The Family Table

LEFC Harvest Party : This Week!

Join us on a cozy autumn evening for a Harvest Party with a free dinner, a hayride, pumpkin decorating, and fall activities. Dinner will be served at 5:00. Enjoy some quality time with your family and bring your friends, too! Are you interested in helping out during the event? See Jordyn Skacel.

Service Project Opportunity : This Week!

Also on October 25th, a team from LEFC plans to help a homeowner with cleanup in their backyard. Has your family been wanting a way to serve together? Talk to Pastor Matt to see if it might be a good fit for your family to join in and serve in this way!

Fall Retreat Recap Video

Have you seen the Fall Retreat recap video yet? Joe Quick created an awesome video to recap our weekend spent at the retreat last month. Check it out if you haven’t already to get a glimpse into the fun that was had and to get a taste of what you can expect and plan for next year if you weren’t able to come along. Click the photo to watch!

No Youth Group This Week

Youth Group will not meet this week, but will resume next week, the 26th, and will feature a spam carving contest! Your teen won’t want to miss it!

Mom’s Night Out: Friendsgiving Edition

Moms with children in the home are invited to a Friendsgiving-themed Mom’s Night Out on November 15th at 7pm. We’ll have plenty of Thanksgiving-inspired snacks, a guest speaker, and a fall craft. Come enjoy a night out of the house with fellow moms, and invite others to come with you! Nursing infants are welcome. Registration is now LIVE and can be found here.

“Hosea, Prophet to Israel” 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 “Hosea, Prophet to Israel” (Volume 5: Unit 14: Session 3), 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…

Our recommendation for family discipleship this week is a graphic novel for kids about the inspiring Christian Olympian athlete Eric Liddell.

I (Pastor Matt) love watching the classic movie “Chariots of Fire.” Aside from the wonky 80’s soundtrack (which I also love), it holds up really well as a film.* The movie tells the story of Scottish runner Eric Liddell and what he did (and didn’t do) at the 1924 Olympics. It is compelling storytelling and, for a secular movie, even does a decent job of representing Liddell’s winsome Christian convictions.

But there is so much more to the story!

In Eric’s Greatest Race, Christian author Tim Challies and illustrator Paul Mignard set out to tell the fuller story (with neat pictures!) of Liddell’s life and ministry–starting with his childhood in China and spanning all the way to his imprisonment and death during World War II.  And throughout it all, Eric trusted in our Lord.

Eric Liddell’s life and death exemplified the declaration of the Apostle Paul, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day–and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing” (2 Timothy 4:7-8).

Liddell’s story, with all of its unexpected twists and turns, is worth knowing and learning from, and now young readers can grasp it in 125 quick-reading pages.

More:

Running the Race – Tim Challies wrote more about about Eric Liddell on his blog.
Read an excerpt of Eric’s Greatest Race at the publisher’s website.
Eric’s Greatest Race is available for checkout in the children’s section of the church library.

* This is not a recommendation that all families watch the movie “Chariots of Fire.” That movie has elements that are not suitable for little ones. Remember to use discernment whenever screening films created by non-Christians.

We hope our families eat it right up!

Jordyn Skacel, Director of Family Ministry
Matt Mitchell, Pastor