Family Ministry Newsletter: November 6th, 2024
This newsletter contains upcoming information pertaining to all things family ministry. Here, you will find announcements, dates, devotional thoughts, and more that, I pray, will be beneficial to you, your household, and our local church. May God be chief as we seek to faithfully shepherd our homes!
Upcoming Dates and Events
November 15th-16th, 2024 - Family Camping Trip at Bledsoe Creek State Park
Families are invited for an overnight camping trip at Bledsoe Creek State Park! We have secured two group sites, allowing up to 60 individuals on the property. To sign-up, please see the sheet in the foyer. If you have any questions, please reach out to John William.
December 6th, 2024 - Youth Christmas Party
As we wrap up this inaugural year of First Fridays, we will have a time of fellowship and fun as we celebrate the incarnation of Christ! Students are encouraged to bring a friend and wear an ugly Christmas sweater! Be on the lookout for more information.
December 14th, 2024 - Gingerbread House Building
Families are invited for a fun morning of gingerbread house building! This will begin at 10AM and end at noon. Keep an eye out for a sign-up!
December 20th, 2024 - Christmas Concert
This date marks our annual Christmas Concert as we celebrate the glory of the Incarnation through songs, readings, and fellowship. If you or your little one would like to participate in the choirs, please sign-up in the foyer!
December 22nd & 29th, 2024 - No Childcare
We will not have childcare the last two Sundays of this year.
Weekly Song and Resource
This week, we are singing, “His Mercy is More.” It is a wonderful song to sing throughout the house in preparation for corporate worship on Sunday: https://youtu.be/I1GiZL60c80?si=o_1uxjGF_7whmzYG
This week’s resource double dips in the song category! Check out this lovely new song put out by Skye Peterson and Ben Shive on the Lord’s Suppert: https://youtu.be/OxXnnHn3LFQ?si=UEisbqCPUDZWHmus
Quote of the Week
“Christ condescended so far unto us, to such a near league, as to take us to be his spouse, who hath all things. What then can we want when we are at the fountain of all things? We can want no protection, for that is the covering of this well. We can want no good thing but he will supply it. We have free access unto him, as the wife hath to her husband. Who hath free access to the husband if the wife hath not? So who hath free access to Christ but the spouse?”
- Richard Sibbes, “The Spouse — Her Earnest Desire After Christ”