Mary Durkin- Observing Sabbath

Mary Durkin and daughter

Mary describes a bit about sharing

 Sabbath with her family.

This past Sunday our family set aside

 an intentional Sabbath Day.

We began by praying and

 then choosing verses

 to journal in our Bible.

We gave our kids-

 daughter- age 13, 

and son- age 9

verses to read.

Together we journaled, created, 

and discussed God's Word.

Each person did something.

But the best part 

is that each of us grew in God's Word-

and grew closer as as family.

Mary is exploring and experimenting

with family discipleship with some new formats.

We give thanks for the heart 

of adventure in family faith life formation

 in the Durkin household. 

Mary is a 4th grade teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia

and her husband John- 

is the DCE at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church,

 Springfield, Va.

In her "spare" time Mary enjoys reading,

playing games with her family, and

Bible Journaling, 

Recently she has added

 a very leisurely pace of training 

for some future marathon- somewhere.