About Us - Love Family

We are a group of Christians, from different churches and organisations across the city, who gather together once a month to pray, and then take action, for the transformation of family life in the Bristol region. We link with the various organisations listed at the bottom of this page.

Vision

We believe strong marriages and families are key to a healthy society but we also know that for many of us, relationships can be a struggle. We long to see every couple and parent in the Bristol region have easy access to help and support for their relationships.

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What we do

As well as pray together, we encourage churches and Christians across the city to invest in family life through relationship and parenting programmes. We:

Gather: To build relationships and unity

We gather Christians to build relationships, exchange news, get a better overview and build a “network of networks” involved in parenting and family life. We gather them at a variety of events, small and large. We have had several gatherings, such as evenings introducing different charities, like the National Parenting Initiative or Parent Buddies. We were involved with the city-wide Party in the Park, family fun day, in 2013, with about 5k people. We had a day of Inspiration and Equipping to support couples and families, in June 2020.

Grow: To learn from God and each other

We pray together for one another, and for every aspect of family life across the Bristol region, once a month. We learn together and share resources, such as Parenting courses, and practical projects, such as Kids Matter training. We have been involved in city-wide gatherings, such as Going Deeper at the Colston Hall in 2013, which explored family issues from Christian perspectives.

Go!: To act together and as individuals

At the Arise Bristol! Ashton Gate stadium gathering of over 5k people in 2012, we released Christians to help transform family life in the Bristol region. As a result of growing relationships, the Christian community can take strategic action together, for example, through engaging with City Hall to help vulnerable children, such as at the “Building Families as Factories of Hope” conference in 2020, or through Home for Good finding Christians to foster or adopt children.