The Family Table
Feeding the Faith of LEFC Families
TFT: The Big Picture
March 30, 2025
Dear LEFC Parents,
We are excited to share with you some upcoming Family Ministries happenings here at LEFC. Stay on the lookout for new activities and resources we’re drumming up soon! Here is some current news, along with this week’s highlighted resource for dessert.
Father-Son Retreat at MMR
Dads with sons, Miracle Mountain Ranch has a retreat just for you! On the weekend of May 16th, the ranch is offering a Father-Son retreat. Consider taking a weekend away together enjoying a variety of outdoor activities. The camp offers several other retreat options throughout the year, too. Check them out!
Nursery Update Meeting
On April 6th, during the church family meal and before the meeting, moms of nursery-aged children and those who are expecting are invited to meet in the MOPS room across from the fellowship hall to discuss updates to the nursery. We will share ideas and gather input about how to serve families well. Moms can go through the line first and share lunch together while we chat.
Want to Help Plan Mom’s Night Out?
On Friday May 16th, moms with children in the home are invited to the church for a Mom’s Night Out! Are you a mom who would love to help in the planning? Let Jordyn Skacel know.
Easter Egg Hunt 2025
Our egg hunt is fast approaching! We are gathering donations of individually wrapped candy to fill the eggs, as well as prizes for kids to win. We will also soon have a sign-up for volunteers to help in various ways during the hunt. Find the event on Facebook and invite your friends to join us!
LEFC Family Worship Playlist
Did you hear about our new resource to equip your family for worship in the home? We have created a playlist of the songs we frequently sing during worship in church. It can be found on Spotify and YouTube. Check it out and save it to your library!
“Joshua’s Farewell” 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 “Joshua’s Farewell” (Volume 3: Unit 7: Session 5), 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…
This week’s recommendation for family discipleship is a Bible for kids that focuses on the grand story arc of the Scriptures.
“The Bible is a big book about a big God who keeps a big promise!”
Author David Helm and illustrator Gail Schoonmaker have collaborated to create a best-selling story Bible that starts in Genesis (“The Very Good Beginning”) and connects the dots of the narrative all the way to Revelation (“The Very Good Ending”) with a focus on Jesus as the centerpiece of the story.
The illustrations are striking (aimed at 2-7 year olds), and the words are simple to understand, but the biggest strength of this children’s book is the way it reveals how the stories of the Bible tell one unified story of the coming kingdom of God–“God’s people in God’s place under God’s rule.”
And the best part of this big story is that is true!
Parents can read it to their little ones, and young readers can read it for themselves. Kids will get most of the story just by looking at the pictures.
– The Big Picture Story Bible is available in the LEFC Library for your family to check out.
– Listen to The Big Picture Story Bible as Spotify Podcast Episodes
– Download The Big Picture Story Bible Audio (MP3 Zipfile)
– Access a sample of The Big Picture Story Bible (PDF)
We hope your family eats it right up.
Jordyn Skacel, Director of Family Ministry
Matt Mitchell, Pastor
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EXPLAINER: THE GOSPEL PROJECT AT HOME
For the last several years, our Children’s Church ministry has utilized The Gospel Project as our Bible study curriculum. The Gospel Project is really excellent–it takes our Little Learners and Bible Explorers chronologically through the whole Bible over the course of three years while always focusing on Jesus as the center of the big story. If your student was in Little Learners or Bible Explorers this morning, they received a coloring page and take-home sheet that corresponds to this lesson. You have also been given a full-color Big Picture Card that you can use to reinforce the lesson with your child, as well.
To reinforce what your kids are learning each week in Children’s Church, you can now access The Gospel Project At Home online. Each week in this email, there will be a link to follow to get this free resource which includes:
1. A guide to using the Gospel Project at Home.
2. Scripture to read and discuss with a recap video of the Bible Story (Preschool and/or Elementary).
3. Scripture memory verses and a song to sing together.
4. Prayer prompts and family activities that correspond to the lesson.
Please consider setting aside at least 10-15 minutes once a week for a family devotional time using this resource as a guide. We are hoping The Gospel Project At Home will help keep all of our LEFC kids “on the same page,” and feed their faith in Jesus.
This might be especially helpful if for some reason your child has to miss a week of Children’s Church. You can show them the Bible story video to keep them up to speed on what the other children are learning.
**Note: The first time you access the link, you will need to register a free account with Lifeway’s Ministry Grid. This will also provide you ongoing access through the “training” tab to many other discipleship resources including the Gospel Project at Home for previous weeks. Many hours of excellent things to absorb for free!