Welcome to Spouse & Family!
This year is about cultivating sacred space and time where we can love, grow and worship together. Whether you're looking for connection through small groups, marriage enrichment, male bonding, spiritual formation, childcare, a women's retreat, or date nights, we'll help you find your fit and use your gifts. We're excited to make the seminary journey with you and your family.
~ SFM Team
Date Night is this Friday, November 13th!! Childcare will be available for your use from 6-9pm in the DeepEnd.
If you plan on using Childcare you need to RSVP to spouse@asburyseminary.edu. We will need:
-Child's Name
-Age
But - HURRY! Spots are limited! Due to workers, we will only be accepting 40 children for this event. Unfortunately, if your child is not on our RSVP list then they will not be able to stay and play.
RSVP Deadline is NOON on Thursday, November 12th.
Thank you!! And happy Date-Nighting!
-Spouse and Family Team
The Final Couple's Connect of Fall Semester!
All are welcome - Students, Spouses, Staff, Community!
Come even if your spouse can't!
When: 6:30 - 8:30 pm Monday, Nov. 16th
Where: Seminary Dining Commons in the Student Center
Childcare: 6:15 - 8:30pm in the Childcare Area at the Student Center (free)
B.Y.O.M. - Bring Your Own Mug for coffee, tea or hot chocolate or water The theme for this night is on personal wounds and healing in the context of marriage and community. Come connect with God, your spouse and other couples as we journey together!
"Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." Galatians 6:4
Come get a mitten Nov. 16-18. It has a child's name on it.
Return gift and mitten by Dec. 1.
Here's why: We celebrate the international community by including their children in our national Christmas tradition of gift-giving. The gifts are given to the kids at an international family party on Dec. 4.
**The following information will be provided for you when you choose a mitten: the child's name, gender and age as well as a general gift idea (i.e. books, clothing, art supplies, etc.) selected by the parents.
Gifts should cost between $15 and $20.
Questions?
Email spouse@asburyseminary.edu or
multicultural.ministries@asburyseminary.edu
CALENDAR CHANGE!No Couples Connect this Monday (Nov. 9).
It has been moved to MONDAY, NOV. 16 at 6:30pm.(due to the ATS Presidential Inauguration festivities! click
here for more info)
If you're totally calender-ically confused, give us a call - 859-858-2315.
Communion is this Monday, Oct. 26th. Join us in Richard Allen Chapel at 6:30pm. We will focus on the liturgical practices of the church and take Communion together. Once again, Dr. Marilyn Elliott will be speaking.
Come find a quiet place.
**Childcare provided in the DeepEnd. Richard Allen Chapel is located on the 1st floor of the Beeson Center.
This FRIDAY, October 23!
"Bowling for Jesus"
A little cheesy I know, but so are the shoes. Unless you're Jesus. Then you don’t need shoes.
At Southland Lanes
(Southland Dr. in Lexington)
If you need a ride or can offer one:
Meet at the Student Center at 7:00 pm
Or, you can meet us there at 7:30 pm
Bring about $10 plus change for 2 games.
Street Address: 205 Southland Drive, Lexington, KY 40503
Contact Tony Grace if you are planning on going
tonymgrace@gmail.com
Childcare @ Seminary: 6:45pm - 9:30pm
Register ASAP the names & ages of kids: 859-858-2315
boy meets girl.
boy marries girl.
boy then wonders how his beauty turned into a beast.
girl hands boy the mirror for an equally shocking discovery.
The fairytale ending is classic: "and then they lived happily ever after." But there's a few pages missing from all those storybooks...pages that somehow got cut from the fantasy edition...pages that go right before that familiar line.
Now, what could those missing pages contain? Probably the same things we don't tend to share with other people - wounds, fears, fights, mistakes, regrets, roadblocks...drama with the in-laws, having to sleep on the couch, swearing in front of the kids, going to counseling, having the electricity turned off - you get the picture, you live there too. We all live there, in a place called reality.
And this coming Monday night, we'll all be in it together. Three brave couples are sharing parts of their story, precious, treasured, vulnerable parts of their story. They are sharing how God moved in their marriage through what they encountered in life.
Marriage is often a place of revelation. That can be both irritating, joyous & hopeful. We see the side of us that really is a beast, even if this realization comes after we point the finger at our spouse. But, redemption is full of beauty. The Lord wastes nothing and works with the power to transform anything...and He will if we let Him have His way. Here's to facing risk, truth and the relationship we have with God, our spouse and this community.
See you Monday night!
6:30pm Stevens Pike Dining Commons
Seminary Student Center
childcare: 6:15-8:30pm
* B.Y.O.M. (bring your own mug)
* Bring a canned or boxed food for the food pantry
