My wife and I were married August 27th, 1983. Our Family Vision started for us in 1997 when Rhonda and I were encouraged to write family goals and a mission statement by our associate pastor who felt that it would give us a greater sense of purpose and allow us to find the calling that God had for our family.

During that first weekend, little did we know that what came out of our pen was not only a defining moment for our family, but the beginning of an opportunity to share our experience with other families. I have owned my own Financial Services business for twenty-two years and have twelve offices in two states with a focus of helping families with their personal finances, so working with families was nothing new to me. The Family Vision ministry actually started as a part of the Sunday school class that I teach and then expanded into my business. Now I’m getting invitations to teach all over the country. I believe we have a message for this generation and I’m searching for the best way to expand its impact and serve a larger audience of families.

The Gunn Family Vision Statement
“Laying the foundations for many Godly generations”

Thank you for your interest in the Family Vision Workshop. We hope this information will provide an overview of this exciting opportunity to connect families with a weekend workshop (Friday night and Saturday) that is sure to change their lives by creating a family that knows and follows God’s unique purpose for their family for generations to come. The Family Vision Workshop is a motivating, fun, practical, step by step process in which each family creates their own unique Family Vision and Mission statement along with a variety of tools on how to implement it in their daily lives.

Every family ends up somewhere...

but few families end up somewhere on purpose.

The Family Vision Weekend helps families develop their unique multi-generational vision and mission and that becomes the core of their children’s belief system. It not only strengthens the family unit but also provides a clear method of how to pass the vision and mission on to each succeeding generation, thus bringing purpose to the children’s lives.

The result of developing the family vision is that it makes the family more attractive than all the other alternatives. Being part of the family team becomes more important than any other option. It captures the children's hearts and imaginations.

As we teach in the seminars, children don’t rebel against authority; they rebel against a lack of relationship. Developing a family vision and focusing on it daily requires relationship-building activities. These activities, as unique as each family vision, are what help develop bridges between family members that will stand the test of time.

Foundation

As I looked at Psalm 78:1-11 there is a clear mandate for God’s people to make sure each father teaches the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord in order that they would put their confidence in Him and keep His commandments. What I’ve noticed is that most families lack a clearly defined method to accomplish this.

I can only imagine, if I had been given a document passed down from my great grandfather regarding our family purpose, how that would have given me incredible direction and a sense of calling. This document could have contained our family values just as the Rechabites in Jeremiah 35 passed their values on to their offspring.

Most children of Christian parents lack a clear and compelling family vision that is multi-generational in scope. They are largely unsure of who they are and why they were created. They are missing an anchor, a sense of divine purpose in their lives.

The Family Vision Workshop empowers parents to create passion in their children by providing a clear vision for the entire family.