Family Ministry Newsletter: September 18th, 2024
This inaugural 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
September 20th, 2024 - Student Bonfire
All students (6th-12th) and their families are invited for a time of fellowship (around a bonfire!) and food (nacho bar!) at the Crawford’s on Friday, September 20th, beginning at 6PM. For their address, please reach out to John William or visit the church directory.
September 22nd, 2024 - Lunch n’ Learn
Following worship on Sunday, there will be a time of instruction and fellowship for all who serve or who would like to serve in the pre-school hall. Please prioritize this time.
October 4th, 2024 - First Friday
Students will meet for their monthly gathering on October 4th, at 6:30PM. We will eat, fellowship, and worship the living God as we consider Jonah 3!
October 12th, 2024 - Bottom View Farm Family Day
Families are encouraged to visit Bottom View Farm on Saturday, October 12th, for a time of family fun! Be on the lookout for more information.
Weekly Song and Resource
This week, we are introducing a new song in corporate worship called, “Oh, How Good It Is”. Its content is derived from Psalm 133, of which David declares, “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!” Is this not a wonderful truth to sing? We are united together together in Christ! As we prepare for Sunday, I hope this song proves beneficial to you and your household.
Check out this brief article from Dr. Jon Payne titled “How Do I Teach My Family?” - https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/how-do-i-teach-my-family
Quote of the Week
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. (Ephesians 5:22-24, ESV)
"O how happy a thing is it for the church that it has such a head! A head that does not tyrannize over it, nor trample it under foot, a head that does not pole, nor peel the church, but procures its peace and safety. When Naomi sought to make a match between Boaz and Ruth, that he might be her head, what did she say? ‘Shall I not seek rest for thee that it may be well with thee?’ (Ruth 3:1). It is therefore the office of a head to be ‘a savior,’ to procure rest and prosperity to the body whose head it is.
Happy are the kingdoms, nations, cities, churches, families, wives, and all that have heads, if they had such heads that, because they are heads, would endeavor to be ‘saviors.’”
- William Gouge, Building a Godly Home: A Holy Vision for Family Life (p. 39)