TRANSFORMATION IN CHRIST

This is also called The Dedication, the end of the Christian Life Program and the beginning of new chapter of their lives as a member of Singles for Christ. All the talks from the beginning will carry until in this dedication as their foundation in the new life that they will going through. Being a member of Singles for Christ meaning having a deep relationship with God and also in our neighbors. What is more important now is to live as a Christian and obey the Covenant of CFC Singles for Christ.

What are contained in the Covenant?

Trusting in the Lord’s help and guidance:

I.I shall leave as a follower of Christ.

• Pray daily for at least 15 minutes.
• Study scriptures daily for at least 15 minutes.
• Live a righteous life and avoid situations which are occasions for sin.
• Put good order into my private life and support my parents in building a Christian family.
• Participate regularly in the worship life of my church.

II. I will work towards the evangelization and transformation of my work place, my family and my community.

• Put good order in my work situation
• Be a witness of the love and power of the Lord Jesus in my work and in my family.
• Be a good steward of all resources entrusted to me.
• Be a good citizen of my country, obeying its laws and protecting its environment.

III.I will be a committed and active member of the CFC Singles for Christ.

• Attend my small group meetings regularly and support the good order of the meetings.
• Faithfully participate in all the activities of the group.
• Relate in love, loyalty to and respect for all my brothers and sisters in the Lord.
• Interceded daily for the group and its mission.

IV.I will make myself available to the Lord for service.

• Bring other single men and women to Christ.
• Give generously of my time and resources to the Lord’s service, whenever I am called and follow directions of those who responsibility for any service .
• Support the work of Couples for Christ and its Ministries.V.I will study and seek to grow as a Christian person.
• Attend all teachings, retreats, seminars and conferences of the CFC SINGLES FOR CHRIST.
• Diligently study all materials given to me

It is important to obey the covenant because this will be the guidance in everyday life as a member of Singles for Christ. It is also said in the covenant to attend all the meetings and to support each other especially in the activities and gatherings of the group. This will also determined the role of one member in the group. He/she can be a leader, a member of music ministry, a discussion leader, a speaker or a facilitator.  Like before, welcoming the new members by praying over and worshiping together. 

For me, being a member of SFC has a lot of meaning to me. It's like everything to me that i want to serve in this community as long as i can. This community made a lot of changes in my life. Not only it deepen my relationship in God, but also it develops my social skills. Fellowship is one of  the way to interact with others. 

Baptism

SINGLES FOR CHRIST

CHRISTIAN LIFE PROGRAM

RECEIVING THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

Brief Outline

1. God has promised the Holy Spirit to His people. With the Holy Spirit, we gain a new nature,spiritual power, and the power to serve.

2. Jesus is the baptizer in the Holy Spirit. We turn to him and receive the new life in the Holy Spirit from him.

3. God offer us various gifts. One of these is the gift of tongues.

* Tongues is a gift of praise.

* To receive this gift, we simply desire it, ask for it in faith, and cooperate with the Spirit's promptings in speaking out.

4. We must nurture the new life and God's gifts.

* Do not allow Satan to rob you of your gift.

* Do not expect all problems to go away at once, though many will.

* Be faithful to a regular time of daily prayer.

The challenge

You have claimed Christ's promise of the Holy Spirit to anyone who asks. You have been baptized in the Holy Spirit and have received a new life from the Lord. You are "a new creation:the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come" (2 Corinthians 5:17). You have begun a new life in faith. Will you commit yourself fully to Jesus Christ and grow into the life in the Holy Spirit?

https://www.scribd.com/doc/27703409/SFC-Christian-Life-Program

Receiving the power of the Holy Spirit is one of the important talks in the Christian Life Program (CLP), this is the time where they will be baptize being a true and complete Christian. This will be done through praying over of the participant. But before that, the week before the baptism, their team leader would go in the house of participants to get interview from them about of what gift they will like to receive by the holy spirit. The gift consists of 9 namely, The Gift of Knowledge, The gift of Wisdom, The gift of Prophecy, The gift of Faith, The gift of hearings, The working of miracles, The discerning of spirits, Different kinds of tongues and the interpretation of Tongue. The team leader will discuss it one by one and asks what gift do they like and want to receive. in the day of baptism, the team leader should know the gifts of each participants.  They will be called one by one and pray for them. After this, all of the participants are now renewed christians.

SFC Regional Conference

Ano ang ReCon?

Ang ReCon o Regional Conference ay isang malawakang aktibidad ng Singles for Christ kung saan nagtitipon tipon ang mga miyembro ng SFC sa iba't ibang probinsya ng isang rehiyon. Mayroon ditong praise fest, worships, misa, talks, workshops at mga open forum. Kadalasan itong tumatagal ng 3 araw at 2 gabi. Ang layunin ng Regional Conference ay upang mapagsama sama ang mga members ng SFC at sama samang palalilim pa ang pakikipagrelasyon kay God. Isa din itong paraan upang madagdagan ang mga nakikilalang brothers and sisters sa community ng Singles for Christ.



Nito lamang nakaraang Oktubre 8-10, nagsagawa ng pagtitipon ang SFC Central Luzon sa Subic Bay, Zambales. Ginanap ito sa Subic Convention Center kung saan dumagsa ang mahigit kumulang pitong daang (700) miyembero nito. Ang venue ay nagmistulang paliparan dahil na din sa tema nito na "Christ Bound".

Nagsimula ang program ng ika-8 ng gabi kung saan sinimulan ito sa isa agad worship kasama ng opening prayer. Pagkataos nito ay nagsimula na ang unang talk kung saan lahat ng topic sa event ay tumutukoy kay God bilang sentro sa pakikipagrelasyon. Sa ikalawang araw ng ReCon, nagkaroon ng misa sa Columban Church at nagkaroon din ng workshop ng araw na iyun. Sa workshop hinati ang mga miyembro sa ilang grupo at nagassign na ng kanya kanyang lugar na pupuntahan. Ang layunin nito ay upang magbigay ng konting tulong na relief goods sa mga piling mahihirap na barangay sa nasabing lugar. Gayundin kailangan gumawa ng munting programa upang mapasaya ang mga benificiary ng aktibidad.  Sa ikatlo at huling araw ay nagtapos ang programa sa isang misa at talk na tinapos ng isang worship prayer.

Sa huli masasabing naging matagumpay ang aktibidad sapagkat nagawa nitong matupad ang objecticve ng Acitivity na mapalawak ang ispiritwal na kaalaman. Gayundin na magkaroon ng bagong kakilala mula sa ibat ibang lugar sa Central Luzon. Dahil dito maari ng magkaroon ng ugnayan ang dalawang magkaibang lugar ukol sa mga parating pang gawain ng community ng SFC. Mababakas din sa mukha ng mga miyembro ang kasiyahan at masasabi na sila ay nagenjoy.

The Christian Family

SINGLES FOR CHRIST

CHRISTIAN LIFE PROGRAM

THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY
Brief Outline

1. God's plan for the family

* The basic unit of society.

* A place for teaching and training children.

* A place for training leaders for the church.

* A domestic church.

2. God's plan for the family is not happening.

* God has lost His central place in the family.

* The family itself is losing its importance.

* The pace of modern life is too fast.

* The family is under attack by evil forces.

3. What you can do.

* Make a decision that you want God's plan to happen in your family.

* Take time and give attention to the task of building a strong Christian family.

* Pray together as a family.

* Fathers should take steps to assume full responsibility for the spiritual and material needs of the family.

* Learn more about God's vision for the family.

* Seek other Christian singles who share your concern about family life, and be in regular fellowship with them.

Discussion starter

1. For the men: Have I assumed full responsibility for the spiritual and material needs of my family?

2. For the women: Have I supported my husband in his role and done my share in building up a Christian family?

The challenge
God is trying to restore the Christian family back to His original plan. We are called to respond to His divine efforts and to be a part of His work. Will you take the steps necessary to have God's plan happen in your family?

https://www.scribd.com/doc/27703409/SFC-Christian-Life-Program

The Christian Family discuss about the life of one family following the teaching of Christianity.  It is one of the crucial talk because not all of the participants or the members are going well in their own family. There is a possibility to offend one of the members. But the speaker is always trying to make them understand the topic in a good way. Christian family talks about how the family will live where God is the center of the family.  Father is making his responsibility to support the living of his family in an honorable way while the mother is in charge of taking care of the home and their children and to support the father in decision making.  The children need to obey their parents and to help in household chores. As family, eating together , praying together especially before the meal, go to church together and to deepen their spiritual relationship.

We are challenged to take action to help God back the family to its original plan, we are asked if we are willing to lead in returning the norms of Christianity in the family and let the God's plan to happen. 

Personally, i am experiencing a gap in my family, but i am still praying for His plans to fulfill and let him do the blessings for my family.

Worship and Praise

What is praise and worship?

Worship, according to the dictionary means: a) to show profound religious devotion; b) to have intense love and admiration; and the definition of praise is: a) to express admiration or approval for; b) to express thanks and worship to God.  In other words, praise and worship go hand in hand. 

Praising and worshiping God is not about a ritual, or prayer repetition.  It’s not about spending a few minutes a day reading our bible or about reciting our wish list on a daily basis.  True worship requires total commitment of our body, mind and spirit.  It’s about exalting, adoring and acknowledging the God of the Bible.  It has nothing to do with religion, but it has everything to do with having an intimate and profound relationship with God - the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

-http://www.praise-and-worship.com

Others said that when we sing praise and worship where the voice is out of tune, we are praising Him 10x. It is only mean that we don't need to have a good voice when singing praise or worship songs, only a willing heart. Worship is the highest form of prayer especially when we are simultaneously doing it. In the community of Singles for Christ, all of the gatherings held it is always included in opening and closing program. It is also a way of communicating with God, we can worship by singing, dancing, raising hand or playing instrument. In a Christian group, worship and worship is very important because it is believed that when worshiping together, the group will grow stronger and intact. Also, worship is not just for your benefit, but for God's.

What is the difference of  praise and worship?

Praise is the joyful recounting of all God has done for us. It is closely intertwined with thanksgiving as we offer back to God appreciation for His mighty works on our behalf while worship is the art of losing self in the adoration of another. In other word, praise may be fast and lively and for the worship, it may be sad songs, slow rhythm and more emotional. So, in a program proper, praise should be the first to sing followed by worship songs.

Where to worship

Worshiping and praising can be done usually in chapels, church, garden or maybe in the house when there is a household. Remember that the venue doesn't matter because God do not choose where He give the blessings. 

Repentance & Faith

SINGLES FOR CHRIST 

CHRISTIAN LIFE PROGRAM

REPENTANCE AND FAITH
Brief Outline

1. God loves us, God sent His own Son to die for us, God has initiated a relationship with us as Father. Our proper response to all God has done for us is repentance and faith.

2. The greek word for repentance is "metanoia", which literally means a change of mind.

* It is a change of direction in life. It is a change in the way we live our lives, dropping an old set of ideals and values and adopting new ones.

* Specifically, repentance means a turning away from sin, evil, wrongdoing and running your own life.

* Further, it is turning to a life of obedience to God and having Jesus on the throne of your life.

3. Specific serious sins we must renounce: non-Christian religions; Spiritualism and the occult;Sexual wrongdoing; Serious crimes (murder, rape, etc.); Drunkenness and drugs.

4. Faith is belief in the good news of salvation in Jesus.

* It is a belief in Jesus as our personal Savior.

5. Consequences of repentance and faith:

* Salvation from sin, Satan, death.

* Forgiveness and eternal life with God.

* New life in the Holy Spirit.

Discussion starter

1. Share with one another areas where you need to turn more fully to God.

2. Share areas where you need to grow in faith.

The challenge

Jesus sounded the call to repentance and faith 2,000 years ago. This is the same call to us today.Turn away from sin and all obstacles to God, and accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. Then take God up on all His promises.

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This talk is still included in module 1, which talk about how God suffered just to save us on our sins and the best response for that is to repent and have faith with Him. Personally, this talk is one of my favorite topic because it discuss more on our faith which i think is a big issue now that many things are happened in not a good way, it tests the faith of each one of us if we can really turn away the evil inside our spirits. Repentance and Faith is relevant to each other. It's really hard not to commit mistakes, not to take advantage of one's weakness but if we are dedicated to repent, we need to have a faith that we will be forgiven and accepted completely.

In the challenge, it is said that Jesus accepted the torment just to save us because He doesn't want us to suffer. Now, we are called to do the same, not literally but the same way He turned away the sins and believe in all of His promises.

God's Love

SINGLES FOR CHRIST

CHRISTIAN LIFE PROGRAM

GOD'S LOVE

Brief Outline

1. The situation in the world today.

* Serious disorder in society: war, poverty, murder, etc.

* On a personal level: loneliness, depression, fear, etc.

* Man makes various efforts to improve the world but is not succeeding because these are not based on God's wisdom.

2. God has a plan for bringing us out of confusion and disorder.

* God is interested in our lives.* God wants to restore our fellowship and intimacy with Him.

3. We need God's point of view.

* Satan is real and is behind the evils in the world.

* On our own strength, we cannot overcome the challenges in our Christian life.

4. Jesus Christ is the answer.

* Jesus is the fullness of God's love.

* In Jesus, God's plan for restoration can begin to happen in our lives.

* We need simply to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.

The challenge

God has loved you with an eternal love. The ultimate manifestation of this love was sending God's own Son to suffer and die for you. Will you open your heart to receive the fullness of His love? Will you open your mind to explore the richness of God's plan for you through the rest of the Christian Life Program?

-https://www.scribd.com/doc/27703409/SFC-Christian-Life-Program

This is a part of Christian Life Program, talk 1 under module one which talk about how God loves us despite of our sins. Its also state that God is the answer in our life, His plans is much better than what we expect. Even though there are many  incident occurred like wars, murders, corruption, etc., still God gave the reason to have a faith on Him, it's just a matter of acceptance and trust.

In the challenge, we are encourage to open our hearts for Him to receive his unending love, accept the love of the Lord and His plans in our lives.