© 1994 The Fellowship for readers of The Urantia Book
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We need your help to establish services for readers of The Urantia Book to promote quality family experiences. This work is sponsored by the ad hoc Family Life committee of The Fellowship in response to inquiries about special resources and programs developed for Urantia Book reader families.
Please take a moment to fill out the survey and send it to The Fellowship, 529 Wrightwood Ave., Chicago, IL 60614 or fax to (312) 327-6159.
What best describes your family?
- Two-parent family
- Single-parent family
- Blended family (step family)
- Extended family (Grandparent residing with child or parenting grandchild)
- Partners without children
- Multiple families
- Mixed race family
- Mixed religion family
- Other.
Please rank resources for family life which are most important to you using a scale of 1 to 5 , with 1 being the highest priority.
- Premarital training
- Parenting materials based on principles of The Urantia Book:
- Newborn to 5 years
- 6 to 12 years
- 13 to 18 years
- Study guides for children
- Study guides for teens
- Stories for children from The Urantia Book
- Conflict resolution for the family
- Single parenting
- Cross cultural similarities and differences
- Intergenerational issues such as caring for the elderly
- Secondary works on family practices
- Death and dying within the family
- Step parenting
- Interracial marriages
- Homosexual issues
- Interfaith marriages
- Chosen family groups
- Family meetings
- Supportive partnerships
- Disabilities in the home
- Teen rites of passage
- Divorce
“The family is the fundamental unit of fraternity in which parents and children learn those lessons of patience, altruism, tolerance, and forbearance which are so essential to the realization of brotherhood among all men.” (The Urantia Book, UB 84:7.28)
“The child must derive his first impressions of the universe from the mother’s care; he is wholly dependent on the earthly father for his first ideas of the heavenly Father.” (The Urantia Book, UB 177:2.5)
“The true parent is engaged in a continuous service-ministry which the wise child comes to recognize and appreciate.” (The Urantia Book, UB 84:7.26)
Please rank activities which the Family Life committee should sponsor, using a scale of 1 to 5 , with 1 as the highest priority.
- Wrightwood Series on spiritual family culture
- Secondary works to introduce The Urantia Book to children
- Secondary works to introduce The Urantia Book to teens
- Marriage training seminar
- Guiding children in the teachings of Jesus seminar
- Supporting the grieving process seminar
- Supporting the dying process seminar
- Publishing conference presentations on family life values
- Brochure illustrating The Urantia Book’s emphasis on family
- Conference workshops on family life
- Family-oriented bulletin board on Internet
- Family camps for readers of The Urantia Book
- Hotline service for families in need
- Publishing what organized religions are doing to reinforce family life
- Other.
If your family participates in organized religious activities, do these activities promote a healthy and happy home life?
- Very good experience
- Satisfactory
- Doesn’t fulfill our needs
Please list the greatest chanllenges of parenting: ____
Please list the gmatest joys and accomplishments of parenting: ____
Are there activities of the Family Life committee in which you would like to participate? ____
Additional comments: ____
“Fatherly love has singleness of purpose, and it always looks for the best in man; that is the attitude of a true parent.” (The Urantia Book, UB 140:5.12)
“It is the divine will that men and women should find their highest service and consequent joy in the establishment of homes for the reception and training of children, in the creation of whom these parents become copartners with the Makers of heaven and earth.” (The Urantia Book, UB 167:5.7)
Thank you for your valuable information. If you would like this survey to include your name and address, please fill in that information below:
Optional
Name: ____
Address: ____
City, State, Zip: ____
Country: ____
Telephone: ____
Please mail or fax the completed survey to:
The Fellowship
529 Wrightwood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
U.S.A.
(312) 327-0424 Voice
(312) 327-6159 FAX
| Abortion and The Urantia Book | Fall 1994 — Vol. 4 No. 5 — Index | Planetary Government of Urantia Additional Definitions and References |