ASF LAY FORMATION INSTITUTE & CATECHETICAL CENTER (ALFI-CC)

INTRODUCTION TO EVANGELIZATION THROUGH SMALL CARING GROUPS (BECs)

(Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 16)

FORMATION OF SMALL CARING GROUPS (SCGs)

STAGES: Pagbubukas Loob (palagayan lub in pampango) Friendship Sharing

SKILLS NEEDED: Sharing Listening

GOALS TO BE ACHIEVED: Friendship in Christ

SMALL CARING GROUPS or SCGs (IMPORTANCE, SIGNIFICANCE, FUNCTIONS) 1.

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SCG's are little schools of friendship, of caring, sharing, of active concern for one another. Members are responsible to and for one another, regarding attendance at and being responsive and responsible to call of our mission in any place at any event and need. Their melody: "Nakangiti at masaya pag nagkikita, pag hindi nakita, miss-na-miss kita. The SCG meet once a week in the place and time agreed by the members to
say hello and to inquire how each one is. to relate to one another interesting or important to the person in his/her life and work to report on anything the group has agreed to do in the recent week(s) to plan whatever they decide they are going to undertake and to prepare what they will share with the other SCG's.

It is expected that the SCG begins their weekly meeting with a prayer.

APAT (4) NA TIPANAN NG BUKLOD NG MALASAKIT

Buklod ng Malasakit: ang PUSO at CENTRO ng aming PAGSASAGAWA ng MISYON ng ating PANGINOON DITO SA PAROKYA AT SA ARKIDIOSESIS.

1. NAKIKIPAG KAIBIGAN SA KAPIT BAHAY. NAKANGITI AT MASAYA KAPAG

NAGKIKITA. NAGKUKUMUSTAHAN. BIBIGYAN NG PANSIN ANG KAPWA NA NAKAKASALUBONG.

2. PAG HINDI NAGKIKITA: MISS-NA-MISS! INAALA-ALA, BINIBISITA,

IPINAGDARASAL ANG BAWAT ISA (PANALANGIN NG PAMILYA).

3. SAMA-SAMA KAMI SA PAGMAMALASAKIT SA BAWAT ISA AYON

SA PANGANGAILANGAN at SA ABOT NG AMING KAYA AT KAGANDAANG LOOB; AT SAMA-SAMANG NAGLILINGKOD SA BA PANG KAPWA TAO, SA SAMBAYANAN, SIMBAHAN AT SA LIPUNAN. NAPAGKASUNDUHAN AT PARA SA JESUCENTRO.

4. DADALO SA LINGGUHANG-SESYON SA ARAW. ORAS AT LUGAR NA AMING

Ang PAROKYA ay MAGIGING SAMBAYANAN BINUBUO NG MALILIIT NA SAMBAYANAN (at sambayanan ng mga maliit).

Building and strengthening of participatory communities that make up the parish as a community of communities. NPCCR Pastoral Priority # 5.

Tasking of SCGs
Host Team
> Welcome participants Checks attendance gives a short summary of the previous session. Affirming participants
arrange the chairs, blackboard, whiteboard pens, LCD, laptop, VCD player and other needs of the venue, checks the sound system before the session Provide service, cleanliness, orderliness Opening Prayer, Simple Bible Enthronement Closing Prayer Energizers, Ice Breakers leads the community singing/action for unfreezes Facilitate program on fellowship, if any

Physical Arrangement & Dining Hall LITURGY

Socials

Assignment of SCGs
TASKS HOST TEAM PHYSICAL ARRANGEMENT & DINING ;HALL LITURGY SOCIALS

Day 1 Day 2

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3 4

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Day 3
Day 4 Day 5 Day 6

3 4
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4 1
2 3

1 2
3 4

2 3
4 1

SMALL CARING GROUPS

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Sharing in theSCGs
Your tasks "getting to know you," each one shares with the others personal data: ( @ 5 min?)
Part 1 1. Birthday and place, names you are called by, 2. Background of parents, some circumstances of birth, 3. Religious affiliation and usual practice of it, 4. Studies, competence in the school community, 5. One or two qualities and talents you are grateful to the Lord for gifting you with, and 6. One or two ways of acting or talking that are giving others a negative impression of you and something you are working on.

Continuation Sharing in theSCGs

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Part 2 Hopes & Fears the benefit and good they can expect of their SCG if it is functioning well, the difficulties and trials they can foresee as hindering the objectives of SCG's (They simply
note these things without discussion, to be attended to on another occasion)

Part 3 What can you offer to make this course successful? Part 4 The SCG servant leader is chosen.

Continuation Sharing in the SCGs

PART 4
The SCO's now assess themselves. They share: "who am I", Now they talk about: "who are we": What characteristics did you observe about your group: funny, shy aggressive, fun-loving, actionoriented, pious, argumentative, . Then agree on the NAME by which you want to be known. Name must be like the title of a movie or a book, short, interesting, descriptive, respectable, in any language we have some familiarity or an ACRONYM. To complete your SCG identity you should choose a SYMBOL to go with your NAME. To add spice to yourselves choose or compose your theme song and be ready to sing at least one stanza. Each SCG will joyfully perform before the general assembly. Prepare reports, and assign roles to each SCG member. SCG head is MC He/She introduces Secretary who in turn attends to the introduction of the members (with humor, creativity, (but with time economy) Introduction may be like a chain reaction or the whole group introduces every member one by one. Another reports hopes and fears of SCG Then the whole group let the assembly know who they are (in a skit? with song and dance 5 - 7 mins (could be playful like in kindergarten or serious like executives? Prepare well, anticipate what stage props and material the SCG will need. Simple creativity is preferred to extravagance. If you wish in your presentation be like kindergarten children again for a while.

3 Rules in Sharing
1. When you talk, look at everybody in the group. Speak loud enough to be understood by everybody in your SCG but see to it that you do not disturb the other SCGs. Use mouth, eyes and heart. 2. When somebody is talking, look at that person, listen to what is being said, watch the facial expression and gestures. Heartily accept him/her. 3. Do not whisper to your neighbor in group. 4. Observe L.I.P.J.A.S.S. Note: If the first is violated raise one finger. You do not say anything but let the others see your finger. It may happen that the whole group has become too noisy. SCG members may raise a finger each. Two fingers if one or more is not listening. And so on.

WHAT, WHY, HOW of SHARING

I] What is sharing? it is to invest of yourself to your group, and to accept the investment of others. We should have in ourselves an initial trust and respect of one another. 2] Why share? because everything is a gift from God for all His daughters and sons - to us His children What He gives each of us is to be shared with our brothers and sisters for the good, well being ami happiness of everybody. Sharing is an experience of love, God's first act to us .....' 3] How do we share? With the proper use of our tongue, our ears our eyes, our heart. When you speak to the group, address everybody, clearly: look at then and allow your heart to feel their feelings. When somebody is talking, listen with your two ears, look at the speaker, and let your heart feel his/her feelings.