{"id":782,"date":"2017-03-03T16:01:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T16:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/annhernandez.com\/?page_id=782"},"modified":"2017-03-03T18:38:45","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T18:38:45","slug":"basic-agreement-between-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/annhernandez.com\/?page_id=782","title":{"rendered":"Basic Agreement Between Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>It is very important to go over the <\/em><em>Basic Agreement Between Members<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><em>with your group before you begin. Copies should be given to each member.<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>When a rule is ignored by one of the members it makes it easy to rectify by saying,<br \/>\n\u201dI am so sorry but as the facilitator I must keep us focused on the rules we agreed to&#8230;\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><em><u><strong>Basic Agreement Between Group Members<\/strong><\/u><\/em><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><em><strong>Don&#8217;t miss, except for emergencies. <\/strong><\/em>A group works because members make the group a priority. Each member must make a commitment to each other.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Share yourself. <\/strong><\/em>Let people know you to the extent you are willing. How you feel and how you look at life matters.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Listen closely to others<\/strong><\/em><em>. <\/em>Don&#8217;t give advice, counsel or therapy or comment on what others say, but let people know you understand and are trying to appreciate the feeling they are expressing.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Never argue your point or badger another <\/strong>. Be yourself, be firm, but don&#8217;t try to win others over to your viewpoint. People can be different. In fact, differences enhance a group.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Try to show support to each person in the group. <\/strong><\/em>Help people see their strengths and confront them when they are not using their strengths.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong> Expressing negative feelings can be helpful. <\/strong><\/em>Bottled-up feelings can set up unspoken barriers. Avoid ridicule or attack. Focus on how someone&#8217;s behavior in the group affects you and how the situation can be improved. A one-to-one talk can help sometimes.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong> Don&#8217;t talk about people behind their backs.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong> <em>Nothing said leaves the group.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><em><strong> Take responsibility for the life of the community. <\/strong><\/em>Call an absent member. Pray for each other<em>.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h6><em>Gleaned From &#8220;Creating Small Church Communities&#8221; 3rd Edition Father Arthur R. Baranowski,<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; It is very important to go over the Basic Agreement Between Members with your group before you begin. Copies should be given to each member. &nbsp; When a rule is ignored by one of the members it makes it easy to rectify by saying, \u201dI am so sorry but as the facilitator [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":745,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-782","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P91lrr-cC","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/annhernandez.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/annhernandez.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/annhernandez.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/annhernandez.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/annhernandez.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/annhernandez.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":789,"href":"http:\/\/annhernandez.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/782\/revisions\/789"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/annhernandez.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/annhernandez.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}