LYNNWOOD—The Family Peace Association will be holding a one day seminar on building great families this Saturday, December 14, at the Pacific Peace Center in Lynnwood.
The event begins at at 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and is free of charge. An optional lunch can also be purchased for $13 a person.
The seminar is for parents, grandparents, and family-aspiring individuals hoping to build stronger bonds with their family by learning how to be a strong role model and how to invest in your own growth to create lasting family legacy.
Topics covered at the event will include:
• Visualizing the family as the most essential human institution. Recognizing the true purpose of family in realizing a meaningful and fulfilling life.
• The importance and foundation of the character of parents in being a model and setting a good example.
• The holistic development of parents, grandparents and family members in the core dimensions: Spiritual & Moral; Emotional & Relational; Physical & Vitality; Mental & Cognitive.
• Becoming a Moral and Relationship leader within your family anchored in shared values. Mastering the myriads of family relationships: Between children and parents, between siblings, between husband and wife, between parents and children, multigenerational and extended family relationships.
• Strategies for creating great families: Family Strengths, Effective Communication, Conflict Resolution, Managing Stress, Setting Priorities, Creating a Family Mission Statement, etc
For more information, or to register, click here.
About Family Peace Association
At Lynnwood-based family resource center, Family Peace Association USA, the organization believes that a family is a fundamental cornerstone piece that leads to building good citizens, secure communities, and ultimately results in sustainable peace.
FPA’s mission is to enlighten humanity by uplifting spiritual consciousness through universal principles and values rooted in God-centered families. They do this by partnering with government agencies and local nonprofits to host family-building workshops and events.
While the Family Peace Association USA focuses onGod-centered family values and principles, according to Yoshitaka “Yoshi” Goto, National Youth Director at FPA, the organization is non-denominational and welcoming of anyone regardless of religion or creed
“Many different faith-based groups share this idea that family is an intrinsic, universal, treasured value,” said Goto. “Uplifting family ideals, what it means to be a parent, what it means to be a good dad or a good mom, being able to care and self-sacrifice for kids and ultimately parents being the primary teachers.”
Though Goto’s role is Youth Director at FPA he often still works with parents because, as he put it, parents learning how to be more resilient, brave, and a good leader directly impacts a child’s upbringing.
Family Peace Association opened their Lynnwood location, called the Pacific Peace Center, in 2021 after relocating from a small office space in Edmonds. Located at 6328 180th Street Southwest just north of the upcoming VOA Lynnwood Neighborhood Center, The Pacific Peace Center will eventually be renovated to a community gathering space which will house couples programs, parenting programs, workshops and roundtable discussions all centered on building stronger families. The organization is also considering offering educational services, such as a homeschooling center for children, in the near future.
“We believe in the model where you have to set up a purpose and objective, you take action, then you have a reflection period. That reflection and discussion, analyzing the action in relation to the goal is very important in human growth,” said Goto. “That’s the type of expertise we want to bring to communities.”
When the Peace Center completes its renovation the goal is to offer a variety of services for a variety of life stages.
Though FPA has the Pacific Peace Center as a sort of home-base Goto informed the Lynnwood Times the organization is also extremely willing to head out into the community and meet those in need of their services where they are. The organization also offers instructional resources on its website.
“FPA works with families under the mutual agreement to serve the bigger community,” said Goto. “Resiliency comes with teamwork, as a team, as a community.”
Anyone seeking a tour of the Peace Center can contact FPA by email at: usa@family-peace.org. Agencies who think their values align with FPA’s and are interested in working with them as a partner can also contact FPA by using that email.
Author: Kienan Briscoe
