Faith begins at Home coming to Eastern GTA

Mark Holmen who wrote Faith Begins at Home - the book KIDSZONE gave to all parents last year and was the focus of discussions at FEAST(Families Eating And Sharing Together) through the year.
He's at Calvary Baptist Church, Oshawa on Friday May 2 at 7pm check out the church's website for more details. We will be car pooling so let me know if need a ride or have space. Find directions here.

FEAST 2008

Our first Families Eating And Sharing Together (FEAST) meeting of the year took place just last Sunday. Having changed the time of the meeting from 6pm to 12:30pm (Straight after second service) we had a 300% increase in attendance! Everybody enjoyed the pizza - my favourite was the grilled chicken on barbeque sauce(instead of tomatoe sauce). Kids went and had fun in the room next to the adults - thank you Elisabeth.

We had a recap of chapter four of "Grace-based parenting" by Dr Tim Kimmel. Then because there were so many parents we broke into two groups for discussion and prayer.
at the conclusion of the discussion we want onto our customary family activity - this time it was a bit different becasue the kids and parents were seperated for the "family" activity ! The kids were given blank white baseball caps to write blessings and things the kdis saw in their parents. The parents got white t-shirts to write blessings and affirmation of their kids on. afetr 30 minutes we all came togther and exchanged our blessings it was a blast to see the kids reactions.

FEAST III - November 18

All parents are invited to come together for Families Eating And Sharing Together (FEAST) this Sunday. We'll eat together in Families starting at 6pm. At 6:30 the kids will go to the gym for games while the parents have a smallg roup around chapter three of Grace Based Parenting.
We'll round off hhe evening with a family activity followed by ice cream !
Bring parent friend.

FEAST winds up !

Yes the fifth and final chapter of Mark Holmen's "Faith Begins at Home" is te subject for our discussion THIS SUNDAY Feb 18(please note Change from fourth Sunday to Third Sunday). The author has been discussing the family makeover with Christ in the centre and this last chapter turns to the Church as the subject of the makeover. It should be exciting and meaningful so plan to bring your kids for supper, they'll go play while we discuss and pray, then they'll rejoin us for a family activity.

FEAST Chapter 4

Yes we're off again with Families Eating And Sharing Together. This time were on Chapter four of Mark Holmen's book Faith bgeins at Home. Extreme Makeover with Christ at the Centre. Chapter four is about the extended Family makeover. So join us on Sunday 6pm for pizzza with our families then the kids go play while we discuss the chapter. We conclude together tdoing an family activity. - Fun and learning at the same time - how can you go wrong :)

FEAST 4

We're moving onto Chapter 4 - extended Family Makeover in Christ -

Feast is on this Sunday Jan 25 6pm. Kids and adults welcome - Pizza and drinks supplied.

If you're still not received your copy of Mark Holmen's book see Pastor Dave we still have a few copires left. See you on Sunday !

FEAST Chapter two

We're on to Chapter two this Sunday. Last time out we had the oportunity to make our family mission statements together. They came out very well. The families all received their plastic covered vision statements last week and I'm sure they're adorning a wall on their homes.

They're a great reminder of who we think God has called to be as a family.

Why not join us this Sunday at 6pm. Read Chapter two before you come :)

"Faith Begins at Home" Chapter 2

After a successful FEAST (Families Eating And Sharing Together) in September we're ready the next one. SO Make sure you've read up on Chapter 2. The Parent Makeover.