Parent-Child Dedication

Classes for 2019-2020 season:

• October 27, 2019 - 9:00 am in Room 116
  Dedication Service on Sunday, November 10, 2019

• April 5, 2020 - 9:00 am in Room 116 with
  Dedication Service on Sunday, May 3, 2020.

As a Christian parent, you have the unique privilege and responsibility to raise your child in a Christ-centered home. Midland Free partners with you through a Parent-Child Dedication Class and service during specified times each year. The Dedication class will provide you simple tips on how to disciple your child. The Dedication service allows you and your child to come before the church body during Sunday morning worship to make a public pledge to raise your child to know, love and follow Jesus Christ.

One or both parents must attend a Parent-Child Dedication Orientation Class prior to participating in a Parent-Child Dedication service. Please follow the link to the right and sign up online. Contact children@mefchurch.org with questions.

Human trafficking awareness

Sunday, November 10

6:00 - 8:00 PM  // 200 Wing

All high school students and their parents are invited. Dr. Leslie Schutz will present on this important topic. There will be a hot chocolate bar as well as a book giveaway. Invite a friend and join us at this event coordinated by the Michigan Abolitionist Project MidMichigan.

SINGLE MOMS PARENTING CLASS

Sundays, 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Room 301

​SINGLE MOMS CLASS Register Here

Other people don’t truly understand how tough it is to be a single parent—day after day after day. Sometimes you want to give up. And that’s a normal reaction—you’re doing the job of two people. You should be tired. The thing is, you deeply desire to do what’s best for your kids, but you worry that you can’t. Sometimes it’s all you can do to survive from one day to the next.

So what can you do? Come to this Single Moms Parenting Class! You’ll discover how to deal with your deep down worries and your day-to-day struggles. This AMAZING class will be led by Victoria Rodriguez and Nicole Webster-- 2 single moms in the same boat as you!

Cost: The class is free. However, there is a $15 fee for the workbook.

Sunday School is available for children ages birth - 5th grade through our BLAST Children's Ministry. Please check-in your children in the north lobby at the BLAST Welcome Desk around 10:30 am before class starts at 10:45 am.

FINancial peace university

Sundays, September 15 - November 10, 2019

9:00 - 10:30 AM

Room 305

​FINANCIAL PEACE CLASS Register Here

Are you tired of money stress? Then you’re ready to join more than five million people whose lives have been changed by Financial Peace University (FPU)! This nine-lesson course taught by Dave Ramsey, Chris Hogan and Rachel Cruze helps you work a plan to nail a budget, defeat debt, and free yourself from money worries!

You’ll join a small group for discussions and lessons—all rooted in Biblical wisdom and common sense.

Cost: $100 which includes your FPU member workbook and a free year of Financial Peace Membership, with online tools created to support your journey. Join us!

DEEP LOVE MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT

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Wednesdays, October 2 - October 30, 2019

6:30 - 8:00 PM

​DEEP LOVE CLASSRegister Here

For couples who want to move from bad to better or good to great. The Deep Love assessment and class will help your and your spouse into deeper relationships, conversations, and bonding whether you are dating, engaged, or have been married for decades.

You will take a 15-minute online assessment which generates a personalized 10-page report (you will be the only one to see your report).

The class will cover four topics in the assessment: Personality, Communication, Conflict, and Adaptability.

The class is free, however, there is a $28 cost for the assessment, which is being offered at a group discount. Instructions for the online assessment will be emailed after registering for the class.

Faith path foundation classes

Your kids will love having you with them as you experience a Faith Path spiritual milestone together in Room 116. Plan to participate in this fun, application-oriented opportunity for you as parents to be equipped to take your faith from the classroom to home.

Contact children@mefchurch.org with questions.

2019/2020 Classes listed below -  Dates & teachers coming soon:

Parent-Child Dedication Class

5th Grade - Serving

4th Grade - Giving

3rd Grade - Worship

2nd Grade - Scripture Memory

1st Grade - Bible

4s/5s - Family Time

3s/4s - Blessing

Marriage Mentors

We learn the duties of our daily job, train for competitions, and study the Bible for spiritual growth, but how many of us are intentional about maturing in our marital relationships? All couples have areas in which they can grow; learning from someone who may have experienced similar life events is a great way to move your relationship to a deeper level. If you are interested in meeting with a marriage mentor couple, please click on the link to the right.

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If you are a parent of a child with diverse abilities we count it a privilege and blessing to work closely with you to ensure that your child grows in their faith as a member of the Body of Christ in a way that works best for them. Please complete the online intake form to help us best minister to your child. Contact children@mefchurch.org to discuss your child’s specific needs.

firm foundations early learning center

Firm Foundations is a ministry of Midland Evangelical Free Church for children infant-prekindergarten and is open Monday-Friday, from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm. Click the image to the right for more information.

grandparenting on purpose

2019/2020 dates coming soon.

As a grandparent, you have a valuable opportunity to influence and connect to the hearts of your grandchildren. Make the most of it by gathering with a group of like-minded grandparents and going through this interactive study together. You’ll receive practical teaching and enjoy lively discussions as you learn how to play a key role in the generation that you will one day leave in charge - Grandkids!

Parenting your toddler

2019/2020 dates coming soon.

This is a class for families with 18-36 month olds.

The Toddlerhood Transition Series focuses on a brief, but significant window of growth, a vibrant period of your child’s life, from eighteen to thirty-six months of age. This eighteen month period is an amazing, spontaneous, and engaging yet challenging time for the emergent child and his or her parents because toddlers have their own peculiar way. They speak in full sentences, throw difficult tantrums, laugh hilariously, and lack impulse control. They can provide the best fun and the worst behavior. They can also make you feel like the best Mom or Dad one minute and the worst, the next. Learning how to manage your toddler, while encouraging learning and discouraging behavior in need of future correction are primary goals of The Toddlerhood Transition Series.

Questions? Contact children@mefchurch.org for additional details.

parenting from the tree of life

2019/2020 Dates Coming Soon

$21 for the workbook.

An 18-week class designed for couples to work together in training their preschool to preteen children. The focus of the study is to learn to speak life into our children and our homes while raising morally responsible children.

This three part series includes:

• Part One: Life, Children and Relationships speaks to the relational components associated with healthy parenting. Because children tend to reflect the priorities and values of their home life, what is important to Mom and Dad will become important to their children, and will influence what each child becomes in the future.
• Part Two: Life, Children and Character Development covers critical components of character training and explains the guiding principles for raising children who are kind, courteous, respectful, cooperative, confident, and certainly well mannered. No child arrives at this level of moral distinctiveness if the home life from which he or she comes is not already conversant with such virtue. Part two is as much for parents as it is for children.
• Part Three: Life, Children, Encouragement and Correction takes up the challenges associated with the correction side of training. Correction is not all about fixing undesirable or wayward behavior—parents must also pay attention to the preventative components of training that reduce the amount of correction needed in the first place. Proactively encouraging behaviors that help children stay on track and knowing how to properly correct children to put them back on track is the focus of Part Three.

Cherish Marriage CLASSES

2019/2020 dates coming soon.

Based on Gary Thomas' book and conference, Cherish. Gary's message is that marriages will not only survive, but thrive, when husbands and wives learn to cherish one another.

There is no cost for the class. However, it is strongly recommended that couples purchase the Cherish Study Guide.

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A Mentoring Program for 5th Grade Boys

Winter 2020 dates coming soon!

A Mentoring program for 5th grade boys. Our class will meet every week and ends with a Celebration Evening with Fathers and Sons.

• Cost: $10.
• Questions? Contact children@mefchurch.org for additional details.

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A Mentoring Program for 5th Grade Girls

Winter 2020 dates coming soon!

A Mentoring program for 5th grade girls and their moms. Our class will meets every week and  ends with a Celebration Evening with Mothers and Daughters.

• Cost: $10.
• Questions? Contact children@mefchurch.org for additional details.

Mommy & me

2020 Dates coming soon. Leaders needed!

Join us for a fun morning out for moms and their preschoolers to learn about God! Mommy & Me is a semi-structured cooperative ministry for moms and their preschooler(s) from 2 years of age through kindergarten. Infants and toddlers are welcome to join their older sibling(s) and mom too!

Cost is $10/family.

Questions? Interested in leading a Mommy & Me class in 2020? Please contact children@mefchurch.org for additional details.