Last fall, the family ministry team at our church began been creating a resource called Family Night Live. It’s designed help families spend more intentional time together and spark spiritually significant conversations. Last night, our family participated in the second edition. It was a fun way to help us identify the things our family values most. We played some games, ate dessert and then talked for a while. It was fun that Jack was even able to jump in and participate. It was encouraging to hear him share ideas based on concepts and conversations we’d initiated with him in the past. When brainstorming what our family values should be, Jack’s contributions (without prompting) were “generosity” & “having fun”.
In the end, we narrowed it down to four primary family values which are now hanging on our fridge (there’s an engaging game that corresponds with this list to help us regularly talk about how we’re living out those values). We landed on:
- Generosity
- Following Jesus
- Kindness to Others
- Fun Together
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