You are all called to do God’s work in CFC. You are all new to this kind of pastoral leadership. God is doing something new. You yourselves are all under pastoral care, not only for your personal lives but also for your service. We leaders in CFC are not serving in isolation from one another, but rather as a network of pastoral leaders serving together. • Encourage one another. • Learn from one another. • Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit. Be open to those over you regarding any aspect of your service. How should you relate to your Unit Head?
CFC HOUSEHOLD LEADERS TRAINING
Understand your relationship with Him. He’s committed to you and members of your group. You can call on Him anytime for support, advice or prayers. His desire is to see you develop and grow in your service and in your life and to see your members grow in the Lord. Don’t hold back from telling Him your problems in leading the group. What to talk to your Unit Head about?
CFC HOUSEHOLD LEADERS TRAINING
The Household. • Are the men relating to one another well? The women? • Are they free to share with one another? • Do they worship freely together? • Do they ever do anything together outside of the household meeting? • How is their general attitude towards CFC? Individual members. • How are they growing in Christ? • Daily prayer? • Relationship with spouse? With children? • Relationship with authority? Yours and overall CFC? • Problems if any. Developing a pastoral vision for the household. • Have some goals in mind for the whole household and discuss them with your Unit Head. • Have some goals for the individual men in your household. • Pray and seek God’s will. Your time and service. SLIDE FOR DARK TEXTS This slide can be used for longer texts. Use the box to highlight words that need emphasis. Font for body: Evolve Sans Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.