REGISTRATION CLOSES ON JAN. 13TH

Parents!  Our DNOW weekend is right around the corner and WE NEED YOUR HELP!  We are in need of several families to be Host Homes for our DNOW weekend.

Host homes provide a loving atmosphere and safe environment for our students during the DNOW weekend. Host homes will only house students from their own church. In order to be a host home, you must be a married couple who are active members at your church, and have completed a background check with your church.

All host homes are expected to:
*Provide breakfast on Jan. 28th & 29th
*Provide indoor space to sleep. Rooms with beds are preferred but open living spaces with couches and air mattresses also works.
*Provide a restroom and shower.
*Help with transportation to and from DNOW

To register to be a Host Home for DNOW, click HERE

Students who register before Jan. 13th will receive a free DNOW T-shirt!

STUDENT REGISTRATION (DNOW)

Parents, our goal is to partner alongside you as we raise our students to make more and better disciples for Jesus Christ.  Part of that is putting resources in YOUR hands to encourage biblical conversations, gospel opportunities, and intentional conversations. Click HERE to access a weekly guide for the month.  Each week encourages you to pray daily with them, use drive time with them, plan at least one weekly meal with them, and spend at least 30 minutes unplugged with them.

Parents Set the Pace for Their Adult Children’s Religious Life by Christian Smith and Amy Adamczyk (Christianity Today)

Parents set a “glass ceiling” of religious commitment above which their children rarely rise. Parental religious investment and involvement is in almost all cases the necessary and even sometimes sufficient condition for children’s religious investment and involvement.

Family Discipleship Is More Than Family Devotions by Barnabas Piper (Lifeway)

I am not a parenting expert, because there is no such thing. We’re all just doing our best to be faithful. But here are five family discipleship rhythms I’ve discovered that help me faithfully point my children to Jesus without burdening them.

Gaming Alone: Helping the Generation of Young Men Captivated and Isolated by Video Games, by Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra (The Gospel Coalition)

I could see parallels with the world of video games. In both, you create and maintain an online identity in an online world. In both, you can meet and become friends with people across the world you haven’t met—and might never meet —in real life.

An Encouragement to Young Husbands, by A.W. Workman (Entrusted to the Dirt)

Release the pressure you are both likely feeling and instead lead by helping your wife to simply rest in Christ’s love and your love for her. Help her to know in her very bones that this love for her is steadfast, no matter what. As Christ has welcomed you into his rest, so welcome her. Do this, trusting God with your futures – and then sit back and watch her bloom.

When We Don’t Know What the Future Holds For Our Children, by Meredith Exline (Rooted)

When we treasure tender moments with our kids, even as we live in not-knowing, God prepares our hearts for later moments that might otherwise be too difficult to bear. We, like Mary, can trust God with our children even when we don’t exactly know the outcome of every trial they will face.

Download the 2022-23 Winter Calendar HERE