TODAY'S CHURCH

Please visit www.loveandlogic.com for tips on helping your child make respectful & responsible choices. (Today's blog is a direct excerpt from Jim Fay of Love & Logic.) Happy Parenting -Jason

I wonder what it would be like if all kids believed it was their job to get their teachers to like them.

And all teachers believed it was their job to get kids to like them. Do everything you can to elevate your child’s teacher in his/her eyes. This is an investment you can't afford to pass up.

I know too many kids who go to school believing, "I'll be lucky if I learn anything in this lousy school." These are the kids who frequently hear critical remarks about education, the school, and the teacher. Unfortunately, kids take on the beliefs of their parents.

Don't voice these concerns in front of your kids. Deal directly with the school or with the teacher. You'll be glad you did.

Thanks for reading,
Jim Fay

The Love and Logic Show
Visit this page to listen to The Love and Logic Show with Dr. Charles Fay. New shows are posted regularly and they feature different parenting challenges…and they provide tried and true techniques for taking the exhaustion out of raising respectful and responsible kids. Podcasts are available, too.

Parents, Dads- I am talking to you! What if our kids grow up to be just like us? Would you be excited about that prospect or does that thought produce just a little anxiety? Do we always model integrety, compassion, humility? Does our character reflect the God we teach them about? Do we always do the right thing even when we think nobody is looking...

The truth is somebody is always looking, those little eyes are watching and one day they will be just like us. They see it all! We are leaving a legacy in our character, in our convictions, and in our faith. Show them the good in your life and reveal to them the mistakes that you have made. Admit your flaws but most importantly allow them to see the consequences and the steps involved in setting things right. Otherwise they are destined to repeat that which we have worked through in private. Or even those things that we have yet to overcome. Can you hear their precious voice as you watch this clip... We are Today's Church working together to see future generations lead in faith! Psalm 78:4-8

We began a series in the preteen ministry on March 15th called “The Good Fight”. The purpose of this series is to communicate the truth: that a relationship between parents and preteens (even teens) is worth fighting for. I am posting a link to a podcast by Reggie Joiner.

To download the pod cast now: right click here
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Print out a listening guide if you would like to jot down a couple of notes: click here

The Good Fight series gives you and your students something to fight about, actually fight for—your relationship with each other.

Week 1: (march 15)
The Good Fight series exposes the truth about family life: All families fight. We just fight about and for different things, and we fight in different ways. Some families are very vocal; others quietly stuff their frustrations inside. But regardless of how families fight, every family decides what they are going to fight over. Fighting about rules and issues will always drive us apart, but there is another way. What if we began to fight for relationship? What if our sole objective was to know each other and to honor each other? The Good Fight encourages students to stay in the fight and never give up on their relationship with their parents.

Week 2: (march 22)
When it comes to God’s intention for family, there are no ambiguities in Scripture. God desires for children and parents to turn their hearts toward each other and have a relationship. In order to have the good relationship God intends, we have to first learn how to change the fight. We have to stop fighting against “their way” and start fighting for a relationship. We have to surrender our right to be right and take up a new cause. We must prioritize relationship regardless of the cost.

Week 3: (march 29)
This week is the final conclusion to our parent series. The goal of this week is to help students see the responsibility that they have to pursue a relationship with their parents. Some students have been hurt by their parents and they are living out the cycle by seeking to hurt their parents in return. This week we will look at the life of Absalom, who having been hurt, used the remainder of his life for revenge. We will see the outcome of Absalom’s choice and raise the question: Is this really the best way? Can students begin to break the cycle by refusing to use their influence as sons and daughters to inflict pain on the parents who may have hurt them? Can they be the instruments of healing in our parent’s lives?

How to stay safe in the world today. (of course, we all know that our goal in life is not to stay 'safe', but to live dangerously for Christ and be salt and light in the world too!)

1. Avoid riding in automobiles because they are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents.
2. Do not stay home because 17% of all accidents occur in the home.
3. Avoid walking on streets or sidewalks because 14% of all accidents occur to pedestrians.
4. Avoid traveling by air, rail, or water because 16% of all accidents involve these forms of transportation.
5. Of the remaining 33%, 32% of all deaths occur in Hospitals. So, .... above all else, avoid hospitals.

BUT , .... You will be pleased to learn that only .001% of all deaths occur in worship services in church, and these are usually related to previous physical disorders. Therefore, logic tells us that the safest place for you to be at any given point in time is at church! ....And.....Bible study is safe too. The percentage of deaths during Bible study is even less. So, Attend church, and read your Bible. IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!

GOD BLESS YOU -This post was forwarded to me by Dean Guerra, one of our outrageous leaders in WRKIDZ. Thanks for all you do Dean! our apologies to your wife Stacy and daughter Jordan as this picture was not intended to embarrass them in any way.