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“The poorest shack in which love prevails over a united family is of far greater value to God and future humanity than any other riches. In such a home God can work miracles, and will work miracles. Pure hearts in a pure home are always in whispering distance of Heaven.”
David O. McKay Church News, Sept.7, 1968
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Friday, May 17, 2013

family stewardship committees



“…ye will teach them to love one another and to serve one another.” Mosiah 4:15




One idea is to give each member of your family stewardship over an area of the spiritual part of your family and home. Each child becomes chair for that committee, and the goal is to meet in family council (click here for family council ideas) and allow time for each committee chairperson to report on what he/she is planning for his/her committee to do, co-ordinate with the other chairpersons and combine efforts as needed or desired, and request help and/or resources to carry out the plans. What a great way to promote teamwork, make family council similar to ward council, and learn to help and serve each other!

One idea is to post the committees with goals listed. You could invite the children decorate their "committee cards" and post them where they can be seen, referenced, and reviewed. These can be used for family council.

Family home evening is a social and teaching time. In a family council we talk about the needs of the family and the needs of individual members of the family. It is a time to solve problems, make family decisions, plan day-to-day and long-range family activities and goals. It is a time to share one another’s burdens and joys and counsel together, to keep each family member on the right track spiritually. It is the time when we discuss family matters, much as a bishop or branch president does with his ward or branch leaders. It is when parents use the tremendous powers of the council system. A family council could certainly be part of family home evening, but it could also take place at any time.
M. Russell Ballard and Barbara Ballard, “Family Councils: A Conversation with Elder and Sister Ballard,” Ensign, Jun 2003, 14







FAMILY COMMITTEE IDEAS:

FAMILY HERITAGE COMMITTEE
•Journal Writing
•Family Stories
•Family History Work
•Family reunions
•Scrapbooks and
•Record Books




FAMILY SERVICE COMMITTEE

•Family Service projects
•Secret service
•Missionary Support
•Thank Yous
•Connections



FAMILY ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE

•Family outings
•Family trips and vacations
•Idea lists—fun and games
•Wholesome Family Recreation





Family Celebration and Gratitude Committee

  • Thank yous
  • "You're the Best" plate
  • Birthday celebrations
  • Applause
  • Tender Mercy Journal
  • Help with holiday celebrations



FAMILY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
•Family Home Evening
•Library Visits
•Study Centers
•Media





FAMILY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE


•Food storage
•Missionary preparation
•Family devotionals
•Emergency preparedness


FAMILY SUNSHINE COMMITTEE

Help make people happy





Mom's Committee
Family Spirit Committee


Nurture
Teach
Enrich the home Environment
Keep the hearth
Maintain
Unify
Dad's Committee

Family Progression Committee
Priesthood
Preside
Provide
Protect
Nurture
Teach
Maintain

“Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and their children.
…as equal partners.”
The Family: A Proclamation to the World      
First Presidency and  the Council of the Twelve Apostles      
September 23, 1995

http://lds.org/study/family-proclamation?lang=eng


What do Mormons believe? See http://lds.org/?lang=eng


MORE COMMITTEE IDEAS:(sometimes children and parents could be chairpersons over more than one committee...whatever works for your family!)
•Unity
•Order
•Joy
•Character
•Emergency Preparation
•Gratitude
•Food Storage
•Music
•Manners
•Physical Fitness
•Mission Preparation

Twelve Tips for Parent-Child Interviews
Steven B. Glade Ensign 1997
1.
Regular schedule [one idea is to use an interview form - see below]
2.
One or both parents
3.
Pray beforehand as parents
4.
Begin interview with a prayer
5.
Listen more than you speak
6.
Don’t compare children
7.
Clear and loving correction as needed
8.
Write down problems/discuss
9.
Don’t compromise gospel standards
10.
Keep confidences
11.
Praise each child generously and cheerfully
Bear your testimony often.

One idea is to have some "forms" copied so that they can be filled out during interviews.  These help guide the discussion and become "journal" pages. 



Personal Parent Interview (PPI):

Name
Date

Interview with _______________ 

Scripture and Song (can use the scr/song of the month) 

O.Prayer

Feelings/happy things in life/ compliments/ applause/gratitude/ask for forgiveness

List concerns to be discussed now and/or during 
personal/parent time

Family Night assignment and input

Family Stewardship committee goals, needs and ideas

Calendar items

Finances and tithing

Personal Time with parent or parents for the upcoming week

Dinner day (menu)

Primary/Personal Progress/Scouting/Duty to God info,  updates, ideas, goals

hugs and expressions of love to each other

Closing prayer

Another idea is to help each child make a "personal page" for the year including his or her family committee assignment and goals for that committee. Other items may include a gift to the Savior (see label on side bar), hopes and dreams, favorite scripture for the year, house cleaning area, etc. These pages can be laminated and posted on a door, fridge, bulletin board, or any place they can be viewed and reviewed daily!





An Idea for a Family Council Agenda Form

Date and Who is in attendance

Conducting_______________________

Opening Song/Scripture/Prayer/Gratitude/Compliments

Minutes and review assignments from last meeting

Discussion items

Calendaring



Stewardship committee reports and plans

Other



Time of next meeting

Hugs and kisses
Closing prayer

Family Executive Committee Meeting, Family Council, Parent-Child Interviews


We think its a great idea to create forms (and make copies and have them ready) for these important meetings.   

Yes, even for executive meeting...


Idea for Family Executive Committee Meeting Form
Date

Opening Song and Prayer

Applause and gratitude for each other/ask forgiveness/make commitments

Agenda (items to discuss)


Discussion of each family member--one by one--and make decisions on what you will do as parents

Action plans

Time of next Meeting
Hugs and Kisses
Closing prayer


About parent-child interviews...
When we first introduced this concept to our 
children, they were not sure they wanted to 
participate, so we initiated
 "ice-cream interviews" and they liked them
 a lot!  After a while, they discovered that
 having mom or dad (or both of us) all to
 themselves was not all so bad!  In fact, the 
interviews got quite lengthy, so we had to limit the amount of 
time they could take, and then 
plan for some more one-on-one time during the week.
The goal was to have personal a parent interview (PPI) with each 
child each week.  
More often than not, we ended up having them on fast Sundays. 
The records kept on 
our "forms" are priceless. They are a journal, and have helped us
remember 
what was said and decided, our hopes, dreams, concerns, and 
feelings...its all there - 
right on paper!

PS... Don't skip the gratitude and compliments...Mark Twain said he could 
live four months on a good compliment!

Summary of Family Council

Family home evening is a social and teaching time. In a family council we talk about the 
needs of the family and the needs of individual members of the family. It is a time to solve
 problems, make family decisions, plan day-to-day and long-range family activities and 
goals. It is a time to share one another’s burdens and joys and counsel together, to keep 
each family member on the right track spiritually. It is the time when we discuss family
matters, much as a bishop or branch president does with his ward or branch leaders.
 It is when parents use the tremendous powers of the council system. A family council
 could certainly be part of family home evening, but it could also take place at any time.
M. Russell Ballard and Barbara Ballard, 
“Family Councils: A Conversation with Elder and Sister Ballard,” Ensign, Jun 2003, 14


Articles:

Carlos E. Asay, “Parent-Child Interviews,” Ensign, Nov 1983, 14
read

Wendell P. Droubay, “Heart to Heart,” Ensign, Jun 1997, 57
read
M. Russell Ballard and Barbara Ballard, “Family Councils: A Conversation with Elder and Sister Ballard,” Ensign, Jun 2003, 14 

M. Russell Ballard, “Counseling with Our Councils,” Ensign, May 1994, 24

Ensign, Nov 1993, 76 “M. Russell Ballard, Strength in Counsel,”
read

Marvin K. Gardner, “Family Councils: Making Decisions Together,” Ensign, Dec 1978, 18

Working Together in Family Councils,” Ensign, Feb 1985, 28

Rex W. Allred, “‘Support Your Local Family Council’,” Ensign, Feb 1982, 50

"When we have a family home evening, a family council, or a meaningful gospel conversation with our children, we have the opportunity to look into their eyes and tell them that we love them and that Heavenly Father loves them. In these sacred settings, we can also help them understand, deep in their hearts, who they are and how fortunate they are to have come to this earth and to our home and to participate in the covenants we have taken in the temple to be a family forever."
Robert D. Hales,
 "Our Duty to God: The Mission of Parents and Leaders to the Rising Generation," Ensign, May 2010, 97

“We should regularly review our family income, savings, and spending plan in family council meetings. This will teach our children to recognize the difference between wants and needs and to plan ahead for meaningful use of family resources. . . . Whenever we want to experience or possess something that will impact us and our resources, we may want to ask ourselves, ‘Is the benefit temporary, or will it have eternal value and significance?’ Truthfully answering these questions may help us avoid excessive debt and other addictive behavior.”
Robert D. Hales, “Becoming Provident Providers Temporally and Spiritually,” Ensign, May 2009, 9–10





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