The Family Table

Feeding the Faith of LEFC Families

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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: I’m so proud of you!

October 20, 2024

Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some savory items to set the table for disciple-making in your family this week: Praise God for our Fall Retreat! We had an exceedingly fun, faith-building weekend at our first ever Fall…

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TFT: Prepare your kids to disobey

October 13, 2024

Dear LEFC Parents, Here are some tasty items to set the table for disciple-making in your family this week: Fall Retreat is in just 5 days! We’re 5 days away from Fall Retreat! Take the opportunity now…

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The Family Table – November 27, 2022

November 27, 2022

Dear LEFC Parents, I hope your family enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday and are looking forward to celebrating Advent. Do you have your own family traditions for the Advent season? Our family has made use of…

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The Family Table – November 20, 2022

November 20, 2022

Dear LEFC Parents, I hope your family is counting your many blessings one by one and giving thanks to the Lord for each of them. Certainly each one of our children is a blessing (Psalm…

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The Family Table – November 13, 2022

November 13, 2022

Dear LEFC Parents, I hope your family enjoyed hearing today from Caleb Lucien of Vision of Hope Ministries in Haiti. I think it’s vital that our kids understand the gospel work of missionaries around the world. Today…

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The Family Table – November 6, 2022

November 6, 2022

Dear LEFC Parents, I hope your family is entering into the month of November filled with thanksgiving for all of God’s good gifts and especially for the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ. It might be…

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The Family Table – Resources for Feeding the Faith of LEFC Families

October 30, 2022

Dear LEFC Parents, Welcome to “The Family Table”! This email newsletter is the newest initiative of Family Ministries at Lanse Free Church. For the next three months, we’re going to experiment with sending it out…

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