Servants of the Lord

Source: http://www.cfcireland.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=38

Christian Life Program (CLP)

In order to join CFC, you have to go through a seminar that is called the Christian Life Program (CLP). The CLP is an integrated course intended to lead the participants into a renewed understanding of God’s call to them. Here in the Ireland it runs mostly for two (2) consecutive weekends divided into three (3) modules with a total of 13 sessions. It starts with an orientation followed by 12 session, which consist of a teaching and a group discussion.

The CLP has two basic purposes: evangelism and spiritual renewal.

To evangelize is to take the basic message of Christianity and to proclaim it anew so that those who hear it can make a renewed commitment to the Lord in a way which will allow them to receive a fuller experience of the work of the Holy Spirit in their lives.

Spiritual renewal works in three ways:

1. For the individual, it brings a person into a stronger relationship with God by discovering and living more fully the power and gifts he or she received through the Holy Spirit.

2. For the family, it brings married couples to a renewed commitment to Christian family Life and it starts to build up a community of committed Christian families.

3. For the Church, it brings people within a particular parish to a fuller experience of life in the Spirit. Consequently it strengthens and revitalizes community life in the parish.

The topics of the 12 sessions are:

Module No. 1: THE BASIC TRUTHS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY

1. God's Love

2. Who is Jesus Christ?

3. What it means to be a Christian.

4. Repentance and Faith. Faith

Module No. 2: THE AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN LIFE

5. The Christian Ideal: Loving God

6. Loving Your Neighbor

7. The Christian Family

8. Life in the Holy Spirit

Module No. 3: LIVING A SPIRIT-FILLED CHRISTIAN LIFE

9. Receiving the Power of the Holy Spirit

10. Growing in the Spirit

11. The Life and Mission of the Couples of Christ

12. Transformation in Christ