New Student Ministry Series
Parents of REACH & Roots Student Ministries at Journey Church, this week marks the beginning of a new series that we will be in for the next three Wednesday Nights your teens join us. (REACH Students 5th-7th Grades on 03.28 - 04.11 - 04.25) & (Roots Students 8th-12th Grades on 03.21 - 04.04 - 04.18) Take a look & use this to spark some conversation with your students over the next month or so.
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT:
Here is an overview of what we’re talking about. Listed below the summary is a parent cue to help you dialog with your child about the session. The question is intended not just to be asked by you, but to be responded to by BOTH of you. Use this opportunity to find out what God is teaching your child, and allow your child to see what God is teaching you as well.
Ask anyone who’s ever run into a sliding glass door that was closed, or went for the same baseball as a teammate, or experienced a fender bender at a stoplight—a collision changes things. Whether it’s a bump on the head or a cracked bumper, something is not the same as it was before. The same thing happens when we collide with God or His truth or even other people. We’re changed. But unless we put ourselves in a position to collide, everything will stay the same. So are you ready to change, are you ready to collide?
Session One: Impact (03.21.12 for Roots or 03.28.2012 for REACH)
Not many people would place themselves in the path of a moving object. Well, not most sane people. But if you understand the principle of collision, then you put yourself out there. You think about what you need to do, who you need to intersect with to make change happen. With whom or with what do you need to collide? Because if you never collide, you’ll never change.
Session One Parent Cue: What is one thing you would like to change in your life? What would it take to make that change happen?
Session Two: Blindsided (04.04.2012 for Roots or 04.11.2012 for REACH)
Have you ever met someone who was such a great example of Christ, but that person wasn’t a Christian? It sort of messes with your head, doesn’t it? After all, Christians don’t have a monopoly on caring for people. Not all things that are God’s truth exist exclusively with Christians or in the walls of the church. And if we realize that we can collide with truth in places other than the expected, God can use those collisions to show us new things about Himself and even change us.
Session Two Parent Cue: What is something that you have learned about God from a person or source that wouldn’t necessarily be labeled “Christian”?
Session Three: Totaled (04.18.2012 for Roots or 04.25.2012 for REACH)
Are you a safety boy/girl? Do you like the predictable? Do you like to know the outcome before you dive into something? Do you like to keep things the way they are—predictable? Isn’t that, well, a little boring? Maybe you need to collide with God. Maybe you need to place yourself in His path so that something in your life will change. It’s a collision that will leave you different than the status quo—and that’s a very good thing.
Session Three Parent Cue: As a Christian, is there something you feel like you should do, but for some reason—fear, uncertainty, discomfort—you’re reluctant to do it? How can you push yourself out of that comfort zone and make it happen?
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