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Parent Enrichment Classes
Parenting the Early Years by Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott will be on Sundays at 11:30 AM In Room E 218 beginning January 8th.
Effective Parenting in a Defective World by Chip Ingram will be on Wednesdays at 7pm beginning January 11th.
The Five Love Languages of Children will be on Sundays at 6 PM in Room E 210 beginning January 22nd..
Sign up for the current classes in the Children's Ministry Office. Cost is $10 for participants guide.
1. Parenting With Intimacy
Experiencing Great Commandment Love In Your Family
God has designed each of us for intimate relationships with Him and with each other within the contexts of marriage family and church. Yet so many are not experiencing all God intends. This class will help focus on restoring and building intimate relationships within your family based on biblical principles. This is an 8-week study.
Cost: $5 for materials.
2. The 5 Love Languages of Children
Want to know the secret of making sure your child feel loved? Kids desperately need to know how much you love them. But if you don't know their special 'love language' you might as well be speaking gibberish. This class will help you discover what love language your child speaks and how to speak their language.
Cost: $10 for the book.
3. Parental Guidance Required
While the culture around you may offer suggestions about parenting, God has much to say about how to navigate the road ahead of you. Through this study, God may give you clarity and insight into your relationship with your children as well as your children's relationships with others. This is an 8-week DVD series by Andy Stanley.
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
4. Parenting: The Early Years
10 Biblical Traits Your Kids Will Remember You For
Good parenting techniques are useful for disciplining and motivation, but your child's character hinges on the traits you exhibit as a parent. Being a parent-not just doing parental things-is the most important calling you will ever have. It is also the most rewarding enterprise of your life, especially when you are the parent you want to be. This is an 8-week DVD series by Drs. Les & Leslie Parrot.
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
5. Grace-Based Parenting
Set Your Family Free
This study will show you how to meet the true needs of every child and create a home in which your children will thrive. Instead of a manual full of checklists and impossible standards, grace based parenting lays out a road map for parenting the way God parents us-with grace. This is a 12-week DVD series by Dr. Tim Kimmel.
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
6. Extreme Grandparenting
Grandparenthood is far more than rocking chairs. It is a second chance to do all the "ought-tos" and "should haves" that the busyness and demands of daily parenthood kept you from doing. For some it means parenthood, part two. Grandparenthood allows you to play a key role in writing the history of a generation that you will someday leave in charge. This is a 10-week DVD series by Dr. Tim Kimmel.
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
7. Your Child: Essentials of Discipline
Looking for workable advice on how to raise your kids? Here it is! Through interviews and animated vignettes Dr. James Dobson and other experts tackle topics vital to 21st century parents. You'll discover wise counsel on effective discipline, self-confidence and safeguards for a dangerous world. Learn how to grow and lead your sons and daughters-God's way. This is a 13-week DVD series by Dr. James Dobson.
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
8. Running The Rapids
This series will help parents and teachers understand and deal with kids in their adolescent years. Adolescence is often the most critical time to understand and relate to your child, though it can be painful at times. This is a 7-week DVD series by Dr. Kevin Lehman.
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
9. Single Parenting That Works
A study designed to encourage single parents to build healthy relationships with ex-spouses and to raise their children to love and honor the Lord. This study will help parents understand that they are not alone in the challenges they face. Parents will find practical, biblically sound guidance on being loving, caring and effective parents to their children. This is an 8-week DVD series by Dr. Kevin Lehman.
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
10. The Hurried Family
Our fast-paced society promotes a constant drive for success, but often a t the expense of our inner peace and contentment. This study explores the symptoms of a hurried family and provides counsel for restoring calmness and the gift of rest to others. This is a 10-week DVD series by Dr. Tim Kimmel.
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
11. Dealing With Today's Teens
This study provides parents of teens and pre-teens the help and hope they need in a culture that seems more confusing than ever. Parents will be given practical, biblical strategies to prevent their teens from falling prey to the culture in which they live. This is a 10-week DVD series by Mark Gregton.
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
12. Value-Packed Parenting
Raising Rock-Solid Kids in a Pleasure-Driven World
This study is designed to encourage parents to build healthy relationships with their children. Parents will find practical, biblically sound guidance on a variety of topics they deal with everyday. Remember, it is never too late to become a better parent. This is an 8-week DVD series by Dr. Kevin Lehman.
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
13. Bringing Peace And Harmony To The Blended Family (Step Family)
Where Everybody Feels At Home
Blended families are a fact today that we must not ignore. This study will help prepare your family for the challenges and rewards of blending step -families. This is an 8-week DVD series by Dr. Kevin Lehman.
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
14. Bringing Up Boys
In this series, Dr. James Dobson shares his expertise and answers important questions about raising boys. This class will equip parents with the practical understanding, biblical principles and encouragement they need to steer their sons toward confident, responsible manhood. This is a 5-week DVD series.
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
15. Strong Families Class 100
This biblically based series will help you build God-honoring marriages and Families. This course will encourage singles, couples, single parents, grandparents- anyone who wants to build a stronger marriage, be an even more effective parent and build closer relationships. This is a 9-week DVD series with Dr. John Trent and other "coaches."
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
16. Making Your Children Mind Without Losing Yours
How to Bring Out the Best in Kids by Doing What is Best for Them
Psychologist Kevin Leman teaches principles of childrearing that really work! This is a 7-week DVD series.
Cost: $10 for participant guide.
Parenting Enrichments Class Schedule:
| |
Year A |
Year B |
| Fall |
Parenting With Intimacy |
Parental Guidance Required |
| Bringing Peace & Harmony to the Blended Family |
Extreme Grandparenting |
| Winter |
Single Parenting that Works |
Parenting: The Early Years |
| Strong Families Class 100 |
The 5 Love Languages of Children |
| Spring |
Grace-Based Parenting |
Your Child: Essentials of Discipline |
| Making Your Children Mind Without Losing Yours |
Bringing Up Boys |
| Summer |
The Hurried Family |
Dealing with Today's Teens |
| Running the Rapids -- Parenting Adolescents |
Value-Packed Parenting |
Parent Lending Library
A number of books, games and audio resources dealing with issues related to parenting are available in the rear lobby of the Education (E) building (in the lobby back by the playground areas). These resources are available for our parents to check out and return at the portable bookcase in the at lobby area. Simply follow the instructions for easy self checkout and return. If you have resources you would like to donate to the lending library, please bring them to the Children's Ministry Office.
Family Toolbox Series
The Children's Ministry of Golden Hills Community Church exists to "Glorify God by helping families develop age-appropriate disciples who impact their world for Christ".
In order to accomplish this task, we at GHCC have attempted to describe a discipleship process, which includes these three elements:
We believe that children, as followers of Christ, can also participate in the discipleship process. We have further identified twelve specific spiritual growth issues within these three elements of discipleship.
It is our desire in Children's Ministry, to create a balanced program, which addresses all of these spiritual growth issues, helping to produce a healthy, age-appropriate disciple.
However, statistics tell us that the national average for children attending Sunday school is 26 hours each year (that's only half of the time). And our church is no exception to this. Our average Sunday attendance is roughly half of our total registration. What does this mean? Well, we could have the best programming, the best teachers and staff (which, by the way, I think we do) and we would still have a very hard time in accomplishing the goal God has set before us. But there is a way.
The way in which we can realize the goal of making age-appropriate disciples is stated in our purpose: "...by helping families develop age-appropriate disciples..." In fact, the best approach to aiding your child's faith development is not in the formal setting of the church, but in the informal, everyday life of your home. God's Word clearly reminds us of this in Deuteronomy 6:4-7:
"Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the lord is one. Love the lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. The commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress (teach) them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home, and when you walk along the road, when you lie down at night and when you get up."
We encourage you to take advantage of every opportunity to "impress upon your children" spiritual truth. Use dinner conversation, driving in the car, bedtime routines and getting ready each morning as times to reflect and teach about God and his faithfulness.
To help you in these discussions, we have developed a series of tools for you to use. These tools are series of booklets (The Family Toolbox Series), each addressing the spiritual growth issues. In them you will find information, discussion questions and activity suggestions to help you guide your children on their spiritual journeys. Download these booklets below, or pick them up in the Children's Ministry Office.
