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Covenant Orientation
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Table of Contents
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THE CFC YOUTH FOR CHRIST
COVENANT ORIENTATION
The Covenant Orientation is the first set of teaching given to a young adult upon
joining CFC Youth for Christ. After initially responding to God’s invitation during
his/her Youth Camp, he/she has learned how to put into action his/her
commitment to God. The Covenant Orientation Talks will help guide him/her how
to rightfully respond to this call.
3. Loving, Honoring and Serving Brothers and Sisters in YFC and in School
-God extends our family when He called us to belong to our community.
We share the love we have not only to our blood brothers and sisters, but
also to our brothers and sisters in Christ, and also to our friends who are
not yet part of the community. We learn to value the gift of friendship and
strive to be good influences to them, to be our brother’s keepers.
The following are the list of Resource Persons needed in the team:
1. Team leaders
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One brother as team leader and one sister to be the assistant team
leader. The couple coordinator oversees pastoral content and needs of
the activity.
2. Worship leader/s
3. Music ministry
4. Service team (logistics, registration, food committee, etc.)
5. Speakers and sharers for each talk (See profile of Speakers and
Sharers.)
1. It is highly suggested that the speaker for every talk must be at least a
YFC Household Head. We have to consider the exposure of the speaker
to the community. It is believed that as a household head, he/she has
experienced how it is to live his/her covenant with the Lord. (Please take
note that the speaker for Talk 1 shall also give the Worship workshop.)
2. As for the sharer, he/she may be a YFC member (at least 6 months). One
who is enjoying his/her journey with the Lord. Since the participants are
very new to the community, they could very much relate to the sharing as
they could see themselves through it.
3. It is up to the team leaders’ discretion whether they would choose a
brother or a sister to be the speaker and/or sharer of each talk. As long as
they have prayed and discern for the person who will efficiently convey the
God’s message. However, it is highly recommended that a YFC brother
should give the first talk as it also includes the Worship workshop.
Talk 3:
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a. Timer
b. Whistle
Talk 4:
a. Computer or VCD Player
b. LCD Projector
c. GK AVP
The Covenant of YFC should be given to every member within 2 months after a
Youth Camp. The Covenant Orientation talks can be given either as a two half-
day session or as an overnight activity. Like any YFC activity, the teachings
should be given in a light atmosphere. The talks should be made interesting and
its importance stressed (e.g. anecdotes, jokes, stories, personal life
experiences), making it real to the young adult.
After each talk, copies of the teaching outline are distributed, and the assembly
will be divided into discussion groups (or even into their own households if
possible) to further discuss the teaching (Discussion starters are provided in the
talk outline). The household or discussion groups allow members to bring up and
share more personal aspects of the teachings. This system also trains
Household Heads in true Christian leadership as they lead the group.
SCHEDULE
1st Meeting
12:30 -1:00 Arrival/ Registration
1:00 - 1:30 Orientation/Energizer
1:30 - 2:15 Talk 1: Loving, Honoring and Serving God
2:15 - 2:45 Worship Workshop
2:45 - 3:00 Worship Proper
3:00 - 3:15 Group Discussions/ Snacks
3:15 - 4:15 Talk 2: Loving, Honoring and Serving Family
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*Activity before the talk: Paint me a Picture
4:15 – 4:30 Group Discussions
4:30– 4:45 Closing Worship
4:45 Announcements
2nd Meeting
12:30 -1:00 Arrival/ Registration
1:00 - 1:30 Teaching of Songs/Opening Worship
1:30 - 2:15 Talk 3: Loving, Honoring and Serving Our Brothers and
Sisters
2:15 - 2:30 Activity: Affirmation Exercise
2:30 – 2:45 Snacks
2:45 - 3:45 Amazing Race
3:45 - 4:30 Talk 4: Loving, Honoring and Serving Country
4:30 - 4:45 Closing Worship
4:45 Announcements
OPTION B: OVERNIGHT
1st Day
8:00am – 8:30 Arrival/ Registration
8:30 - 9:00 Orientation/Energizer
9:00 - 9:45 Talk 1: Loving, Honoring and Serving God
9:45 – 10:30 Worship Workshop
10:30 – 10:45 Worship Proper
10:45 – 11:00 Group Discussions
11:00 – 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30 - 2:45 Gathering/Teaching of Songs/Ice breaker
2:45 – 3:45 Talk 2: Loving, Honoring and Serving Family
*Activity before the talk: Family Portrait Tableau
3:45 – 4:15 Group Discussions/Snacks
4:15– 4:30 Ice breaker
4:30 – 6:30 Sharing with the whole Group/Creative Workshops
6:30 – 8:00 Dinner Break
8:00 - 8:45 Talk 3: Loving, Honoring and Serving Our Brothers and
Sisters
8:45 – 9:15 Activity: Affirmation Exercise
9:15 – 9:30 Closing of the whole day
9:30 Closing Worship
10:00pm LIGHTS OFF
2nd Day
7:00am –7:45 Morning Worship/ Common Prayer Time
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7:45 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 Gathering/Ice breaker
9:00 – 10:30 Amazing Race
10:30- 11:15 Talk 4: Loving, Honoring and Serving Country
11:15-11:30 Commitment Ceremony
11:30 MASS
Praisefest
1. It is very important that the team should take time and plan out for this
event. The Covenant Orientation is very important as this would guide the
YFC member in living his/her life as a true follower of Christ.
2. Also, a recollection and story conference is very helpful for the whole
team. This is one of the things that the team leader has to make sure will
happen. It would really be very helpful as the team prepares for the event,
their heart are also set for it.
3. It is advised that the team leader should talk and give a briefing to the
speakers and sharers about their talk and/or sharing, also of what is
expected from them to deliver.
4. On the Covenant Orientation Day itself, set a call time for the whole team.
Have a service team worship. Give reminders to the whole team.
5. Before the first talk, give a short orientation about the activity.
a. Give the short talk on Covenant. (See the talk below.)
b. Run down the schedule for the day. (Refer to schedule.)
c. Introduce the speakers.
6. Make sure to connect the talks, recalling the previous sessions and
stressing the importance of each.
7. Take this opportunity to help those new members grow is worship - many
of them still haven’t raised their hands, clapped, danced as an expression
of love for God or have spoken out words of prophecies in
faith. Encourage them to do so.
8. May God bless you and the whole service team for accepting this service
for the Lord. You will be helping more young adults deepen their
commitment to the Lord.
I. Introduction
In the fifth talk of our youth camp, Growing in the Holy Spirit, we
heard and learned how we could deepen our relationship with the Lord
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and where we were introduced to a special relationship and a special
covenant with our God.
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God’s covenant with us is a very special one. It is bound in a personal
way, like of God to Abraham; of God to us, His sons and daughters.
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Let us personalize this sentence as if the Lord is speaking to us: “For God
so loved me that He gave me His only Son, so that if I believe in Him, I will
not perish but I will have eternal life.” (Speaker leads and invites
participants to say this statement with all of their hearts.)
God loves us in spite of our sinful nature. He accepts us for who we are.
C. I am a son/daughter of God.
“You yourselves are no longer a slave but a son or a
daughter; and yours is the inheritance by God’s grace.” (Galatians
4:7)
We were once “slaves” of sin, but Jesus freed us. We became sons and
daughters of God the Father and brothers of Jesus. Because of this
special relationship, God assures
a. Loving God with all our heart means loving the Lord with our whole
being. “With all our heart” means to accept totally and live out the
ideals and principles of our Lord Jesus Christ even if it means to deny
ourselves.
b. Loving God means that we should always include God in our
decisions, may it be big or small.
c. Loving God means striving to be 100% PURE.
This is by living out a true Christian life that is pleasing to the very
heart of God. Living out a Christian lifestyle is loving God with all our
hearts.
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3. Virgin and Proud – Deciding to be virgin until marriage
4. PorNO – Rejecting any pornographic materials
5. No to masturbation – Rejecting any action that would lead you to sexual
sins
6. Zero Drugs – Choosing to be free from any abusive drugs
7. Pure in speech and action – Refusing any dirt words and gestures
8. True love waits – Not rushing into romantic relationships
9. No to gay lifestyle – Honoring God’s plan of making you a man or a woman
10. Pro-life – Defending life at all cost.
The phrase “Putting your heart into it.” means to work hard for something to
achieve high standards. (e.g. a high grade, a. good thesis or project). It is also
the same in loving God, it entails “putting our heart into it”, and give all our
perseverance for the Lord.
1. Our souls were created by God, who is also a pure Spirit. There is a
longing for our souls to be united with God, to be one with Him. (Ps. 84: 1-2)
- Prayer is a means of communicating with God and being
“one” with Him. Prayer nourishes our soul and bring it closer to God.
- We must be consistent with our prayer time. Aside from
our personal prayer times, here in YFC, we are introduced to praying
with brothers and sisters. We call this worship. Worship is praying and
singing our praises to the Lord.
- Decide to pray everyday.
- Make prayer a habit - allocate a certain place and time
for prayer. Start with a 15-minute prayer time.
- Make your prayer dynamic - sing songs, read scripture,
talk with God, pray the rosary.
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3. We should be eager to bring other souls to the Lord by our desire to
serve actively in YFC activities, Youth Camps or church activities.
2. We should learn about Him and study His teachings to gain wisdom.
We can achieve this by reading and reflecting on Scripture and/or other
Christian books.
3. We must learn how to witness to other people how the Lord is working in our
lives.
III. There will be times when our love for God will be tested.
B. When we sin
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C. When we experience dryness in prayer as if God is nowhere to be found,
or we become impatient when our prayers remain unanswered.
- The Lord will test our faithfulness. The more we pray to
Him in times like these, all the more He will be pleased with us and will
reward us.
IV. Conclusion
God is our Creator and our Father. He cares for us. He wants to see us
happy and live fruitful lives. He loves us and He considers us special. Let’s
acknowledge this and respond to Him by telling Him how special He is in our
lives. Let us love Him will all our heart, soul and mind.
(Note to the speaker: At this point, the speaker shall conduct a worship
workshop)
We now want to strengthen and put into expression the ideas we have heard
and learned in this session. What a better way to express our love for God
with all our heart, mind and soul, but through Worship.
(After the worship workshop, divide the group into their households and
process the worship workshop experience.)
Memory Verse:
“You shall love the Lord your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, with all
your mind.” (Matthew 22:37)
Discussion Starters:
(Gather as a group. Do not forget to start and end the group discussion with a
prayer.)
1. How is my relationship with God after the youth camp?
2. What more can I do to express my love for God with all my heart, soul and
mind?
(Choose one concrete example in your life where you can grow in your love for
God.)
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CFC Youth for Christ
Covenant Orientation
Talk 2: Loving, Honoring and Serving Family
Expanded Outline
(Speaker can spring off from the set learning of the game based on the images
derived from it.)
I. Introduction
There are no accidents. In the Youth Camp, we realized that God has a purpose
of bringing us into YFC. That is because He wants us to know and feel His love
for us through this community.
We did feel His love that weekend, we experienced a change in our lives and we
saw things differently. People started to see the change in us and the first to
witness this change are the people closest to us –our family.
In the first talk we embraced the commitment to love, honor and serve God. This
leads us to making greater and bolder improvements in our life.
There are two things that we should realize about the family:
But sometimes, God has a different plan for those who seem to live in
“broken families”. Do not be angry at God for putting you in that situation.
You should still recognize that your family is still God’s gift to you; that you
should still honor your father and mother, and learn to forgive them.
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- Realizing this, the evil one is working very hard to destroy the family
so that God’s plan in the world won’t happen.
We need to see the spiritual side to this, and take our part in this battle by
offering our very families to the plan of God. This can happen when we play
the role God has given us for our families.
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B. Relating with Our Brothers and Sisters in Our Families
1. Seeing our families (even our brothers and sisters) as God’s gift to us.
a. Expressing to them their importance to us and
appreciating them. (ex. Checking up on them thru texts, thanking
them)
b. Respecting and listening to what they have to say-even if they are
younger.
c. Lovingly correcting them
2. Witnessing
a. Be forgiving, patient and loving towards your
brothers and sisters.
b. Initiate healing - find ways to reconcile differences within the family.
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Parish, etc.)
III. Conclusion
How can we refer to God as Father if we do not have a good relationship with
our parents? Having a good relationship with our family defines our relationship
with our God.
There is an attack on the family. As YFC members, we need to take a stand
to protect and build the family — become witnesses and a hope to other families
and take our part in our vision of “Families in the Holy Spirit renewing the face of
the earth.”
Memory Verse:
“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
(Josh.24: 15)
Discussion Starters:
1.How can I grow in my relationship with my parents?
2.How can I grow in my relationship with my brothers and sisters?
Expanded Outline
Memory Verse:
1. Families have strong ties because of the same “blood” they share.
2. Comrades in arms/soldiers feel a close bond among
themselves after they have sacrificed and “shed blood”
together.
B. The blood that unites us is greater than any of these— the blood of Jesus
Christ (Jn. 3:16)
1. He has made us God’s children- we are brothers and sisters.
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2. Because we are a family, we should relate to one
another in ways a family should.
A. Commitment
C. Loyalty
1. Protect the brothers/sisters
a. Protecting the character of brothers/sisters
(Refuse to believe/listen to gossip about brothers and sisters)
b. Loyalty means correcting a brother or sister
c. Protecting the brother/sister physically
(e.g. making sure a sister gets home safely, having concern/
looking out for one another)
2. Protect YFC as a body/ community
C. Love
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Love should always be part of our relationship as brothers and sisters. “If
we love God, we must love our neighbor “ (Matt. 22:39)
D. Service
III. Obstacles that Hinder Us from Growing in our Relationship with our
Brothers/Sisters
A. Fear of Rejection
- We should draw our confidence from knowing that the
King of Kings has accepted and loved us as we are. Rejection from
others won’t affect us as much because of this fact.
- We should then grow in confidence in relating to our
brothers/sisters.
- Let us be the ones reaching out.
B. Pride
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IV. Our love for God and the YFC Family should extend and be
expressed in our schools.
We do this by being:
A. Witnesses
1. Being responsible students
- Being the best we can be for the Lord.
- Striving to live a Christian lifestyle. In YFC we have 100%
Pure Lifestyle.
B. Evangelistic
1. Inviting our classmates to youth camps
- Sharing our faith/service in YFC to our classmates
V. Conclusion
If we love God, then it follows that we should love one another (1 Jn 4:20).
As God’s family, each of us is called to love, honor and serve one another,
building up God’s community as a witness to all.
(Note to the team leader: In lieu of the discussion group, the activity below could
be used.)
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4.Facing partners, each will have a minute to honor and share an area of
accountability to the person in front of him.
5.The game master claps his hand to signal the reversal of roles, it is the other’s
turn now to honor and share for a minute.
6.At the sound of the whistle, both lines must move one step –line 1 to the right
and line 2 to the left.
7.Repeat until everyone gets to honor and share an area of accountability.
I. Introduction
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born I set you
apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
(Jeremiah 1:5)
God entrusted to us the place where we are living right now. It is our
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responsibility as stewards of His creation to take care of our environment
and
our country’s resources.
2. Being aware and actively taking part in the affairs of our country. Be
vigilant in what is happening in our country.
- If we are of voting age - we should exercise this right at
every opportunity.
- Condemn corruption in government and society without
condemning the government and society itself. We could always
be part of the solution and not add to the problem of society, by
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being agents of change through the simple ways of not engaging
to bribery of traffic enforcers.
3. Use our talents, time, skills, and abilities to serve our country. We could
always volunteer in our barangays whenever they need help in the activities or
events they are organizing. The things we learn in our community can be shared
to our neighbors as well.
1. In CFC, Gawad Kalinga (GK) is a way of serving with the poor. Gawad
Kalinga upholds the values of stewardship, the path of peace, love, sacrifice,
humility and hard work. GK believes and lives out the following:
- Simplicity of lifestyle. (Less for self, more for others, enough for all)
- Sharing my resources to help the poor help themselves.
- At least 4 hours in a month to serve in a GK site (Build, CYD, SOCMIN,
etc.)
2. Sharing my love for the poor with my family, friends and areas of
influence.
3. Our love for all those that God loves, namely our country should give
us a greater desire to evangelize. (Mt. 28:18-20)
III. Conclusion
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God has placed us where we are, according to His purposes, so that we can
use their circumstances that surround us to be witnesses for Him.
When we honor our country, we must honor the poor, when we honor the
poor we honored our purpose. Helping the poor people is helping this country to
the first world.
It is written in the bible that ‘’Faith without action is dead’’. As we believe in
God we must also do His will. It is not enough that we pray. What a better way to
live a Christ-like life but to be Jesus to other people. Share our lives to them.
Share our time, talent and treasure to them. We must allow our faith to be
expressed in the way we live our lives.
Memory Verse:
“You are the light of the world ... let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.” (Mt.
5:14,16)
Discussion Starters:
At this point, the participants are now ready to receive their covenant
cards. This would now be the commitment ceremony that would make the
participants feel that the covenant of a YFC member is something that
should be taken seriously.
The team could prepare an AVP that would show concrete ways of
living out the covenant. The music that could be used for the AVP as a
reflection song could be SONG OF A SERVANT or I SURRENDER. The
covenant cards could now be distributed.
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The Covenant of a Youth for Christ Member
* I will spend time in prayer where I can grow in loving, honoring and
serving Him.
* I will learn and grow in living out these ideals and principles of my Lord
Jesus.
* I believe that my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. I will not dishonor
the Lord through drunkenness, drugs or immorality.
* I will participate actively in the life of my Church.
* I will show love and loyalty to the Lord and to my school by being a
good student.
* I will take responsibility in my studies.
* I will respect school authorities.
* I will serve my classmates and build good relationships in school.
* I will relate in love and loyalty to the brothers and sisters from other
schools, cities, provinces, states and countries.
* I will serve the Lord in YFC in whatever way I can, whenever / wherever
the Lord chooses to call me.
* I will follow the directions of my elders and leaders in YFC.
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* I will strive to preserve and protect the environment.
II. God is so special to us that He enables us to love Him more than anything
else (Mt. 22:37)
A. Loving God with all our heart
1. Heart means “core”. We love the Lord with the core of our being
- Includes our ideals and principles, and decision
2. Loving God entails sacrifice
B. ...with all our soul
1. Our souls long for God (Ps. 84: 1-2)
2. Practicing the sacraments express our soul longing for God
3. Eagerness to serve
C. ...With all our mind
1. Includes our thoughts, intentions and learning
2. We should grow in our knowledge of Scripture/books about the
Lord
3. We must learn how to witness to others about the Lord’s work in our
lives.
Discussion Starters:
1. How is your relationship with God after the youth camp?
2. What more can I do to express my love for God with all my heart, soul and
mind?
Memory Verse:
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul
and with all your mind.” (Mt. 22:37)
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Loving, Honoring & Serving the Family
Participant’s Handout
A. To our parents:
1. Honor and respect (Ex. 20:12)
2. Obedience (Eph. 6:1)
3. Respect primarily because they are our parents
(Sirach 3:1-15)
Discussion Starters:
1. How can I grow in my relationship with my parents?
2. How can I grow in my relationship with my siblings?
Memory Verse:
“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
(Joshua 24:15)
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C. Loyalty
D. Love (Mt. 22:39)
E. Service
IV. Our love for God and YFC should extend and be expressed in our schools
A. Being witness
B. Being evangelistic
C. Loving our neighbor — our classmates
Memory Verse:
Memory Verse:
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“You are the light of the world ... let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.” (Mt.
5:14,16)
Discussion Starters:
1. What things am I doing that shows dishonor or disrespect to the country that
God has placed me in? How can I correct these?
2. What concrete decision can I make that will help me love, honor and serve
my country better?
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