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HOUSEHOLD HEAD'S MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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A. THE HOUSEHOLD
1. Definition ………………………………………………………………………… 1
2. Purpose ……………………………………….........................................……. 1
3. Composition .………………………………………........................................... 1
4. Necessity of household membership …………………………………………….. 1
B. THE HOUSEHOLD HEAD
1.
2. Definition
The Role of.................................................……………………………………....
the Household Head .............………………………………………. 2
2
3. The Role of the Household Head's Wife ..………………………………………. 2
4. Qualifications of the Household Head ....……………………………………. 3
5. Attitudes of a Household Head .................……………………………………. 3
6. Some Areas of Challenge ........................……………………………………….. 4
7. Practical Considerations ..........................……………………………………… 5
C. THE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
1. Attitudes of Household Members .............………………………………………. 6
2. Attendance ...................................................………………………………… 7
D. THE HOUSEHOLD MEETING
1. Frequency ....................................................……………………………………. 8
2. Venue ...........................................................…………………………………… 9
3. Ingredients of a Household Meeting ........………………………………………. 9
4. Duration ......................................................…………………………………… 11
5. Social Night ...............................................……………………………………. 11
E. TOPICS FOR MEETINGS ..........................……………………………………… 12
F. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIT HEAD ..…………………………………… 15
G. GROUP ACTIVITIES ....................................…………………………………… 16
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HOUSEHOLD HEAD'S MANUAL
I. THE HOUSEHOLD
1. Definition
A household is a grouping of couples who meet regularly during the week for personal
sharing and for mutual support and encouragement in the Christian life. As such, the
household is the basic unit in the pastoral structure of Couples for Christ (CFC).
2. PURPOSE
The purpose of the household group is to build an environment for the support of the
Christian life of couples, and to provide a means of encouraging and hastening growth in
the Christian life. As such, the household group:
a. Builds faith and provides for mutual encouragement through sharing of life
experiences and God's practical wisdom.
b. Provides friendship and brotherhood (sisterhood), without which our Christian life
lacks joyful expression.
c. Provides support for each other's needs.
d. Helps people overcome obstacles to growth in the Christian life.
3. Composition
A household is composed of five to seven couples including the household head and his
wife. The household is constituted from couples who finished the Christian Life
Program (CLP) and who have made their commitment to the covenant of the Couples for
Christ. The household is set up immediately after the end of the CLP.
In succeeding years, there would be occasions when households would be reorganized,

with the ensuing change in the membership in the different households.
4. Necessity of household membership
Every CFC couple is to belong to one household as a member of it. CFC leaders
(Household Heads, Unit Heads, Chapter Heads and their wives) are all to belong to
households for their own personal support in their Christian life. Thus every CFC leader
participates in two households, one which he leads and the other where he in turn is led.
B. THE HOUSEHOLD HEAD
1. Definition
a. The household head is a man appointed to take care of a household.
b. The husband is the "household head". The husband and wife are not the household
heads. Together, the husband and wife are the "household leaders".
2. The Role of the Household Head
a. He is the designated leader over a group of couples and is responsible for all the
activities of the household and for the good order of the household meeting.
* attendance
* sharing/discussion
* honor and respect

b. He acts as an older brother to the group.
* establishes strong personal relationships with each of his men.

* gets help for them whenever it is available.
c. He helps each member to be fully integrated into the household and in CFC.
d. He has no authority over member's lives but exercises concern for their lives,
especially in the areas of righteousness and good order.
e. He supports the life in CFC and the decisions of its elders.
* does not use the household meeting to ventilate his disagreements with CFC or
its elders. In case of such disagreement, he takes this up with his Unit Head.
* supports fully any decision on movements of couples from one household to

another, and helps such couples make such movements with ease and a minimum
of difficulty.
3. The role of the Household Head's Wife
a. She is responsible for developing and enriching sisterly relationships among the
wives.
b. She fosters good order in the discussion and sharing of the wives during the
household meeting.
c. She sees to it that all the wives are fully integrated into the household and in CFC.
d. She does not exercise headship over the wives, whose heads are their husbands.
4. Qualifications of a Household Head
The household head is selected based on the following criteria:
a. Availability
b. Formation
* growing spiritually
* fairly good order in personal life (especially relationship with spouse)
* a fairly good appreciation of the vision, mission and culture of CFC.
* faithful to CFC commitments
c. Personal characteristics
* emotionally stable
* able to accept direction and correction
* has a good reputation
d. Skills
* ability to handle a group discussion

* good listening and communication skills
* ability to provide adequate directions to members regarding CFC commitments
e. A member of CFC for at least one year.

5. Attitudes of a Household Head
In order to properly function in a way that would truly be helpful to the members of the
household, the household head needs to have some basic attitudes, to wit:
a. He must have the mind and heart of a servant. Just like the Lord Jesus, he must come
to serve rather than be served. His service should be an expression of his love for the
Lord. He should be humble in his service and put the interest of his members first.
He should be obedient to the Lord and to those whom the Lord has put in charge of
his service.
b. He must look upon the couples under him as being given by the Lord, to be cared for
adequately. He has the responsibility to look after their spiritual welfare, a charge
coming directly from the Lord.
c. He must love them as brothers and sisters. They are not just good friends, but family.
d. He must serve with gladness and joy. No matter what one's difficulties are, no matter
how badly the day went, no matter how strained one's relationship with his wife is at
the moment, the household head needs to have the joy of the Lord, the joy of serving
Him, the joy that transcends all earthly difficulties. And of course, how he conducts
himself will provide a living example to those who have been put in his care.
e. He must serve in trust and confidence. He needs to realize that since the Lord has
called him to do His work, then the Lord will equip him with the wisdom, guidance
and gifts necessary to be an effective instrument of His will.
6. Some Areas of Challenge
The household head is not expected to exercise pastoral headship over his group, but he
would normally encounter certain pastoral challenges which he cannot avoid or should
not avoid, but for which he should prudently seek help from the elders.
The household
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members all serious
the unit, which pastoral
includes concerns to his Of
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course, who is
Unit
Head can direct the household head to handle the situation himself, with some input from
him. But ultimately it is the responsibility and concern of the Unit Head. Putting it within
the context of a family (which a household is), the household head is the big brother
while the Unit Head is the father.
Some examples of issues that need to be referred to the Unit Head are:
a. Serious relationship problems between husband and wife.
b. Issues
withoutwhich
properpastorally affect
consultation the unit or across units, e.g., financial borrowing
and clearance.
c. Unfaithfulness of members to meetings, requiring a decision to retain or drop a

couple from CFC.
d. Slander or gossip which erodes relationships within the household/unit or across units.
e. Serious wrongdoing.
f. Moral and theological questions, such as taxes, bribery vs. extortion, penance, the
sacraments, etc.
g. Proselytizing and ecumenical relationships.
7. Practical Considerations
Some of the concrete things the household head can and should do are:
a. Handle the practical concerns for household meetings.
* places of meetings
* topics for discussion/sharing
* drawing out a withdrawn member
*
* regulating
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over-sharing member
in the meeting
* bringing the discussion to the agenda and keeping it on course
b. Know each member well.
* keep notes on each one.
c. Be prayerful.
* Pray for each member regularly during his own personal prayer time.
*
* Spend timemembers
Pray over praying before
when the household(birthdays,
appropriate meeting and entrusting it when
anniversaries, to the Lord.
sick, for
inner healing, etc.)
d. Be prepared and have an agenda. In other words, rely on the Lord, but also do your
part.
e. Focus on spiritual growth and God's power rather than on problems. However, be
sensitive to personal problems.
f. Get the group to make agreements and account to one another regarding:
* time of meeting, punctuality

* right way of speaking about others
* negative humor
* others
g. Always work on the faithfulness of members. Attendance at the household meetings

is part of a member's commitment and is a must.
h. Refer all frequent absentees to your Unit Head. Together you can discuss the
particular situation and decide on a course of action. Remember: the strength of the
body will depend on its members' faithfulness and commitment.

i. Always be on the look-out for potential leaders (CLP discussion leaders, speakers,
household heads) and inform your Unit/Chapter Head about them. We want to
identify them early, chart their development and at the opportune time let them serve.
Remember that CFC can only grow in number to the extent that our leadership
resources allow.
j. Look upon our newsletter, Ugnayan, as a pastoral tool. It can help members grow
through teachings. It can help members experience unity in the body, especially in
view of our growing numbers. The Ugnayan is normally given out through the Unit
Heads and the household head should ensure that each and every member-couple gets
it every time.
k. Study and read, especially the books we publish. Keep ahead of your members.
l. Don't use the household meeting to ventilate your own personal problems, nor seek
help for such problems from the household members under you. Rather, bring these
to your Unit Head and to the unit household of which you are a member.
m. If for any reason you feel you cannot do the job as household head adequately,
discuss this with your Unit Head so that appropriate action can be taken. Don't just
let it go, with the result that your household members suffer.
C. THE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS

1. Attitudes of Household Members
In order to reap the full benefits to be offered by participation in a household group, its
members have to foster some basic attitudes, such as:
a. Openness -- One has to be open to what the Lord wants to give through the household
group. One should realize that this is part of God's work and in conformity with His
plan for each person, and should therefore be expectant and desirous of what is in
store for him/her. Concretely, one should share about his/her personal life and
relationship with the Lord in a spirit of openness.

b. Confidentiality -- Household members are encouraged to share of their personal lives,
including their concerns and difficulties, in the meetings. And this can be done only
in an atmosphere of confidentiality. Whatever is shared in the meetings should not be
shared outside with anyone else.
* Note: The household leaders may share concerns with their service head/Unit
Head, who are extensions of their service and care for household members. This
is not a breach of confidentiality.
* The prohibition
life. These on can
in effect sharing with outsiders
be shared excludes
by the members the positive
outside factors meeting
the household in one's
whenever there is an appropriate opportunity so that others can also be built up
and encouraged.
c. Faithfulness -- One has to make the weekly household meeting a priority in his/her
life, and be regular in attendance. Only with continuity and one's personal
commitment can the purpose of household groups be achieved.
d. Participation -- Each member has to come to the meetings prepared both spiritually
and practically, and have the attitude of wanting to make a contribution to the life of
the meeting. Think not only of what you can get out of the meeting, but of what you
can impart to the brothers and sisters. This is done by active participation in worship,
in sharing and discussion, and in fellowship. It is important that each member
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household relates to everyone in the group
e. Love -- The idea, after all, is to foster active concern and commitment to one another.
One has to look on the other members of the group as not just so many new friends,
but as brothers and sisters in the Lord, among whom mutual love is the common
denominator.
2. Attendance
a. Each member is expected to attend the weekly meetings faithfully, and indeed this is
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b. If either spouse is unable to attend a meeting, the other should still attend. They don't
have to come as a couple if one cannot come for a valid reason.
c. Since attendance is part of one's commitment and since the very purpose of household
groups would be defeated by frequent absences (indicating a lack of interest), such
absences form sufficient ground for one's separation from CFC. Household heads
should follow up on absent members and try to renew their interest and commitment.
If unsuccessful, the matter should be referred to the Unit Head for appropriate action.
d. The household head has no authority to grant leaves of absence to his household
members. Any such requests should be referred to the Unit Head.
D. THE HOUSEHOLD MEETINGS
1. Frequency
a. Households meet once a week, on the same day of the week as mutually agreed on by
the members. Less than once a week would not provide enough contact to have
adequate
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b. The household head cannot skip or cancel any meeting, except as provided for below,
or as approved by the Unit Head due to a serious reason.
c. If the household head cannot be present at a scheduled household meeting (of course
for a valid reason), he should not cancel the meeting. Rather, he must refer the matter
to the Unit Head. Together, they will agree on a replacement, either one of the men
from the household or another brother from the unit.
d. Exceptions to the weekly household meetings are the following:
* During the week when the monthly prayer meeting is held.
* When a whole household serves in a CLP. In this case, the household will need to
meet only two weeks out of four in a month, in addition to its weekly service in
the CLP.
- if the CLP is on the same day as the monthly prayer meeting, the household
meets twice in a regular household meeting.
- if the CLP is not on the same day as the monthly prayer meeting, the
household
meeting. meets once in a regular household meeting and attends the prayer
Continuing to meet is essential so that the members continue receiving personal

life support, and not just meet for service, which is the CLP.
* During special times such as Holy Week and Christmas break.
2. Venue
The household meeting is to be held in the home of one of the members of the group.
The meeting place is rotated among the homes of each member-couple.

Having the household meeting in the homes of the household members have the
following values:
a. Worshiping the Lord in our homes makes the truth that the home is a small church a
concrete reality. And God's blessings will surely descend upon the home where God's
people can be found, worshiping Him together and growing in their faith together.
b. The people in our home -- our children, maybe our parents, our household help, the
people who are closest to us and whom we love -- will be aware of what we are
involved inChristian
living their and whatfaith
we do every
openly week.
and To them we will become people who are
powerfully.
c. What we do in our homes can be an effective tool for evangelism, especially to our
residential household, to our neighbors and to other relatives and friends.
3. Ingredients of a Household Meeting
A typical household meeting would involve three indispensable ingredients: (1) worship
and prayer, (2) a time of sharing or teaching or discussion, and (3) some time for
fellowship. All three are very important and none should be skipped or simply glossed
over.
a. Worship.
* The worship portion should include all the necessary ingredients: singing,
praising, thanksgiving, prayers of petition and intercession. Every member should
become familiar and comfortable with our way of worship and praise, and the
household head shows the way.
* A typical format for the time of worship could be as follows:
- come before the Lord (may be a short period of silence and/or a short
exhortation from the leader)
-- sing a lively song

simultaneous vocalofpraising
praise
- sing another song, then more praising
- sing a worship song
- singing in tongues, followed by a short period of silence
- bring forward words from the Lord (prophecy, inspired Scripture verses,
exhortations) - individual prayers of thanksgiving
- individual prayers of petition and intercession
- closing prayer by the leader
* Members should be exhorted by the head to participate actively in the singing,
praising and prayers

to exercise of thanksgiving
the spiritual gifts of and petition.inspired
prophecy, They should also bereading
Scripture encouraged
and
exhortation.
* The household head leads in the worship. As a general rule, he should not
delegate his responsibility to the other men. However, every once in a while (not
too often), he may ask another brother to lead, for the purpose of training. But
most if not all the time, he leads.
* Ideally, someone in the group should play the guitar. A piano or other musical
instrument would be alternatives, if available and practicable. If no one can play,
then it would
arranged be advisable
in groups of three to make use
precisely forof our
use in song tapes, worship.
household where songs have been
* The worship is done standing up for the whole duration. Exceptions would be
pregnant women and sick or weak members.
b. For the time of sharing, teaching or discussion, both men and women may meet
together, or the men can meet separately (at a different part of the home) from the
women, depending on what is to be taken up, at the discretion of the household head.
However, most of the time, it should be a separate meeting. Some advantages of this
are as follows:
* Members
spouses areare
notmore free to share, especially of their difficulties, when their
around.
* Practically speaking, there would not be enough time (at least quality time) for
everyone to share in a joint meeting.
* It's an opportunity for the husbands to be supported by the brothers as men, and
the wives by the sisters as women.
* The household can tackle two different topics in one meeting, addressing itself to
the different needs of the men and the women in the group.
c. The last part, fellowship, is the time for socializing.
* A very simple snack is usually prepared by the host couple. Here it must be kept
in mind that the food is incidental to the fellowship, rather than the fellowship
being centered on the food. Furthermore, no member should be burdened by the
snack's cost or needed time for preparation, nor should any host ever be pressured
in "keeping up" with a fellow member's extravagance.
* Grace before the meal is said by the host.
d. The evening ends with a short closing prayer by the head.

4. Duration
a. Ordinarily, the household meeting is held after dinner on a weekday. However, other
mutually acceptable times are possible. The whole meeting would typically run for
about 2 1/2 hours, as follows:
Worship -- 30 minutes
Sharing/teaching/discussion -- 60-90 minutes
Fellowship -- 30-60 minutes
* Of course, there is some flexibility and there could be variations on the above
time frames.
b. As much as possible, household meetings should start at the agreed time, even if not
everyone has arrived. The household head should not wait for everyone. He should
not make the meeting and everyone else a captive of someone else's lack of
commitment to punctuality. Besides, this may be the only way to get chronic latecom-
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ers to mend their ways. So if necessary, the household head should start the worship
even if only he, his wife and the host couple are around.
c. The meeting should not end too late, say, not later than 11 p.m. If the meeting can
start earlier, so much the better. If the meeting goes beyond 11 p.m., this should be
the exception rather than the rule.

5. Social night
a. The household may decide to have a social night on occasion. A social night is a time
devoted to fellowship, with no formal worship, discussion or sharing.
b. It is recommended that a social night be held once a quarter, on the month where
there is a 5th week. If the members want to have a social night more often, then it
should be done outside the time allocated for regular household meetings. Some
possibilities: meet during the prayer meeting week; or have a Lord's Day celebration
together.
c. Various activities are possible. Members may have dinner together, at a home or
outside, or go out somewhere together (at a party, go bowling, etc.), or even decide to
have a whole-day outing. This could be a time when their children would be brought
along, so that they might get to know everyone else's children. There is a lot of
flexibility, and the idea is just to enjoy each other's company socially and become
intimate friends as well as brothers and sisters in the Lord.
E. TOPICS FOR MEETINGS
1. For the first

to follow upyear (fortopics
on the new members right after
in the teaching the CLP),
program. Thusthethe
household
first yearmeetings are used
would look like
this:
3 months -- CLP
3 months -- Follow up
1 day -- Covenant Orientation
1 weekend -- MER
* Manuals are provided for each of the three "Follow up" phases.
2. In the second year and beyond, the topics for the household meetings would normally
follow the following cycle:
1st week -- (general prayer meeting)

2nd week -- personal sharing
3rd week -- Bible sharing
4th week -- discussion of a Christian topic
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The above cycle provides enough variety so as to make household meetings always
interesting and life-giving. This cycle could go on and on, year in and year out. Of
course, the household head is free to deviate from this cycle as he sees fit.
3. Personal sharing
Personal sharing is telling our brothers and sisters about what has been happening in our
lives for the past month, with a particular focus on what the Lord has been doing in our
lives. Personal sharing is an essential element in building up our relationship with our
brothers and sisters, as more and more we open up our lives to them and they become an
intimate part of our lives.
a. If the household head opts for personal sharing, it can either be done by just
encouraging the members to share as they are led, or by using a set of questions
which can guide the members in their sharing. As a framework to provide shape and
direction, questions can be an effective means to lively personal interaction. One can
develop
membersand
and use one's own draw
can effectively questions, just so long as they suit the needs of the
out people.
b. Sample questions are as follows:
* How have you grown in your relationship with the Lord? Have you come before
the Lord faithfully in personal prayer?
* In what ways were you aware of the Lord's presence or action in your life during
the past week/month?
* What has the Lord been teaching you in your prayer time or Scripture study this
week/month? How have you responded?
*
* Have you
In what conducted
ways has the yourself
Lord usedrighteously in thought,
you to serve word
others this pastorweek/month?
action?
* What change has the Lord been asking you in order that you might grow in loving
your brothers and sisters?
4. Bible sharing
Bible sharing is a way for us to be more familiar with the Word of God, as we share about
it every month. Bible sharing is not Bible study as such, but a way of drawing insights
from the Bible and allowing God to speak to us personally through His written Word.
Various methods
method of of Bible sharing could be utilized. We however recommend the "7 step"
Bible sharing.
5. Topical discussion
This is a time for formal discussion of a Christian topic. These topics could be anything
that have to do with the Christian life, which would be profitable for our members to gain
a greater understanding of. Especially recommended are those topics which have to do
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with the life, mission, covenant and culture of CFC.
a. For example, such topics are:
* personal daily prayer time
*
* daily
livingreading
fully theofChristian
the Biblelife
- avoidance of wrongdoing
- good order in private life
- participation in Church life
* regular weekly dialogue with spouse
* living as a good Christian parent; family life and children
* headship and submission in the family
* disciplining and raising children
* Christian service
* Christian fellowship
*
* priority
TV and setting/weekly
media schedule
* spiritual gifts
b. Furthermore, certain publications, sharings or teachings may provide the impetus for
a household meeting topic, to wit:
* Teachings contained in our newsletter, the Ugnayan.

* Topics contained in the various books that we publish.
* Articles of interest in "God's Word Today" or other similar prayer or Scripture
guides.
*
* Teachings
Taped talksororexhortations
teachings bygiven at the personages.
renowned monthly prayer meeting.
6. It should be noticed that this cycle of topics for the second year and beyond is such that
there is no burden on the household head to be always thinking up of what to take up
during the household meetings.
a. For personal sharing, the household head (and his wife for the sisters) would simply
moderate the sharings and keep the interaction active and life-giving.
b. For the Bible sharing, the household head merely chooses the particular verses to be
taken up.
c. For the topical discussion, the household head chooses the topic, taking from the vast
array of materials available to him. If for example he takes up the "Growing in the
Lord" article in the Ugnayan, even the discussion starters are already provided. Thus
he simply moderates the discussion.
Thus the household leaders are not burdened by "technical" preparation for the meetings,
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but can focus more on "spiritual" preparation.
7. This cycle is something the household head is free to follow or not. The household head
has a good amount of flexibility as to how to handle the household meeting and what to
take up. The important thing is that the conduct of the meeting contributes to the
achievement of support
environment of the stated purpose
for the of our
Christian life having households, and that is to build an
of our members.
F. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIT HEAD
1. The Unit Head is the pastor of the unit to which households belong. As such, he has
overall responsibility for the service of household heads in his unit.
2. The Unit Head has the authority coming from the CFC Council to back him up. As such,
the household head needs to look to him with respect and in obedience with regard to his
service.
3. The household head needs to look upon his Unit Head as someone there for him, to help
him perform his duties more effectively. The household head should not look upon his
household as his own turf which is not to be invaded by his Unit Head. The household
head is to be fully open to his Unit Head and be eager to have his input on any matter
involving his service.
4. The household head focuses on facilitating discussion and developing brotherhood and
sisterhood in the household group. He is not expected to exercise pastoral leadership over
the group, but he would normally encounter certain pastoral challenges which he should
refer to his Unit Head.
5. The household head, either singly or together with other household heads of the unit,
meets with the Unit Head once a month for a service meeting. The meeting shall dwell
on any or all of the following:
a. Reporting in general on how the members of the household are doing.
b. Receiving pastoral guidance and direction in handling of couples.
c. Discussion and resolution of problems or issues brought up.
d. Report on faithfulness
other activities) in attendance
and in financial giving.(at household meetings, prayer meetings and
e. Identification of and discussion of training exposure for potential leaders.
f. Administrative matters.
6. The household head needs to keep the Unit Head informed and updated regarding his
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members, since the Unit Head does not have regular direct contact with them but is, as
pastor, still responsible for everyone. Thus occasional feedback and the regular monthly
service meeting are essential.
Following are some areas of pastoral concern for the Unit Head:
a. 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?
b. Individual members.
*
* How
Dailyare they growing in Christ?
prayer?
* Relationship with spouse? With children?
* Relationship with authority? To the household head, to the Unit Head, overall to
CFC?
* Problems if any.
c. Time and service.
* Do they have enough time for themselves, family, job and service?
* How are they experiencing their service?
* Are they growing in confidence? Do they need more help?

G. GROUP ACTIVITIES
1. Aside from what has been taken up as proper to the activities of a household group, there
are many other things that can be done as well. It is up to the household head to discern
the needs of his members individually and as a group, and to act accordingly. These
other activities may be in lieu of the normal household activity (with approval of the Unit
Head) or in addition to it. Some such activities are:
a. Healing sessions/praying over
b.
c. Intercessory prayers
One-to-one
d. Video sessions
e. Socials (sports, outings, picnics, etc.)
f. Lord's Day celebration
2. Other activities are welcome so long as they make a positive contribution to the support
and strengthening of the Christian life of couples, within the context of CFC.
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COUPLES FOR CHRIST

B. THE HOUSEHOLD HEAD

C. THE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS

1. Attitudes of Household Members .............………………………………………. 6

E. TOPICS FOR MEETINGS ..........................……………………………………… 12

F. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNIT HEAD ..…………………………………… 15

G. GROUP ACTIVITIES ....................................…………………………………… 16

CFC PFO. Revised 12/5/94. 16 pages.

COUPLES FOR CHRIST

c. Provides support for each other's needs.

d. Helps people overcome obstacles to growth in the Christian life.

In succeeding years, there would be occasions when households would be reorganized,

4. Necessity of household membership

B. THE HOUSEHOLD HEAD

a. The household head is a man appointed to take care of a household.

2. The Role of the Household Head

* honor and respect

* establishes strong personal relationships with each of his men.

e. He supports the life in CFC and the decisions of its elders.

* supports fully any decision on movements of couples from one household to

3. The role of the Household Head's Wife

4. Qualifications of a Household Head

The household head is selected based on the following criteria:

* ability to handle a group discussion

e. A member of CFC for at least one year.

6. Some Areas of Challenge

a. Serious relationship problems between husband and wife.

c. Unfaithfulness of members to meetings, requiring a decision to retain or drop a

a. Handle the practical concerns for household meetings.

b. Know each member well.

* keep notes on each one.

* time of meeting, punctuality

g. Always work on the faithfulness of members. Attendance at the household meetings

body will depend on its members' faithfulness and commitment.

C. THE HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS

relationship with the Lord in a spirit of openness.

D. THE HOUSEHOLD MEETINGS

d. Exceptions to the weekly household meetings are the following:

* During the week when the monthly prayer meeting is held.

Continuing to meet is essential so that the members continue receiving personal

* During special times such as Holy Week and Christmas break.

The meeting place is rotated among the homes of each member-couple.

3. Ingredients of a Household Meeting

* A typical format for the time of worship could be as follows:

-- sing a lively song

* Members should be exhorted by the head to participate actively in the singing,

praising and prayers

c. The last part, fellowship, is the time for socializing.

* Grace before the meal is said by the host.

d. The evening ends with a short closing prayer by the head.

the exception rather than the rule.

E. TOPICS FOR MEETINGS

1. For the first

1st week -- (general prayer meeting)

b. Sample questions are as follows:

with the life, mission, covenant and culture of CFC.

a. For example, such topics are:

* personal daily prayer time