The Family Table
Feeding the Faith of LEFC Families
TFT: Lights, Camera, Action Bible!
February 2, 2025
Dear LEFC Parents,
Here are some nourishing items to set the table for disciple-making in your family this week.
You’re Invited to Family Night!
Join us for Family Night on the evening of February 21st from 6:00-8:00! We’ll have a time of fellowship together as families of LEFC playing games and socializing. Dinner will also be provided. Invite your friends to come enjoy a fun evening!
Winter Jam
The Youth Group plans to attend Winter Jam on March 8th at the Bryce Jordan Center. They would love to meet to go together to the concert with any other LEFC families who would like to attend. If you plan to attend the concert, see Holly or Cody Crumrine so they can coordinate with you. And teens, don’t forget to mark your calendars!
Register for Summer Camp!
Has your child ever considered attending a summer camp at Miracle Mountain Ranch? Now is a great time to think about registering for one of their various camps! Visit their website to learn more about camp offerings, dates, and costs. Next week we have the joy of welcoming Donnie Rosie from the Ranch to our church as well, so consider asking him about camp. See Marilynn Kristofits with questions or for more information!
Costumes for KBC
Are you gifted in sewing and crafting? Our Kids Bible Classes are looking for volunteers to help create costumes for the kids to use in various performances. Please see Vicky Albert for more information!
Easter Egg Hunt 2025
Mark your calendars now for the LEFC Easter Egg Hunt on April 19th, the day before Easter. Be thinking about how you might want to volunteer to help out in various ways. We will also be looking for donations of candy and prizes when the time comes.
Volunteer Opportunities for Family Bible Week
Family Bible week will be held July 7-13, 2025. We have several volunteer opportunities that we would love for some of our LEFC parents to fill. We need teachers and helpers for nursery, Pre-K-K, 1st-3rd, and 4th-6th, members of the decorating team, kitchen help, games helpers, members of the worship rally team, photography/videography, security, and a finale team. See Jordyn Skacel if you have interest in filling any of these vital roles, or to get more information about each.
“The People Grumbled” Kids Bible Class Devotional
You have free access to a family devotional based on the curriculum our kids are studying each week in KBC! It’s called “The Gospel Project at Home.” Today’s Bible Study is “The People Grumbled” (Volume 1: Unit 6: Session 1), and the devotional can be found at this link.
Visit the Family Ministries page on our website for information about how to access The Gospel Project at Home for the first time.
And for dessert…
This week’s recommendation for family discipleship is a giant comic book collection of Bible stories sure to delight many kids (and some parents, too!).
I (Pastor Matt) have always loved comic books. I grew up reading and collecting them. I love how they blend bold writing and exciting images to tell a marvelous story.
When I was a kid, I would have worn out a copy of The Action Bible from Brazilian artist Sergio Cariello!
Cariello who has drawn comics for both Marvel and D.C. has now illustrated 215 Bible stories in exciting full and living color! The stories are told in chronological order, so that it even feels a bit like a translation and can help young, impressionable, and visual learners to get a feel for the overarching narrative of the whole Scriptures.
If your child is enjoying the book of Daniel right now, you might want to turn to those stories to see how Cariello imagines the metallic statute of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, the fiery furnace with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and Daniel spending the night with the lions!
Of course, there is more to the Bible than action stories. We need to make sure our kids learn the Psalms, the Proverbs, and the Letters, too. We shouldn’t let a book of stories take the place of an actual Bible, but The Action Bible can be a great supplement to the Scriptures and a fun gateway into their exciting treasures.
We have a copy in the church library available for checkout, and a collection of 90 “Anytime Devotions” based on The Action Bible. I think that kids ages 8 to 12 might really get into that!
A newer version is also available for sale online. The Action Bible website has even more information.
The Action Bible tells the most marvelous story there ever will be.
We hope your family eats it right up!
Jordyn Skacel, Director of Family Ministry
Matt Mitchell, Pastor
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EXPLAINER: THE GOSPEL PROJECT AT HOME
For the last several years, our Children’s Church ministry has utilized The Gospel Project as our Bible study curriculum. The Gospel Project is really excellent–it takes our Little Learners and Bible Explorers chronologically through the whole Bible over the course of three years while always focusing on Jesus as the center of the big story. If your student was in Little Learners or Bible Explorers this morning, they received a coloring page and take-home sheet that corresponds to this lesson. You have also been given a full-color Big Picture Card that you can use to reinforce the lesson with your child, as well.
To reinforce what your kids are learning each week in Children’s Church, you can now access The Gospel Project At Home online. Each week in this email, there will be a link to follow to get this free resource which includes:
1. A guide to using the Gospel Project at Home.
2. Scripture to read and discuss with a recap video of the Bible Story (Preschool and/or Elementary).
3. Scripture memory verses and a song to sing together.
4. Prayer prompts and family activities that correspond to the lesson.
Please consider setting aside at least 10-15 minutes once a week for a family devotional time using this resource as a guide. We are hoping The Gospel Project At Home will help keep all of our LEFC kids “on the same page,” and feed their faith in Jesus.
This might be especially helpful if for some reason your child has to miss a week of Children’s Church. You can show them the Bible story video to keep them up to speed on what the other children are learning.
**Note: The first time you access the link, you will need to register a free account with Lifeway’s Ministry Grid. This will also provide you ongoing access through the “training” tab to many other discipleship resources including the Gospel Project at Home for previous weeks. Many hours of excellent things to absorb for free!