FAMILY MINISTRIES

We are here to equip all families with biblical support, training, and resources resulting in transformed families and Gospel-impacted communities.

In both marriage enrichment and parental support, we are Bible-based, Gospel-centered, and grace-fueled.

  • Our care is inclusive and diverse, providing support for single, divorced, widowed, blended and traditional families.
  • Our reach extends within and beyond Grace Church, engaging and impacting our communities.
  • Our approach is to pursue wisdom with simple and practical life-stage resources and support.

 

Marriage Enrichment

We desire to deepen and strengthen marriages, by focusing on Gospel-driven principles, resulting in long-term stability and health of the marriage. 

“Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.” (Colossians 2:6-7)

Blended Families

This eight-session study is for dating, engaged, and married couples with blended families. It will cover topics on circumstances that are unique to couples in blended families.

Upcoming Blended Family Classes

Marriage Coaching

Consider marriage coaching to strengthen your relationship. Our coaching practice includes the importance of prayer, dependence on God, a thorough knowledge of God's Word, and an understanding of ministering to people. For more information, contact .

 

 

Family Huddle

We're taking 10 weeks this Fall to dig into Paul David Tripp's book: Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family. Below you'll find our study guide, or playbook (as we're calling it) and links to the videos for each week. Within the playbook, you'll find our schedule to follow along what lesson we're on per week.

Family Huddle Playbook Watch the Overview Videos

 

 

Parenting

We want to equip parents in raising children holistically and intentionally from a biblical perspective while adjusting their parenting role as children grow older.

Family Huddle Sundays

Join us for a 10-week study through Parenting: The 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul David Tripp starting Sunday, September 13, 2020, during the 9a service. We’re excited to dig into the book as well as hear teaching or a testimony from a parent each week. We'll be highlighting 10 of the 14 principles the book includes, and we do ask each family to get their own copy of the book.

UPCOMING FAMILY HUDDLE CLASSES

Family Huddle: Single Parenting Classes

Join us for a 10-week study through Parenting: The 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul David Tripp. We’re excited to dig into the book as well as hear teaching or a testimony from a parent each week. We'll be highlighting 10 of the 14 principles the book includes, and we do ask each family to get their own copy of the book.

Sundays and Wednesdays

Upcoming Single Parent Classes

DivorceCare For Kids

DivorceCare 4 Kids (DC4K) provides kids ages 5-12 with a safe, neutral place to gain an age-appropriate understanding of separation and divorce. For 13 weeks, your children will become involved in a fun, caring group with weekly topics to help your children learn that God's love strengthens them and turn their sadness to hope and their anger to joy.

Each session is filled with motivating and exciting activities such as games, crafts, role-playing, discuss times, journaling, video, and Bible teaching. DC4K offers help and encouragement to children and their families (not counseling). This group does not meet during the summer.

Upcoming DC4K Support Group Dates

 

 

Child Dedication

If you would like to follow the tradition of publicly dedicating your child to the Lord during a worship service, we invite you to do so on one of our upcoming dedication Sundays after attending a class on child dedication. Attendance at such a class is a prerequisite if this is the first time you are dedicating a child at Grace Church. This class will explore the biblical foundation for child dedications as well as principles for Christian parenting.

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View Upcoming Dedications and Classes

 

 

Compass

Compass is a public school ministry of Grace Church. Our mission is to connect, equip, and encourage the Christian community within our public schools.

The Goals of Compass

  • Connect the Christian public school community at both school and district levels as well as corporately throughout the metro and beyond.
  • Equip educators, parents, and students to understand and live out their religious liberties as Christians within the public schools.
  • Support efforts to bring God's Word into our public schools through student-led Bible studies and Good News Clubs.
  • Equip Christian educators and parents through workshops and seminars on relevant topics.
  • Build strong relationships between church and school, showing Christ's love by meeting our schools' most basic needs.
  • Work in partnership with other Christian organizations and ministries serving within our public schools.
  • Pray faithfully for our schools and those within these walls.
  • Share the vision of public school ministry and encourage churches to intentionally support this mission field.

Learn more about Compass at compasslink.org. Contact the Compass team directly at .

View Upcoming Compass Events

 

 

Ministry Partnerships

Adoption and Foster Care
Special Needs Ministry
WINGS Homeschool

 

 

Online Resources

 

Family Devotionals

Parenting

Parenting (Children)

  • Jesus Story Book Bible by Sally Lloyd Jones
  • Big Truths for Young Hearts by Bruce Ware
  • Instructing a Child’s Heart by Tedd Trip
  • Parenting Beyond Your Capacity by Reggie Joiner

Parenting (Middle School)

  • What is the Gospel by Greg Gilbert
  • Raising the Bar by Alvin Reid
  • Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris

Parenting (High School)

  • Multiply by Francis Chan
  • Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
  • Sticky Faith by Kara Powell

 

 

2-Minute Drills

Check out these short resource videos on a variety of topics for parents.

Anxiety

Insecurity

Who Is Jesus?