Families,
It is that time a year! VBS is just around the corner. The week of VBS is June 7-11. We hope that your student will be a part of this great experience in serving younger students. We will be having practices this year. These dates are:
-March 28
-April 4 - Easter - No Practice or Youth group that evening
-April 11
-April 18
-April 25
-May 2
-May 9 - Mother's Day - No Practice
-May 16
-May 23 - Graduation - No Practice
-May 30 - Memorial Day weekend - No Practice
-June 6 - Set up for VBS
Please place these dates in your calendar! They are all on a Sunday. They will happen following Sunday school. Here is a signup for Parents to Partner in making meals for these students. Please think of how you can serve in this way!
The Month of May we will not be having Youth group on Sunday evenings. We will be giving the leaders a break from the evening youth group. Also, with 3 of the 5 Sunday's being busy for families it seems best to allow for that as well.
Thank you for all you do!
-Pastor Shawn
March 2021
VBS Practice!!!!
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June 7 - June 11LOCATION: FBCVBS IS HAPPENDING!!! MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
TobyMac on DC Talk, Family and Dealing with Grief
This is such a good interview of TobyMac. It is 16 mins long. Take a bit of time and watch. He has some great things to say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/S4gj0CsCr54Pass a Legacy of Faith to Your Kids
Jim Burns -President of HomeWord and Executive Director of the HomeWord Center for Youth and Family at Azusa Pacific UniversityThe thought of passing on a legacy of faith from generation to generation sounds great, but where does a parent begin? As a starting point, try thinking about the spiritual, relational, physical, emotional, and mental characteristics of your life. Then, ask yourself what kind of legacy do you want to leave with your children in these five areas of life? Following, you'll find some goals you might want to pursue. As you review them, feel free to add more specific practical ideas of your own.
- Spiritual: To love and obey God, teach integrity, value involvement in a church, grow in faith, learn and live by the Bible, develop a biblical worldview, be a disciple of Christ, serve others.
- Relational: Times of fun and laughter, family bonding vacation times, recreation times together, ability to resolve conflict with family member, listening skills, how to treat the opposite sex, developing lasting friendships, investing in the lives of others.
- Physical: Eat healthy foods, manage stress, exercise, financial integrity and stewardship, cleanliness and health issues, how to work hard, how to budget your financial resources.
- Emotional: Build healthy friendships, find times of rest and replenishment, build confidence and a healthy self-image, build trust and unconditional love, develop character traits such as discipline, perseverance, courage, and purity.
- Mental: Read good books, learn new skills, write and discuss ideas, discover how to think critically, become skilled at planning, learn decision-making skills.
These are good starting points for identifying what you want to teach your children. However, try hard not to overwhelm them or be overwhelmed yourself. Something is better than nothing, and those who don't aim at anything won't find their way.
Remember that your words are important, but they can only go so far. So much of the work of passing on a legacy of faith takes place when we model it ourselves and believe in our children. To do that, we must make sure that we as parents are working on these same issues within our own lives. It will take a plan, intentionality, and help from above. But I believe you can lead the way for your children and make a generation difference for lifetimes to come.