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The “Household Leaders’ Training” of the YFC Pastoral Formation Program serves as
the initial training program for new household heads. It also serves as an effective
addition to the “Facilitators’ Training” for Discussion Group Leaders in a camp.
Ideally, this training should be given as an overnight activity, preferably in the house
of a participant / organizer of the training so as to ensure a more relaxed venue
conducive for group discussions and processing. The overnight activity covers the
first two talks. The third talk is given in a separate 3-hour session that introduces
these new household heads to their monthly service meetings with their Unit Head or
Chapter Heads and Chapter Couple Coordinators.
1. To allow them to realize why the household is the life blood of the community
2. To share the concept and skills of being a household head
3. To teach them the skills needed in being a household head and in facilitating
SERVICE TEAM
Team Leader (Normally the household head assigned to lead the next camp)
Registration Team (In charge of making sign up sheets and if need be, name
tags – for cases of inter-household training)
Music Team (may be just one person)
2 Speakers
Materials
- Guitars / Musical instruments
- Song sheets
- “Household Leading 101” handbook
DYNAMICS
1. Registration should be done per talk to monitor complete attendance of the
household leaders. This is crucial to the unit head because it will help hi know
who among his members has not yet gone through the training.
2. The first session should begin with full worship. As new “Household Leaders”,
participants should be encouraged to pray harder, to sing in tongues, and
prophecy. As leaders, they should be able to fully experience the gifts that the
Holy Spirit has given.
4. Participants should always be reminded to take down notes during the whole
training.
5. The Team Leader explains the rationale behind the activity as well as introduce
the speakers.
6. After the first talk, the participants will be led into a fifteen-minute reflection
based on the questions found in the talk outline. During this time, participants
may move to their own “private corner” where it may be easier for them to pray
and write down their reflections.
7. The session ends with “big group sharing”. During this time, the team leader or
speaker may call on volunteers to share their reflections regarding the first talk.
A response song and prayer may be used to end this session.
8. At the end of the break, the music team may play a few gathering songs to bring
participants into the second session.
9. After the second talk, the speaker or team leader brings the group (or for inter-
household training – divides the group into smaller discussion groups/their own
households) into a group sharing and processing session similar to a household
meeting. Participants will be asked to share their own concerns based on the
issues mentioned in the talk.
10. After the “household type discussion” the group / each group ends with a “pray-
over”. Each household head leads his group for the “Commitment of a Household
Leader” and ”Pray-over”. (Refer to the talk outline of “The State of our hearts”)
11. Before the final song, announcements should be made regarding the details and
schedule of the camp and the first “pastoral meeting”. (In case of inter-
household trainings, this should be done before the participants go into their
discussion / processing groups).
HEART OF OUR VISION
GOALS
1. To stress how important and crucial the household is to the mission and vision of
YFC
2. To make the participants realize that the household is a system of caring for and
loving people
3. To make the participants see that love changes, heals and makes people whole
This vision moves us to go out into the world. It leads us into creative
evangelization, trying to evangelize future leaders. It inspires us to organize
huge conferences, parties, and evangelization in the malls or through street
concerts.
When you really think about it though, it actually is a battle for the hearts and
minds of the youth. That all these visions will only happen if the hearts and
minds of young people are won and transformed. The world will only change
if individual persons genuinely change – from within. There is only one force
that is powerful enough to bring about this change. Jesus mentioned it; St
Paul mentioned it – LOVE.
When our members begin to realize we are looking out for them and
genuinely want to see them happy – they begin to seek our guidance. They
put us into the situation where we can help them correct areas of wrongdoing
that bring pain, guilt and misery into their lives.
When people feel loved, their defenses come down, they become confident
that they will be accepted no matter what may be seen. They begin to reveal
their most vulnerable thoughts and innermost hurts – In this state and in
God’s presence, healing occurs and people are slowly transformed!
Note: Members in the household might not join SFC at the same time, sometimes
leaving just a few or even just one member in the household. In such cases,
members may be regrouped as long as careful consideration is made to find out
which group he can more easily adjust to.
IV. CONCLUSION
Now the challenge is on us to do the same. All we need to find out is if we are ready
to take on a more difficult but more meaningful service. All it takes is a decision to
go out of our way to care.
REFLECTION
Feed My Sheep (John 21:15-19)
1. Recall how you found the grace and strength to open up to God’s healing
grace.
2. Who took the time to care for you and guide you in your walk with the
Lord?
STATE OF OUR HEARTS
GOALS
1. To instill in the participants the right attitudes of a household leader.
2. To make sure that Household Heads know that their most important goal is to
bring their members to JESUS.
I. INTRODUCTION
A great deal about being a household leader depends not on what you do, but
on who you are. A lot of it has to do with the state of the heart. A Household
leader should have a heart for God and a heart for His people.
“Do not let anyone look down on you because you are young, but be an
example of love, faith and purity.” 1 Timothy 4:12
We are reminded that it not our age that will determine our response to be
household leaders but what is in our hearts and the actions that we do.
1. Jesus Saves
He knows that no amount of his own love, or guidance or processing
can heal and change his members – He knows only Jesus saves.
1. Be a Good Example
3. You should be especially concerned for the areas that often make
or break a person (Family, Love life, Friends, School)
V. CONCLUSION
Being a Household leader is difficult. Imagine having to put somebody else’s
concern first before yours. It is only God that can give us the grace to love.
REFLECTION
1 John 4:8,10
What is the state of your heart? What are the issues in your life that
may hinder you from caring for other people?
(After, participants will be grouped into households to share their thoughts
regarding the talk and reflection).
COMMITMENT OF A HOUSEHOLDLEADER
4. I will attend all activities of YFC that are applicable to me – especially the
regular household leaders training.
“Lord you have searched me and You know me. You know everything I do… Find out
if there is any unrighteousness in me and guide in the everlasting way.” (Psalm
139:1-2,24)
Lord Jesus, I thank you for choosing me to serve you by caring for Your
people. You know me, my guilt, my sin and my pain. I realize that I am most
unworthy, yet You call for me, and so I ask for your grace. Forgive my
sinfulness and my stubbornness. Take my heart of stone and turn it into
flesh. Teach me to love. When I lack patience, genuine concern and
courage, let Your love and strength bridge the gap. Let me love with Your
Love and Wisdom, and bless those I will care for that they may love. Fill me,
teach me, guide me and give me strength. AMEN.
HOUSEHOLD LEADING 101
GOALS
1. to discuss the practical “how to-s” and tips of household leading
2. to explain and go through the household heads handbook
3. to give a clear understanding of how a household meeting is conducted
I. IT’S EASY
A. Household Basics
1. Pray. Seek God’s word for the meeting. Use the bible. Read the
bible. After all, no one can ever go wrong when the Lord’s word is his
guide. We can be really blessed by the bible, we just need to choose
to be guided by it more often.
1. Sharing
More often than not, the tone of your meetings will be for sharing, in
the same way that a group of friends will just update each other
regarding the blessings and challenges faced everyday, or to voice
out concerns and seek support and encouragement.
2. Processing
There will be times when issues in the lives of particular or all of the
members might have to be resolved, where the household leader and
the group may help their co-member sift through and process the
reasons for the issue and the options to resolve it. To do this
however, the household leader must know the situation of this
member really well and must have established his / her love for the
member.
E. The Household Meeting Report
IV. EMPOWERMENT
Being a household head is a call and a gift from God. We need to strengthen
some areas is we were to continue to grow in the service and the love of the
people God has entrusted to us.
1. Prayer - Our prayer time should be intact if we to care for God’s people –
listening for the Lord’s instruction and interceding for our members.
2. Faith in God - Although our faith may falter, we should remember that
we have a faithful God, and because of His faithfulness, we too can decide
to be faithful by His grace.