Integrating Quaker Values into Family Life

Parents often are looking for ways of nurturing their children that are alternatives from how they were raised. They wonder what direction their faith can give them. This one hour workshop gives them a bird’s eye view of the potentials of Quakerism to provide guidance.

 

Workshop Outline

Objectives

Opportunity to:

• Identify and define the testimonies and ones values
• Explore ways of using the testimonies and values as guides
• Share specific ways of integrating them into family life

Content

• Describe situations about which parents are concerned
• Brainstorm ways of dealing with one specific situation
• Identify testimonies and values that could serve as guides for planning for the situation
• Define the testimonies and values
• Use the testimonies and values to plan for the situation under discussion
• Reflection