{"id":430,"date":"2022-04-20T17:54:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T17:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithpresarp.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=430"},"modified":"2024-07-26T00:39:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T00:39:09","slug":"our-philosophy-of-ministry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.faithpresarp.org\/?page_id=430","title":{"rendered":"Our Philosophy of Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;rgba(218,197,144,0.41) 0%|rgba(221,191,119,0.59) 100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;rgba(218,197,144,0.41)&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;rgba(221,191,119,0.59)&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/faithpresarp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Piano-with-Pulpit-1024&#215;768-1.jpg&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-297px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||572px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text content_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; content_phone=&#8221;&#8221; content_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700||||on|||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;60px&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Merriweather|600|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;33px&#8221; min_height=&#8221;170px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||116px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;163px||||false|false&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;48px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our Philosophy of Ministry<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Merriweather Sans||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">At Faith we promote a Covenant Family Ministry model. This means that we do not place an emphasis on any one age group, rather from the youngest to the oldest, we see ourselves as a church family. While we do offer age segregated Sunday School classes for our young people (from toddler through high school), we believe that multi-generational interaction within our congregation is most beneficial to all members.<\/span>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;182px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-57px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;88px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#063506&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;3px|||10px|false|false&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; border_radii=&#8221;on|3px|3px|3px|3px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>The Basis for Our Ministry Model<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(0,0,0,0)&#8221; min_height=&#8221;683.1px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||149px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#242424&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Throughout Scripture, in both the Old and New Testaments, an age-integrated, multi-generational assembly was normative in God\u2018s covenant community.&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; closed_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; title_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; title_phone=&#8221;Throughout Scripture, in both the Old and New Testaments, an age-integrated, multi-generational assembly was normative in God\u2018s covenant community.&#8221; title_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font_size=&#8221;27px&#8221; closed_title_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; closed_title_font_size_phone=&#8221;21px&#8221; closed_title_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; closed_title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#242424&#8243; border_width_right=&#8221;20px&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;20px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">For the most part, children were integrated into the gathered assembly of God\u2019s people, regardless of the occasion. As an integral part of the community of faith, children are to be part of our worship. Furthermore, there is no text of Scripture that prescribes or describes age-segregated corporate worship. When the Bible speaks of corporate worship, a covenant renewal ceremony, or any other covenant community activity, there is not a single example of systematic age-segregation. To the contrary, Scripture demonstrates an unmistakable pattern of inter-generational worship, discipleship, and fellowship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;God has unmistakably called believing parents\u2014especially fathers\u2014to the task of training their children in the Christian faith.&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; closed_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; title_tablet=&#8221;God has unmistakably called believing parents\u2014especially fathers\u2014to the task of training their children in the Christian faith.&#8221; title_phone=&#8221;God has unmistakably called believing parents\u2014especially fathers\u2014to the task of training their children in the Christian faith.&#8221; title_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; closed_title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#242424&#8243; border_width_right=&#8221;20px&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;20px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Parents and families play a God-ordained and indispensable role in their children\u2019s spiritual nurturing. The ordinary pattern in Scripture is God working through covenant families to pass the apostolic faith on to the next generation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">At Faith Presbyterian we seek to equip families and provide support and reinforcement as parents evangelize and disciple their own children. We are passionate to help new believers, and others new to our congregation, in transitioning into this covenant family ministry model.<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;God has provided for his people through the ordinary means of grace which are: the preached Word, sacraments, and prayer.&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; closed_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; closed_title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#242424&#8243; border_width_right=&#8221;20px&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;20px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Since Scripture places such emphasis on parental responsibility to nurture their children spiritually\u2014part of which is family worship in the home\u2014our aim is to offer and emphasize the ordinary means of grace to all members in humble dependence on Jesus Christ for his blessing. Corporate worship is the weekly exercise of these ordinary means of grace\u2014the primary means by which God\u2019s people grow. Scripture teaches that God\u2019s people are saved by grace (alone), through faith (alone), in Christ (alone). But the instruments, the tools of God\u2019s grace to bring them to faith and grow them in grace, are the Word, prayer, and sacraments applied by the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we believe nothing else the church does in our ministry plan should detract from these central instruments of grace. Indeed everything else we do as a body of believers should promote and coalesce with them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Moreover, the public worship of God by the church is a covenantal activity, a sacred gathering set apart from the rest of life, and governed by the Scriptures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">In public worship, covenant children are brought with believing parents as they are summoned by God to receive his good gifts and bring him praise and honor. God calls his people together in order to speak to them and feed them in Word and sacrament. His people respond to him in prayer, song and giving. Over time, the children of believers begin to see what is different about them: they are part of a covenant community upon whom God has laid claim. They are part of a worshiping people who are<span>&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">in<\/em><span>&nbsp;<\/span>the world, but not<span>&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">of<\/em><span>&nbsp;<\/span>the world. And nowhere is their other-worldliness more noticeable than the corporate worship service. Therefore, the spiritual impacts of growing up as a member of this worshiping covenant community are immeasurable. From their earliest years, covenant children are brought with their parents and other believers into the holy presence of God with his assembled people. They see their parents and others humbling themselves in submission and service to the Lord. They learn to sing the Psalms and hymns of saints who have gone before. They learn to confess their sins to God and rest in his pardon. They hear a message that they cannot receive anywhere else in the world. They recognize that this weekly event is unlike anything else they experience in the culture in which they live. But above all, they come under God\u2019s ordained means of spiritual nourishment and the way in which faith is birthed and sustained.<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;88px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;88px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#063506&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;3px|||10px|false|false&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; border_radii=&#8221;on|3px|3px|3px|3px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>The Philosophy of Our Ministry<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Based on these three main reasons we believe that by God\u2019s grace, pastors, Christian leaders, and church members alike must be willing to labor for an entire generation, and possibly see very little fruit, so that the next generation might build upon our predominant emphasis on the preeminence of God\u2019s Word and his methodology in our life and ministry. Admittedly, no ministry model will guarantee family covenant faithfulness and a successful transfer of the apostolic faith to the next generation. Only the Holy Spirit can accomplish this. And yet, we can legitimately expect that a model predominantly shaped by principles and practices in Scripture, in concert with an ongoing commitment to trust in God\u2019s wisdom and his Word, will facilitate greater multi-generational family covenant faithfulness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#242424&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Consequently, we believe that relational living in the twenty-first century begins with the family.&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; closed_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; title_tablet=&#8221;Consequently, we believe that relational living in the twenty-first century begins with the family.&#8221; title_phone=&#8221;Consequently, we believe that relational living in the twenty-first century begins with the family.&#8221; title_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.18.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; closed_title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#242424&#8243; border_width_right=&#8221;20px&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;20px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Then as relationships are renewed within family life, in all probability we will begin to see relationally healthy families revitalizing churches that emphasize relationships which in turn impact our communities and our nation. Our church fully supports a return to a relational form of living, especially within the body of Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;We structure ministries that facilitate and encourage people crossing over and getting to know other people.&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; closed_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; closed_title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#242424&#8243; border_width_right=&#8221;20px&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;20px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">We need ministry models that will pull together people from radically different ages, radically different racial backgrounds, and different religious backgrounds, instead of offering ministry models which segregate people, and facilitate individual interest, social structures, and ideologies. Instead of placing emphasis on any given age group, marital or social status, we propose a comprehensively covenantal, all-inclusive approach to ministry which will address the needs of each individual and family unit as they vitally connect to (and participate in) the local congregation through multigenerational worship, discipleship, and fellowship. This is the pattern and model we predominantly see throughout the Bible in both the Old and New Testaments.<\/span>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Accordingly, the focus of this ministry model is not on how to establish family ministry as a main emphasis among several significant ministries in the church.&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; closed_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; closed_title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#242424&#8243; border_width_right=&#8221;20px&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;20px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Rather, the crux of this model is to set forth a timeless biblical covenantal methodology for doing church\u2014 overtly inclusive in nature\u2014preeminently shaped and informed by Scripture, which will flourish in any era of redemptive history. Namely, this model will attempt to recognize and utilize the relational covenantal dynamics of multi-generational worship, discipleship, and fellowship as a means of transferring God\u2019s kingdom from one generation to the next, believing that God ordinarily works through his established means of grace, and the relational dynamics within the community of faith.<\/span>[\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;88px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#063506&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;3px|||10px|false|false&#8221; header_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; border_radii=&#8221;on|3px|3px|3px|3px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Our Ministry in Effect (Discipleship, Service, and Fellowship)<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;88px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Many families, particularly parents, when selecting a church, are looking for a conventional youth ministry where a youth pastor or volunteers meet separately with the youth of the church for social interaction, activities and Bible study.&nbsp; Consequently, we are sometimes asked, \u201cWhat kind of youth ministry do you have?\u201d Here at Faith Presbyterian, we promote, \u201cyouth in ministry,\u201d providing discipleship, service and fellowship opportunities for our youth in addition to the primary means of grace (corporate worship and the sacraments).<\/span>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#242424&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Sunday School&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; closed_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; closed_title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#242424&#8243; border_width_right=&#8221;20px&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;20px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Sunday School is a wonderful opportunity for young people to study the Bible with their peers. At Faith, we have a robust Christian education ministry.&nbsp; During this time, the students also join in a time of sharing and praying for each other. Additionally our older youth are given the opportunity to be mentored by our Sunday School teachers in researching, preparing, and presenting lessons.<\/span>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Vacation Bible School&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; closed_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; closed_title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#242424&#8243; border_width_right=&#8221;20px&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;20px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">For the last several years, a significant part of our VBS staff has been comprised of youth. These middle school, high school, and college students serve and often hold positions of responsibility within the VBS program. They are quick to point out how much they learn while having fun and ministering together.<\/span>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Bi-monthly Fellowship Meals (following morning worship)&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; closed_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; closed_title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#242424&#8243; border_width_right=&#8221;20px&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;20px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">Our youth are a big part of these meals. We join together around tables blurring generational lines. They are often seen helping in the kitchen with serving and cleaning dishes, moving furniture, or assisting wherever there is need.<\/span>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Special Fellowship Meals&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; closed_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; closed_title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#242424&#8243; border_width_right=&#8221;20px&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;20px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">(February Fellowship Meal, 4th of July Celebration, and Thanksgiving Fellowship Dinner) These provide opportunities for our youth to serve older members, and also share musical talents as part of the entertainment for the evening.<br \/>\n<\/span>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=&#8221;Audio Ministry&#8221; open_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; open_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; closed_toggle_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; closed_toggle_background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; open_icon_color=&#8221;#6d0e27&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#012302&#8243; title_level=&#8221;h2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font=&#8221;|600||||on|||&#8221; closed_title_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; closed_title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; border_color_all=&#8221;#242424&#8243; border_width_right=&#8221;20px&#8221; border_width_left=&#8221;20px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; 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