Family Ministry

Integrating Church and Family to Equip the Generations

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This is a live blog by Terry Delaney during the Connecting Church and Home Conference March 2009 at Brentwood Baptist Church in Nashville. You can also read confernce notes on the Soujour Kids blog. Session #4: Integrating Church and Family to Equip the Generations (Brian Haynes) What are you getting yourself into? First, if you want a “how” of starting … Read more

The Next Step-Family Strategy of Brentwood

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This is a live blog by Terry Delaney during the Connecting Church and Home Conference March 2009 at Brentwood Baptist Church in Nashville. You can also read confernce notes on the Soujour Kids blog or from the Thoughts On The Word Session #3:   The Next Step-Family Strategy of Brentwood (Jay Struther) And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field … Read more

Student Ministry: What I have Learned along the Way

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This is a live blog by Terry Delaney during the Connecting Church and Home Conference March 2009 at Brentwood Baptist Church in Nashville. You can also read confernce notes on the Soujour Kids blog or from the Thoughts On The Word blog Session #2: Student Ministry-What I have Learned along the Way (Steve Wright) We will not hide them from their children, but … Read more

A Model Prayer For Parents

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Teaching parents to pray is a task that is often overlooked in children’s ministry. But when you think about it, there are few things that will have as much eternal impact on the kids in your church. When dads and moms pray, they join their petitions to God’s desires. My friend, Trevin Wax, is education … Read more

Children, Parenting & Spiritual Warfare

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This article was written by Brent Thomas, Teaching Pastor and an Elder of Grace Community Church in Glen Rose, TX. You can find more of Brent’s articles on his website titled Colossians 3:16
As you might know, we are currently (and very expectantly) expecting our fourth boy. Lord willing, Eli Calvin will be here very soon. We are often overwhelmed by the weighty blessing that is raising children. This became all the more apparent for us the other night as we were watching television and came across a preview for a show called something like “True Dreams of a Soccer Mom” or something like that. I can’t remember the actual name of the show, but the premise was that three women had “put their dreams on hold” to raise their families, but this television show was going to give them the chance to pursue what they really wanted in life. One was a fashion designer, one a police officer and I don’t know what the other was.

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