by Pastor Patrick Cho
Grace Life Family Ministry has been continuing to meet on Saturday mornings during the Sunday School hour. It has been really encouraging to see the participation of so many of our married couples and parents. Especially because of the difficulties involved with working around children’s meal times and nap times, the consistently good attendance shows the commitment of our families to stay Christ-centered.
We have been continuing through our series in the John Barnett book, Word Filled Families: Walk in Truth. Each week we look at a new chapter of the book and are particularly concerned with exploring the biblical principles behind the lessons taught. So far, the book has been greatly helpful and encouraging. Some of the topics covered include the importance of staying Word-filled, marks of a strong godly husband, and God’s estimation of a beautiful woman. A memory verse accompanies each lesson and periodically we have quizzes for accountability (which everyone looks forward to with great anticipation!).
For the month of November, Grace Life also enjoyed an informal “Night on the Town” event. After taking signups, we grouped up our members to enjoy a fun date night over dinner or dessert. In order to facilitate participation, we also helped coordinate childcare (thanks to the Care Ministry!). Our group decided to have dessert together at Leucadia Pizzeria. We ordered four desserts! While we love our children immensely, it was nice to have an evening to spend together with adults!
Grace Life is looking forward to a great rest of the year. We’re off to a great start and are hoping that it will continue to the end. One of our goals this year is to have our first Grace Life retreat. We know that will take a lot of planning and won’t be easy to put together, but hopefully with prayer God will allow us to do that this year. Another upcoming Grace Life event is the annual Christmas party in December. That should be fun time for all the families, including the kids! In the meantime, we will keep doing much of what we have been – providing opportunities for the families of Grace Life to spend time together while also studying and seeking to apply God’s Word.