Future Women Conference

On November 4th & 5th, we will be hosting the Future Women Conference. We will be providing a language, theology, and practical application for what it looks like to raise the next generation of women. This conference is for anyone who is involved in some capacity with raising girls to learn what it means to reflect God in His image as a women, through the core capacities of nurturing, partnering, and inviting. We encourage all parents, grandparents, teachers, and leaders of girls and young ladies to attend this event.

Register for this event on our Future Women page.

Preschool Curriculum: God is Jealous

This past weekend, we began a new series in our Preschool Ministry. We are studying through the Ten Commandments to learn that God is Jealous, and we should worship Him.

The points of emphasis for this study are:

1. We belong to God
2. God wants us to only worship Him
3. The 10 Commandments tell us how God wants us to live

Here is an excerpt from the Leader Preparation for this series...

God is a jealous God and He expects our worship, service and obedience to be for Him alone. Sometimes the worlds "jealous God" cause a struggle for us. To the world's way of thinking it sounds so self-centered and self-promoting for God to be a jealous God and call us to worship, serve and obey Him exclusively. But, God is not like us; He is transcendent - He has an "otherness" to His being...The Scripture reveals the transcendence or "otherness" of God to us as it unfolds facets of His character and very essence. Just as multiple simultaneous bursts of light in the sky make up the "WOW" of fireworks, so the multiple facets of the character and "otherness" of God make up the "WOW" of His glory!

The memory verse for this series is Matthew 4:10, "You must worship the Lord your God and serve only Him."  This series will run through October 30th.

You can view our more information about our Preschool Ministry on our website.

Future Men, Future Women

Two years ago, in October 2009, we hosted an event called Future Men. This event provided a language, theology, and practical applications of what it looks like to raise up the next generation of men. We had almost 400 parents, grandparents, and leaders attend. 

From our Men's Roundtable teaching, we taught the Biblical definition of manhood to be...

A real man is one who rejects passivity, accepts responsibility, leads courageously, and expects God's reward.

We also walked through 3 main stages of going from boys to men:

1. Authority. God's authority needs to be established, as well as the authority He's delegated to parents, teachers, and other leaders. When an authority tells a child to "do this," he needs to be taught to obey quickly, completely, and happily.
2. Responsibility. During this stage, your son needs to learn to "handle his deal." He needs to be challenged and respected.
3. Partnership. By this stage, you are no longer standing over your son, but you are standing alongside him.

You can view several video discussions that emerged from this event on our YouTube channel (search "Future Men") Several that might be of interest to you:

• Developing Leadership in Boys
• My Child Respects Our Authority But Not Others?

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Coming up on November 4th & 5th, we will be hosting the sister event to Future Men, appropriately called Future Women. Here, we will be walking through the language, theology, and practical applications of what it looks like to raise up the next generation of women. We encourage all parents, grandparents, and leaders of girls and young women to attend this event. Save the date, and stay tuned for more information about this event!