Home Family and Diaconal Work LLC Home and

Christ’s Commandment • In family and diaconal work, Christ’s dual commandment of love guides

Not New Work But Timely • Family and diaconal work is the work of

Actions 2011 -2012 • LLC Board appointed a committee. • Goals established. • Congregations

Home, Family, Diaconal Work • Foundation of God’s Word • Marriage, Parenthood, Values of

In the midst of changing times and diverging values, we need to ask: •

Foundation of God’s Word • God’s Word is the ultimate guide for faith and

Preventive Gospel Work “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for

What can we do to help • married couples? • young families? • single

Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens • The connection of the believers is a source

To the Home & Family Contacts • Workshop presentations are meant as resource material.

Discussion • What is home, family, and diaconal work to you? • What are

Slides: 13

Download presentation

Home, Family, and Diaconal Work LLC Home and Family Workshop October 19 -21, 2012

Christ’s Commandment • In family and diaconal work, Christ’s dual commandment of love guides us: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. ” - Matthew 22: 37 -39

Not New Work But Timely • Family and diaconal work is the work of the gospel and has always been done. • Families need support. • Individual believers need support. • Phenomena of this time

Actions 2011 -2012 • LLC Board appointed a committee. • Goals established. • Congregations have named local contacts. • Plan for 2012 -15. • Articles in periodicals. • This workshop.

Home, Family, Diaconal Work • Foundation of God’s Word • Marriage, Parenthood, Values of the Home • Issues and Challenges of Today • Diverging Values, Time Management, Social Relations, Difficulties in Relations, Standard of Living Pressures • Supporting Homes, Families, One Another • In the Hearing of God’s Word • Visiting, Fellowship, Reaching Out to Others • Nurturing the Marriage Relationship • Support – from LLC, from Society

In the midst of changing times and diverging values, we need to ask: • How do we believe? • What is the lasting and unshakeable foundation in life?

Foundation of God’s Word • God’s Word is the ultimate guide for faith and life. • In the midst of changing times, it is important to keep the basis of faith at the forefront. • God’s Word directs us to live believing in God and loving one another.

Preventive Gospel Work “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth. ” - Romans 1: 16

What can we do to help • married couples? • young families? • single believers? • youth and children? • elders? • one another?

Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens • The connection of the believers is a source of strength that helps one to cope in the midst of many difficulties. • God’s unchanging word offers a foundation for life which will not disappoint when all else fails. • Living faith protects against many harmful

To the Home & Family Contacts • Workshop presentations are meant as resource material. • Be free to use and modify resource material and take notes. • None of us are experts, nor do we need to be. • Our work is not to solve problems but is preventive gospel work.

Discussion • What is home, family, and diaconal work to you? • What are some of the needs that you experience or see in our time that make this work important today? • What is “preventive gospel work”?