There will be NO Aftershock on Wednesday, November 23!
Join Pastor Zach for a brief service with the residents of the Sayre Health Care Center. Meet at church at 1:30pm; the service starts at 2pm.
Join us for an action-packed all night event in Binghamton, NY! We'll start at a Binghamton Senators hockey game, followed by a teen rally. After midnight we'll venture out of the arena for bowling at a bowling alley and games and activities at a sports center. We will meet at church at 5pm on Friday and arrive back at church about 6:30am Saturday. Cost is $25, unchurched friends go free! Contact Pastor Zach for details.
Join us for a white elephant gift exchange, food, games, and great fellowship as we celebrate the birth of Jesus. A main dish will be provided (probably pizza), along with drinks. Students are welcome to bring a snack or dessert to share. Don't forget a white elephant gift too! Gifts should be wrapped, but do not need to be a new item. If you do purchase a gift, please don't spend more than $5.
There will be NO Aftershock on Wednesday, November 23!
IMPACT & Aftershock
During the Sunday evening IMPACT time, we finished our discussion on Creation vs. Evolution. Then we talked about apparent contradictions in the Bible, starting with a discussion on inerrancy.
During the Wednesday evening Aftershock time, we continued to work on creating a tract. It will not be ready to hand out at Trunk 'n Treat, as we hoped, but we will keep working on it.
New Time
Thank you for your patience as we tried the earlier time of 6-7:30pm. Thank you for your feedback that the time was too early. We have changed Sunday evening (which was always 6-7:30) to 6:30-8pm, and we have changed Wednesday evening back to 6:30-8pm. If you have any questions, contact Pastor Zach.
Getting your teenagers talking can be quite a challenge. You've probably had a conversation that went like this:
Parent: Did you have a good day?
Teen: Yeah.
Parent: What did you do?
Teen: Nothing.
Parent: Did anything exciting happen?
Teen: No.
Parent: Any plans for the weekend?
Teen: Not really.
Some of the challenge in parent-teen conversation is due to the type of questions parents ask. When parents ask questions that can be answered with one or two words, they usually don't lead to great conversations.
To get your family talking, try using open-ended questions that create the possibility for more engagement in conversation. These won't guarantee long answers from your teen, but the more thought you put into the questions you ask, the better the chances are that your kids will engage with you.
Here are some suggestions for open-ended questions which may help you get thinking about creating your own:
- What was your understanding of what happened when _____________?
- What would you like to see happen when you ____________?
- What do you think caused them to ____________?
- What were the two best things that happened to you today?
- What was the most surprising thing about your day?
- What do you hope your life will look like 10 years from now?
- How has your opinion of our family changed over the years?
- If you could change something about our family, what would it be?
- If you had to choose, what would you say is the best decision you've ever made?
- What sorts of things are most important to you in life right now?