While You Were Folding 005: Family Meetings With Philip Boucher

I convinced my husband, Philip, to join me in the podcast studio to talk about our Sunday night family meeting. (Scroll to the bottom of the show notes to see our Family Meeting Agenda)

Things Mentioned This Episode:

• Girlfriends With Danielle Bean Podcast
• Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr
• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

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• Please share the podcast with a friend, and leave a rating or review in iTunes if you haven’t already!
• What are your Lenten goals this year? Let me know! (Ash Wednesday is on Valentine’s Day, so you have a few weeks to decide.)

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Family Meeting (Right after dinner, often while eating dessert at the table)

1. Read from the Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones
2. Discuss short lesson from story and challenge of the week (usually linked to something we struggled with the previous week)
3. Praise reports
4. Discussion of the weekly calendar

Menu Planning using Paprika App (After dinner while kids play/watch movie)

Couple Meeting (After kids are in bed)

1. Renew Wedding Vows
   1. “I, ______, take you, ______, to be my wife/husband. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in
      sickness and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life.”
2. Praise report to each other
3. Planning
   1. Look at this week’s calendar
   2. Babysitter needs
   3. GodTeens
   4. Home Management Goals
      1. Catherine Priority project
      2. Philip Priority project
      3. Housework/Project days and times
4. Weekly Big 3
5. 2 topics from annual goals list
6. Marriage
   1. What went well
   2. What to work on
   3. Date night in/out
   4. Intimacy