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Come Lord Jesus // Dinner Prayer

Come Lord Jesus, be our guest. Let this food to us be blessed. In Jesus’ name, Amen. // or // Come Lord Jesus, be our guest. Let these gifts to us be blessed. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Part of a series of posts on prayers that children can pray (for devotions, bedtime, dinner, etc).

Our Hands We Fold // Dinner Prayer

Our hands we fold, our heads we bow. God is great. God is good. Let us thank Him for our food. By His hands we are fed. In Jesus’ name, Amen. Part of a series of posts on prayers that children can pray (for devotions, bedtime, dinner, etc).

Human Beings are Vitally Important in the Transmission of the Gospel

I grew up in church. My parents brought me to church every single Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and Wednesday night. It was part of the culture of our family. It’s what we did. So I was one of those kids that was in Sunday school class every single week. I heard almost every single Bible […]

Tips for Controlling a Bus Full of Teenagers

This past summer, I ended up as the lone adult on a bus full of teenagers headed to Bible Camp. I was sitting in the front seat of the bus turned around so I could “monitor” the activity. Sitting next to me was a girl who was going to be Junior in high school. After […]

How to “Be” Awesome | Goals for This Year

source Twitter > Allison Murray

Be The Church

source Creation Swap

Followers Promo Material for 2012-2013

These are our promotional materials for Followers (our after school program) this year (2012-2013): We also consolidated our web properties into one site, so the Followers landing page and info is located at: http://www.haywardwesleyan.org/followers

Free Wi-Fi | Friend or Foe?

source Orange Leaders

It’s Important to Tell Your Kids “NO”

“A mom at church recently asked me for parental advice. Specifically, she wanted to know how to make her young son stop a pattern of inappropriate behavior. “I sipped my coffee as she described his actions, concentrating on how I might help her. Actually, I strained to understand the complexity of her situation, but none […]

Why Are Christians So…

HT Jonathan Cliff source YouTube

10 Things Teachers Wish Parents Knew

School is starting soon and this year will be our oldest child’s first experience in the public school: Kindergarten. I imagine students and teachers are mentally preparing themselves for 180 days worth of intentional instruction over the course of the next 9 months. My daughter has no idea what to expect, but she is really […]

3 Ways to Help Your Child Through a Divorce

A fifteen year old, named Hailey, wrote an article called: Three Ways To Help Your Child Through a Divorce. Hailey writes: When I was ten years old I was faced with the fact that my parents, who had been together for over fifteen years, were getting a divorce. Since I was used to them arguing a […]

Kids in the Family of God // GCD series

Gospel Centered Discipleship writes and produces some great content regarding discipleship and living out the Gospel. They recently wrote a 3 part series called, Kids in the Family of God that’s a worthy read: // Kids in the Family of God – Part One // Kids in the Family of God – Part Two // A Child’s Gospel

Who Decides Your Values?

I came across an article in the Chicago Tribune called: Cardinal wades into fray about Chick-fil-A In light of the recent controversy surrounding Chick-fil-A’s stance on gay marriage, Chicago mayor Rahm Emmanuel made a statement saying that the company’s values “are not Chicago values.” Chicago Cardinal Francis George weighed in on Mayor Emmanuel’s declaration of Chicago’s […]

Hot Monogamous Sex

Catchy title, eh?! Justin Buzzard, author of Date Your Wife, wrote an interesting article for the Huffington Post called: Hot Monogamous Sex Here is an excerpt: Many people (especially men) think marriage is a cage, a cage that prevents you from enjoying this kind of extraordinary sex. This way of thinking makes sense. Marriage (as […]

Hyper Connected: The Generation that Doesn’t Power Down

This infographic shows the increased connectivity through the generations: Millennials, Gen X-ers, Young Boomers and Older Boomers It confirms what we all know: we are more and more “hyper connected” I wonder what would be said (in further research) for this current “digital” generation…? “It’s no secret that Millennials (loosely classified as people born between […]

Date Your Wife Flowchart

I just finished reading a book by Justin Buzzard called: Date Your Wife. Justin has a great flowchart on his blog related to his book that is really helpful for us guys: source justinbuzzard.net

Kindergarten Welcome Letter

My oldest daughter starts Kindergarten this year. And our involvement in the public school system begins.

What is Family Ministry?

Let’s start at the beginning… In Genesis 12, God begins the process of fashioning a peculiar people, a people with a promise of descendants, land, and God’s presence. The only condition required of this people was faith. Abraham was first. Then his son Isaac, then Jacob, and on and on from there. We know them […]