TFT: Leading Our Kids To Know and Love Jesus
Dear LEFC Parents,
Today is the fourth Sunday of Advent. This week’s LEFC Advent Reading centers on John 1:14 and focuses on the miracle of the incarnation–God the Son became a human like we are!
Today is also Christmas Eve, and we have a special candlelight worship service featuring the talents of our church families at 7:00pm. We hope you can join us.
KBC Handbells – TONIGHT!
The Bible Explorers Kids Bible Class will be sharing their handbell number this evening at the candlelight worship service. All KBC Kids in grades 1-3 are welcome and encouraged to participate. Kids need to meet in the Bible Explorer Classroom at 6:45pm for a quick practice. We hope to see you there!
The Gospel Project at Home
Today’s Bible Study is “God Wants Us to Know Him” (Volume 10: Unit 28: Session 4). Ask your kids what they learned in Kids Bible Class this morning and/or do the family devotional you can find at this link.
Challenge Conference – Advanced Planning
The 2024 Challenge Conference has been announced for July 1-5 in Kansas City. We’d love to send a group from LEFC as we have in past years. To do that we need interested youth (grades 7-12) and willing adult leaders. That seems like a long time from now, but it will be here before we know it. (Read more about Challenge on the official conference website.)
Snack and Yack – With Donnie Rosie!
Snack and Yack resumes again next Sunday. Boys and girls 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 Pastor Matt and our guest preacher, Donnie Rosie, from Miracle Mountain Ranch about the message.
And for dessert…
Our recommended resource for family discipleship this week is an upcoming conference in our district.
Pathway Church, our sister church in Beaver Falls, is hosting their second annual Family Discipleship Conference January 13th (9:00-2:00) and all parents are invited. This is the church with the podcast we told you about last month. Pastor Ben Marshall is a friend of Pastor Matt and has issued a warm invitation for any parents at LEFC to participate. He said, “We would love to have any from your ministry come!”
The conference organizers express their hope for the conference, “This will be a day full of learning, fellowship, and encouragement as we seek to support one another in parenting and leading our kids to know and love Jesus.”
The speaker for this event is another person whose resources we’ve recommended in The Family Table, Walt Mueller from the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding.
The cost is only $20 for individuals or $30 for a couple which includes lunch, and they are offering a neat childcare option: “Our youth ministry will be offering a one-day VBS childcare option as a fundraiser for their upcoming Challenge Conference trip (requested donation $10/kid).” Our Family Ministries Interim Leadership Team is offering 75% scholarships for families for whom this may be a hardship. See Holly, Jordyn, or Vicky for more information.
Watch the Conference Invitation Video.
We hope some of our church families can take advantage of this opportunity and bring some great ideas home.
May your family have a blessed Christmas tomorrow!
Matt Mitchell, Pastor
Holly Crumrine, 2023 Family Ministries Coordinator