Equipping Fathers, Strengthening the Family, Serving the Body, Touching the World

This is a Bible study class designed to strengthen the family by equipping husbands/fathers to disciple their families.  God has ordained the family as a key place for evangelism.  Our desire is to assist fathers in realizing the importance and the responsibility to teach and train their children in the ways of the Lord (See Malachi 4:5-6; Eph. 6:4). Wives/mothers also have an irreplaceable role to fill, as well (See Psalm 128:3; Titus 2:4-5; Proverbs 31:28). We feel it is important for the children, young and old, to be a part of this Bible study class. This will help in building the foundation for family devotions.

We invite you to join us as we strive to conform to the biblical model of the family and learn how to truly make disciples, starting in our own homes.

This will be a time for:

Praise and worship and prayer

Psalm 95:1 “Come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.”

Teaching

1 Timothy 4:13 “Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching.”

Fellowship (eating):

Acts 2:46 “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.”

Above was the flyer for our family integrated Bible study (meaning the family worships TOGETHER) at our church. This has been on all of our hearts (Mark, Lisa and our good friends the Wilsons) for quite some time. We strongly believe that the majority of Christian fathers are neglecting their responsibilities that God has given them to disciple their families on a DAILY basis, and that mothers have a tendency to "take over" this role when the husband doesn't fulfill his God-given role in this area. It's so important that we all know where God put us and how we should go about fulfilling these roles to the UTMOST for HIS GLORY! It is also important that WE, as parents, learn how to disciple our children as it says in Deuteronomy 6: 6-9 - "These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates." It was so wonderful to have all of the atendees' children see their parents learning from God, as they learn right along with their parents!

Last night was the last night of our class. The class might resume this fall, but we will need new leaders to step up to the plate. This has been a WONDERFUL ministry and we have all learned a lot about the BIBLICAL ROLE OF THE FAMILY! Below are some photos of our class' pizza party last night!

~ Lisa