SFC UNVEILS RESTATED VISION AND MISSION

By Jerry Palma

With over 7,000 delegates from all over the world, SFC International Coordinator Aldy Katigbak, unveiled the restated vision and mission statements of the Singles for Christ during Session 4 in the recently concluded SFC ICON held in Cebu City last February 20-22, 2009. The theme for this year’s ICON was in sync with the Couples for Christ’s “Forward in Christ”.  

We have been all too familiar with our SFC vision “A generation of leaders and martyrs”. As a result of the series of SFC congresses held nationwide last year, the SFC Council discerned the need to restate the SFC vision and came up with its new vision statement - “Every single man and woman all over the world experiencing Christ”. 

With the restatement of the vision, a new mission statement was likewise unfurled. Aligning with the CFC’s mission, SFC’s new mission statement is “ Building the church of the home and the church of the poor”.

The vision gives shape and direction to the community’s future. It is a statement of what the community wants to become. And that is precisely what the new vision depicts– that in the future, all single men and women everywhere, without exception, shall be experiencing Christ in their everyday lives and making this world a new heaven on earth. This is a particularly tough vision but appropriate given that SFC is now everywhere and reaching towards the ends for the earth. 

The mission statement is a brief but broad description of what we do, with/for whom we do it and why we do it. Building the church of the home and the church of the poor means that we are committed to live in God’s righteousness and holiness, evangelizing people through a life of love and service; we shall work for the renewal of families that will serve God and build generations of Christian leaders; and, we shall pursue Total Christian Liberation through social justice, respect for life, and work with the poor.

As SFC member, we should embrace the same vision and mission and with commitment, passion and dedication, move forward to bring Christ’s love to everyone and, to be effective, be an example of a person experiencing Christ in our daily lives.

In order to move forward, we learned from Session 4 that SFC’s must have a posture of Jesus’ heart   – C (Catholic); H (Humility); R (Radical); I (intercessory); S (Sacrificial) and; T (Togetherness). Only in Christ Jesus following His heart’s posture will we be able to move in the right direction, with the right attitude and with sufficient love. 

As we all know, the vision cannot be attained by just memorizing it or talking about it – we should make a move and take action. And now I would like to pose a question, in our own little way, – 

WHAT CAN I CONCRETELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE ATTAINMENT OF OUR VISION?

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