Understanding Your Teenager Parent Seminar

Saturday, October 29
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
First Baptist Church Chapel
Cost is $10 per individual

 

Living Water Parents! We have been invited by the youth team at First Baptist to be a part of this great seminar they are putting on for parents of teenagers. I have personally attended one of these seminars as a part of a Youth Ministry class in seminary and can tell you that this is extremely helpful and practical information that will help equip you to parent your teens effectively and still maintain a healthy relationship with them! 

This seminar is for parents and adults who work with teens and pre-teens. Attendees will learn what to expect from their children during the teen years and how to parent them with greater confidence, love and understanding. The six “principles for effective parenting” will give parents the road map they need to successfully guide their teens through the rough waters of adolescence.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, October 29 from 9 am – 12 pm.  The seminar will be held in the Chapel at First Baptist Church of Elk Grove (located at 8939 East Stockton Blvd, Elk Grove 95624).  Bring a pen to take notes in your Understanding Your Teenager notebook and come ready for a time of learning, new relationships, and laughter.

Dr. Les Christie, chair of the Youth Ministry Department at William Jessup University will be presenting the three hour seminar. Les was born in Liverpool, England and has worked with teens for more than 40 years, serving as youth pastor at one church for 22 years. A popular and enthusiastic speaker with a love for teenagers and parents, he has spoken to audiences in 48 states and 13 foreign countries. He has written over 200 articles in national magazines and has authored more than a dozen books. Les and his wife Gretchen live in Rocklin, California and have two grown sons.

Thanks again for joining us for this special opportunity to learn how to grow our teens up for responsible adulthood.

Click Here to register for Understanding Your Teen

High School Back to School Kick Off!

We had a great time last night with the High School students at the Back to School Kick Off. At the beginning we had some delicious pizza and cold sodas while we enjoyed meeting some new people and getting to know each other a little bit better. Then we played a few games and let the students embarrass themselves a little by putting on some impromptu skits. I'll just say that one of them involved cheese coming out of a can. I'll leave the rest to your imagination.

Following that, Braden Trotter shared with us a little bit about his life and then we headed into the sanctuary to hear from our amazing youth band. It was the first time I have heard them play since I was out of town the week they played at church and I was super impressed by how well they did! Seriously these kids are talented and God sure does shine through them when they lead worship. It was awesome to see the kids worshiping and enjoying the time we got to spend in worship together as a group.

Next we got to see the video we have been working on for a few weeks: Back to School Survival Guide. You can see in on youtube by clicking HERE. It will also be posted to our Videos page of this website soon. The students did a great job making this video. I'm telling you they were pretty good actors for only being amateurs. We had a fun time filming it and it turned out pretty well, if you ask me.

We finished our time with a talk Nick and I put together called: 10 Things We Wish We Would Have Known in High School. I will post those ten things on the blog for you to enjoy as well. Overall we just wanted to communicate some of the things we learned from our experience in and out of high school and hopefully give them some helpful and practical tips to have the best High School experience possible.

Overall we had a really fun night and look forward to the upcoming school year, now that we have officially kicked it off properly.