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Church Without Walls – Family Activity 3

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In this series of Church Without Walls we’re suggesting to you that church looks like investing in your family. To set family goals is to set the sail for the year ahead. When you include your family in setting goals, you create unity and commitment which leads to momentum.

Invest in your family and invite others into your family space.

CHURCH WITHOUT WALLS ACTIVITY CHALLENGE
Connect Activity #3

Set your Family Goals for 2021.

family goals come from connection
Connection breeds cooperation!

If you think your kids are not interested in a conversation about goals then you would be wrong. When we come together with someone else we love and talk about the future, it builds expectation and hope. How many of us need more hope in our lives? Kids, especially!

Author Kelly Holmes says on her website, Happy You Happy Family, “connection breeds cooperation.” She writes a fantastic post for you here and gives so much good information it may take you days to digest it. What is especially good is the the example of how to start conversations and the acronym “WOOP” for your goals. Check out that article here:

https://happyyouhappyfamily.com/family-goal-setting/

WHAT COULD THIS LOOK LIKE?

Keeping it real while keeping it simple, Kelly shares these examples of family goals:

  1. Save up for a special family vacation
  2. Eat more veggies
  3. Volunteer together
  4. Spend more time together as a family, like a family date night out, game night, movie night, and so on
  5. Divvy up household chores to share the workload
  6. Be more physically active together
  7. Commit to having a device-free dinner every night
  8. Start a family book club
  9. Go somewhere new once a month
  10. Start a garden

INVITE OTHERS INTO YOUR FAMILY SPACE

Our goal in stepping into Church Without Walls is to invite others into our family space. who could you invite to be part of this process? Is it other family members who you want to connect with more? Is it an elderly neighbour you feel you may like to “adopt”?

You may like to set a goal with someone around accountability. Meet with them and make a commitment to one another. This may look like taking a walk once a fortnight or meeting for prayer. It could be a goal to have a neighbourhood dinner each quarter…

Don’t limit your imagination as you find ways to love your neighbours.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Phil Strong has been teaching families about setting goals for a very long time. Here are a few articles from his Wisemoney website that may stir some inspiration for you.

http://wisemoney.co.nz/category/goal-setting/