The Family Table
Feeding the Faith of LEFC Families
TFT: This is BIG!
May 18, 2025
Dear LEFC Families,
It’s been a full Spring of ministry here at LEFC, and we’re just getting ramped up for a fun-filled summer! When planning your summer fun, be sure to include our LEFC fellowship opportunities on your calendar!
Men’s Breakfast
This Saturday, May 24th, at 8:00am men of all ages are invited to the Men’s Breakfast. That means kids, too! We encourage fathers and sons to head to the church on Saturday morning to enjoy fellowship with fellow LEFC men and a delicious breakfast. Bring something to share if you’re able!
Touch a Truck at the Good News Cruise
The Good News Cruise will be held on August 16th, and we’ll once again be incorporating Touch a Truck for the kids! Mark your calendars to join us for a fun-filled day!
Praise God!
Praise God for a fun-filled Mom’s Night Out on Friday. Moms enjoyed fellowship, fun, and laughter together. Pray for those who are not yet in a relationship with Jesus- that they would come to know him and that we were able to play a small part in that journey.
Family Bible Week Volunteers
Family Bible Week is fast approaching! This year’s FBW will be July 7-13. We will soon have a volunteer sheet in the foyer to sign up to help in various ways. If you’re thinking about helping out directly with the kids and don’t yet have your clearances and paperwork submitted to become a Family Ministries volunteer, see Jenni or Jordyn to get those started now!
Save the Date for Family Night
Our next family night will be June 6th. Save the date! Keep an eye out for more details coming soon!
“The Ark Was Captured” 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 “The Ark Was Captured” (Volume 3: Unit 9: 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…
This week’s recommendation is a family devotional book that the Skacel family has been loving! The Biggest Story Family Devotional guides your family through daily kid friendly devotionals. There are a total 
of 104 Bible stories included! Stories from Genesis all the way through Revelation help paint a picture of the biggest story ever told and how all of scripture points to the gospel. When paired with The Biggest Story Bible Storybook, kids get engaging pictures and a Bible story along with discussion questions for parents to guide their family through meaningful conversation.
One of our favorite parts has been that passages right out of the Bible are paired with Bible stories, allowing kids to both hear scripture straight from the Bible and a storybook retelling in a way that grips their attention. If your family chooses, there is also a link to a video version of the story that your family can utilize as well. There are also prayers included to help your kids learn how to pray through scripture and guide your family’s prayer time. We recommend gathering your family together at a time you are consistently all present: dinnertime, breakfast, bedtime, etc, to dive into studying God‘s word together!
There are lots more great resources from The Biggest Story for your family to enjoy, and some are free! Check them out!
We hope our families eat 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!