Fresh Ideas for Families, Youth & Children
Overview
How can churches strengthen families as units, not just assist individual members? What’s been effective in building strong marriages? Can you minister successfully to college students while they’re away? (Yes!) How old is too old for youth leaders? (You might be surprised.) Can video games teach spiritual disciplines? How can young children be taught to minister to others?
Here are hundreds of innovative solutions from churches all across the United States and Canada, gathered and arranged by the editors of LEADERSHIP and LEADERSHIP 100 into seven major sections:
- Family and Parents
- Couples
- Collegians
- Teens
- Children in School
- Young Children
- Across The Age Levels
Top Highlights
“Parents could then be instructed in their responsibility to train their children outside the church to apply our teaching. I make a clear distinction between teaching and training: you can teach Bible information anytime, and a church building is as good a place as any. But training children to live it out must be an everyday lifestyle experience. Home Base classes were designed to help families maximize their time together.” (Pages 18–19)
“Teenagers need to be shepherded but not always entertained.” (Page 78)
“Family Weekend Experience,’ a $66 kit developed by Marriage Encounter and published by W. H. Sadlier (1-800-221-5175). ‘Even though it was created for Catholic parishes,’ says Alexander, ‘we found that with a few additions, deletions, and revisions, it worked very well for us.’” (Page 15)
“God has given parents to raise their children in his ways. Why was the church usurping so much of that responsibility? Shouldn’t the church support the home in the spiritual nurturing of children rather than be supported by the home?” (Page 18)
“Newlyweds have told Heckman, ‘At our real wedding, we were so nervous we didn’t get the full effect of what we were promising. This means everything to us now.’” (Page 32)
Product Details
- Title: Fresh Ideas for Families, Youth & Children
- Editors: Dean Merrill and Marshall Shelley
- Publisher: Christianity Today, Word Books
- Publication Date: 1984