The Family Table is our weekly email to equip families to disciple their kids. Read recent updates below for Family Ministries news, upcoming events, and resources—or subscribe here to receive it every Sunday afternoon.
Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some key items to set the table for disciple-making in your family in the week ahead: Talking With Your Teenager About Sexuality Jennifer Kvamme was recently interviewed at the Rooted Podcast about how to talk with and what to say to our teens about sexuality. Jennifer is the author whom our Challenge Crew got to meet and learn from her book More to the Story which Pastor Matt highly recommends. This topic isn’t going away, and we need to…
Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some key items to set the table for disciple-making in your family in the week ahead: New Director of Family Ministry! Today, the congregation affirmed the appointment of Jordyn Skacel as LEFC’s first Director of Family Ministry. Jordyn will be leading our efforts to bring families into a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ through ministries to the children, youth, and parents of our church and community. Jordyn has been a part of…
Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some great items to set the table for disciple-making in your family in the week ahead: New Youth Meeting Before our full launch this September, our Youth Group is going to meet TONIGHT at 7:00 for a kick-off. We’ll have games, a short service project, and Bible study. Youth Group is designed for LEFC students and their friends in 7th grade and up (including recent graduates). Looking forward to meeting everyone tonight…
Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some key items to set the table for disciple-making in your family in the week ahead: Praying for Our Malawi Mission Team Our team is in Malawi! We are praying for the team in Africa this week to serving alongside our ReachGlobal Missionaries Fred and Cindy Cressman of Community Impact in Lilongwe, Malawi. All 3 of the members of the team are parents of LEFC kids whose families have sent them far away for over a week. This is a…
Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some key items to set the table for disciple-making in your family in the week ahead: Thank You for Coming to Family Bible Week What a great time we had as a whole church family at “Breaker Rock Beach!” We are so grateful for all of the people who made our time together a big success. Praying for Our Malawi Mission Team This morning, we prayed for the team going to…
Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some key items to set the table for disciple-making in your family in the week ahead: Tech Trends: AI Cheating, ‘Dumb Phones’ and Teen Slang The “Christ-centered Parenting Tips” newsletter this week shared a helpful set of articles for parents of pre-teens and “tweens” including one about how to keep students from using artificial intelligence to cheat at school and the meaning of a number of current popular teenage expressions. Do you know what…
Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some key items to set the table for disciple-making in your family in the week ahead: Fair Week The 163rd Clearfield County Fair is underway. Are your kids involved in something at the fair — showing livestock, competing in the exhibitions, etc? Pastor Matt would love to support and encourage them. Please let him know when and where they are involved in case he can come to cheer them on. Family Bible Week Is…
Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some key items to set the table for disciple-making in your family in the week ahead: Welcome Home, Challenge Crew! This morning we heard from our group that went to Challenge ’24 about their experience. Challenge Rewind is a YouTube channel dedicated to sharing messages delivered at the conference. Parents, you might want to (re)watch them with your teens and discuss what they learned and how they can apply it to their lives now…