Family councils can keep our families organized and on the same page. They help us shape our values and implement plans into our families that bring peace and contentment to our lives. They help us come to a consensus on what is best for our family as a whole.
How to hold a family council.
Be thinking about the concerns and ideas that need to be addressed in your family. These can be made into an agenda. A formal agenda isn't necessary but it's good to give everyone a heads up so they have an opportunity to share their thoughts and feelings.
Choose a regular time and place. Let the family know when and where that is.
Express love for each other.
Open the meeting with a prayer and invite the spirit to be with all that are there.
Bring up items to be discussed. Give everyone a time to voice their opinions. Encourage others to listen while one speaks at a time.
Keep the discussion going until a consensus is reached.
Make the plan to move forward with the item. Be specific in what you'll do.
Close with a prayer and blessing on the refreshments.
End with some refreshments to cement together the feeling of unity that you've just shared.
Follow up on what you said you'd do.
