COLLEGE OF NURSING

City of San Fernando, La Union

C- ONNECT E-NRICH L-EARN L-IFT (CELL CARE)

CELL CARE- A small group activity with the clinical instructor as the facilitator done before
ARUGA.
The acronym stands for C- Connect, E- Enrich, L- Learn and L– Lift.
There are 4 parts in every session.

MAIN GOAL: Challenge students to think about the topic at hand, to create a safe environment
for members to share thoughts and to help everyone feel valued about the input they’ve offered.

PRINCIPLES
1. One Connection: Prayer
2. One Basis: Gods Word
3. One Step: Witnessing
4. One Focus: Transformed Lives

CELL CARE 4 PARTS

1. CONNECT to God and others (10 Minutes)
Helps prepare for the activity. Starting with a word of prayer and knowing the members of the
group. God’s word will be the ultimate source of their learning experience.

2. ENRICH in God’s Word (5 Minutes)

The facilitator reads the Bible passage or topic to the group.
The facilitator must remember his responsibilities of helping the students learn Gods word from
each other and in general making the discussions fruitful, meaningful and transformative for
everyone in the group.

3. LEARN (35 Minutes)

This is where the member of the group gets a chance to learn, listen and express more of their
insights, questions or thoughts about the Bible lesson / topic. They can do this also in writing,
doodling or drawing and sharing to rest of the group. This time the students are given a chance to
share experiences / life transformation experiences that others can hopefully apply in practical
ways. There are 3 questions to encourage interaction in the group.

4. LIFT each other in prayer (10 Minutes)

The student will lift each member in prayer.
Pair up and share top three prayer concerns.
The partners take turns praying for each other from the heart and using their own words.
Connect each student to God and with each other in a loving and supportive environment.
A simple guideline that we can have for praying with others is to practice prudence when we
share concerns of other people as prayer items.
RULES FOR FACILITATING A PRODUCTIVE CELL CARE

A. Values that student will adhere

1. Confidentiality- will not gossip about fellow members and will ensure that what is shared in the
group stays in the group. Confidential matters about other people are not shared as prayer item
unless we have direct permission to do so from the people concerned.
2. Honesty and trust - Be honest and open to fellow members.
3. Respect- Respect those in the discussion group by attending, listening and honoring authority
of the facilitator
4. Spiritual Growth- joining will help student grow spiritually and help others do the same.

Roles of CI Facilitator
1. Helps make the discussion and sharing happen.
2. Looks for opinions and asks what the person thinks or feels.
3. Aims to bring everyone into the discussion.
4. Listens and learns together with student in the group.
5. Summarizes and asks for applications. The goal of CELL CARE is not just information but
transformation. Each student will have practical application.

CELL CARE SESSION 1

#LIFEGOALS
SUCCEED IN FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

1. CONNECT to God and others (10 Minutes)

Prayer and knowing the members of the group
“Family is the most important thing in the world” Princess Diana
“A happy family is but an earlier heaven” George Bernard Shaw

Describe any one of the following family events that you participated in.
Mention things like where it took place, who were with you and what your participation was.
How did the event strengthen or strain your family relationships?
1. Most recent family vacation
2. Most recent movie date, food trip, road trip or any fun activity with your family
3. Most recent celebration with your family (birthday, wedding, anniversary etc.)
4. Most recent major decision with your family

2. ENRICH in God’s Word (5 Minutes)

1 Corinthians 13: 1-7, 13
The Way of Love
13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a
clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all
knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If
I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,[a] but have not love, I gain
nothing.
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not
insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;[b] 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but
rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all
things
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
3. LEARN (35 Minutes)
LEARN
Nowadays, it is more common to spend time and experience life with our friends and co-workers
rather than with our own family. Since most of us work, or go to school outside of home and
perhaps away from our families, we need to be more intentional about engaging with them face-
face. Be it on special occasions or in daily living, we can make our family life richer when we take
responsibility for nurturing relationships at home.
We are living in the age of digital revolution. Half of the world’s population today is connected to
the Internet. The rapid development in communication technology has given us instant access to
almost everyone in the planet. Social media allows us to stay connected to family, work and
friends no matter where we are. One of every two Filipinos has access to the Internet. The
Philippines is also the number one internet user in the world, with an average usage of 5 hours a
day, spent mostly on social media. But the irony of all is that, the more hi-tech we become, the
less we seem to communicate. If we are not careful, too much time spent on today’s digital
devices will affect the way we relate to each other. This robs us real life moments with our loved
ones. Somehow, we have lost the capacity to give our full and undivided attention that each of our
family members deserves.

1 Be Clear with God’s Purpose

God created us to have an intimate love relationship first with him, then with our family and others.
His purpose is for our families to reflect His love to the world. It is in God’s heart to bless our
families. Whatever is the present state of your family, know that God loves you and He wants your
family to be filled with His love as well. But for Gods purpose to become reality, it comes with our
participation. His design for families requires us to exercise our responsibility to love one another
1 Corinthians 13:4 describes love as patient, kind, etc. That is how love should look like in our
families and reflected to the people around us. A strong family according to God’s blueprint does
not happen. Loving God and loving others must be a lifestyle. Each member has an important role
to play, t begins with but we need to take the initiative to get everybody going. Children, you can
make a difference in your family. You do not have to wait for your parents to set the example. It
begins with each one of us, saying with conviction “ I will protect this home, I will strengthen this
family.

2 Be Mindful of Your Presence

Taking responsibility calls for our personal availability. If God wants our families to be filled with
love, we need to understand something very important about it. Love is spelle T I M E. That
means if you really love your family and you want to feel it, you have to spend time with them. You
cannot say that something is important to you if you canot even devote your undivided attention to
it.
So, be fully present, not merely in the physical sense but engage your family emotionally and
spiritually as well. Remember that it is when you spend time with your family that “magic
moments” happen. These are the moments when your loved ones open up, are ready to listen
and ask the most important questions of their hearts. Another mindset we must have is this: Make
the most TODAY with your family. Every promise of later, tomorrow and next week is often an
excuse to be absent today. The truth is no one can turn back time. So make the most TODAY
with your family.
A simple way to have regular meaningful engagement with your family is to ask each one how
their day was like in term of highlights and low-lights over dinner. Put away distractions such as
cellphones or other gadgets when you are having conversations with your family. Pray with your
parents and siblings.
3 Be intentional with your practice
A trustworthy principle “The closer the relationship, the greater the influence” There is no shortcut
to it. If you desire to have an impactful and lasting influence in your family, the key is to build
deep, loving relationships with each of them first. As you do your part, persevere in prayer that
they will develop the same commitment to build a strong family.

We love because God first loved us 1 John 4:19

There are many ingredients to make our families happy. But it is love that shall keep it together
through thick and thin, not just the best times, but most especially in the worst of times. The
greatest of all is God’s gift of love. And the only way we can truly and fully extend a love that is
unconditional and unyielding is to experience God’s kind of love- the one that takes initiative and
endures until forever.

EXPRESS
1. Describe your family.
2. How present are you in the lives of your family members?
3. Give examples of how you make your presence physically, emotionally and spiritually felt at
home. (Personal Application)

4. LIFT each other in prayer (10 Minutes)

The student will lift each member in prayer.
Pair up and share top three prayer concerns.
Closing Prayer