SFC Pastoral Formation

Pastoral formation is one of the most important aspects of our life in community. Being spiritually nourished and formed according to God’s ways makes us true living witnesses of Christ and empowers us to evangelize in both word and action.

The SFC Pastoral Formation Track is the ministry’s response to the need of SFC members to be molded in the ways of the Lord and to continuously grow in their faith journey. It is an important element in achieving the SFC vision of “Every single man and woman all over the world experiencing Christ” and in fulfilling our mission of “Building the Church of the Home and Building the Church of the Poor.”

The SFC Pastoral Formation Track is based on the following principles:

1. The live of the single person in SFC must be one with purpose, focused on the vision and mission of the ministry and on one’s discerned personal vocation and mission in response to this.

2. The SFC community should be a relevant and meaningful source of nourishment for its members, aside from being a body of Christian support in each member’s faith journey.

3. The formation of members in the ministry must be

• Purposeful and deliberate. Seeking and receiving spiritual or pastoral formation should be an intentional effort on the part of both the ministry and each individual member.
• Relevant. The PF track is such that a member’s formation equips him with what he will need to live a fruitful and meaningful Christian life, covering different aspects of his life, and deepening as he progresses in the track. It should answer the needs of singles today, the challenges they face in the different aspects of their life: faith, family, career, relationships, vocation, and service.
• Supporting the call and teachings of the Church. Even before we are members of a Christian community we are all part of the Church, the Body of Christ. Thus, pastoral formation in SFC should help members live out the faith and also be active contributing members of the Church, faithful to its teachings.
• Ongoing and continuous. Formation in a person’s faith life never ends. Thus, even after all the formation weekends and teachings have been completed, each member must be moved and supported in seeking other avenues for formation. At the same time, leaders who look after the formation of their members also proactively help provide them with various opportunities for spiritual growth and nourishment.

4. Formation must be holistic and integrated. One’s faith life must permeate all other aspects of life: family, career, relationships, citizenship. Thus, there is no “double-life”; rather, each one becomes a witness of Christ in and out of community.

5. The formation of SFC is anchored on the ministry’s vision: “Every single man and woman all over the world experiencing Christ.” We are formed that we may experience Christ and see Him in everything that happens in our lives, and thus be empowered to make this a reality in the lives of others. Formation brings the vision to life and aims at making it a reality.

Source: The Singles For Christ Pastoral Formation Track (Revised February 2010)