by Kimberly Myers | Apr 22, 2026 | Family Life Ministry, Life Together
Family Life Ministry Moment: Summer Plans It’s almost SUMMER! Sunshine! Vacations! No more school! No more homework! No more youth group… No more Sunday School… How does your congregation handle summer programming? Many churches feel the same concerns. “We...
by Kimberly Myers | Mar 10, 2026 | Family Life Ministry, Life Together
Family Life Ministry Moment: The Children’s Message The panic sets in. It’s Saturday night and you suddenly remember—you’re leading the children’s message tomorrow morning. A quick internet search for “object lesson for 4-year-olds based on this sermon text”...
by Kimberly Myers | Feb 24, 2026 | Family Life Ministry, Life Together
Family Life Ministry Moment: If Only These Parents Would… Cough. My eyes shoot open. It’s still dark. The clock shouts 1:45 a.m. in angry red numbers. Cough, cough. “Mama… MAMA…” I slide out of my bed and literally climb into my five-year-old daughter’s top...
by Kimberly Myers | Jan 13, 2026 | Family Life Ministry, Life Together
Family Life Ministry Moment: The Shut-In Matilda Maschmeier “Mattie” to her church friends, “Til” at home, and “Grandma” to me, lived to the wonderful age of 102. Well, if you asked her, as soon as she had a birthday, she was already turning the next age, so she would...
by Kimberly Myers | Dec 19, 2025 | Life Together
We asked your District Vice-Presidents to share a short Christmas devotion with you in the December Reporter. You can read the full Reporter, and subscribe to it by email, here on our website. First Vice-President, Rev. Michael Awe, Hope, South Sioux City O come, O...
by Kimberly Myers | Dec 9, 2025 | Family Life Ministry, Life Together
Family Life Ministry Moment: Intentional Moments Around Light “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” — John 1:5 There is something simple and wonderful about gathering around a candle. One can’t help being drawn in by the colorful,...
