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Kyle and I have walked through Colossians 3 with Keegan & Josie for the past two weeks.  It’s the scriptural focus of the message series, Road Trip, they’re watching in LifeKIDS each weekend.  I love the fact that our family is focused on this one chapter in scripture.  The time spent just reading together has been refreshing.

Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience... Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.  Col 12 & 14

I wish I could say this has been my demeanor the past few weeks.  Yet I’m amazed at how difficult it has been to live this out.  Ministry has been challenging, to put it lightly.  It seems that the simplest of processes in kids ministry aren’t so simple right now.  The level of patience, gentleness, and humility I’ve shown is less than I care to confess.

Why is it when I ask God to increase my patience, gentleness and humility… He likes to show me all the areas where it lacks the most?

I blogged a little about this yesterday.  You can catch up here.

Consider the gifts God has placed in each of your family members…

Imagine these gifts engaged on a mission…

Imagine your family embracing a cause…

There are community mission opportunities to engage your family.  Some coordinated by your local church.  Some waiting to be coordinated by you.

Where can you take a group of families to engage with your community this June?

Featured here are friends who saw an unmet need in their community and were brave enough to do something about.  These are amazing people.  Take a click and see where God leads you…

The Tapestry Project

The Spero Project

Hope Chest OKC

Every team needs something to rally around.  A goal that can only be achieved together.

Winning the Championship… Earning a Top Honor… Defeating a Record

These are accomplished when a team unites, focuses on a goal and attacks it together.

Families are teams.

Just as a sports team works together, each one contributing their individual talents, your family can work together to accomplish more than you could ever ask, think or imagine.

Imagine what would happen if families viewed their world through a missional lens.  Imagine a family rallied around a cause.  Their own personal ‘Championship’ to attain.  Imagine what lengths they’ll go to build lasting, meaningful relationships.

Maybe the cause is…

…sponsoring a child through Compassion International.

…adopting a single parent family in the area.

…serving at the homeless shelter.

How would a rally point like these transform relationships within the family?  How would they transform relationships outside the family?