 CFC-Youth
for Family and Life
What
is CFC Youth for Family and Life (CFC-YFL)?
CFC-YFL
is part of the Youth Ministry Couples for Christ Foundation
for Family and Life (CFC-FFL) that caters
to youth aged 13-21 years old.
What
is the CFC-SFL entry point?
The
entry point to CFC Youth for Family and Life (YFL), is the
Youth Camp. The Youth Camp is a three-day stay-in camp that
is normally conducted during the summer and semester breaks
to officially bring the youth into YFL.
What
is the relationship between CFC-YFL and CFC-FFL?
As
a part of the larger family of CFC-FFL, CFC-YFL shares
it’s vision, mission and core values.
CFC-FFL
Vision:
We
are an evangelistic and missionary community, committed
to become families empowered by the Holy Spirit to renew
the face of the earth.
CFC-FFL
Mission:
We
strive for holiness of life, as we commit to renew the
temporal order through our work with the poor, our work
for justice, and our work for life.
CFC-FFL
Core Values:
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Centered on Christ
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Evangelistic
and Missionary
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Focused
on Family
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Being
a Community
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Living
a preferential option for the poor
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Exercising
Servant Leadership
-
Being
a Servant to the Church
What
is CFC-YFL's purpose?
CFC-YFL's
5-fold purpose can be stated by the acronym HEART.
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Honor
for the purpose of Worship
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Empower
for the purpose of Discipleship
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Act
for the purpose of Ministry
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Relate
for the purpose of Fellowship
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Testify
for the purpose of Evangelism
THE
CFC-YFL PURPOSE STATEMENT
“CFC
YFL exists to provide an environment for the youth to
HONOR God through a life of holiness,
to EMPOWER them to ACT
in humble service, to encourage them to RELATE
in joy with their family, community and the Church and
to TESTIFY God’s love.“
How
does CFC-YFL's purpose relate to CFC-FFL's Core Values?
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Honor
Purpose teaches us to be Centered on Christ.
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Empower Purpose makes us Exercise servant
leadership.
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Act Purpose makes us live our Preferential
option for the poor.
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Relate
Purpose strengthen our Focus on the family, our
Being a community and Being a servant of the Church.
-
Testify Purpose emphasizes our calling
to be Evangelistic and missionary.
What
is the Life and Culture of CFC-YFL?
Our
culture is our way of doing things in the ministry. Youth
attending our activities, member or non-member, will see
these as the FACE of CFC-YFL.
1.
Fun
It is a characteristic of the youth to seek activities that
are pleasurable and amusing. We in CFC-YFL provide just
that kind of environment in the spirit of Catholic enjoyment.
We desire to fulfill the need of the youth for merriment
through activities that promote not only spiritual but social
growth as well.
2.
Acceptance
A determinant to one’s active participation in a
community is the feeling of being welcomed. In CFC-YFL,
we strive to create an atmosphere of belongingness wherein
everyone is given warm reception regardless of race, gender,
physical attributes, attitude… etc. We believe that
we are all brothers and sisters in Christ because by one
Spirit are we all baptized into one body and have been
all made to drink into one Spirit (1 Cor. 12:13). Therefore,
each person should be loved, just like Christ had loved,
in spite of who he/she is and was. (John 15:12)
3.
Christ Centered
The focal point in the existence of CFC-YFL is Christ. We
look to Jesus Christ as our model and guide. Therefore,
in each endeavor and activity in our community, we first
and foremost seek that God will be glorified. Every activity’s
goal is for the participant to know Christ and be like Him.
4.
Excellence
Since in CFC-YFL we believe that all things should be
done for the glory of God (1 Peter 4:11), we do everything
outstandingly in all the aspects of our lives. We do everything
to the best of our abilities by dwelling in truth, honor,
righteousness, purity, loveliness and good reputation.
(Philippians 4:8)
Updated: 12-18-2009 |