Family Ministry Training: Unpacking Family Facilitators
"This training program focuses on family facilitators, providing essential skills and insights to support families effectively. Co-facilitators lead the sessions, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience on family ministry principles and practices."
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WELCOME! Family Ministry Training: unpacking family Facilitators: Co-facilitator Co-facilitator family ministry training
WORKSHOP 3 Opening Worship Hymn 188 Come, Come, Whoever You Are Words: adapted from Rumi; Music: Lynn Adair Ungar family ministry training
Come, come, whoever you are Wanderer, Worshiper, Lover of Leaving. Ours is no caravan of despair. Come, yet again, come. Though you ve broken your vows a thousand times. family ministry training
Introductions I m ___________ from ______________ where I ________________. Share an object representing how your congregation ministers to families family ministry training
Core Assumption of Family Ministry: Families are the heart of congregational life family ministry training
Prompting Questions for Small Groups (Handout 3.3) Rites of Passage What are the rites of passage observed in UU settings? How do rites of passage support a congregation s ministries to families? What rites of passage might we be ignoring or missing? What rite of passage do you wish you had experienced personally? What is the most powerful rite of passage you have participated in, witnessed or heard about? How might rites of passages be used even more intentionally to provide ministry to families? Supporting Faith Development at Home What are examples of faith development happening in the home that you have seen, experienced or heard about? How does helping families find ways to live their faith at home support a congregation s ministries to families? What aspects of faith development in the home do you believe might be the most impactful? What faith development tools resources or rituals do you wish every UU family would make use of at home? What do you wish your congregation understood about faith development in the home and how it supports ministry to families? Special Events/Programming What are examples of successful multigenerational special events you have seen or experienced in a UU settings? How do multigenerational special events/programming support a congregation s ministries to families? What special events/programming might we be ignoring or missing? What special event/programming do you wish you had experienced personally? What is the most powerful special event/programming you have participated in, witnessed or heard about? How might special events/programming be used even more intentionally to provide ministry to families? Sunday Morning Experiences in the Congregation What are examples of successful Sunday Morning experiences in the congregation for families in your congregation? How does the Sunday morning experience in your congregation support your congregation s ministries to families? What aspects of the Sunday morning experience in the congregation do you believe are the most impactful for families? What faith development tools, resources or rituals do you believe best supports ministry to families? What do you wish your congregation understood about ministry to families? family ministry training
Reflect on this What personal challenges and frustrations have you experienced in your efforts to minister to families in your congregation? family ministry training
Reflect on this What have been some of the systemic challenges you ve faced in your (or your congregation s) efforts to provide ministry to families? family ministry training
Reflect on this What feelings came up for you during the meditation? How are you feeling about the part you play in your congregation s ministry to families? What action might you like to take? What support do you need? family ministry training
WORKSHOP 3 Closing Worship Hymn 1008 When Our Heart Is In A Holy Place Words & Music: Joyce Poley Used with permission family ministry training
When our heart is in a holy place, When our heart is in a holy place, We are bless d with love And amazing grace. When our heart is in a holy place. family ministry training
When we trust the wisdom In each of us, Ev ry color, ev ry creed and kind, And we see our faces In each other s eyes, Then our heart is in a holy place. family ministry training
When our heart is in a holy place, When our heart is in a holy place, We are bless d with love And amazing grace. When our heart is in a holy place. family ministry training
When we tell our story From deep inside, And we listen with a loving mind, and we feel the power Of each other s faith, Then our heart is in a holy place. family ministry training
When our heart is in a holy place, When our heart is in a holy place, We are bless d with love And amazing grace. When our heart is in a holy place. family ministry training
When we share the silence Of sacred space, And the God of our Heart Stirs within, And we hear our voices In each other s words, Then our heart is in a holy place. family ministry training
When our heart is in a holy place, When our heart is in a holy place, We are bless d with love And amazing grace. When our heart is in a holy place. family ministry training
Ministry is All That We Do Together (Gordon B. McKeeman) Ministry is all that we do Together Ministry is that quality of being in community that affirms human dignity beckons forth hidden possibilities, invites us into deeper, more constant, reverent relationships, and carries forward our heritage of hope and liberation. family ministry training
Ministry is All That We Do Together (Gordon B. McKeeman) Ministry is what we do together as we celebrate triumphs of our human spirit, Miracles of birth and life, Wonders of devotion and sacrifice. Ministry is what we do together with one another in terror and torment in grief, in misery and pain, enabling us in the presence of death to say yes to life. family ministry training
Ministry is All That We Do Together (Gordon B. McKeeman) We who minister speak and live the best we know with full knowledge that it is never quite enough And yet are reassured by lostness found, fragments reunited, wounds healed, and joy shared. Ministry is what we all do together. family ministry training
