Family Meeting: Family Vision Statement

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Having come to (what seemed to me to be) an astonishing consensus about “who we are” and “what we value” as a family, Greg and Terry asked us to draft what we thought a vision statement for our family might look like.

Each of us took maybe 10 minutes to draft our own versions. Then we wrote them up on large sheets of paper and hung them around the room. . . . And then set about to come to a consensus statement.

What an amazing process!

Our final statement (for Saturday, March 31, 2007! –It is subject, of course, to revision):

We, the Holzmann family, understand that what we have been given allows us to personally and corporately influence others worldwide. Therefore, we seek to change our world–with God’s help and for His glory–by training and equipping others to most effectively fulfill their God-given purposes.

We aspire to family harmony, consensual decion-making, and living life with integrity, prayer, and purposeful action.

Wow! I’m looking forward to future meetings. We have agreed to meet again the week after Justin returns from college in mid- to late May. We want to discuss the family “business”: where are we financially? What resources do we have as a family . . . to impact the world . . . and to help each other?

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