Subgroup to think of strategies for protecting the minds and hearts of our children.
Tami Rudkin
We are in the fight of our lives for our kids. With computers, music, and visual media our kids are exposed to all kinds of beliefs and lifestyles that are not only destructive but deadly. Have your group break up into small groups of three and have them make a list of three ways to fight for our kids' spiritual, physical, and emotional lives. After five minutes have someone from each group share ...
The same biblical principle underlies both small group and family.
Bettejean Sydnes Cramer
"Step aside, Ward and June Cleaver. The days of housewives in pearls and pumps are over." Rapidly disappearing are firm and fatherly chats with errant sons. A startling number of today's kids would have to hire a detective to track down bio-dad if they wanted to learn "father knows best." The grim statistics from the recent census confirm our worst suspicions–the traditional nuclear family is ...
After 12 years of marriage and a decade of Christian service, my husband and I decided to begin a new small group in our home … a very small group. In fact, our group consisted of just the two of us. It seemed that raising our son, work schedules and church obligations allowed us to minister to many people. We touched so many other people's lives that we never saw each other. It doesn't surprise ...
Family care is at the center of what we're trying to achieve in small groups.
Richard Dodge
You're about to take your wife out for her birthday, and you check the mailbox on your way to your car. It's a card from your small group leader, wishing her a happy birthday. Or perhaps your youngest child is about to have tubes placed in her ears as a way of combating the numerous ear infections she has had lately. The night before the procedure, your small group leader calls, offering to take your ...
It was watching young moms drop off their children at a church-sponsored, community outreach Story Hour program for preschoolers that prompted the very first Coffee Break Bible study for women. As the church's pastor and a woman from his congregation with a passion for sharing Jesus watched the young moms drive away, they asked, "Why not invite them to stay?"
Back in the 60s, Billy Graham asserted that the eleven o'clock hour on Sunday is the most segregated hour of the week. Of course, he was talking about racial and ethnic issues, but there is another segregation that has been going on in church for many years: the segregation of our households. Today in many, if not most, of our church's worship services, our kids stay with their parents until _________. ...
"But it's easy to build community in the women's ministry; women are so relational."
That comment from a male colleague reflects a pervasive fallacy. While women may generally be more sensitive and verbal than men, many of us still struggle to develop relationships that foster true community.
Recently our church planned a weekend retreat, but many women didn't sign up because, we heard later, they didn't ...
These studies will help women and mothers who feel overworked and want to find a happy medium.
Somehow many women have gotten the idea that life is a competition for the busiest-woman-alive award. Our course combats this prevalent cultural attitude with such topics as avoiding comparisons, saying no, connecting with your kids, setting aside a day for rest, and conquering working-mother guilt.
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Debunking the Myth of the Ideal Mom Did God give us a formula for motherhood?
Use this 12-session course to learn how to see yourself as God does.
Seeing ourselves as God sees us can be a challenge. This 12-session course is ideal for your Women's Sunday school quarterly curriculum or to use in your small group. It covers such topics as self-worth, stress, confidence, friends and hearing God's voice.
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Where Do We Get Self-Worth? In a culture that idolizes physical beauty and physique, where do we find our personal worth?
Learn to deal with the reality of a prodigal child through boundaries, prayer, and a focus on God's promises.
This four-session course will encourage you as you fight the heart-wrenching spiritual battle for your child. Written by a parent with a prodigal child, this wise author reminds us that parents of prodigals learn to face a different reality. We're in the middle of a battle with our own child, while grieving the loss of a dream. But to survive and move forward, we first have to face the hard realities. ...
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