A small group of Putting Family First people have been busy over the last several months building a partnership with area faith communities. Representatives from 11 area faith communities will attend their first action meeting on September 24, 2002. All the representatives, on invitation from their clergy, attended a launching workshop held over the summer to acquaint them with the work of Putting Family First and our plan to expand the conversation in our community. The workshop proved to be a wonderful opportunity to explore the personal stories and share concern for our families struggling to find balance in a frantic, over sheduled world.

This project began in the Spring, when all of the clergy serving people in the Wayzata school district area, were invited to information meetings about Putting Family First. Those attending saw the need for a community wide commitment to take on this issue effectively and agreed to find lay leaders in their faith communities to work with us. Their role will be to have one foot in the community organization, Putting Family First as citizens and the other in their faith communities as leaders, championing the Putting Family First movement. These lay leader representatives will be gathering together for monthly meetings. We hope that together we can share best practices with each other, develop strategies together to further the conversation in the Wayzata area and in the process support each other in having a family life that works.

Posted by Gina at 8/29/2002 09:58:53 AM | Link