COUPLES FOR CHRIST CHRISTIAN LIFE PROGRAM The Christian Life Program (CLP) is an integrated course intended to lead

the program participants into a renewed understanding of and response to God's call to them as Christian couples. The program has a total of 13 separate sessions, usually held once a week. Goals of the CLP Specifically, the CLP is intended to achieve the following: 1. Bring the participant to repentance and a renewed faith in Jesus. 2. Empower the participant in the Christian life through baptism in the Holy Spirit. 3. Integrate the participant into a strong environment of support and ongoing formation. Content of the CLP The CLP starts with an orientation session, then goes into 3 modules of 4 sessions each. The first module presents the absolute basics of Christian life. The second module presents the kind of life that God calls us to, and helps couples to make a reorientation of their lives around Jesus. The third module helps the couples to appropriate for their lives the power of the Holy Spirit, and provides the basis for continuing spiritual growth. The topics of the sessions are: Module 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 Module 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 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 CFC 12. Transformation in Christ