1-8-22 This Week in Faith
/The Grove in January:
Sunday School Lessons: Joseph, God’s Provision, and special Missions Conference activities
Scripture Memory: John 15:13-14
Student Ministry in January:
High School Begins THIS Sunday Night- We’ll start our new series on the Gospel of Luke and go out to eat after.
Middle School Begins THIS Wednesday- We’ll start our new series not eh Gospel of Luke and have pizza after.
The Mix Weekend is February 25-27- Registration is now open! CLICK HERE for more info and to sign up.
For Parents in January:
Parent Discussion Group- Wednesday, January 19 from 6:00-7:30PM. We are talking about how to teach your kids to read and study the Bible for themselves. In general, we’ll talk about different things we can do as a family to help our kids develop the skills they need to learn and love God’s Word. We’ll also talk about what we are doing in student ministry this semester with the Gospel of Luke. We are studying it together on Wednesday and Sunday nights but also encouraging them to read it on their own during the week. We want to help you help them.
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How to Teach Your Teen to Study the Bible
This was a really helpful article for me and something that we are trying to start in our house this month. As our kids get older, we want them to move from depending on us to read and understand the Bible to loving and reading the Scriptures for themselves. This is one way of doing it where we give them the tools to read on their own and then walk with them as they study.
Click here to read the article by Jen Wilkin.
VIDEO: Habits of the Household
Where do we begin to see some of the biggest changes we long for God to do in our kids? I think it starts with small habits. It is in these seemingly small daily and weekly rhythms that God often does his biggest work. And this book is an insightful, practical guide for the kinds of habits we can begin to develop, even this year, that can give God the space to work the way we hope he will.
This book is our Parent Book Club book of the semester. If you would like to join us in reading the book together and encouraging each other with the ways God uses it in our families, then make sure to grab your copy and get signed up. We have 20 free copies if you stop by The Grove Welcome Center at the church [or let me know]. You can read the book on your own, or with your spouse, over the next few months. We’ll check in with each other to see how it’s going and what practices we may be trying to implement. Then we’ll meet at the end of April to talk through the book together and learn from each other. I hope you’ll join us!
Click here to watch the video with Justin Whitmel Earley.
A Pixar Movie for Every Stage of Life
We have watched a lot of movies over the break in our house. I thought this was a fun article about what parents learn from Pixar movies for kids. Even my kids have commented on the ways they see the littler kid movies they watch with Randy differently now. Enjoy!
