Sponsorship

TENNESSEE EPISCOPAL CURSILLO
GROWING CHRIST-CENTERED LEADERS FOR THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH

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Sponsoring a Candidate

When we sponsor a candidate for a three-day weekend we're also sponsoring that person's walk with God and his/her growth in ministry. It involves much more than signing a form or even taking a friend to the weekend, more than attending the closing service and helping the candidate find a group reunion. The weekend only happens after we have made friends, been friends, and taken time to discern if attending a Cursillo weekend is the best way to help our friend's growth in Christ right now. We talk to God about our friend, then talk to our clergy about our friend, then talk to our friend about Cursillo. The closing may end the candidate's weekend, but it doesn't end our friendship or the role we play as sponsors. Now, we and our candidate become colleagues, fellow disciples in the work of the Kingdom, perhaps in a new and powerful way. If it is clear that Cursillo would help our friend grow in faith and ministry, we then help fill out the registration form and consider the role we are to play as sponsor.

Click on the links below to open and print out the listed document(s):

Tennessee Episcopal Cursillo Brochure. Print this out and hand it to your candidate to begin answering his/her questions about Cursillo
Checklist of Responsibilities for sponsors. Read it carefully and commit yourself to sponsoring faithfully.
Registration form. You and your clergyperson affirm your readiness and willingness to undertake this important role in the spiritual life of your friend, and you can print out the Candidate Registration Form and help your candidate complete it.

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