Church is a blessing. The church, a local group of redeemed sinners worshipping God through loving Him and loving others, is a blessing to those who participate in it. Our goal is to help young adults and teens see and experience God’s blessing by participating in the church body. We first looked at the Sunday …
Continue reading Raising Teens into Church Life pt. 3: Fellowship
Church is a blessing. It nourishes the Christian through fellowship; a community devoted to loving God and loving others. The activity of the church’s loving fellowship is compelling. This is just as true for adults as it is for teens (and younger). As families and a church body, one of our goals in raising up …
Continue reading Raising Teens into Church Life pt. 1: Sunday Worship
By now we have come to understand our culture's fascination with internet challenges. Each year numerous challenges ebb and flow through our timelines, onto our walls, and hyperlinked to our profiles. People we know, and some we don't, urge us to perform certain tasks that many others are doing in order to fit in, have …
Snapchat has a commanding reign over our youth's social media intake - 83% of teens regularly use Snapchat and most of them open the app at least 25 times a day for at least 30 minutes per day (but I am going to guess it is higher than that). For these stats and more check …
As long as I can remember, and at as many churches as I can remember, there has been one staple youth event each and every year: a youth retreat during the winter. Call it what you will but it seems that every church with a youth program takes time during the winter months to bring …
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