Parents, You are your child’s most important spiritual teacher. God designed it that way. You spend the most time with them. Take advantage of every second you get. They are still listening even when they don’t act like it. Deuteronomy 6:5-9 tells us,
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates”.
Sometimes this can be overwhelming and you may just not know what to say about certain topics or you may wonder about spiritual concepts yourself. First, we invite you to join a small group to broaden your spiritual knowledge. This page is dedicated to resources for you to use to help spiritually lead your family. If you have additional questions please feel free to reach out to us at aallen@vinewc.org or 716 683-0570
Click here for your May Monthly Parent Page
Click here for the Children’s ministry form
Click here for the Memorize your Way to Camp booklet
Parent Cue (website) https://theparentcue.org/ This website has a ton of podcasts of a variety of subjects.
Salvation-
Repentance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNECJHNAzRA
True Consequences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZJ9zwmEv8k
Why is sin a big deal? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdXH2qSC4Y
God's Story: The Good News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nleiAfrp2kY
How to Lead Someone to Christ | TIPS ON SHARING YOUR FAITH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh87sXQBmA8
Baptism
What is Baptism? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ipPg2y-K0
What is Water Baptism and Why do we Do it? | (Teen) Q&A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP5n_xbn5_U
Communion
What is communion? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEXdXbkXYks
What is the importance of the Lord's supper / Christian (Teen) Communion? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfB23DmeWWw
Prayer
How do we pray? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFmOCYj0Fvk
The Five Finger Prayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_SCqgeWB1I
Ride home
We know the hour your child spent at The Vine is just the beginning of more conversations and questions to come. So here are a few questions that you can ask your student about their time with us...
What was the most fun part of church today?
What is the name of one person in your class/group?
What is one thing that made sense to you about God or the Bible?
What can we remind you about or talk more about at dinner time or bed time this week?
What will you do differently because of what you heard at church today?
Use of Tech
Protect Young Eyes (Website) This web offers great resources, free short webinars etc. https://protectyoungeyes.com/ultimate-set-internet-safety-digital-citizenship-resources-for-parents/
Covenant Eyes (Website and service) This website offers great resources and a monitoring service, they have excellent customer service. https://www.covenanteyes.com
Gender Identity
"How did we get here?" but also "What can I do about this?" as a parent or church leader.