All in the Family with Rev. Vicki Bunch – via Zoom Only

“All In the Family” (Online Class) — July 19, 26 & Aug. 2 with Rev. Vicki Bunch.
            This three-week class will focus on our awareness of personal family systems, as well as church family systems.  Dr. Murray Bowen, a psychiatrist, developed a theory in the 1950s that families are systems poised somewhere between emotionally healthy behaviors or at risk of unhealthy behaviors that cause conflict.  Since conflict is natural, church leaders are now applying Bowen’s tenets to congregational awareness to affirm ways to be emotionally healthy individuals in an emotionally healthy church. 
            Bowen’s studies and research continue to be relevant today.  And sometimes we need a TV sitcom like “All in the Family” from the 1970s to reveal our personal and cultural values through two characters like Archie and Edith Bunker.  What can they teach us about our personal self and our family-of-origin?  What can they teach us about our church family?
            Warning:  This class may cause chemicalization, inability to sleep, desire to blame others, unforgiveness, resentment, and shameful behaviors before you feel the long-term effects of self-forgiveness, self-love, and self-care! 

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82618665652

New Registration for this class is closed.

Victoria (Vicki) Bunch is an adjunct instructor at Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute, ordained Unity minister, spiritual director, and teacher of contemplative practices. She served as co-minister with her husband, Richard Bunch, at Unity of Richmond, from 2006-2017 prior to completion of her spiritual direction certificate from The Haden Institute in Jungian, mystical, and dreamwork traditions. She received a B.A. in English Literature from Christopher Newport University and a Master of Social Work degree from Virginia Commonwealth University specializing in Bowen Family Systems. Vicki has worked in hospitals, mental health settings, homeless shelters, court-ordered home settings, and private practice to instill hope with those who have lost their hope. Her vision is to empower individuals into the awareness of their own innate health and wholeness.