From: Legacy Path: Discover Intentional Spiritual Parenting, by Brian Haynes

(1) Simplify – less is more: "Complexity of life, even when filled with good things, monopolizes valuable time and energy necessary to disciple our children... Simplicity buys us time with our children that enables us to disciple them and pass on a godly legacy." – p. 35

(2) Time – related to family schedule:

Only 1 extra-curricular activity

Prioritize family time together

Maintain family dinner time

(3) How Church and family converge:

Live at the conviction level (Heb. 10:23)

Attend church regularly with your children (Heb. 10:24-25)

Involve your children in Home Community (Acts 2:42-47)

What is Home Community (HC)? When we read the Bible, we read about Christians congregating for corporate worship on Sundays, and we read about Christians gathering in homes for more intimate fellowship and discipleship (see for example Acts 2:42-47). How are we incorporating children into HCs? The same material will be touched on in three different ways for children throughout the week:

1) Starting in September, each week children will receive good bible teaching on Sundays in Children’s Church.

2) During HC, children will process what they learned on Sunday, separate from the adults.

3) At the end of the HC meeting, the children will join the adults to talk about what they learned so that parents and their children can continue the conversation about how this applies to everyday life.

Sample of HC Children’s Church Bible Story Schedule for June:

June 12th – Ruth 1:1-22 June 19th – Ruth 2-4 June 26th – 1 Samuel 1:1-28

Building Christ Centered Family in missional Community

The Biblical Basis of Marriage – Genesis 1-3

Husband and Wife roles – Gen. 3:16 & Eph. 5:21-33 Communication – Eph. 4:25-32

Forgiveness (the Gospel) – Matthew 18:21-35 Progressive Sanctification – Philippians 2:12-13

Stewardship of Finances – Malachi 3:6-18

Stewardship of Parenting (June 12th) Stewardship of Sex (June 19th)

Stewardship of the Gospel (June 26th)

Ephesians 6:1 “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your

father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.”

Parenting as a “Stewardship” The goal = bring them up in the admonition of the LORD to make wise and

godly decisions on their own (Joshua 24:15): Joshua 24:15 “And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom

you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

Conviction

Belief Values Technique

BI: Live at the conviction level.

June 19, 2016

“The Household Code” – Eph. 5:21-6:9 Ephesians 5:21 “submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.”

The driving assumptions of the Bible’s instructions on parenting is: 1) Husband & wife are Christians, partnering together with their

offspring to recognize the Lordship of Christ (Joshua 24:15) 2) Husband & wife are seeking to be disciple-makers of their own

children (Matt. 28:19-20; Deut. 6:4-9) 3) Husband & wife are living by the 10 Commandments, led by the

Holy Spirit, teaching their kids to do the same (Ex. 20:3-17)

To “Children” (6:1-3)

Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

“Children” = not about age, but about relationship.

− “obey” = listen to parents’ advice with unswerving obedience.

− your parents “in the Lord” = home under Lordship of Jesus

for this is “right” = an expected standard for Christians

“Disobedience to parents is a symptom of a disintegrating social structure, and Christian families have a particular responsibility not to contribute to the collapse of an ordered community.” – A. Skevington Wood

Eph. 6:2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” “Honor”= more than “obey” it means to “respect” & “esteem”

The promises of following the 5th commandment (Ex. 20:12):

1) that it “may go well with you” blessings / curses

and…

2) that you “may live long in the land” has two applications:

A. This is biblical “survival of the fittest”

B. This is biblical “social security”

To “Fathers” (6:4) Eph. 6:4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the

discipline and instruction of the Lord.”

“Fathers” = Paul is addressing the “representative head” – in God’s economy, the father is primary steward accountable before God

do not “provoke” your children to anger = to “drive a child to angry exasperation” or “perpetual resentment” by overcorrection so that the child loses heart or explodes.

This happens by “giving excessively unreasonable demands” or “unfairness” or “abuse of authority” or “constant nagging” or “subjecting a child to humiliation” or “complete insensitivity to the child’s needs and sensibilities” − The opposite is to abdicate responsibility = no discipline spoil

the child

but “bring them up” = bodily nourishment & education:

1) in the “discipline” = nouthesia (Greek), means correction by word of mouth involving:

Admonish = disapproval

Reproof = blame

Advice = give wise counsel

Encouragement = exhortation (see 2 Tim. 3:16)

2) and “instruction” of the Lord = paideia (Greek), means “Education” or “child training” or “strict discipline” in relation to the Word of God and how it applies to life.

Teaching

2 Tim. 3:16

Training Correcting Rebuking

Grace Church 10323 28th Ave SW Seattle, WA 98146

(206) 937-8400 gracechurchseattle.org

LOVE God & people by praying for: Wiltsey Family (passing of Lane Wiltsey), Margie

Bowman (rehab from fall), Debbie Fry (cancer), Debbie Hinton (seizures), Donna Croom DIL

of Paul & Sherry Croom (breast cancer treatment), Evvie Lundberg (stroke recovery), and

the ongoing health needs of: Bill Hall, Kim Smith (seizures), and Martha Miller. Please also

pray for Grace Church leadership, staff and volunteers.

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June 12, 2016

LOOKING AHEAD

June 15 ·········································· 6th Grades move up to Youth Group

June 16 ·········································· High School River Rafting trip—see Pastor Lucas

June 19 ·········································· Fathers Day

June 26 ·········································· Breakfast Potluck & Annual Meeting

July 10-16 ······································ Jr. High Summer Camp @ Black Lake

July 22-24 ······································ Son’s of Thunder Father Son Retreat—1st-8th Grade

July 31 – Aug 6······························· Jr. Summer Camp @ Black Lake

Aug 20············································ City Serve Day

Aug 27············································ Grace Annual Golf Tournament

ANNUAL MEETING JUNE 26

8:30am - BREAKFAST Potluck Bring

a breakfast item to share

9:00am - ANNUAL Meeting in the

Foyer. The proposed budget and

the list of officers to affirm are

located at the Welcome Center to

preview. If you have questions,

please direct those to Pastor Ryan,

an elder or Mel Bradley before the

meeting on June 26th.

10am - Worship Celebration

The Care and Share tables will resume at

our fall kick-off breakfast potluck.

2016 GRACE SUMMER CAMP

2016 Grace Summer Camp will be held

at Black Lake Bible Camp in Olympia.

Junior High – Grades 6-8 (entering those

grades in the fall) July 10-16. Junior

Camp – Grades 4-6 (entering those

grades in the fall) July 31-Aug 6. Get

these dates on your calendars. Costs

start at $310. Discounts available for

being involved in the car wash with

additional discounts for parent camp

counselors. Pre-registration fee of $75 is

required to reserve space – first come,

first served.

SUMMER CAMP CAR WASH

TODAY from 2-5pm at the 35th & Barton

7-Eleven.The car wash provides the

opportunity for youth and parents to

wash your vehicles to raise funds to off-

set the cost for those attending Black

Lake Bible Camp in Olympia. If you can’t

bring your vehicle by that day, donations

are definitely accepted. Indicate “Grace

Summer Camp” on your donation.

THIS WEEK AT GRACE SUNDAY, JUNE 12—GRADUATION SUNDAY

8:00 am Home Community Leaders Mtgs 10:00 am WORSHIP CELEBRATION - sanctuary 1st-5th dismissed to Kid’s Church - rm 122 - Please be prompt to pick up your child after the service. Kid’s bulletins available in the foyer

2:00 pm Camp Car Wash - 35th & Barton 7-11

6:30 pm High School HC - Ramsell’s

MONDAY, JUNE 13

Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm

TUESDAY, JUNE 14

Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15

Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm

6:30 pm Youth Group -Crowded House

THURSDAY, JUNE 16

Church Office open 9 am to 4 pm

FRIDAY, JUNE 17

Church Office closed

SATURDAY, JUNE 18

Church Office closed

SUNDAY, JUNE 19

10:00 am WORSHIP CELEBRATION - sanctuary

6:30 pm High School HC - Ramsell’s

GRACE CHURCH exists to LOVE God & people, PROCLAIM Christ, BUILD community,

EQUIP the saints, MULTIPLY ministers, and missionally SEND out followers of Christ to

be the Church wherever we are.

CONNECT Welcome to Grace! Thanks for joining

us today. Feel free to bring your coffee

into worship and make yourself

comfortable. Take a deep breath, clear

your head, and prepare your heart

and mind to worship our Lord and

Savior, Jesus Christ.

Grace Church is committed to living

authentically in relationship with God

and others. Together we strive to meet

the needs here and around the world.

To learn more, grab a booklet from the

desk in the foyer.

If you would like us to follow up with

you, feel free to fill out this form, tear

it out and drop it at the Welcome

Center or in the offering plate.

today’s date

name

I am a guest of

address

phone

phone (cell)

email

How to begin a relationship with Jesus Want to know more about Grace

Interested in joining a Group

Interested in serving at Grace (if so where?) __________________

Address/info change Add me to the church email list

Interested in baptism

Interested in membership

FATHER/SON RETREAT JULY 22-24 We are excited to be going together as a

group to Camp Tadmor in Oregon. This

camp is aimed at providing a space for

men to live out their calling of healthy

fatherhood for fathers and their 1st thru

8th grade boys. It’s a time for intentional

experiences that allow you to be dad,

and boys to be sons as God intended.

There will be stand up paddle boarding,

archery, canoeing, fishing, high ropes,

paintball, zip line, disc golf, sharp

shooting and more! Register by June 23

for the best price. Make sure to select

Grace Church as your group so we can be

together. From $54 -$74 per person. A

$25 pp deposit is required to reserve your

spot. Pick up a brochure in the foyer.

SUMMER SUNDAY CHILDREN’S MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES:

• Elementary Assistant/Small Group Lead (1

needed -once a month rotation)

• 2’s & 3’s Assistants (monthly rotation)

• 4’s – K Assistants (monthly rotation)

• Nursery Attendants (monthly rotation)

Contact Pastor Jerry if you are interested

in any of these.

PROMOTION SUNDAY Kindergarten and elementary classes will

promote into the next grade level TODAY,

June 12. Kindergarten age will stay in the

church service and be dismissed right

before the sermon with the other

elementary ages. 5th graders who will be

promoting to 6th grade can choose to

stay in elementary church time during the

summer. Current 5th graders will be going

to Youth Group on Wednesdays (as 6th

graders) beginning June 15th.

BUDGET THRU 6/05/16 We are $3,867.60 above

our anticipated YTD giving. BUDGET YTD $527,538.29 GIVING YTD $530,600.55

which is 101% of budget

‘16-’17 Budget & Officers are posted at the Welcome Center.