The Family Table

Feeding the Faith of LEFC Families

TFT: The Friendship of Lewis & Tolkien

December 15, 2024

Dear LEFC Parents, Today is the third Sunday of Advent. This year’s LEFC Family Advent Readings reflect upon Jesus’ breathtaking claim to be the Light of the World. This week’s reading is “The Light of Guidance.” Christmas Caroling…

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A book cover titled "The Christmas Stories of George MacDonald," illustrated by Linda Hill Griffith, featuring an image of a Victorian-era man sitting on a couch reading to three children with a decorated Christmas tree in the background.

TFT: George MacDonald’s Christmas Stories

December 8, 2024

Dear LEFC Parents, Today is the second Sunday of Advent. This year’s LEFC Family Advent Readings reflect upon Jesus’ breathtaking claim to be the Light of the World. This week’s reading is “The Light of Purity.” Christmas Caroling…

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TFT: Advent Means Coming

December 1, 2024

Dear LEFC Parents, Today is the first Sunday of Advent. This year’s LEFC Family Advent Readings reflect upon Jesus’ amazing claim to be the Light of the World. This week’s reading is “The Light of Hope.”…

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Book cover of "The Wild Man: A Clear Path for Guiding Boys into Manhood" by Zeke Pipher. It features silhouettes of a boy and an adult man standing on a mountain peak against a sunset, with red and yellow tones dominating the background.

TFT: The Wild Man

November 24, 2024

Dear LEFC Parents, Happy Thanksgiving! Here are some nourishing items to set the table for disciple-making in your family this week: Creating Meaningful Holiday Traditions with Your Kids This week on the “Practice Makes Parent” podcast from…

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TFT: Youth Sports – Healthy Families

November 17, 2024

Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some nourishing items to set the table for disciple-making in your family this week: Family Ministry Survey Have you taken our quick Family Ministry survey yet? We value serving our families…

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TFT: Single > Dating > Engaged > Married

November 10, 2024

Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some nourishing items to set the table for disciple-making in your family this week: Gospel Mom on the Family Discipleship Podcast The moms behind Risen Motherhood (last week’s TFT recommendation) have…

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TFT: A Resource Just for Moms

November 3, 2024

Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some nourishing items to set the table for disciple-making in your family this week: Advent is Quickly Approaching! The season of advent will be here soon, beginning on December 1st.…

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The image shows a book cover with the title "Parenting Without Panic" by Rachel Gilson, subtitled "In an LGBT-Affirming World" and includes a tagline "Discipling Our Kids with Jesus' Truth and Love." The design features abstract geometric shapes with pastel colors.

TFT: Panic-less Parenting

October 27, 2024

Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some nourishing items to set the table for disciple-making in your family this week: Fall Retreat Recap Check out the Fall Retreat recap video created by Joe Quick to get a glimpse…

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TFT: World Watch News

October 22, 2023

Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some items to set the table for family discipleship in your home this week: Talking to Our Kids About Death Pastor Matt found another good article on the updated CCEF…

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TFT: The Threat of Porn

October 15, 2023

Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some items to set the table for family discipleship in your home this week: New Website for CCEF  Pastor Matt’s favorite biblical counseling organization has just upgraded their entire website with a fresh…

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TFT: Countdown To Calm

October 8, 2023

Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some items to set the table for family discipleship in your home this week: Amazing Grace for Parenting Author Champ Thornton has recently studied what the hymn-writing pastor John Newton…

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TFT: Video Chat with a Godly Gram

October 1, 2023

Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some items to set the table for family discipleship in your home this week: Challenge Conference – Advanced Planning The 2024 Challenge Conference has been announced for July 1-5 in Kansas…

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TFT: Challenge Accepted?

September 24, 2023

Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some items to set the table for family discipleship in your home this week: Challenge Conference – Advanced Planning The 2024 Challenge Conference has been announced for July 1-5 in Kansas…

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