This 7 session study will explore how contemporary young adult
Christians who are either living alone or in a family group may
create or contribute to a supportive and nurturing "family" life.
Session titles include: Defining Family--What is a family? The
Value of Family--Why should I care about family when I can make it
on my own? Tensions between individuality and community, dependence
or independence. Is family obsolete? What is the value of "family"
for single people, friends, family life. What does it mean to be
interdependent? Family and Identity--What does "family" contribute
to a person's identity? Do we create and/or inherit our identities?
Brokenness in the Family--What do "functional" and "dysfunctional"
mean? Characteristics of Healthy Families--What characteristics
exist in healthy families who function in a variety of
circumstances? Friendships? Two-income families? Long hours of
employment? How does contemporary life work for or against family
life? Creating Healthy Families--How do families with children
(traditional two-parent and single-parent) provide a supportive and
nurturing family life for their children? How do couples without
children build nurturing family life? How do single people build
"family" that is nurturing and supportive? How do communities and
institutions contribute to or detract from family life? God's
Family--What does it mean to look to "family" as an image of
Contemporary Christian life? God as Parent? Mother? Father?
Inclusivity? Multicultural? Family members who have passed on?
Cloud of witnesses?
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