The Family Table

Dear LEFC Parents,

Here are some items on the agenda for the days ahead:

The Gospel Project at Home

Today’s Bible Study is “Zephaniah Warned God’s People to Repent” (Volume 5: Unit 14: Session 3). Ask your kids what they learned in children’s church this morning and/or do the family devotional you can find at this link.

Snack and Yack

Snack and Yack will continue throughout Pastor Matt’s sabbatical. When the auditorium empties after worship, girls and boys (grades 3-7) who listened to the sermon (remember to fill out a handout!) are invited to Pastor Matt’s office for a tasty treat and a brief discussion with one of the LEFC elders (and sometimes guest preachers?!) about the message. Parents, if you would like to help host the discussion by providing the snack, see Holly Crumrine to get involved.

Family Bible Week

Family Bible Week starts next week. Make plans now to join us each night, July 10th – 13th at 6:00pm, for dinner, a time of singing, and classes for all. Then come out for our finale Sunday, July 16th at 10:00am. See Holly Crumrine if you have questions or how you might be involved.

And for Dessert…

This week, we’re shifting focus for parents of older children. Jackie Hill Perry is an author, poet, Bible teacher, and hip-hop artist. She writes for the Gospel Coalition, hosts a podcast, and some of our older church kids saw her perform slam poetry at our Challenge conferences in 2016 and 2018 (definitely worth a watch!).

Jackie focuses on the goodness and holiness of God. Her themes center around relationships, sexuality, and womanhood. I highly recommend her first book, Gay Girl, Good God. She recounts her early identification with same-sex attraction, and then her life-changing decision to follow Jesus. As a result, she says, she was forced to believe that if God is good, as he says and as she believed, it meant following him no matter what, giving up whatever God called her to give up. And he’s worth it.

Now a wife and mother of two, Jackie hosts a podcast with her husband, Preston Perry (race and addiction to pornography are occasional topics). She has written a Bible study on the book of Jude, and a book of devotions will be released later this year. For your older teen who appreciates frank conversation about faith and the difficult topics that face Christians, Jackie Hill is a voice to hear.

Holly Crumrine, 2023 Family Ministries Coordinator