Faith@Home Resolution

January 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I was blessed this past summer with the opportunity to meet with the Sr. Pastor and staff from the Crosslake, Evangelical Free Log Church in Crosslake, MN. Crosslake is a small resort community where we spend our summer as a family because my mom also lives there. The Log Church is the largest evangelical church in town that worships around 300 people during the summer months.

On a whim, or better stated Holy Spirit prompting, I sent an e-mail to Pastor Fred Cressman who serves as the Sr. Pastor of the Crosslake Log Church telling him a little about myself, the Faith@Home movement and letting him know that I was in town for the summer and would be willing to meet with him if he was interested in doing so. To my surprise he responded relatively quickly and we set up a time to get together for breakfast. What happened next was truly a God thing as the Spirit clearly united us in both vision and passion. In the months that followed I returned to lead a seminar and preach at the Log Church and the response of the people was overwhelming. It was clear that God had prepared the leadership and people of the Log Church to be a Faith@Home focused church. Following the seminar, Pastor Fred and the leaders of Crosslake church continued to drive the Faith@Home methodology deeper into their church’s DNA and recently, I received the following e-mail from Pastor Fred:

Mark,

I wanted to share the good news with you that our Elder Board and our congregation has affirmed our Faith@Home vision through the formal adoption of a Faith@Home resolution. I have included the stated resolution in this email. In addition, we are proposing that our next step be the challenge for each of us in our church to commit to a personal covenant to make nurturing faith in our homes a priority. I have also attached that document for you to look over. We have been looking for a line in the sand kind of a commitment from our church that would say to us full steam ahead and it appears that we have that.

Attached you will find the Crosslake Evangelical Free Church’s resolution and covenant which I pray will serve to inspire and motivate you to make Faith@Home a permanent part of your church’s approach to ministry.

Well done Pastor Fred and people of the Crosslake Ev. Free church! You have not only drawn a line in the sand but you have set an example for others as to the type of commitment we should all be making to be Faith@Home focused churches and individuals!

Download the Faith@Home Resolution and Convent in MS Word format

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Children's Leader Coaching

October 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment

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Free Children's Ministry Coaching Recording

September 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Yesterday was a great day for Faith@Home! We hosted our first online coaching session, children pastors from California to Canada participated in the one hour session. Pastor Mark was joined by Cathy Coultrip of Ventura Missionary Church, they discussed “The Take It Home Room and our favorite TIH events”.

We posted more behind the scenes photos on our Facebook page.

We are also making this coaching session available for free to anyone. This will give you an idea of Faith@Home Coaching capabilities and how easy it is to participate!

View the Children’s Ministry Coaching Sept. 22, 2010 (The session is 1 hour, and a new window will open.)

Register today!

It is not too late to register! The fee for each Faith@Home online coaching network is $300 or if your church wants to subscribe to all three networks of coaching the fee is $750. Please note that this fee is something that provides some of the financial support needed for our team of Faith@Home missionaries who have to raise their own financial support. Essentially, we are your Faith@Home missionaries and this fee helps us to serve you.

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F@H Parent Coach on Fox TV

September 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Tim Smith our Faith @Home Parent Coach was recently interviewed on “Fox and Friends”. Don’t forget to it is not too late to sign up for Parent Coaching with Tim.

Great Job Tim!

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How To Be A Faith@Home Dad #7 TELL THE STORY

August 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I can guess that you may be feeling a little overwhelmed at your role and responsibility of building faith in your child. You may be asking, “How am I going to do this? I never had faith conversations in my home with my parents. How am I supposed to do this with my child? What am I supposed to tell them?” Let’s look at the Deuteronomy passage again for the answer.

“Tell him: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Before our eyes the Lord sent miraculous signs and wonders—great and terrible—upon Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household.  But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land that he promised on oath to our forefathers.’”.

What do you tell your child? The story. You don’t have to be a theologian. You simply have to know YOUR story of God has impacted your life and then simply tell that story to your children. Don’t be intimidated. You can do this. It’s not that difficult. And if you need help, then go to a Christian church because the role of the church is to be a life-long partner, not a replacement, to help you know and tell the story.

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Faith Begins at Home Prayer Insight #6

August 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Anticipate and celebrate diversity. What works with one child may not work with another. If you have children of different ages, be willing to enjoy and try new kinds of prayers to meet the differences of everyone in the family. Expect each person to be different and celebrate the way each is unique.

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Faith@Home Mom Insight #5

August 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Well, you can be overwhelmed right now or you can just get started somewhere doing something of what God has commanded you to do. To be honest…getting overwhelmed is not an option. Getting overwhelmed is like saying to your child “since I think I might fail at this or don’t want to look foolish in front of you or I don’t have time to add ONE more thing to my plate, then I am not going to try at all.” Sorry, not acceptable. It doesn’t matter if the only thing you start with is saying a blessing before a meal EVERY time you eat. Or asking your child when they jump in the car EVERY day, “Hey, any blessings God showed you today?” Or waking them up EVERY morning with a small prayer of thanks for the day that is to come. Did you catch what was key? EVERY. When the journey begins between you and your kids, it has to be intentional. Without the intent, without the non-negotiable behavior, without the “stick to it” determination, it will fall away like all great things that start on a Monday with gusto and end on Saturday with a fizzle. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

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