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Parents be sure to start opening your calendar in August for Refuge Open House.  This one day event will be a time for parents and teens come together to learn about our ministry.

“Want to know what your child is being taught each week?” >>>Click here for Pastor Justin’s Sermons.

“Balancing Your Time (with and without your teen)”

Balance.  It’s one of the toughest targets to hit when raising children.  What is the right balance in spending time with your child relaxing, studying God’s Word, correcting, praying with, teaching life skills, and everything else you need to do with your son or daughter in the small amount of time that is available?  The key is usually found in the personal life of the parent.  If a parent’s personal life is not balanced according to Biblical guidelines, then it will be tough to properly balance the time spent with the child.   This week, try to keep an eye on how you spend your time with your child. If most of your time or conversations revolve around one theme, then shoot for some more balance in other areas.  At the same time, look a little more closely at the balance of your own life, compared to the teaching of God’s word. 
“There is an appointed time for everything.” Ecclesiastes 3:1

Be sure to make time for yout kids.

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10 Tips for Getting Your Student Connected:

  1. - Make the church a priority in your family schedule. (If your student doesn’t see YOU making church a priority they are less likely to make it a priority of their own.)
     
  2. - Make attendance a habit for your student. (Bringing them consistently will help them develop a good habit of being involved AND it will soon grow to be “just what they do”. There will be no question about whether or not they are going.)
     
  3. - Serve as a volunteer (not necessarily in Student Ministry , BUT showing them YOUR willing to not just show up and leave gives them more desire to want to not just go to Church but to participate in community)
     
  4. - Commit to attend a specific Sunday service (Students love to anticipate, so if you tell them “this is the service our family will go to each week” they will anticipate going each week.)
     
  5. - Take advantage of special events throughout the year. (The reason we have events in the first place is for CONNECTION! Secondary reasons are to provide opportunities for students to have some ‘good, clean, fun’. The foundational reason is the get them in to a closer relationship with Jesus! The more events your students go to, the more likely they are to connect with someone they can relate to, which provides them a friend to DO LIFE with! Very strategic I know.)
     
  6. - Utilize the resources of the Student Ministry Staff. (It’s not only what we do, it’s not only our job, IT’S WHAT WE’RE MADE FOR! It’s the way God wired us up! Take full advantage of that, we are a resource for you. We surely don’t have all the answers but our ministry/job is seeking God to help find the answers to any situations are students are surrounds by.)
     
  7. - Monitor the group your student runs with. (It’s a big teller for where they may be headed.)
     
  8. - Take back control of the family. (The trend of ’students running the household’ should be cut off. That’s all I’ll say about that, i might get my self in some trouble on this one! haha, seriously.)
     
  9. - Come by anytime and observe. (You’re always welcome to come see what we do so you can be educated about what your student is to expect when they come. Your student may be freaked out that you come and check it out but nevertheless you will learn very quickly what we are about and how we do things!)
     
  10. - Ask your student what they learned at REFUGE, NSide Out, and SmallGroups…check this page for more tips on parenting your teens. (Engaging conversation about our gatherings show your student you’re interested in THEIR WORLD. It shows them that you have a concern for what’s going on in their space. This is crucial not just to get them connected to our ministry but to keep them connected TO YOU as the parent.)

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