Family life is serious in Nigeria because violence within marriage is widespread. Stepping up to the challenge Ademola and Ajoke and their team are bringing hope and help, working in two cities. In the Philippines Albert and Marife are seeing whole mountain tribes being helped using the HomeBuilder resource. In Kenya the FamilyLife team work […]
26 cyclists rode towards the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday 28th, filled with excitement and a massive sense of achievement. We had done it. Fantastic! On arrival we heard that we had raised a little over £40,000 for the work of Familylife. More celebration. As a group we had faced all kinds of challenges […]
Shortly after 11am on 24th August 26 cyclists will set off from Trafalgar Square in central London to cycle over 230miles, finishing at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on the 28th. We need your support and cheering on! The group includes: 2 x fathers & sons; 1 x mother & son; 4 x couples, a […]
How long have you been together and what first attracted you to each other? Odette: Mark and I have been together for 21 years. I was first attracted to his funky hair styles and his passion for God. Mark: I was attracted to Odette when we met as she appeared to have a glow […]
Imagine getting married in Perth, Australia having been baptised in the Indian Ocean two weeks earlier. Sounds amazing! I could never have guessed that this would happen when I first met Lee and Bonnie eighteen months ago in London at a FamilyLife ‘A Day Together’ seminar. Lee and Bonnie introduced themselves at the end of […]
What makes you feel most loved? Words of Affirmation? Acts of Service? Receiving Gifts? Quality Time? Physical Touch? The way we express and receive love is unique to each person. In his book “The Five Love Languages®”, author Gary Chapman showcases this through the five emotional love languages mentioned above: Words, Acts, Gifts, Time, and […]
Naomi and I had been married for around 5 years when we began the Together course with a slightly younger, recently married couple. I think all of us would say we found the course really helpful on three levels; we got to know our respective spouses better, we got to know the other couple better, […]
Last month people gathered for the Familylife Vision and Equipping conference in Gerrards Cross, near London. The theme of the weekend was GO! Equipping you for local mission. We kicked off on Friday night showcasing one of our events ‘What is Love Actually?‘ One hundred and thirty people came to hear Mark and Christine Daniel share […]
The FamilyLife team are looking for people who are interested in joining them for a 235 mile adventure AND helping raise funds to help strengthen families in the UK. We are organising a cycling challenge that will take riders from London to Paris on 24-29 August 2016. We are also looking from some support crew to […]
‘No!’ the kids protested. ‘Not the oysters-for-breakfast book again!’ It was Christmas eve. Our family tradition insisted that this O Holy Night was for Jesus – a time to sing about his birth and read the familiar story and pray. For years we’d used selections from Our Christmas Story by Mrs. Billy Graham, which lays […]
