'Yugto 2025’ celebrates every season of student life

ICOC Envolve Philippines holds its Campus Achievement Awards Night on Nov. 16 to honor students’ excellence and faith in God.

The ICOC Envolve Philippines community will gather on Nov. 16 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Matrix Creation Events Venue for this year’s Campus Achievement Awards Night (CAAN), an annual celebration recognizing students who have excelled in academics, sports, arts, and service to God.

More than an awarding ceremony, CAAN is an evening of worship, gratitude, and reflection. It honors senior high school and college disciples, especially graduating students, for their diligence, perseverance, and faith through the different seasons of student life.

This year’s theme, “Yugto,” captures the idea of transitions,  one chapter ending and another beginning. Inspired by Ecclesiastes 3:1, which says, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens,” the theme reminds students that every moment, from sleepless study nights and tight deadlines to ministry milestones and quiet prayers, is a season God sees and uses for his purpose.

CAAN: Yugto highlights not only achievements but also the stories behind them — of students who chose integrity in group projects, trained hard in sports while keeping God first, used their creativity to glorify Him, and stayed faithful amid academic and personal challenges. The event aims to celebrate not just what students have accomplished, but how they have walked with God through each part of their journey.

Over the years, CAAN has become a meaningful tradition within ICOC Philippines. It reinforces the belief that excellence is not limited to grades or awards but is reflected in character, leadership, creativity, resilience, and service. On this night, graduating students will be recognized alongside those who have excelled in their studies, sports, creative pursuits, and service to the church, their campuses, and their communities.

Throughout the evening, students, families, and ministry leaders can expect a program that blends celebration and worship. There will be times of singing and prayer, as well as testimonies from graduates and awardees who will share how God guided them through seasons of burnout, transition, and breakthrough. A message based on Ecclesiastes 3:1 will remind everyone that God is present in every phase of student life — at the start of a course, in the middle of challenges, and in the final steps toward graduation and beyond.

Each awarding segment will emphasize the grace and faithfulness behind every accomplishment, pointing back not only to human effort but to God’s work in each story.

CAAN: Yugto also serves as a call for all students to reflect on their own season and ask how they can honor God in their current chapter. Whether just beginning senior high school, deep in college life, or preparing to enter the professional world, the event reminds everyone that no season is wasted when it is surrendered to Him.

As the ICOC Envolve Philippines community gathers, CAAN: Yugto will celebrate not only what has been achieved but also what lies ahead. Every exam taken, thesis defended, game played, artwork created, Bible study led, and friend invited to church becomes part of the larger story that God continues to write.

In every yugto,  in every season and transition,  the message remains the same: Jesus is at the center.