The Family Table
Feeding the Faith of LEFC Families
TFT: Where Is Wisdom?
August 3, 2025
| Dear LEFC Families,As we near the start of the school year, it’s a great time to start thinking about what new habits, rhythms, or routines might work well for your family in this new season. We encourage you to consider how you can prioritize your and your kids’ spiritual growth this upcoming year. What might you need to say “yes” or “no” to in order to put Christ first in your home? We’re here to help resource and equip you to make wise decisions for your family.
Discipling Kids in Light of Competing Priorities and Busy Schedules Need help thinking through how you might balance family time, sports practices, music lessons, friends, homework, and spiritual growth in your home? Check out this helpful article for insight, wisdom, and an honest discussion about competing priorities and our schedules. Deana Menikoff talks about the desire of every parent for their kids to be well, rounded, successful, and have an abundance of opportunities while navigating the battle for their souls. Take a few minutes to give it a read. LEFC Fall Retreat Our Fall Retreat is coming up in just two months! Join us at Seven Mountains Scout Camp for the weekend of September Youth Group Kickoff Youth Group will kick-off for the school year on August 17th, Back to School Sunday. Make sure your 7th-12th graders put it in their busy schedules to attend, and of course, tell them to invite their friends! We look forward to another great year of studying God’s word together! Touch a Truck at the Good News Cruise
“Solomon Became King” Kids Bible Class Devotional
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 picture book that leads children on a treasure hunt for true wisdom.
Scott James explains why he wrote it: “One Sunday a few years back, our pastor preached through Job 28, and it set my imagination ablaze! My mind was filled with scenes of ingenuity and endeavor, people searching high and low throughout the wonders of God’s creation, thinking the treasures themselves would bring satisfaction. But Job points out that we were made for so much more, that there’s a greater treasure to be found in God and the wisdom he provides. That seemed so relatable to me, and such a helpful way to show kids the beauty of God’s plan for our lives. After talking through it with my kids during family worship, I wrote this story for them in the hopes that it would point them to the one in whom true wisdom is found. Where Is Wisdom? is based on Job chapter 28, where a wonderful surprise lives. There’s a beautiful poem in the middle of Job! The heading in my Bible calls it ‘A Hymn to Wisdom.’ After all these heavy conversations with his friends about the nature of God and man and sin, Job breaks into these verses full of color What I love about Job 28 is that it so clearly contrasts man’s pursuit of what we think we need versus God’s gift of what we truly need. We can hunt for treasure all throughout the wonders of God’s creation, but in the end the one thing we need is a right relationship with him. That’s what true wisdom brings—a heart-felt desire to trust and obey our Lord. Or, as the book describes it, ‘to want nothing more than to love and live for Him.'” In the back of the book, there are suggestions for how parents can use it during family worship including discussion questions. Highly recommended to be read to small children or for young readers to pick up for themselves. More: Check it out: Where Is Wisdom? is available in the LEFC library. We hope our families eat it right up! Jordyn Skacel, Director of Family Ministry |
19th-21st. Last year, parents and families enjoyed quality time together in a beautiful wooded setting at the lodge. We’ll have faith-building teaching, delicious food, lots of fun and fellowship with games, puzzles, activities, and rich conversation, a campfire, and more! Your whole family is invited to attend, as there will be activities and breakouts for everyone. Housing is family-friendly for your convenience. The cost to attend is $50 for couples and families and $25 for an individual. 
The Good News Cruise will be held on August 16th, and we’ll once again be incorporating Touch a Truck for the kids. Bring your kids out to enjoy the fun! If you’d like to bring a vehicle for kids to check out, or could arrange for one, please see Jordyn Skacel.
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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!