Tag: teens

Discipleship, Leadership

HOW A PARENT’S INFLUENCE TRUMPS CONTROL

More Is Caught, Than Taught! A couple of days ago, we looked at the parent-trap of trying to control a teen’s behaviour. It often leads

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Bible, Discipleship

HOW TO KEEP TEENS FROM EXASPERATION AND EMBITTERMENT

Dealing With Our Control Issues. Once a child hit’s puberty, a parent’s control begins to slip away. At puberty there are obviously chemical and hormonal changes

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Discipleship, Family, Leadership, Ministry

HELP! I’m Parenting a Teenager!

There once was a young man named Bobby Boucher. Bobby was raised in the Louisiana bayou. Bobby’s Mama loved him dearly! Out of that love, she tried her best to protect Bobby from the evils of this world. But little by little, her desire to love and protect Bobby turned into a constant effort to control Bobby.

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Leadership, Outreach

HOW GOD IS USING THE PASSION OF YOUTH

Let’s talk about youth.

Depending on the English translation you’re using, the word “youth” appears 50 to 90 times in the Old Testament and 1 to 10 times in the New Testament.

This would be a straightforward word study if it weren’t for our current Western culture definition of youth (which often equates to being a teenager). You see, this doesn’t transfer over Biblically.

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Leadership, Technology

HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY Y2K!

The Millennium’s Turning Sweet 16 Do you remember being 16? Age 16 is such a great time of life. The hormonal puberty rush of junior

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Leadership, Ministry

WHY ALL MINISTRIES SHOULD PLAN TO PROTECT CHILDREN

In church life, there’s a temptation to put aside volunteer protocol that works during the school year, in order to continue the weekly ministry. “How can we get creative to run programs with limited volunteers?”

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Communication, Discipleship

FEEDING OVER 100 HOMELESS TEENS – PART 2

Click HERE To Read Homeless Teens – Part 1. This particular account is from “Chapter 10: The congregation was more than enthusiastic about answering the rally

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Communication, Discipleship

HOW GOD LED OUR CHURCH TO FEE OVER 100 HOMELESS TEENS

Homeless Teens – Part 1 On the Kenai Peninsula, it’s rare to find a homeless person wandering around. This doesn’t mean that our part of

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Discipleship, Leadership

WHAT TO DO WHEN MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES END IN DISAPPOINTMENT

Sometimes stories don’t end the way we had hoped. Sometimes the effort doesn’t produce the outcome. Sometimes the end result can be disappointing.

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Church, Discipleship, Gospels, Ministry, Outreach

3 Reasons Why the Church Should Focus On Youth and Children

Bob is a true evangelist! I had an opportunity to hear him speak at Creationfest years ago, and his message still resonates with me. During his presentation, he suggested that the church should be doing a better job of evangelizing to youth and children. I don’t think anyone in the crowd disagreed. However, we were all further compelled when he laid out the reasons why.

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Bible, Discipleship, Family

Children Catch More Than Parents Teach Them and Here’s Why

More is caught, than taught. Children and youth catch far more of what we model than we could ever teach them verbally. We can sit our sons and daughters down at the kitchen table and talk to them for hours on end, but what we model for them in our own lives is what will truly impact their futures.

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