Families of Faith, This Sunday, July 11 at 5pm at the Building

This Sunday night, from 5-7pm at the building, we will be starting our 6 week series on Families of Faith, a program put together by Peggy Scheppegrell and myself.  This will be a time of fellowship and fun, as well as an opportunity to get information and ideas on building your family of faith.  A national survey conducted by the Search Institute showed that when boys and girls from 7th-12th grade were asked who the "Most Significant Spiritual Influences" were in their lives, 81% of boy and 74% of girls said it was their mother.  That was followed by their Father, Grandparents, siblings, relatives and friends.  Their pastor didn't even make the top 5, movie and music stars ranked above any church activities with the exception of camps, their Youth Group Leader was 13th, the Bible was 16th and God himself didn't even make the top 20.  So what does all this mean?  It means that parents MUST take an ACTIVE role in the spiritual formation of their children.  The idea that sending Johnny and Jane to Sunday school or dropping them off with Grandma will ensure they have a strong faith is, at best, a misconception.  Our hope is to show you the importance of being involved in your child's spiritual life, give you ideas about how to make your home a place of faith, and help you connect to other families working toward the same goals.  We will be eating together and spending some time in devotional and then release the kids for a time of water play, including an inflatable slide.  We believe this will be a blessing for you and your children.  Please drop me an email letting me know if you and your family will be able to make it so we can be prepared with materials, etc.  Everyone with children in their lives is invited.

Many blessings,

Brice