Dear parents,
We finished our five-week small group study “LIVE,” designed to help students understand God’s purposes for their life. The first week, “Reach” focused on helping students understand that we are created in God’s image and we have the opportunity to share God’s love with the world. Week two, “Connect,” focused on understanding the basic need that humans have to be connected with others on a deeper level. Week three, “Grow” focused on the truth that we were created to know God and grow spiritually by spending time with God.
Week four, “Serve” focused on the truth that God’s unique design provides us with the privilege to serve others. This week our final study was “Worship,” and we focused on the importance of honoring God in all that we do and how we can give our lives as an offering to Him.
Sometime this week, generate some discussion with your teenager about honoring God:
- What are some traits of a healthy attitude toward worship?
- How can we better honor God together as a family?
- What are some great ways to prepare yourself to worship God when you come to church?
Thanks for your love for God and your love for your teenager. Have a blessed day!
Dear parents,
We just completed week four in our five-week small group study designed to help students understand God’s purposes for their lives. This week’s lesson, called “SERVE” focused on the truth that God’s unique design provides us with the privilege to serve others. Our hope is that students will have realized they are gifted to serve and will begin serving others today!
Sometime this week, ask some questions to generate discussion with your teenager about serving others in ministry. Here are some possible questions to ask:
- Share with your teenager how you believe God has gifted you to serve others. What are some ways that you serve others individually?
- As a family, how much do we value the importance of serving? What are some ways that we as a family could serve others in our neighborhood, in our church, and in our community?
- How does serving others in ministry help us grow in our faith?
As always, thanks for the investment of love, time, and prayer you make in your teenager’s life. God will reward your faithful commitment!
Dear parents,
We’ve wrapped up week two in our five-week small group study “LIVE,” designed to help students understand God’s purposes for their lives. This week’s lesson, called “Connect” focused on understanding the basic need that humans have to be connected with others on a deeper level. Students were challenged to make their small group a place where they can be real and honest about their lives, and get help from each other to become more like Christ.
Sometime this week, take a moment to ask a few questions to generate some discussion with your teenager about connecting with others:
- Share about how you’ve been shaped or “sharpened” by your involvement in a small group or church fellowship. Then ask: How do you think you’d benefit from being involved in a small group?
- What are some moments in your life when you felt completely accepted for who you are? What factors helped you experience that freedom?
- How can you become a more encouraging person to others?
Thanks for your prayers for fuse*. It’s exciting to see God work in our teenagers’ lives. Have a great week!
FUSE* on Wednesday evenings follows the following schedule:
5:00pm – dinner
6:00pm – open gym / open loft
7:00pm – FUSE*
FUSE* ends at 8:30pm. We incorrectly printed in the weekly news that FUSE* ends at 8pm. We apologize for the misprint.
