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We know you will enjoy the upcoming Family Gathering!
If this is your first time, or 12th time, here are some tips for making your Family Gathering experience great! Our goal is for you to experience peace, encouragement and connection with others.
When you arrive, you can expect to be greeted warmly, made to feel at home and introduced to others who share similar experiences.
Please take off your shoes, give your coats to the host and fill out a name tag for everyone in your family.
Some details to review prior to the Family Gathering:
1. Come hungry!
2. Be on time.
3. Feed the children first.
4. Empower our children's program volunteers.
5. Set yourself up for success!
6. Adults eat around 6 p.m. together - or whenever your children are done eating.
7. Be willing to share & connect.
8. We'll be done at 8 p.m.
If this is your first time, or 12th time, here are some tips for making your Family Gathering experience great! Our goal is for you to experience peace, encouragement and connection with others.
When you arrive, you can expect to be greeted warmly, made to feel at home and introduced to others who share similar experiences.
Please take off your shoes, give your coats to the host and fill out a name tag for everyone in your family.
Some details to review prior to the Family Gathering:
1. Come hungry!
- We're buying your whole family dinner!!
- Menu is emailed a day or two prior and includes gluten and dairy free options.
- If your child will not eat the menu, please feel free to bring them something they will eat.
2. Be on time.
- We start at 5:30 p.m. with a prayer before dinner.
3. Feed the children first.
- Take care of your children by getting them a plate of food and (if necessary) helping them eat and finish their meal before getting your meal.
4. Empower our children's program volunteers.
- After your children are done eating, take them over to the children's program volunteers and introduce yourself and your children before allowing them to play.
- Let your children know that these adults are in charge of them for the next 2 hours and can get them food, water, take them to the bathroom, and give hugs if necessary. (This helps children feel safe.)
5. Set yourself up for success!
- Make sure your children know that the children's program volunteers are "in charge". If they have a need; they don't need to come to you, the children's program volunteers can meet it. (See #4 above)
- This will help you enjoy an uninterrupted time together with the other adults.
6. Adults eat around 6 p.m. together - or whenever your children are done eating.
7. Be willing to share & connect.
- We're here to empathize with each other, not fix each other's problems. Our primary goal is creating a "me too" community.
- If someone is seeking a solution, feel free to share your opinion.
- Sharing your story, your triumphs, and your struggles fosters connection and community. This is a place to be real and non-judgmental with each other about your joys and struggles. If things get off topic or feel tense at all, the leader will always bring us back on track.
- We believe it's encouraging to be prayed for. We'll pray for you.
- You can pray for others, if you desire, but no one will force you to pray.
8. We'll be done at 8 p.m.
- You will be in charge of your kids after 8 p.m.
- Please thank our children's program volunteers for volunteering their time.