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Christian Life Program - Team Leaders Guide 1 TEAM LEADERS GUIDE CHRISTIAN LIFE

Christian Life Program - Team Leaders Guide 1 TEAM LEADERS GUIDE CHRISTIAN LIFE PROGRAM 2 COUPLES FOR CHRIST CHRISTIAN LIFE PROGRAM TEAM LEADER’S GUIDE This guide is for the use of the CLP team leader. Contents Page 1. CFC International Council letter to the team leader 2 2. General. a) Team leader’s profile 3 b) Team leader’s role 3 c) Spiritual approach to leadership 4 d) Pastoral approach to leadership 4 e) Importance of communication 5 f) Important ingredients in a CLP 6 g) Oversight of the team leaders’ work 6 3. Prior to CLP sessions. a) Candidates/participants 6 b) Setting up discussion groups 8 c) Venue 9 d) Logistics 10 e) Talks 10 4. The CLP sessions. a) Prayer 11 b) Punctuality 12 c) Attendance 12 d) Code of Conduct 13 e) Cultural aspects 14 f) The orientation session 15 g) Handling team meetings 17 5. Checklist for each session. 17 6. Annexes. a) Information sheet 27 b) Guidelines for speakers 28 c) Individual prayers of thanksgiving and petition 29 d) CLP printed pastoral resource materials 33 e) Welcome letter for new members 34 f) The Lord’s Day Celebration 36 Christian Life Program - Team Leaders Guide 3 Dear brother in Christ, The peace and joy of the Lord be with you! Congratulations! You have just received an assignment that will provide you great joy and satisfaction. You are now at the forefront of the spiritual battle being waged for the hearts and minds of people. And you are on the winning side! Expect the glory of God to unfold in the coming weeks. For you to function most effectively, please do the following: 1. Study this Team Leader’s Guide carefully and thoroughly. It contains all the instructions you need to handle the CLP . 2. Be constantly in touch with your Chapter Head, or whomever he would designate to oversee your CLP . Your present service is directly under the authority of your Chapter Head. Keep him informed of the CLP’s progress and eagerly seek his input. 3. Exercise your authority over the team confidently. Discipline and reliability are musts for each member of the team. Only in this way can they serve effectively and grow in their own commitment to the Lord. 4. Rely on the power of the Holy Spirit. This CLP is God’s work, and so He will provide. Come before the Lord often in prayer, and get your team to do the same. Thank you for responding to the Lord’s call. You are making a major contribution to moving forward the mission of Couples for Christ. God bless you. Faithfully in Christ, CFC INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL 4 GENERAL A. TEAM LEADER’S PROFILE The CLP team leader is a person who: 1. Loves the Lord. He has committed his life to Jesus Christ and desires to serve Him with his whole heart and strength. 2. Is a faithful member of CFC. He is faithful to his covenant in CFC. He has taken on the vision of CFC for Christian family life renewal. He is supportive of the overall leadership and good order in the body. 3. Is growing in Christian maturity. He is not negligent of personal prayer and reading of the Bible. He has put fairly good order in his own family life. 4. Is a tested leader of CFC. He is at least a Household Head, with the qualities that can make him a Unit Head. He is able to command the respect of his peers and subordinates. B. TEAM LEADER’S ROLE The CLP team leader runs and oversees the whole CLP . More specifically, he does the following: 1. Puts the team together, in consultation with and subject to the approval of his Chapter Head (or whomever the latter designates). 2. Arranges the practical aspects of the CLP , such as venue, schedules, speakers, snacks, etc. 3. Recommends to his Chapter Head the various speakers, and upon approval, makes the necessary connection with the designated speaker. 4. Watches over the whole CLP and ensures that all aspects are being handled in the proper way. 5. Acts as emcee for all the sessions. 6. Cares for the team members and helps to form them into a group of brothers and sisters with unity of spirit and an ability to work together well. 7 . Sees to it that each participant in the CLP is cared for well and is growing in his/ her own response to God’s call. C. SPIRITUAL APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP Leading a CLP is real evangelism. As such, it is spiritual warfare waged with spiritual Christian Life Program - Team Leaders Guide 5 weapons and spiritual gifts. The team leader needs to have: 1. FAITH. a) That this is God’s work, and therefore it is He who will empower and strengthen those who serve (2 Cor 3:4 6). b) That Jesus is with you, working through you and speaking his words through you to change people, to convert their hearts (Mt 28:20; Acts 1:8). Focus on his presence. Call upon him always. c) That the words of the Bible carry extraordinary power (Heb 4:12). Have this conviction: Christ can convert any person and he uses the Word of God for this purpose. 2. ZEAL FOR THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST. a) The CLP team leader must have a deep conviction for his work in the CLP . He must be convinced of its supreme importance in making a difference in the lives of peo-ple. 2 Cor 5:14. b) The extent of the team’s desire, spiritual hunger and eagerness to evangelize will be the extent by which God can unleash the power of the Holy Spirit through them. 1 Thes 1:5. c) The team should be composed of men and women of great love, sincerity, conviction, patience and affection. 1 Thes 2:1 12. D. PASTORAL APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP 1. Understand the participant’s situation. a) Their coming from a secular environment. * You need to set the tone. You need to get them into a different frame of mind. You need to plant faith. * Testimonies and genuine friendships do a lot. So can songs and short times of prayer. b) Their state of personal transition. They may be dissatisfied, restless, anxious, hopeful, despairing, ambitious, etc. * Be in touch with it. Speak to it. Channel that energy to Christ. c) The existence of personal problems. They may be lonely, have few meaningful personal relationships, be not quite weaned from parents, trying to hold on or maybe get free, etc. 6 * Be sensitive to these and get the team to take any available opportunity to address these. d) Inadequate notions of Christianity. * Identify them and speak about them. 2. Get to know people individually as much as possible through talking to each one individually, and through touching base briefly but frequently with the discussion group leaders. a) Don’t be too removed, busy, anxious. b) You may not realize it, but people will consider it a privilege to speak with you. 3. Keep an eye on the goals of each session and where the participants are and could be. Lead them to where they should be. The dynamics of the sessions are in your hands to shape as will best serve them. Make adjustments if necessary in order to help move people forward. 4. Keep a pulse on people changing, getting stubborn, on spiritual warfare, spiritual breakthroughs, conversions, etc. Speak to it. Draw good things to everyone’s atten¬tion whenever possible. 5. Keep getting feedback from the discussion group leaders, the assistant team leader and other persons actively involved in the program. E. IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION 1. The team leader needs to communicate with the team members about each specific situation that confronts them: the incident that happened last week, the problem that a person in the program is having now, the things they need to do in the next session, etc. Talk about each situation in a very concrete way. Come to a real oneness of mind about each specific situation. Of course, talk in a responsible way, with the appropriate confidentiality. This kind of communication and discussion will develop in the team leader the pastoral discernment and judgment needed to be of real service to the people in the program. 2. The team leader, as well as the discussion group leaders, have to be constantly observing what the true situation is. Besides staying in communication with one another, they have to stay in open communication with the program partic¬ipants. They have to ask directly what is happening to them in relation to the Lord and to the program. The team has to know what has happened to the participants in order to know what they need from the team. Christian Life Program - Team Leaders Guide 7 3. The team has to communicate effectively about what is happening in the discussion groups, and this is done in the team meetings. These meetings should help teach us how to work better in the uploads/Management/ team-leaders-guide.pdf