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“I’ve never seen or been a part of anything like this. Every church should do it.” Tom Cauthen
Parents and adolescents. Do those sound like conflicting terms? Have you ever heard a parents mention their children’s names with desperation in their voice? Have you ever heard a young person mention their parents with tones of frustration? If you have parents and adolescents in your church you know you have. The Problem, the Usual Ineffective Solution, and an Effective New Approach So, here’s the problem: Parents want to understand their children, and children want parents to understand them.Here’s our usual ineffective solution: Have one class on parenting that will teach parents how to “handle” or “control” their adolescents. Then have another class for youth that is supposed to teach them how to “get along with” their parents. What do we end up with? Two separate groups in two separate classes working toward two separate goals. Real effective, huh?An effective new approach! Why not provide your parents and teenagers with the opportunity to work together in the same class toward the same goal - building their relationships. Parents and Adolescents: Building Our Relationships Together is designed to do just that: build...relationships... together. Sounds like dynamite doesn’t it?Parents and their children actually in the same room, learning from God’s word, participating inside and outside of class with one another, keeping track of the ways they have put forth effort to make their home the place God designed. What will your church and community families accomplish during Parents and Adolescents: Building Our Relationships Together? They will: Discover the strengths and weaknesses of their family. Examine their family relationships in a healthy setting. Develop better communication skills and the effective use of praise. Find biblical answers to real life family problems. Be challenged to put 100% effort into improving their family relationships. Discover the power of daily accountability and meditation in the Word of God. What will Parents and Adolescents: Building Our Relationships Together do for your ministry? It will: Establish your ministry as pro-family and pro-parent/child relationship. Build the credibility of your ministry by reaching out to the community and church. Enhance your relationships with the families you work with. Help you understand the needs of individual families so you will be equipped to minister to them more effectively and more specifically. Parents and Adolescents: Building Our Relationships Together Your church and community families will cover 8 critical themes: Week 1 - Commitment to God and Family Week 2 - A Spiritual House Under Construction. Week 3 - Communication, a Key to Family Success. Week 4 - Love the Bond of Perfection. Week 5 - Sexuality is God Given. Week 6 - Understand One Another’s Needs. Week 7 - Defusing Fights, Arguments and Feuds. Week 8 - Praise, Honor, and Appreciation. The Leader's Guide : This guide takes you step by step through facilitating the sessions. Each chapter includes a letter written by a parent or adolescent that connects with the theme for the week. A thoroughly outlined lesson from God's word. Easy, yet powerful, in class exercises for families to participate in together. Exactly what the student workbook includes concerning at home exercises, daily bible study material, accountability journaling, and the weekly wrap-up. You also get promotional tools, and outreach ideas.Family Journal: Each family member will use this journal in class and home. This tool will promote learning during the sessions, self examination during personal development times, and foster interaction between family members during the at home exercises.Order Parents and Adolescents: Building Our Relationships Together today and start changing the lives of the parents and youth in your church and community. What You Have Been Waiting For… Leaders Guide: $20 (Get it FREE in the bundle options below)Family Journal: $8. One for each family member.
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