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The Breakfast: Aid or Hindrance to Evangelization

The BCBP

NLRSlide2

Introduction

The BCBP was called into existence by our Lord for

Evangelizing

Evangelizing primarily men

Evangelizing business leaders and decision makersSlide3

Introduction

Everything in the BCBP exists to support evangelization

If we lose our ability to evangelize

We lose our raison d'être Slide4

Introduction

The Importance of the Breakfast

A Gift of the Lord to the BCBP

The Key instrument of evangelizing sinners

The un-churched

The ones without a relationship with the LordSlide5

Introduction

36 years after the first breakfast

Question

Is Purpose still clear?

Have practices over the years subverted its evangelistic thrust

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Is the breakfast now only capable of evangelizing the piousSlide6

Questions and Observations

Do we need to have a sharing at the breakfast?

The chapter does not have anyone who can shareSlide7

Questions and Observations

The wife of the breakfast head arranging for a surprise renewal of her marriage vows at the joint breakfastSlide8

Questions and Observattions

Women attending the men's breakfast

Does't that make it a joint breakfast?Slide9

Questions and Observations

At a joint breakfast the man shares both his part of the sharing as well has that of his wife, who got sick and couldn't comeSlide10

Questions and Observations

Couple sharers bring their children to participate in the sharingSlide11

Lost Purpose and Vision for Breakfast

The breakfast has become something we just do

Why we do what we do is no longer clear

We need re-focusing

Clarifying purpose

andvisionSlide12

Why this Topic for Chapter Heads?

Chapter Heads are responsible for everything in the chapter

Including the effectiveness of the BreakfastSlide13

Topics of our Retreat

The Breakfast is just a breakfast

Nothing more, nothing less

The Breakfast is for evangelization

It does not exist for the Chapter

members

It is not the place for the music ministry to give a concert

The Sharing is to bring people to Jesus

It is not an opportunity to tell one’s life storySlide14

Method of our NLR

Each topic begins with a case study

Fuller explanation

Open Forum

discussion

Goal: Clarifying vision and purpose of the breakfastSlide15

Case 1:

To reduce cost the Chapter governance team in a certain place transferred the breakfast to the retreat house run by the Sisters of Divine Compassion on the invitation of the sisters who are very close to some of the members. There is really only a minimal charge for a very good breakfast. However, what is really wonderful according to the breakfast head and mission director is the fact that the breakfast room is next to the chapel and this makes it possible to transfer to the chapel after the breakfast and there in the presence of the Lord in the blessed Sacrament listen to the sharing. To gain the benefit fully, the breakfast head and mission director decided on the following format for the second part in the chapel. They always now begin by imploring the mercy of the Lord. All kneel while the music ministry leads them in the song “Lord have mercy”. This is followed by 5 minute of silent adoration. After that the sharer is introduced and after the sharing the usual response is given and after the announcements the meeting is concluded with a hymn to our Lady. Many of the members are deeply moved by the new format. Even the sisters come and listen to the sharing from their place in the balcony of the chapel. They do so even at men’s breakfasts.

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You are the RCD. You find out about the above quite by accident. A member of your own chapter had been invited to be a sharer there and sitting next to you at your chapter’s prayer assembly shares with you how deeply he was impressed by the devotion and wonderful closeness of the Lord in the breakfast of that chapter. Looking into the matter you find out that the above is really true and happening. How will you handle the situation and why?Slide17

Original Breakfast Structure

Opening song and prayer

= Grace before meals

Breakfast

Intro of first

timers

Introduction of BCBP

Intro of sharer and sharing

Closing prayer = Prayer after mealsSlide18

Present-day Usual Structure

Part 1: Breakfast

Music Ministry plays songs

Prayer

before meals

Serving of

food

Music Ministry continues playing during the breakfast

Part 2: After the Breakfast

Opening song and Prayer of the Breakfast

Intro of First Timers

Intro of BCBP

Intro and Sharing

Response

Gift to sharer

Closing PrayerSlide19

Result

We have no

longer

a breakfast

We have a breakfast

And something elseSlide20

Result

We are no longer clear

The BCBP Breakfast is just a breakfast

It

is nothing elseSlide21

Going Back to the Genuine Breakfast Structure

Opening song and prayer = grace before meals

MC welcomes all and invites them to get their food

After a pause

Introduces first timers

Shows video of BCBPSlide22

Breakfast Structure, continued

When most have finished eating

Sharer is introduced

Sharing is given

Token given to sharer

Announcements

Final song and prayerSlide23

Why a Breakfast?

Real red-blooded he-men don't go to prayer meetings

Religion is a woman's thing

Too emotional

Real red-blooded he-men may come to a breakfastSlide24

Why a Breakfast

Its purpose is to evangelize real red-blooded, he-men

This is still the purpose even at the joint breakfast

We want to reach sinners, the unchurched, men without a relationship with Jesus or ChurchSlide25

Why a Breakfast

The breakfast needs to remain just a breakfast for that reason

For real red-blooded men to feel comfortable

The BCBP men at the breakfast need to be real red-blooded he-men

In love with ChristSlide26

Why the Breakfast

BCBP tendency to make

the breakfast

a religious event

Statues, candles, religious

imagesSlide27

Why a breakfast?

Tendency to separate the breakfast from the religious second part

Destroys the integrity of the breakfastSlide28

Ideal Evangelistic Breakfast

Opening song and grace before meals

Song with just one or two guitarists

No singers in front

We all know the songs and we all love to sing

Singing community most importantSlide29

Ideal Evangelistic Breakfast

During the eating

Inroduce

first-timers

Intro BCBP

Intro sharer and sharing

Final song, everyone sings no music ministrySlide30

Open Forum

This is a time for the following

First: questions for clarification

Second: Questions and inputs

Let's

stayon

topic with

our questions and inputsSlide31

Talk 2: The Breakfast and Evangelization

Everything at the Breakfast must support evangelizationSlide32

Introduction

Everything at the Breakfast must support evangelization

Something is good when it supports evangelization

Something is bad when it hinders evangelizationSlide33

Case 2:

The breakfast of the chapter is always well-attended and there are always  new comers. What the breakfast team is quite proud of is their great music ministry. As soon as you enter the hall where the breakfast takes place you are surrounded by the sound of the BCBP songs beautiful rendered by the ministry. Thus from the very beginning the focus is on worship of the Lord as people listen to the songs while they get their food and have breakfast. Of course the music ministry leads the opening song. They make it extra special by adding a fancy ending. Often they render a special song for all to listen as part of the response to the sharing. As soon as the final announcements are done and the closing prayer is said the music ministry renders more BCBP songs to accompany the breakfasters on their way out of the hall.Slide34

The breakfast head and mission director have noticed that in spite of the fact that the breakfast is so focused on the Lord most of the first timers remain once-timers. They share this concern with the Chapter Head and he has decided to discuss this with you all, the members of his governance team.

How would you analyze the situation. What could be possible reasons for most first-timers to remain once-timers.Slide35

Blocks to Evangelization

Loud and constant singing blocks evangelization

Very difficult to talk

Difficult to introduce guests to others

Prevents conversation and camaraderieSlide36

Blocks to Evangelization

Sponsors are ignorant or prevented to do their duty

To introduce their guest to as many as possible

Guest is to feel at home

To feel he/she knows the people at the breakfastSlide37

Duties of Sponsors

Introduce your guest to those at your table

If possible also to some others

For your guest to come back

He/she must feel part of the breakfast groupSlide38

Duties of BCBP Members

Share with first timers

How you came to the BCBP

What the BCBP has done for you

Share the influence it has had on your business and professional lifeSlide39

Right Use of Music

Only use the following

Opening song (1 only)

Response song (optional)

Closing songSlide40

No Music Ministry Needed

Don't have singers in front

The entire BCBP group should sing

Possible bad influence of a Music Ministry

Will make the community passive

Listening rather than singing activelySlide41

Evaluation Question

Does this activity

Help or hinder evangelization

Connecting individuals to the BCBP

Will it get him/her to come back to the next breakfast

Bringing them closer to the LordSlide42

Open Forum

Questions for clarification

Questions and InputsSlide43

The Sharing

The Heart of the BreakfastSlide44

Can you have a breakfast without sharing?

A breakfast without a testimony to Jesus makes no sense for the BCBP

The sharing is crucial for our evangelization

Let us begin with a caseSlide45

Case 3:

At a joint breakfast

Mirabelle

and Amadeus Sta. Cruz were the sharers. They shared about their lives, their families during their childhood and early years, how they found each other, and the years of their marriage, their ups and downs and how they finally found a home in the BCBP. They also shared how they got into service and about all the sacrifices they have made for the sake of the BCBP and the Lord. They shared about how much they were blessed as a consequence of their generosity. Their business is flourishing, they are able to travel, but above all the blessing of a vacation house in

Midlands,

Tagaytay

, where

the family can get together on weekends. They had so much to share that it took nearly an hour. Slide46

You are the chapter Head and you happened to attend that breakfast. You noticed that some people left while the sharing was still going on. Also toward the end of the sharing you could hear people talking in the back of the room. The breakfast ended nearly 45 minutes later than scheduled. Since this was not the first time that breakfast sharers went on for a long time you decided to discuss and evaluate the sharing at the governance meeting.

You are the members of the governance. Discuss the case above and evaluate it. What do you think about it? What really is the purpose of the sharing? What should be the result of an effective sharing whether a single or couple sharing?Slide47

Evangelization and Sharing

Our purpose in all we do

To help people enter into a personal relationship with Jesus

To accept Jesus as personal Lord and Savior and to share in Christ's lifeSlide48

Purpose of the Sharing

To arouse a hunger or desire in new comers

To get to know Jesus as the sharer knows him

Arouse the desire to come back to hear more about JesusSlide49

Problems with long sharing

In past, attention span of an adult was 20 minutes

After 20 minutes the attention of your audience wanders

In the present, attention span of an adult is about 7 minutesSlide50

Problem with Life-Stories

Most

sharings

are "this is my life"

sharings

True especially of couple sharers

The focus is not on Jesus

The focus is on your lifeSlide51

Purpose of a good sharing

Lead new comers to Jesus

Rouse a hunger for getting to know the Lord

Rouse a desire to have Jesus come into their livesSlide52

Structure of a good sharing

Twenty minute sharing

5 Minutes intro and

situationer

10 minutes how Jesus came into the situation and made a difference

3 minutes, summarization and conclusion,

What is the difference since thenSlide53

Example of St. Paul

Introduction

You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it.Slide54

Example of Paul

Main part of sharing

I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things

,

want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, 11 if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Slide55

Example of Paul

Body of sharing continued

I want

to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, 11 if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Slide56

Example of Paul

Conclusion

Now I press

on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Slide57

Example of Paul

Conclusion

and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of

God, who

loved me and gave himself for me.Slide58

The Structure of Paul's Sharing

I was this: a sinner, a persecutor of the Church

God revealed his Son to me a sinner

I fell in love with Jesus Christ

Now I am making Christ the center of my daily life and live for himSlide59

Sharing Workshop

Men/women's sharing

Work time 20 minutes

Length of sharing 5 minutes

Introduction 1 minute

Body of Sharing 3 min

Conclusion 1 minSlide60

Share in your group (only 5 min)

Give feedback

Was it no longer than 5 minutes?

Was the focus on Jesus and what he had done for the individual?

Would it encourage new comers to want to know Jesus more?Slide61

Couple Sharing

Length of sharing 6 min

Introduction 1 min

Body of sharing

2 min for man and 2 min for woman

Conclusion 1 minSlide62

Work Time 20 min

Share in your groups

Feedback

Did it observe the time limit of 6 min?

Did it put Jesus in the center

Would it help first-timers to want to know Jesus more?Slide63

Feedback on Couple Sharing

The couple

sharings

are not really couple

sharings

They are two individual

sharings

Presented alternately

First the man says something about himself

Then the woman does the sameSlide64

Genuine couple sharing

Choose one experience

Share how this impacted you both

Share how the Lord came into the situation

Share what happened then

Let it be the sharing of the couple not of him and her done alternatelySlide65

Where Do We Go From Her

The Next StepsSlide66

Toward a Breakfast Development Plan

In Regional Groups

Set one goal for 2016-2017

To make your breakfast a more effective tool of evangelizationSlide67

How to discover the goal

Ask with respect to the breakfast

If we had time to do only one thing

What would be the thing that would make the greatest difference

If we did it well and

consistantlySlide68

Develop Implementation Steps

What would be the implementation steps that would incorporate that one thing into your breakfast?

What is the first step that you need to take? The second, the third?Slide69

Time Frame

Last quarter of 2016

Do all the preliminaries

Make adjustments as neededSlide70

January2017 and onward

Implement the plan fully

Fully implement your "new" breakfast

starting January 2017