Someone has said that integrity is acting the same way in the privacy of your own home as you would act in public. It is of utmost importance to our spiritual integrity that we live out the faith we profess publicly in the privacy of our homes. The Faith@Home team wants to come alongside each of you to help you do just that. The Faith@Home ministry is designed to integrate with every ministry at Midland Free and is for EVERYONE including fathers, mothers, children, couples, and singles. We look forward to sharing with you a ministry that will help make your faith something that is not just talked about, but is lived out everywhere you go, especially in the home. One of the exciting pieces of the ministry (and the one that will be the most visible) is our Faith@Home Center in the north lobby. Be sure to stop by today and see all the great resources available to you.

Spring 2012 Focus - Love Connection

Small Steps to a More Vibrant Marriage

Our spring Faith@Home focus is to be more intentional and consistent in developing and maintaining a stronger level of connectedness to one’s spouse. The challenge is to make a small and simple 2° Change in your level of connectedness with your spouse in at least one of the following (or other) ways:

Date Nights—Commit to have a date night at least 2 times per month over the next 4 months. A “Fun and Inexpensive Date Nights” Idea Card, available at the Faith@Home Center or online, contains a host of fun and inexpensive ideas.

Daily Connections—Commit to practicing a “daily connection” with your spouse. One simple way to do this each day in 5 minutes or less is for each to ask the other “Tell me one important thing that happened in your day today and how you felt about it” and then simply listen, attentively, to your spouse’s answer. A “Connecting Daily in your Marriage” Idea Card, available at the Faith@Home Center or online, contains other simple ideas.

Prayer—Commit to praying together with your spouse consistently (at least 2 times per week) outside of meal times. A “Praying Together in Your Marriage” Idea Card, available at the Faith@Home Center or online, provides practical ideas for starting out or for deepening your prayer routine with your spouse.

There are many more resources and ideas available to you. Check out the Love Connection page.