Develop and Send Out Students Who
Passionately Love Jesus and
Boldly Proclaim the Gospel
Taylor Road Student Ministry3342713363
May 2021 Update
May 2021 Update
Welcome to May!
I feel like this is usually one of the busiest months of the year. School is winding down, but with it comes exams, cramming, final projects, graduations, etc. Make sure you take time to enjoy family, friends, and definitely don't neglect your church. It's easy to miss one week, then two, then three, and before you know it, it's been a while since you've taken part in this awesome community God has given us.
Love y'all!
-Clint
Apathy in the Church
A growing problem in our homes, student ministry, and church is apathy, an "I don't care" or "this doesn't matter to me" attitude towards the church, the Bible, and God. Let me encourage you to recognize it and take steps to reverse course.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/wqJ5Z61aNKs
FALLS CREEK IS COMING!!!!
We missed last year because of COVID, but it's coming this summer! We're returning to Davis, OK for camp!
Falls Creek is one of the largest gathering, student church camps anywhere in the world, hosting over 5,000 students each week for 8 weeks every summer. It is owned and operated by the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO).
We leave on Sunday night, June 6th 11:00PM and return Saturday, June 12th @11:59 PM.
It is a week filled with amazing worship services, Bible focused teachings, a whole lot of fun, and growth as a student group.
We stay in our own cabin on the Falls Creek grounds containing one guys dorm and one ladies dorm, a full size kitchen where we prepare our own food, and a large meeting space for in-cabin worship.
For more information and to sign up: taylorroad.org/fallscreek
"Send Out Students Who Passionately Love Jesus and Boldly Proclaim the Gospel"
This summer we have the awesome opportunity to be on mission in New York City. Here are the details you need to know:
We will be in Midtown Manhattan serving Grace City Church with Wes & Ashley Costello. Wes & Ashley are Montomery natives who moved to NYC about 3 years ago to run the Metropolitan New York Baptist Association building and assist in church planting. They are a phenomenal couple with a passion for Jesus.
We will be assisting Grace City Church with door to door evangelism, working at a local food pantry, and other exciting things. This is not just a mission trip that we go on to feel good about going. This is a church plant in a tough city that needs help getting the Gospel to a desperate neighborhood.
We will be staying in the dorms at the MNYBA building (https://www.mnyba.org/housing). It is located on 72nd street just a couple blocks west of Central Park.
Cost for this trip will be a maximum of $800/person, but through fundraising, we are working to get that cost to $500. If you have a plane ticket left over from San Diego trip last year, we can use it here and save you some money.
We are flying out of Montgomery and into NYC on July 3rd, returning the same way on July 10th.
While this is not a tourism trip, while we are in NYC we will get to do some sightseeing...after all we will be there on July 4th!
This trip is open to students & parents who are in good standing with Taylor Road Baptist Church and are actively following Jesus in their lives.
Parents Corner
Be a AAA Parent
Doug Fields -Author of Intentional ParentingWhen I'm asked about what parents can do everyday (besides praying) that can make a huge difference in their kids' lives, I tell them three things that can make them "AAA Parents."
Affection. Everyone needs affection to thrive, but kids want affection from their parents. I'm convinced that one of reasons teenagers are so sexually promiscuous (especially girls) is because they lack affection from the significant male figure in their life. My parents were great, but they weren't overly affectionate, so I chose to change the script in how I parented. I pour affection on my kids through hugs, back rubs, and snuggling during TV time.Affirmation. Mark Twain once said, "I can live for two months on one good compliment." Unfortunately, many kids go two months without any genuine affirmation from their parents. Through their words parents yield so much power to shape their kids. Imagine your child has a bank account and each encouragement, affirmation, positive comment, intentional and personal word of kindness is a deposit of a penny to their account. Each negative comment is like withdrawing a quarter. How is your child's bank account doing?
Attention. Simply stated, this means parents need to focus and engage on what's happening in their kids' lives. Giving kids attention means more than popping by their bedroom and waving goodnight -- it means tucking them in. It means more than asking how their day went -- it means asking and really listening to the answer and then asking more questions. It means more than making sure they get homework done -- it means helping and coaching in a way that they feel confident and empowered. Kids need to feel that they matter to their parents!
Parenting isn't easy. Intentional parenting is even more difficult, but the rewards your child will reap through affection, affirmation and attention are worth the difficulty it takes for parents to make these into daily habits!