Family Ministry Corner
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This Week for Families
This Week for Families
We have our FINAL Summer Park Fellowship for this summer.
We will be heading to Sprague Street Splashpad (1350 E Sprague St, Winston-Salem, NC 27107) on Friday, August 28th from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm with an option to stick around for a picnic lunch if its not too hot. There is limited shade at this splash pad so I want to encourage you to plan accordingly!
This is a great opportunity to connect with other parents, get to know some of our newer families, and encourage the fellowship of our children. It is also a great opportunity for us to connect with other families throughout Winston Salem and to make Christ known to people in our community. Please feel free to pop in as you are able to join the summer fun.
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Monthly Updates
Important updates from our programs at Christ Church
Our Nursery and Liturgy for Little One's have moved! Please make sure you are following the signage and taking your child to the correct room as we get to enjoy these larger spaces for our kids during worship. If you are interested in dropping off your children during the service, and you haven't already, please complete our registration form here.
Interested in learning more about our support programs?
You can also send an email to mark@christchurchws.org to get additional information or present any questions you have.
We are just a few short weeks away from starting up our catechesis programs for the Fall. Our first Sunday of catechesis will be Sunday, August 30th.
Our catechesis focus for this year will be on the Lord's Prayer. Don't forget to pick up your discipleship companions each week and follow along as we reflect on the life of prayer and continue our walk through of the stories of Scripture.
If you child is at a transition age (3 or 6), please be on the lookout for a text from the Director to discuss our different catechesis programs.
We will have orientation for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd during the first week of September after the catechesis program has begun to allow for a smoother and more intentional introduction to the catechesis program for our little ones.
Interested in learning more about our catechesis programs?
You can also send an email to mark@christchurchws.org to get additional information or present any questions you have.
Our next meeting of Triad Youth Fellowship will be August 21st from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. We would love to have you come out and join us for this gathering where we will continue to reflect on the Christian life.
You can also send an email to mark@christchurchws.org to get additional information or present any questions you have.
This summer we are walking through Duties of Parents by JC Ryle.
We are walking through this book as a part of our Summer Book Club on the 2nd Wednesday throughout the summer at Christ Church but you can also read it independently. It can be found for free online and also purchased on Amazon.
It is a short read, only 50 pages, so you are welcome to jump into the book club even if you have missed a meeting. I'd encourage you to pick up this book this summer and read through it to reflect on how to word of God shapes and directs your parenting.
You can also send an email to mark@christchurchws.org to get additional information or present any questions you have.
We are continuing our remodel of different areas of the Family Ministry hallways. Up next is a renovation of the Nursing Mother's Room which we will seek to make a warm and hospitable environment for those who step out of service to tend to their children.
That being said, we still need people to help us with the finishing touches. There is an opportunity to finish up some of the touch up paint and move furniture between the rooms.
If you are available to help with either moving or painting, please email or text Mark to come assist.
Question of the Month
Monthly Prayer Calendar
August 2026
September 2026
From the Director
Reflections on the First Year and Beyond
I can hardly believe it has been a year since I have been in this position. So much has happened this previous year to be thankful to God for. It has been a tremendous joy sitting across tables from you all talking about our life as parents and encouraging one another to faithfulness. Watching the kids reflect on the Apostle's Creed throughout the year in Junior Catechesis was a gift to me as they offered insights and demonstrated faith which I was taught by. Sharing in the Pentecost celebration and seeing the ways in which our children desire to grow in their life in Christ was something I wish I could share with the entire congregation.
This position has been such a source of blessing in my life and I have often remarked to Father Benji that if the Lord kept me here for the rest of my working life, I would be more than content. Thank you for your grace, your encouragement, your patience, and your flexibility as I have settled into my role this first year. Through moments of doubts, hesitation, and uncertainty your prayers and your love have been a source of sustenance for me as the Lord has established me on solid footing.
I am beyond eager for this next year and to see all the Lord has in store for the life of our church and our families. I look forward to seeing how God will increase our knowledge of his word and how he will continue to transform our lives through it. I am praying that through our witness in our communities and to our neighbors that more people will come to know Christ and the hope, joy, and peace that only he can offer. More than anything, I am praying this year for our love for Christ to grow exponentially. Everything we desire in our life in Christ, our obedience, our joy, our gospel witness, flows from this fundamental root.
There is an icon which sits above my computer in my office. In it, Jesus is seated and he has three children with him. One child is nuzzled peacefully in the comfort of his embrace. Another is holding flowers, looking up at him with a radiant admiration. The last is standing beside Jesus, calm, confident, and focused on Christ, almost as if he is eagerly waiting to see what he might do next. I've spent a lot of time thinking about this icon and reflecting on it. It has become a place of grounding for myself and how I think about the children of our church and all of our parents. As we consider all that is next, the deepest desire of my heart is that we would embrace Christ in the way these children do and that our children would come to do the same. If every program fails and nothing seems to go the way we hope, if we all come to love Christ more deeply and more intimately than we did the previous year, we will rejoice greatly in the radical, grace-driven success of the year.
Please join me in eager expectation for all the Lord will do this next year. I'm praying for you and your family to love Christ more and more this next year and I would ask you to please do the same for mine.