One Life

This weekend we are hosting a weekend away in Devon with a few invited guests. We are beginning a discussion that we hope will lead to some developed ideas about how we can prepare young leaders for marriage and family life – all sounds very grown up I know, but on several occasions in the past year we have come face to face with the issue of how important marriage and family life is if a leader is to stand the test of time and act with integrity in their public leadership. If in 20 years time we want to see Godly leaders in every sphere of society then it really matters what is going on at home ‘behind closed doors’. The bible talks about the importance of a leader being able to care for their own family (in relation to church leadership), and we believe that strong steady, committed home environments will make all the difference to future leaders who need to know that they are standing on good foundations in their personal lives. Family breakdown is a key issue for the UK at the moment, so we are working with more and more young leaders who come from ‘broken’ homes and may not automatically know how to model a good family life when they begin to have their own family. There is so much more to say, but essentially we are spending this weekend discussing this issue and working out if there is something that Onelife can do to prepare young leaders for their future marriages and families. Its just the beginning, so we would love to ask you to pray. We need insight and we need to be creative in our thinking. Do feel free to email any thoughts if you have them and we can filter them into the discussion.