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Minsitering to Your Kids

  The following is a transcript of the Family Ministry Podcast episode titled, "Ministering to Your Kids." [00:00:00.810] - Maranda  Hello and welcome to the Family Ministry podcast where we equip you to disciple your kids God's way. On today's episode, we are going to discuss how to minister to your kids. The elders of Cobblestone have dedicated the month of March to learning about how to minister. So I thought we'd follow along with that topic here or on the podcast, but change the subject slightly to apply it to our kids. Because as parents, we are called to minister to our kids.  [00:00:36.140] - Maranda  We as parents are actually called to be the primary ministers to our children. That is a call by God, and no church position usurps that position of mother and father. No pastor, no family ministry director has a role higher in ministry than that of mother and father when it comes to kids. So the elders have broken it down into a few different topics, which I
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Prioritizing Marriage

[00:00:00.170] - Maranda  Hello, and welcome to the Family Ministry Podcast, where we equip you to disciple your kids God's way. I'm Maranda Gomes, and today I have the special privilege of having my husband Ed here with me.  [00:00:12.880] - Ed  Hi, everybody.  [00:00:13.990] - Maranda  Because today we're going to talk about prioritizing marriage.  [00:00:18.270] - Ed  That's right.  [00:00:19.110] - Maranda  You know, it's February, we've got Valentine's Day coming up, and I just thought that today would be a good time to talk about things we can do to strengthen our marriages. Because healthy marriages tend to produce healthy disciples of our kids.  [00:00:36.620] - Ed  That's correct, because healthy marriage is the place where God intended to bring about healthy children. We see in Scripture, when the apostles are talking to couples and families, they always address the husband and wife first, and then they address the parent and kid relationship.

Personal Devotions are the Key

  The following is a transcript of the Family Ministry Podcast episode titled, "Personal Devotions are the Key" published on December 30, 2022. Maranda ( 00:01 ) Hello and welcome to the Family Ministry podcast, where we equip you to disciple your kids God's way. I'm Maranda Gomes, and today's episode is called Personal Devotions Are the Key. Here in Family Ministry, we're all about learning and growing and discipling our kids the way God intended us to. So today we're going to talk about how our personal devotions are the key to discipling our kids the way God designed parents to disciple kids. And you've heard this verse before, but it's our key verse here at Family Ministry: Deuteronomy 6:4-9. Maranda ( 00:44 ) It says, "Hear, o Israel, the Lord our God. The Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall t

The Importance of Family Dinners

The following is a transcript of the Family Ministry Podcast episode titled, "The Importance of Family Dinners," published on December 2, 2022.  Maranda ( 00:01 ) Welcome to the Family Ministry podcast, where we equip you to disciple your kids God's way. My name is Maranda Gomes, and today we're going to talk about the importance of family dinners. Now, as we're looking toward a new year and thinking about what we want that year to be like, I'm not saying you should have New Year's resolutions or that you shouldn't. But I think everyone should look toward the new year and have an idea of what they want and what God wants that year to be like. So I thought that maybe some of you might want to start a new tradition in the new year. Maranda ( 00:50 ) And that is one of family dinners. I can guarantee most of you are going to get together with family at some point on Christmas and have a meal together. So why not make that the start of something new? Mayb