"Hand In Hand" Congregational Event

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"Hand In Hand" Congregational Event!!
January 11 12, 2003 Tanque Verde Lutheran Church
Four Keys of Faith Nurture in the home Caring
Conversation! Family Devotions! Family
Service! Rituals Traditions!
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What is the 4 Key Congregational Training all
about?

• It is about the partnership between home and
  congregation.
• Having each family at TVLC nurturing faith in
  their home.
• Giving each family the resources to help them
  nurture their faith.
• Learning about the 4 Keys and how they can work
  within TVLC.

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Here is the background
Child In Our Hands Model Partnership
between home Congregation Passing on the
faith from generation to generation
Intentional faith nurture within the home
Equipping parents, volunteers, and all within the
church to be the primary faith nurturers in
the home Changing the way children learn about
faith
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Biblical Foundations
Deuteronomy 66-7 Hear, O Israel The Lord our
God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with
all your heart and with all your soul and with
all your strength. 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. Proverbs
226 Point your kids in the right directions
when theyre old they wont be lost.
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What are the 4 Keys anyways?

• Caring Conversation

• Family Devotion

• Family Service

• Rituals Traditions

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Caring Conversation

• Caring Conversations express an interest in
  others, their hurts, their joys, their concerns
  and dreams, their values and faith.
• Caring Conversation requires time to be available
  to listen and to speak.
• Congregations are encouraged to help families
  identify the holy ground of their lives where
  precious, caring conversations take place.

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Family Devotions

• A devotional life is a way to practice the
  presence of God through the word of God.
• Many families and individuals need help with the
  language of prayer and faith in daily life.
• Family devotions connect the generations with
  faith, hope and love in a world that speaks and
  operates on a different basis than the Gospel of
  Jesus Christ.

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Family Service

• Serving ones neighbor is the calling all are
  given through the life and message of Jesus
  Christ.
• Family service projects have been shown to be a
  vital way to pass on faith from generation to
  generation.
• Children and youth are greatly influenced by what
  they see in the lives of others, especially
  parents and other family members.

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Rituals Traditions

• Rituals and traditions are those patterns of
  behavior that can be expected to occur on a
  routine basis and communicate certain meaning in
  life.
• The way people greet one another each day, a
  table grace, bedtime prayers, the blessing of a
  Christmas tree, a birthday or baptismal
  anniversary celebration are all examples of
  family rituals traditions.

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How can I participate in this exciting ministry
at TVLC??
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Mark your calendars today!
January 11 12, 2003!
Saturday January 11th 9 am 330 pm 4 Key
Congregational Training Event! All day training
event for all members and friends of TVLC. There
is no cost, free child care, free lunch and
snacks, and loads of free information about faith
nurture in the home! All sessions led by Dr.
David Anderson, Youth and Family Institute and
Ms. Linda Staats, Synod Staff and Youth and
Family Ministry Representative.
AND . . .
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Mark your calendars today!
1/11-12/02 Weekend Worship Services featuring
guest preacher, Dr. David Anderson Saturday,
Jan. 11th - 530 p.m.- Sanctuary Sunday, Jan.
12th - 8 and 1050 a.m. Sanctuary Sunday, Jan.
12th 930 a.m. FAMILY LIFE CENTER (No separate
925 nor 945 services) SPECIAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
FOR ALL AGES Sunday - 1030 a.m. Family Life
Center (No 925 nor 1050 SCS)
Please attend these events and invite others!!
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SIGN UP TODAY!!!!!

• RSVP for the Saturday event by calling Shelley
  Watson, 733-7356, or e-mail, sswatson_at_aol.com.
• Contact Pastor Perry, 749-1606, with questions

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Celebrate what it means to be the Family of God
at TVLC!