Empowering Parents: Key Strategies for Success
Discover valuable insights from a seminar by Kara Powell on helping parents succeed in their role. Learn about fostering parental involvement in ministry, building warmth, engaging in meaningful conversations about God, and creating a supportive team environment. Empower parents to guide their children's faith journey effectively.
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HELPING PARENTS WIN! How to Help Parents Win Based off a Seminar by Kara Powell during Orange Live 2020 Created for the FL Conference Pathfinder and Adventurer Ministries
WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN WE SAY, WE WANT TO HAVE PARENTS INVOLVED IN MINISTRY. Ask yourself Am I trying to get parents to do what I want them to do to help me? OR Am I genuinely interested in helping them win as parents?
READ THESE QUOTES AND REACT When it comes to kids faith, parents get what they are. We can t out teach what you teach at home. We just aren t that good. (youth leader to parent) We want parents to be more connected to the faith community, so they re more intentional at home.
THREE WAYS TO HELP PARENTS WIN Build Warmth Talk about God Build a Team
BUILD WARMTH Ages 0-4 Embrace the child physically / emotionally Grades 1-5 Engage their personality Grades 6-8 Affirm young person s identity; cannot be too affirming Grades 9-12 Mobilize teen s potential Ages 19-23 Guide - Parent is a Guide Ages 26-29 Resource - Parent is a Resource (Ages 18-29 A time to growth with their young person) BONUS Serve together
TALK ABOUT GOD Helping parents talk about God naturally and organically 70% of Middle/High School students admit they have questions about God It s not doubt that is toxic to faith its silence. We want to help families and churches to be a greenhouse to explore questions with young people.
BUILD A TEAM We can help parents develop a team. 13 Factors that influence how faith forms (Study Scripture / Serving ) (Taken from book - Sticky Faith). BUT the Most influential factor intergenerational faith experiences! But we keep segregating young people from the church. 5:1 Ratio (we usually say one adult for every five young people for supervision). What if we reverse it and had five adults for every young person (5 adults that are on your team ).
