Biblical Parenting Site

There's a very informative and applicable biblical parenting site for us all. Please log on to http://www.biblicalparenting.org/ to be a subsriber. It is free!!

They will email you great parenting tips 2X a week.

Then we can share more about what they say and how it can apply to our families.

5 Touchpoints of love

In one of our coursework in Growing Kids God's Way, we identified our touchpoints of love. In other words, the languages of love. We have preferred ways to be loved. So do our spouse, kids and friends.

The 5 touchpoints of love are ....
1. Quality time
- wish to spend more time with someone you love

2. Gift giving
- loves special treats and small but significant gifts

3. Encouraging
- words of encouragement and praise are much welcomed

4. Service
- enjoys being served a cuppa of nice coffee, a special favor and others

5. Touch
- adores being hugged and touched (affectionate and loving)

When my husband and I found out our touchpoints, we were rather surprised. Now, we are able to work towards meeting that special way to be loved and love. As the years advance, the touchpoints may vary, I believe.

Have you found out your touchpoints of love? How about your other half? It is very significant and helpful when we do. Find out more .....(attached file)??

Lessons from "Effective Parenting in a Defective World"

5 July 2008.

Pastor Steven Low from World Teach conducted a workshop on "Effective Parenting in a Defective World". We were taught how to raise our children in a negative world, how to build family relationships that bond and how to discipline our children effectively.

It was a full day workshop loaded with precious information. Actually, I wished it was done in two days. I believe we all had information overload!

One area that I appreciate most is the 8 keys for building relationships that bond....

1.Unconditional love (tough but achievable when we remember God's love for us)

2. Scheduled time (we started off with our children by 'dating' them invidually every week)

3. Focused attention (still a challenge for us when our 4 kids speak simultaneously)

4. Eye contact (shows that mum or dad is interested in me)

5. Ongoing communication
- dinner conversation together (thank God that we have passed the days where we eat and be awefully silent!)

- bedtime stories (even my 9-year old son still enjoys them)

- shared experiences (oh, this is never ending!)

6. Meaningful touching (Dad, be your daughter's first date; vice versa, Mum, be your son's first date)

7. Have fun together

8. Pray together often (the family that prays together sticks together)

We are not called to be perfect parents, but to be AUTHENTIC.

The History of GMC Family Ministry

Hi there,

Welcome to the GMC family ministry.

We started the family ministry in May 2008. The mission is bring us, parents and caregivers, to raise our children using God's standards.

We kicked off the ministry with a luncheon, opening speech by Rev Yew, followed by an introduction to our study program. The study program is adapted from the Growing Families International (GFI). The GFI is founded Gary and Ann Marie Ezzo, USA.

Growing Kids God's Way was our first syllabus. We studied about.....

• the relevance of a strong and loving relationship between mum and dad


• the character development of the child in respecting the authorities, parents, peers, etc


• the principles of obedience and how it can attract a child in obeying
  

It took us 6 months to complete the 17 sessions of videos and assignments! After all, we could only have the classes on Sundays after church service. 9 of us attended the classes faithfully. Well done, folks!

Finally, we got our certificate of completion in March 2009. (poof!)