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How To Be A Faith@Home Dad #8 WEAR IT WELL

Pastor Mark — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:45:11 +0000

“Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.”

Wear your faith wherever you go. You have been called to be a Godly man not just at church and at home but everywhere you go. You are called to be a Godly man at work by working as if you are working for the Lord. You are called to be a Godly driver on the interstate when someone cuts you off. You are called to be a Godly man in your basketball or hockey league as well as whenever no one is looking. Remember…WWJHYD! What would Jesus have you do? Christianity is not something you simply turn on and off. You are called to be like Christ in all you do.
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How To Be A Faith@Home Dad #7 TELL THE STORY

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:42:16 +0000

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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How To Be A Faith@Home Dad #6 COMMIT

Pastor Mark — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:41:03 +0000

I am a life-long Chicago Cubs, Bears, and Bulls fan. I have all the paraphernalia to prove it and I will never root for another team ahead of my beloved Bulls, Bears, and Cubs. I have lived in Minnesota Vikings country and I didn’t care. I wore my Bears jersey proudly. I now live in Los Angeles Dodger country yet I still put on my Cubs uniform and go cheer my Cubbies on whenever they come to play the Dodgers. Do I take a lot of grief and ridicule, especially when the Dodgers take the Cubs out in the playoffs, which just about killed me? Absolutely! But do I care? Not a bit. I am committed to my teams.

Can you be as committed to loving and serving the one true God as you are to your favorite sports team? Can you stay committed to following God even when you get ridiculed for it? You clearly have the ability to commit yourself to something. Will you commit yourself to God?

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How To Be A Faith@Home Dad #5 CHOOSE WISELY

Pastor Mark — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:39:21 +0000

Everyone has made bad choices at some points in life, choices you wish you could make over again. The choice you make whether to live your life God’s way or not is going to be the biggest choice you will ever make. You do not want to know the number of parents I have had in my office over the years saying, “I wish I could go back and do it over again.” Many of them live with the costly consequences of those choices still today. I do not want that for you or for your child. That is why I’m not watering this message down or holding back.

I do not want you in some pastor’s office years from now saying, “I wish I could go back and do it over again.” You have a huge opportunity in front of you right now, and it all comes down to a choice. “Choose this day whom you will serve. As for me, and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

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How To Be A Faith@Home Dad #4 TALK

Pastor Mark — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:00:30 +0000

The only time many men talk about God is at church. That simply cannot be the case. You must follow the instruction of Moses and talk about faith with your children in the home. It has to be a part of your everyday vocabulary. Unfortunately, statistics show that when it comes to impressing faith on children through faith talk we have some serious work to do.

George Barna confirmed this reality in the research for his book Transforming Children Into Spiritual Champions. “We discovered that in a typical week, fewer than 10 percent of parents who regularly attend church with their kids read the Bible together, pray together (other than at meal times) or participate in an act of service as a family unit. Even fewer families-1 out of ever 20-have any type of worship experience together with their kids, other than while they are at church during a typical month.”

Dads need to be talking about and living out faith with their children. If you remember nothing else from this book, please remember this: Faith is not something that can be taught, faith is something that must be caught.

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Pastor Mark to Keynote at Family of Faith Network Conference

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:56 +0000

Family of Faith Conference Sacred Households: Building Authentic Faith In Families

JUNE 10-12, 2010 - MALIBU, CA

The Family of Faith Network Conference is designed for church leaders, specifically ministers and lay leaders who are responsible for strengthening families and reaching out to the family through the local church. Individuals and couples wanting to strengthen faith development in their families are also encouraged to attend.
Desiring to strengthen family ministry in the church, Pepperdine University’s Boone Center for the Family hosts the second annual Family of Faith Network Conference. The theme of this year’s conference is spiritual development and faith formation in the family. The Boone Center for the Family has carefully selected each speaker based on their reputation and commitment to excellence in their field.
The workshops and keynotes will enhance your ability and commitment to developing spiritually vibrant families. The conference enables you to identify areas of strength and growth in your family and in your ministry, as well as learn new techniques, philosophies, disciplines, and rituals designed to set families on the path to authentic faith and sacred households.
Pepperdine provides an ideal setting to rest, renew, and refocus while developing new networks for ministry and exchange. You will have the opportunity to network and fellowship with leaders in the growing field of family and faith development. We look forward to your participation as we draw near to the heart of God and seek His solutions for the challenges of our time.
Register for the Family of Faith Network Conference!

Faith@Home Parent Coaching Registration is Open

admin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:19:08 +0000

Parents are asking, “How do I begin faith at home?” and, “How can I raise kids to have a heart for God with- out following a cookie cutter approach?”

We have an answer.

Faith@Home ministries has partnered with Timothy Smith, M.A. of ParentsCoach.org to provide professional, online coaching. You can now receive Faith@Home coaching for your stage of parenting from a nationally recognized parents’ coach at your home or office.

Faith@Home Parent Networks:

First Wednesday of each Month

Moms of Middle Ones (K-5th grade) 10:00 to 10:45 PST Wed. April 7 & May 5
Mom’s of Little Ones (Birth-Preschool) 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm PST Wed. April 7 & May 5
Rookie Dads (Birth-Preschool) 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm PST April 7 & May 5
Dad School (K-5th grade) 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm PST April 7 & May 5

Second Wednesday of each Month

Parents of Adolescents (Moms and Dads – 5th-12th grade) 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm April 14 and May 12

Registration will open Thursday March 18.

Each network session is limited to 25 participants to facilitate interaction. Online coaching is affordable and only a fraction of the cost of face-to-face coaching.

Topics include:

The home makeover
Developing your family mission statement
Grace-based discipline
Sticky faith
Your 20-year parenting strategy

And other topics defined by you!
Timothy Smith has worked with families for thirty years, as a youth and family pastor and family coach. He is a popular speaker and the author of 17 books, including The Danger of Raising Nice Kids– Preparing Our Children To Change Their World. He has a M.A. from Biola University, is married to Suzanne and they have two adult daughters. For more info, visit PARENTSCOACH.ORG

Registration

Notes From Parents Coaching Trial

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:18:53 +0000

Well our Free Trial went very well. Tim gave us some insight into what a Faith at Home Coaching Session will be. He also shared his “PeanutButter” and Sticky Faith – great stuff.

The two winners of Mark’s Faith Begins at Home Books were: Lisa Hart and Dean Butterfield, congratulations your books will be in the mail by weeks end.

Scripture Tim shared
Write these commandments that I’ve given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are sitting at home or walking in the street, talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder. Inscribe them on the doorposts of your homes and on your city gates. Deut. 6:6-9 MSG

And part of St. Patrick’s Breastplate Prayer that was also shared:
Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

Thanks to all who joined and if you missed it stay tuned – we will have more coaching sessions for F@H Parents next month and coming this fall F@H coaching for Pastors.

Extreme Family Makeover Maple Ridge

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:05:06 +0000

Pastor Mark Starts his visit in Canada Tomorrow!!

Free Parents Coaching Webinar Tomorrow

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:59:41 +0000

Sign up Today!! Space is limited and you could win a free set of the new Faith Begins At Home books by Mark and Maria Holmen!

Trial Sessions are general and for parents with children at any age. Visit our Parent Coaching for more topics and be sure to read what people are saying about Parent Coaching.

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