Family Game Plan Worksheet

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6 Player Profile 1. What makes you happy? 2. What topic could you talk about all night? 3. What task or job would you love to do so much that you would be OK if you never got paid for it? 4. What has been your favorite family experience we ve had so far? 5. Suppose we were eating out and a gentleman walks over and says, I ve been watching your beautiful family. It is very clear that strength of your family is. What goes in the blank? 6. What s ONE word you would use to describe our family? 7. What is your greatest contribution to our family? 8. What has been the most challenging experience our family has faced and what did we learn from it 9. What issue in our community bothers you? 10. What issue in the world bothers you?

7 the Dream team This may be a dated term for you. Prior to the 1992 Olympics, the USA Olympic Basketball team consisted of the best college players in the nation. That all changed in 1992 when, for the first time ever, the USA Olympic Team was comprised of 11 NBA players and the best college player in America. The roster included Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, Chris Mullin, Clyde Drexler, John Stockton and the lone college player, Christian Laettner. They were the Dream Team because they were the best players anyone could have imagined playing together on the same team. What do you and your family imagine can happen in the coming months? what dreams do you have? This is where you begin to think about what your family can accomplish as a unit. But where do you begin? We suggest 4 zones: Faith, Family, Focus, and Finances. Faith The Faith zone centers around those components that help each other grow in their relationship with the Lord. This might include, but not limited to: Church involvement, Family Devotions, Family Mission Project, Family Prayer Time, etc. Family The activities in this zone keys on those things that help build your family unity. What will you do to spend time together and share your life with each other? You might consider: Family Dinners, Family Exercise, Game Nights, Movie Nights, Date Nights, and more. [Consider Player Profile questions 1, 2, 3, 4] Focus What would be the coolest thing to do as a family? This is where you think big? Would you go to a rare location for vacation? Would you serve on a consistent basis at a local shelter? Would you adopt a Single-parent family to provide for? Would you collect items to give away? [Consider Player Profile questions: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] Finances What would your family like to do with the financial resources the Lord has given you? Is there a need you would like to give to? Is there a way your family can meet a different need each month? Is there something your family might give up so that others can have something?

8 Before you get started Dreams that materialize as reality tend to be CLEAR dreams. They are: Concise Limited by Time Easy to Evaluate Actionable Result-Driven Concise means very detailed. There are no assumptions. Limited by Time means they have deadlines, not ambiguous endings. Easy to Evaluate means you can actually see the progress. They aren t just ideas on paper. Actionable means you can create steps that lead you to your dream. Result-Driven means there are small victories along the way. Example In 2015, our family will give away $40 each month to a different Single-Parent family we see in our community. Concise: $40 Limited by Time: In 2015 and each month Easy to Evaluate will give away Actionable: Possible actions would include...put a jar on the counter to collect change... Allow each family member to choose who gets the money each month...we will drink water when we eat out for a meal and put that money aside. Result-Driven: You can see the money jar filling up...we can pray and discuss as a family who we might give it to...water or Soda, that is the question! Now, let s start working on your dreams. Keep this in mind: This is not an overnight process! This needs to be done over the course of a few days or weeks. You need to work with a pencil as you will make adjustments along the way. Make this a matter of prayer as you work through the questions.

9 the our Faith as a Family? family Game plan Use this space to write clear goals for each of the family zones: our Family Activity? our Focus for your time and attention? finances: what we do with what we have

our Game Plan summary statement A Game Plan Summary Statement is a great tool to help your family remember what you want to accomplish in the coming months.

10 our Game Plan summary statement A Game Plan Summary Statement is a great tool to help your family remember what you want to accomplish in the coming months. It helps you clarify what you feel God would have you do for His Glory. Here is a sample template to get you started. Keep in mind, no two Game Plans or Summary Statements will be the same. Feel free to re-work this to make it fit your family. We understand families are in many stages, so use creativity to craft something every member can embrace. You might even whittle it down to a few words or a short phrase. But here is one caution. If you complete all of this work and place it in a folder, it is unlikely it will become a reality. Put this somewhere you and your family can see it often, preferably daily. Our Family Game Plan is to use our strengths of,,,,, to (action verb) (object of your attention) by so that. Can you make it portable? See if you can simplify your Summary Statement to 15 words of less...

Mission: Accomplish a Goal

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