COUPLES FOR CHRIST

COVENANT ORIENTATION
The Covenant Orientation (CO) is part of the first-year formation program for all CFC members.
It is given three months after the Christian Life Program (CLP). It is a required course for all
CFC members.
The CO is offered as a one-day activity. It focuses on the most basic elements of our covenant
in CFC.
The household head of the participants will act as group facilitator in the discussion.
The CO will end with a workshop.
The culminating activity of the CO is a GK site visit on the following weekend of all participants
and their facilitator.
Goals of the course
1. To expound on the meaning and importance of our covenant in CFC.
2. To expound on the more basic elements of this covenant.
3. To deepen the commitment of CFC members to their life and calling in CFC.
Topics of the talks
1. Our covenant in CFC
2. Prayer and Scripture
3. Strengthening family life
4. Our Christian culture in CFC
Workshop topic
Ask the participants on how can they fully live out their covenant with the Lord and on how
they can express their Christian culture in CFC .
Schedule
Morning
8:30 Arrival and fellowship
9:00 Introduction
9:15 Worship
9:45 Talk 1 Our covenant in CFC
10:30 Group discussion
11:00 Break
11:15 Talk 2 Prayer and Scripture
12:00 Group discussion
Afternoon
12:30 pm Lunch break
1:15 Afternoon praise
1:45 Talk 3 Strengthening family life with sharing from the family of the speaker and a
beneficiary of GK
2:30 Group discussion
3:00 Break
3:15 Talk 4 Our Christian culture in CFC
4:00 Group workshop
4:30 Open forum
5:30 Closing prayer

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Team leader (in charge of whole day)

Worship leader
Facilitator (preferably the household of the participants)
Speakers
Elder for open forum (preferably a Chapter Head; if not, a more senior Unit Head).
Music ministry
Service team

Suggested Speakers for the following talks:

1. Talk No. 2 Husband and wife. The wife share her experience on her prayer life and scripture
reading.
2. Talk No. 3 Family. The husband as the main speaker with sharing from the wife and
children focusing on their service to CFC and their relationship with the community at large.
A Sharing from the GK beneficiary or volunteer workers may be added.
3. Talk 1 and 4. Elder.
Guidelines for "Introduction"
1. Welcome the participants.
2. Brief recap of the CFC first-year formation program.
3. Schedule for the day.
4. Group discussion after each talk. There will be a workshop after talk no. 4 then an open
forum follows.
5. Exhortation.
Openness to the Lord.
Listen to the talk
Participate in the group discussion

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Revised and approved March 6, 2004