Why is it important for the church to support and celebrate famlies? Why is it important for families to play together? What causes families to NOT play together anymore?
Sorry this is late everyone! I could not find where this material was in the books. I will do my best to answer the questions, though.
It is important for the church to support and celebrate families, because our families are our support group and foundation. Children learn the most and impacted the most by their parents and family. As a church it is important for us to support and celebrate the family structure so that through the bonding of families we can become a strong church family, who depends on and learns from eachother.
It is important for families to play together, because games and playing builds relationships and trust. Trust is important in a family structure and games create trust. If the family is a team, they have a common goal to win. The competive atmosphere creates a great atmosphere for families to work together. Hopefully from learning to work together in a game, they will be able to work together as a family in other situations at home. Playing together is just fun too! Having fun together just builds love for eachother.
There is a big seperation between age groups and generations now. When games are played, they are usually seperated in age groups. Families are also overwelmed with busy schedules which fills their days and they are all doing different things. Today, families cannot even eat meals together because of busieness.
Did your family play games together or do they now? How has that influenced what your family is like now?
Well Brittany pretty much just said it... churches need to support families b/c that is where most learning takes place. People learn from within thier family structure. Also, family structures are what ppl spend most of their time in and not the church. It is important for families to play together so that they can create a bond with each other and so that they can out all other worries and problems aside and just enjoy each other's presence. Family feuds cause families to not play together and everyone going into several different directions at one time does not help either.
there is nothing that brings people together better then playing! in most of the jobs i have had there is a time set aside for play. it might be in the form of games, puzzles, word problems, would you rather... questions, or just hang out time there is always a since of play that helps bring people together. in the church i think we have set apart games for the young and energetic because they are seen as "pointless". i know for a fact that every age group loves games. the struggle is finding games that they will enjoy. this is an even bigger struggle when you are trying to play games cross generationally.
My family rarely played games together. If we did, it was with company at a party or family get together. I played golf with my father and brother, but this also was not constant. There is a game that all but my father play, which is disc golf (freesbe golf or frof but I would never say frof out loud.) Another game we play when I am in town is Ivans game (or golf). During these times, we do talk about whats going on in our lives and how we feel about religious stuff. It can get intense, but it ends well usually. That has been a good common ground to go back to. The lack of family games before the divorce gives away that we were not close. Afterwards, things have gotten better and we see evidence of that by our games. It my sound like a stretch to compare a families well being with how much they play, but in biology, you compare a rivers well being by what lives in it. So in a way, the evidence of anythings well being is what comes in and out of it.
Families need to be celebrated in Church because families do not always get a chance to get together at home. Sometimes parents both work and they neglect their own children. The family is brings a lot of foundation to kids lives and can also bring great destruction in to their child life. The Family structure is not just important for our church, but for the success of the whole nation. Families need together to build relationship and security into the family. Tell their kids that they are Important to them. Everybody needs fun to release the stress of the day. Giving their kids a place of belong when the world might not be as safe. Many families do not play together because they are too busy with life. Kids and teens fill up their life with programs that takes up time that may be enjoyed with the family. In poor families the child may only have a single parent that has to work, but cannot take care of their child all the time.
I think that our culture says in words that families need to spend time together but its actions contradict that. Video games are made for single players and toys are meant to be played with alone. In the church, the place where this should NOT be the case, we split up families into "age-appropriate" groups doing "age-appropriate" activities. While I know that this is very important at certain points, it should not be the model we follow.
In my own experience, games were a huge part of my family life. We played board or card games several times a week. It provides conversation time and just plain fun together. Playing games with my family is still one of my favorite things to do. It's way better than turning on the TV and watching mindlessly. I think that the games really strengthened us by allowing us time together where the stresses of life could be let go.
So since everyone has pretty much said why it is important of the church to support families and why games are important for growth in the family i am just going to speak from my own experience.
In my family growing up we always played games together. We would play board games and outside games together all the time. My parents always loved to play softball with my sisters and me. I think it is funny that we keep saying that families don't play games together anymore because of the "age" separation within the family but i remember that my parents would always play games with us no matter how ridiculous they were. I sometimes feel that the parents need to realize that it is okay to be a little goofy and play games in which they can interact with their children.
My family still plays games together. My mom, my sisters, and i love to play games online together. It is usually word scramble type games and we all help to figure out the words. Also my youngest sister got Guitar Hero World Tour for Christmas and so my family will play that all together. Someone will play the guitar while someone else sings. It's really a great time. The funny thing is that often it is technology that causes families not to play together anymore but my family uses the technology to continue playing together.
I do believe that it is important for families to play together because it allows for bonding time and communication.
Man its hard to comment and be original after everyone has so many good thoughts and opinions. I think it is also very good for the church to support families. My family is very involved with my church and many of them have a really big role in our church. It is fun and beneficial because we are able to have family discussion about the decisions within the church and our church does a good job of having our family being a big group leader in it.
The next question is a little hard for me to answer because i am not a huge game player. I like game like taboo and catch phrase.( Jeremy and i own!) But my family loves to play card games and i find myself never wanting to unless its not a card game. I do, however, think that playing games as a family is something that builds unity and more love for eachother. My family is also big on playing sports games with each other which is also important.
It seems that families have lost this idea of playing games with each other because its really easy to sit somewhere and turn on the TV and not talk as much. Luckily i am from an active family who likes to go out and do things with each other.
Sorry this is late everyone! I could not find where this material was in the books. I will do my best to answer the questions, though.
ReplyDeleteIt is important for the church to support and celebrate families, because our families are our support group and foundation. Children learn the most and impacted the most by their parents and family. As a church it is important for us to support and celebrate the family structure so that through the bonding of families we can become a strong church family, who depends on and learns from eachother.
It is important for families to play together, because games and playing builds relationships and trust. Trust is important in a family structure and games create trust. If the family is a team, they have a common goal to win. The competive atmosphere creates a great atmosphere for families to work together. Hopefully from learning to work together in a game, they will be able to work together as a family in other situations at home. Playing together is just fun too! Having fun together just builds love for eachother.
There is a big seperation between age groups and generations now. When games are played, they are usually seperated in age groups. Families are also overwelmed with busy schedules which fills their days and they are all doing different things. Today, families cannot even eat meals together because of busieness.
Did your family play games together or do they now? How has that influenced what your family is like now?
Well Brittany pretty much just said it... churches need to support families b/c that is where most learning takes place. People learn from within thier family structure. Also, family structures are what ppl spend most of their time in and not the church.
ReplyDeleteIt is important for families to play together so that they can create a bond with each other and so that they can out all other worries and problems aside and just enjoy each other's presence.
Family feuds cause families to not play together and everyone going into several different directions at one time does not help either.
there is nothing that brings people together better then playing! in most of the jobs i have had there is a time set aside for play. it might be in the form of games, puzzles, word problems, would you rather... questions, or just hang out time there is always a since of play that helps bring people together. in the church i think we have set apart games for the young and energetic because they are seen as "pointless". i know for a fact that every age group loves games. the struggle is finding games that they will enjoy. this is an even bigger struggle when you are trying to play games cross generationally.
ReplyDeleteMy family rarely played games together. If we did, it was with company at a party or family get together. I played golf with my father and brother, but this also was not constant. There is a game that all but my father play, which is disc golf (freesbe golf or frof but I would never say frof out loud.) Another game we play when I am in town is Ivans game (or golf). During these times, we do talk about whats going on in our lives and how we feel about religious stuff. It can get intense, but it ends well usually. That has been a good common ground to go back to. The lack of family games before the divorce gives away that we were not close. Afterwards, things have gotten better and we see evidence of that by our games. It my sound like a stretch to compare a families well being with how much they play, but in biology, you compare a rivers well being by what lives in it. So in a way, the evidence of anythings well being is what comes in and out of it.
ReplyDeleteFamilies need to be celebrated in Church because families do not always get a chance to get together at home. Sometimes parents both work and they neglect their own children. The family is brings a lot of foundation to kids lives and can also bring great destruction in to their child life. The Family structure is not just important for our church, but for the success of the whole nation.
ReplyDeleteFamilies need together to build relationship and security into the family. Tell their kids that they are Important to them. Everybody needs fun to release the stress of the day. Giving their kids a place of belong when the world might not be as safe.
Many families do not play together because they are too busy with life. Kids and teens fill up their life with programs that takes up time that may be enjoyed with the family. In poor families the child may only have a single parent that has to work, but cannot take care of their child all the time.
I think that our culture says in words that families need to spend time together but its actions contradict that. Video games are made for single players and toys are meant to be played with alone. In the church, the place where this should NOT be the case, we split up families into "age-appropriate" groups doing "age-appropriate" activities. While I know that this is very important at certain points, it should not be the model we follow.
ReplyDeleteIn my own experience, games were a huge part of my family life. We played board or card games several times a week. It provides conversation time and just plain fun together. Playing games with my family is still one of my favorite things to do. It's way better than turning on the TV and watching mindlessly. I think that the games really strengthened us by allowing us time together where the stresses of life could be let go.
So since everyone has pretty much said why it is important of the church to support families and why games are important for growth in the family i am just going to speak from my own experience.
ReplyDeleteIn my family growing up we always played games together. We would play board games and outside games together all the time. My parents always loved to play softball with my sisters and me. I think it is funny that we keep saying that families don't play games together anymore because of the "age" separation within the family but i remember that my parents would always play games with us no matter how ridiculous they were. I sometimes feel that the parents need to realize that it is okay to be a little goofy and play games in which they can interact with their children.
My family still plays games together. My mom, my sisters, and i love to play games online together. It is usually word scramble type games and we all help to figure out the words. Also my youngest sister got Guitar Hero World Tour for Christmas and so my family will play that all together. Someone will play the guitar while someone else sings. It's really a great time. The funny thing is that often it is technology that causes families not to play together anymore but my family uses the technology to continue playing together.
I do believe that it is important for families to play together because it allows for bonding time and communication.
I think that families playing together is important because it brings them together and is important in building memories.
ReplyDeletethe reasons the families do not have time to play games anymore is because they are to busy and everyone has become more dependent.
Man its hard to comment and be original after everyone has so many good thoughts and opinions. I think it is also very good for the church to support families. My family is very involved with my church and many of them have a really big role in our church. It is fun and beneficial because we are able to have family discussion about the decisions within the church and our church does a good job of having our family being a big group leader in it.
ReplyDeleteThe next question is a little hard for me to answer because i am not a huge game player. I like game like taboo and catch phrase.( Jeremy and i own!) But my family loves to play card games and i find myself never wanting to unless its not a card game. I do, however, think that playing games as a family is something that builds unity and more love for eachother. My family is also big on playing sports games with each other which is also important.
It seems that families have lost this idea of playing games with each other because its really easy to sit somewhere and turn on the TV and not talk as much. Luckily i am from an active family who likes to go out and do things with each other.