1. Family Ministry Training: Co-facilitator Co-facilitator
WELCOME!
Family Ministry Training:
unpacking “family”
Facilitators:
Co-facilitator Co-facilitator
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2. Music: traditional English melody
WORKSHOP 5
Opening Worship
Hymn 338…
I Seek the Spirit
Of a Child
Words: Carl Seaburg
Music: traditional English melody
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3. I seek the spirit of a child, The child who meets life naturally,
The child who sings the world alive,
And greets the morning sun with glee
Children are real beyond all art.
May I see: Joy’s a gift to our heart.
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4. I seek the freedom of a child, a child who loves instinctively,
Who lights our day with just a smile,
And shines that light on all we see.
Children are real beyond all fears.
May I see: Hope’s a gift to our tears.
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5. I seek the wonder of a child, a child who sees delightfully,
Now clowns in cloud,
Now gold in sun,
imaginations true and free.
Children are real beyond all lies.
May I see: Faith’s a gift to our eyes.
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6. Introductions I’m ___________ from ______________
where I ________________.
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7. of congregational life.
Families
are the heart
of congregational life.

8. What are families uniquely able to do?
Families are the heart of congregational life.
What are families uniquely able to do?

9. What are challenges unique to families?
Families are the heart of congregational life.
What are challenges unique to families?

10. What do they offer? Infancy Pre-School Elementary School Middle School
High School
“Empty Nest” Parents
Grand-Parents
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11. created the congregation?
Imagine:
What if families
created the congregation?
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12. How did you feel during that last exercise?
What if families created the congregation?
How did you feel during that last exercise?
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13. How did you imagine your congregation?
What if families created the congregation?
How did you imagine your congregation?
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14. Take one idea to the next level …
What would you do?
Who would you invite to do it?
What resources would they need?
Who would need to “approve?”
How would you “sell” it?
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15. Words & Music: Carolyn McDade
WORKSHOP 5
Closing Worship
Hymn 346…
Come, Sing a Song With Me
Words & Music: Carolyn McDade
Used with permission
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16. Come, sing a song with me, Come, sing a song with me,
That I might know your mind.
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17. When hope is hard to find, And I’ll bring a song of love
And I’ll bring you hope
When hope is hard to find,
And I’ll bring a song of love
And a rose in the wintertime.
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18. Come, dream a dream with me, Come, dream a dream with me,
That I might know your mind.
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19. When hope is hard to find, And I’ll bring a song of love
And I’ll bring you hope
When hope is hard to find,
And I’ll bring a song of love
And a rose in the wintertime.
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20. Come, walk in rain with me, Come, walk in rain with me,
That I might know your mind.
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21. When hope is hard to find, And I’ll bring a song of love
And I’ll bring you hope
When hope is hard to find,
And I’ll bring a song of love
And a rose in the wintertime.
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22. Come, share a rose with me, Come, share a rose with me,
That I might know your mind.
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23. When hope is hard to find, And I’ll bring a song of love
And I’ll bring you hope
When hope is hard to find,
And I’ll bring a song of love
And a rose in the wintertime.
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