1. To strengthen family relationships.
2. To provide a venue for the family to bond, have fun and work together through various activities.
3. To increase awareness of the different family situations that they undergo.
Schedule of Activities
| Day/Time | Activity | Description |
| DAY 1 | ||
| 6:00 | Arrival Registration | |
| Breakfast | Bring your own breakfast | |
| 8:00 | Gathering Teaching of Songs | |
| 8:15 | Worship | |
| 8:30 | Orientation | Introduction of Service Team, House Rules, Expectations and what the Camp is all about |
| 9:00 | Tent Pitching | Decorate your tribe. Name plates will be given to the families for them to decorate. |
| 9:30 | Snacks | |
| 9:45 | Break | Freshen up |
| 10:00 | Gathering Song Opening Prayer | |
| 10:15 | Session 1 | Talk: WE ARE FAMILY |
| 11:00 | T-Shirt Design | Shirts to be provided by the families |
| Flag Making | Cloth and Paint to be provided by the service team. This represents the family and they have to protect it and not let it fall. There will be consequences for the family if something happened to the flag. | |
| Chant Making | Tribe chant | |
| 11:30 | Lunch | Cook your own food |
| 1:00 pm | Gathering Opening Prayer | |
| 1:15 | Chant Presentation | Max of 3 minutes presentation per family |
| Obstacle Course | ||
| Rappelling | ||
| 4:00 | Break | Snack and Freshen Up |
| 4:30 | Session 2 | Talk 2: TOGETHER IN EVERY SITUATION |
| 5:15 | Activity | Family Dialogue Family commitment activity |
| 6:00 | Dinner | Cook your own food |
| Preparation of Presentation | ||
| 8:00 | Family Presentation Entertainment Night | Games: - Candle dance |
| 9:30 | Trust Walk | Blind fold going back to the tent |
| 10:00 | Lights Out | Sleeping Time |
| DAY 2 | ||
| 5:30 | Wake up Call | |
| 6:00 | Exercise | |
| 6:30 | Breakfast | Cook your own food |
| 7:30 | Gathering Teaching of Songs | |
| 8:00 | Family Prayer Time | Each member of the family will be tied to another member of the family at the foot. |
| SS8:30 | Do Knot Challenge | |
| 10:00 | Snacks | |
| 10:30 | Sharing | |
| 11:30 | Closing Ceremony | Closing exhortation Praying over of family commitment Praise Fest Awarding |
| 12:30 | Lunch | Catered lunch |
| Pack Up | Cleaning of areas and tent dismantling | |
Talk 1: We are Family
Goals
1. To be able to identify and appreciate the role of each member of the family
2. To stress out the importance of the family in fulfilling the design that God has planned for them.
3. Strengthen the relationship of the family.
I. Introduction
1. A family is a basic unit of society. It is meant to be from the very beginning. Gen 1:27-28
2. What is a Family?
God intended man and women to be one, no independent individuals producing babies but husbands and wives raising a family. (E.g. first familiy – Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel)
Our family is a gift from God. We didn’t choose to be in our family but this is God’s design for us. He chose our family for us to fulfill His plans for us.
3. A family is a venue for Christian Growth
God is presented first in the family by parents (e.g. teaching and reading of the scriptures, appreciation of sacraments)
Parents bring their children in discipline and instruction in the Lord. (Eph 6:4)
II. Roles of Family Members
1. Father
a. Pastoral head (Eph 6:4, 1Cor 11:3)
b. Protector (Sirach 30:1-6)
i. As protector the father should discipline their children
c. Provider
i. Fathers should take steps to assume full responsibility for the spiritual and material needs of the family.
2. Mother and Wife
a. As a mother she is
i. a nurturer and life giver
ii. educator
b. The wife of noble character – Prov 31:10-31
i. She brings the husband good and not harm all days of her life
ii. She gets up while it is still dark, she provides food for her family
iii. She opens her arms to the poor and extend her hands to the needy
iv. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her
v. Wives should submit to their husbands (Eph 5:22-23)
3. Children as blessings in the family
a. Children are gifts from God
b. Children should obey and honor their parents (Eph 6:1-2, Sirach 3:6)
c. Children take care of your parents in their old age (Sirach 3:12)
IV. Conclusion
As a family we are called to…
- Follow the will of the Lord to continue His mission
- Ensure that every member of the family is working for the Lord through service in the community.
- Be families in the Holy Spirit renewing the face of the earth.
As a family let ask ourselves, if we are really bringing our families to Christ?
ACTIVITIES:
1. Visioning
· Each family will have to come up with a logo/design that will represent their family (either a creative presentation of the vision for their family or how they perceive their family).
· Ask the families to use the logo as the design for the shirt and the flags. The family will bring their own shirt while the service team will provide the cloth that will be used as a flag and the paints that will be used.
2. Chant Making
· Each family should come up with a cheer/chant about their family. They will use the chant in the next session. They can come up with action that will go with their chant.
Materials needed:
1. White T-shirt (to be provided by the participants)
2. Poster paint
3. Pentel pen
4. Cloth
5. Stick
6. Brushes
TALK 2: TOGETHER IN EVERY SITUATION
“If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy.” (1 Cor 12:26)
Goal of the Talk:
1. Discuss common obstacles each family has to hurdle
2. Strengthen family ties
I. Introduction
Ask randomly the participants on their experience during the obstacle course
1. Which part of the course was most difficult?
2. What part of the activity did you enjoy the most
3. What did you discover in your family
4. What part of the challenge did you really find yourselves as a family
We have learned that our family is a gift from God but in reality our life as family is like an obstacle course, we encounter many challenges that we have to hurdle. In the world today, there are a lot of factors that attack the family. We see lot of families breaking up because they were not able to hurdle their difficulties together.
II. Obstacles we have to hurdle
Just as family life is like an obstacle course with lots of challenges. Here are few challenges families usually hurdle:
1. Financial difficulties
a. It is common in families that our financial resources are not always enough. We all go through financial difficulty. We see that some parents fighting over money to the extent that it sometimes a cause for separation. Children’s having hurts towards their parents because of their notion that their needs are not met (e.g. they cannot buy them cell phone, etc.). Sometimes we equate being happy as a family with how much money we have.
b. We experienced in this camp that material things or money is not everything. We may not have the convenience and the comfort of a nice bed, gas stove, etc but we had fun as a family. It is important that we know and we agree what we value.
2. Sibling rivalry
a. Children compare themselves with other
b. Envy -They feel that one is favored than the other.
c. Parents compare their children
i. Parents most often than not compare their children who are good with those who are not so good. They tend to magnify the things the are not so good , resulting to the child feeling so bad, that resorts to rebelliousness
3. Lack of time
a. Children complain that their parents don’t have time for them because of work or service but children are also busy. We spend so much time with friends, computers, or watching TV that sometimes we don’t even recognize when our parents arrive from work. Sometimes we are all together at home but we don’t spend time with ach other, we are busy doing our own things.
4. Lack of communication
a. Verbal
i. Parents fail to say to their children that they love them and care for them and vice versa.
b. Non-verbal
i. Parents and children are not affectionate.
c. Generation gap
i. We need to know that in present time generation gap is 4 years that means that even if we our age difference is just 4 years there are already things that we don’t understand with each other because our generation is not used to it.
ii. Parents complain that their children are not as they are when they were their age. This is often the root of why they reprimand their children
iii. Children tend to do things that look outrageous to their parents because it is not “the thing” during their time
III. Family Ties
As there are obstacles to hurdle there are things that will help us hurdle the different challenges that we face, we can do something to overcome it. We just have to commit to the following that will help bind our family:
1. Parents should be role models to their children.
a. Husbands love your wives (Eph 5:25) as Christ love the church. Parents are to be the role model of love to their family. No matter how difficult the family situation, when our love for each other and for the family is strong then we will be able to overcome.
b. Don’t quarrel in front of the kids
2. Children should learn share and understand one another.
a. Be more giving and loving. Think first of what you can do for the other, rather than what the other can do for you.
b. Instead of being envious or jealous of each other, we need to be happy for each others strength, qualities and victories. We need to be proud of our brother/sister.
c. If one has a difficulty or problem then we need to help instead of putting the other down.
3. Have family dates to have opportunity to do things together.
a. Set aside time when you can enjoy each others company and do things together as a family. It can be on occasion like this, go out as a family or have a project at home where everyone will be involved. In occasion like this, we will begin to discover things that we will enjoy as a family and discover more about each other.
4. Have a regular family dialogue and one to ones (husband and wife, father to child, mother to child)
a. Communication is very important. It is vital that we our communication lines are always open.
b. Discuss family situation (e.g. financial situation, personal concerns) and together find solutions or resolutions.
5. Set regular family prayer time.
a. With the help of God, our family will experience more victories. When we are together as a family, there is no obstacle that we cannot turn to victory.
These are just ways where we can grow as a family. We have to work together as a family. “For the body itself is not made up of one part but many parts. If the foot were to say “because I am not a hand I did not belong to the body’ that would not keep it from being part of the body”. (1 Corinthians 12:14-15). Remember that as a family you are one body and each of you is part of that body---an important part of the body and we need to do our part to keep our families.
(Look for a sharer that can share about situation that their family underwent and how they experience victory because they helped one another)
CONCLUSION:
“If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy.” (1 Cor. 12:26). As a family we have to stand by each other at all times, in good times and in bad, in our times of trials and victories. Let us allow our love and commitment for each other help us be together in every situation.
Activity:
1. Family Dialogue:
· Allot 30 minutes for family discussion
· Each family member should answer the following questions:
a. What are the three (3) best things you like from each member of the family?
b. What is a perfect moment for you with your family?
c. What is your personal resolution that will be able to help strengthen your relationship as a family
2. Family Commitment Statement
a. Distribute the commitment statement template to each family after the group discussions. See appendix __. Allot 15 min.
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