Knowledge Of Our Family

Element I: Family Heritage

A thorough knowledge of our Family is an important part of building a strong foundation for your life. You have a rich tradition that is yours by birth right into our Family. These include the honors which members of our Family have earned not only for themselves, but in which you too can share and be proud of.

Some of the many things about our Family which you must apply yourself to learn include:

1. Ancestry (Genealogy)
2. Family Rituals (special things we do as a Family)
3. Family Symbols (our Family emblem/coat of arms)
4. Our Family Mission Statement
5. Family Goals and Objectives

So to begin, let us ask "What is a Family?" To us, a family is a collection of people who are joined in a relationship that is based upon a promise of faithfulness. Examples of family relationships based on promises are the marriage vows two members of different families make publicly to join with one another to build a new branch of their family trees.

However, there are many examples of families which are formed by people who are not married to one another. Marriage forms one kind of family. A pledge of faithfulness can form families of another type. And, even after pledges have been broken, or formally cease to exist, the ties which create a family are difficult to erase. They have made their mark on our lives.

Human beings cannot seem to live without family ties in some way. Family is a power that goes beyond all of us as individuals. It is God who set us in families and established the covenant. In some sense we are all part of the same family, the same tree. A tree of many branches with fruit of many colors and shapes. This means that every tribe, every clan, every people of every nation are somehow in the end all relatives in the family of humankind.

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