9-10-21 This Week in Faith
/ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Pray for Me Ice Cream Social- THIS Sunday @4PM. For families at Faith, this will be a fun time of games, ice cream, and spending time as a church family. There will be a time for K-12th Graders to get to know the partner who is praying for them this school year and for their prayer partner to know them and how best they can pray.
- Middle and High School This Week- This Sunday and Wednesday night, Philip Weinrich will be teaching on Chapter 3 of 10 Questions Every Teenager Should Ask [and answer] About Christianity. The chapter is called Can Jesus Be True for You but Not for Me? which covers topics like universal truth and relativism.
**This Sunday night is our dinner out night for high school students in September. Students can plan to go eat together at Barberitos on Epps Bridge after small groups and parents can pick them up from there.
- New Blog Feature Coming Next Week!- Make sure to check next week’s blog as we begin to introduce this year’s Children and Student Ministry volunteers through some fun interviews.
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God’s Guidebook for the Defeated Parent
I thought this was an encouraging article to remember that the patience and unrequited love that parenting requires is merely a reminder of the unending grace and love that we receive from our heavenly Father. If we feel weary from parenting, we can find what we need most in our Father above.
Click here to read the article by Sam Bush.
5 Ways to Help Kids Learn to Pray
Helping our kids develop a habit of prayer is so important for them growing to see their need for Jesus and seeing that he is always listening. This article has some great ideas for helping even young kids learn to pray. We have used the picture one a number of times in our house and it helps make who we pray for a little more tangible.
Click here to read the article by Laura Wifler.
Looking Out for Georgia’s Youth: Education Can Make a Difference
In filling out my paperwork to do mentoring at OCMS this year, I read through this document as a part of the training. In one sense, reporting suspected abuse or neglect of a child is something we hope we never have to do. On the other hand, the love of Jesus compels us to love and defend kids around us who are in dangerous situations and can’t speak for themselves. Many of us have the opportunity to be around kids regularly because of our own kids. This info sheet is really well done in helping us to understand abuse, know what to look for, and to know what to do if we need to report something. I hope you never have to use it but I also hope it will help you be prepared for a situation in which you should.
**As a side note, the schools are still looking for more mentors. It is a great way to invest 30 minutes a week in a kid from our community who is struggling and have a real impact. We have had a number of mentors from Faith over the years. Please let me know if you are interested.
Click here to read the training from the Georgia Department of Education.
How Can I Handle My Anxiety? Chris Morphew on Philippians 4:6-7
This is a great podcast series to point your kids to or even listen as a family. This episode is on anxiety and how God’s word gives us the tools to help us face it. Chris Morphew, who does the devotional, has some great books out for teenagers answering some big questions in a style that’s compelling for teenagers. I just showed his books to students this week and told them they are welcome to borrow one and read it if it’s something they are interested in.
Click here to listen to the episode of the Word on the Go podcast.
