendments before the end of the month.

6. REGISTRATION
May we also remind ALL DELEGATES to please register individually at bit.ly/2022CLCPNA on or before July 31, 2022.

We will update you on other relevant information such as the administrative and logistical arrangements in a later communication. In the meantime, feel free to email us at [email protected] for any question or concerns you may have.

(Note: In the holding of NA 2022, the CLCP will abide by the health protocols set by the Covid-19 Inter Agency Task Force Against for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF): Allowing full 100% capacity under Alert Level 1, subject to presentation of proof of full vaccination before participating in mass gatherings or entry into indoor establishments. (You may refer to page 17, Section 6 of the Guidelines for Nationwide Alert Level System as of 04 June 2022. Please visit this link for the complete IATF Guidelines: https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/2022/06jun/20220604-IATF-GUIDELINES.pdf)

Thank you.

In Christ,

Theody Demaisip
President