The Young Families Fellowship (YFF) is a newly formed organization of the Mar Thoma Church Diocese of North America & U.K. and seeks to address the growing needs of the young families of our church. YFF aims to do marriage and family ministry within each of the parishes of the diocese and has been active in sharing a Christ-centered vision of the family, identifying resources and training leaders for effective ministry within their respective community.
Meetings of the Young Families' Fellowship are held on the 2nd Sunday and the 4th Friday of the month. At the meetings the book from the HomeBuilders Couples Series - "Improving Communication in Your Marriage" by Family Life(Dennis Rainey) is being discussed. The meetings schedules are as follows:
October 13, 2002
Where:Manu & Ansu's Place.For direction e-mail manu_ansu@yahoo.com
When: 3:00Pm
Agenda:Ch:1 of Home Builders - Communication in Your Marriage, and fellowship.
October 25, 2002
Where:Santhosh & Jolly's Place.For direction e-mail jphilip197@aol.com
When: 7:30Pm
Agenda: Review Ch 1, Pot luck
November 10, 2002
Where:Cancelled
November 22, 2002
Where:Salu & Jolly's Place. For direction e-mail sajol2000@yahoo.com
When: 7:30Pm
Agenda: Review Ch 2, Pot luck
December 15, 2002
Where:****To be deicided****
When: 5:00Pm
Agenda: 2002 Year Reflections, Christmas Dinner.
April Conference News
Highlights
Everyone joined in to play the game "How well you know your spouse?" The commercial break by Nevin was a treat.
Salu led praise and worship on Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday mornings.
Sam and Mary led session on "PeaceMaker Marriages"
Johnson led a session on Finance. Special thanks to Johnson and Betzy who were heard giving free financial advice during most breaks.
Recreation time was spent at the "Go-Kart' rides, children enjoyed various other rides at the park. We then watched the movie 'A vow to cherish'.Dinner was followed by campfire and singing songs, a wonderful God given opportunity to reach out to others at the restaurant.
Santosh led Sunday worship service.
Notes from feedback session :
Everyone liked the conference center
and retreat as it was a time to relax, fellowship together and an opportunity to build stronger friendships for both adults and children. Some of the suggestions for future were to have more 1-day
retreats, professional child-care and reduce cost/travel time. It reminded us of first century Christians who eagerly helped when a need arose and worked together with a purpose to glorify God
and learn more from His Word, a wonderful value we can pass on to our children.
Conference Details
YFF Log
Favorite Web Sites
Moody Bible Institute
Family Life
Focus on the Family
Chicago Marthoma Church
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