Tag Archive for sticky faith
Values: The Impact Of A Gap Year
Many people choose to abandon their faith when unable to defend it against secular humanism and other misguided worldviews
Values: Why Kids Are Walking Away From...
Last weekend I met some people who are tackling this reality head on… and I think they’re onto something
Values: Preparing Your Kids Faith For...
Five Ways to Send Your Kids to College with Confidence in the Bible
Values: Are Your Students Rooted?
So many students who have grown up in our ministries will hit college, desert the faith of their youth
Book: Spiritual Parenting
This book has been the most useful in understanding how to incorporate faith into the nitty-gritty everyday moments of life within the…
Equip Parents/Grandparents To Be...
There comes a point when their children/grandchildren need to learn to grow in their own walk with Jesus; they can not just…
7 Things Youth Need From Their Parents...
Parents, you are painting a portrait of God for your children every day….And when your children
Family Dinners And Their Impact Teen...
Insights family engagement expert
Meet The Growing Young Heroes Every...
At 103 years old and having been the first female physician in this city, Virginia has a lot of experiences to share
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Shepherding Teen Identity…Values
Students in our ministries are trying to answer the “Who am I?” question. “What is the youth pastor’s role in helping students…
Researchers Have Figured Out What...
Hint: It has less to do with programs…
What Parents Need To Say To Their Kids...
Based on psychological research, the three healthiest statements moms and dads can make as perform are
4 Ways To Go For Grit Over Grades This...
“What do you think matters more—talent or effort?”
5 Reasons Today’s College Students Are...
Connecting with young people isn’t easy…Kids these days. Snap me, kik me, hundo p v savage RT, what?
A Look At Today’s Youth Culture &...
Sermon “Opening Up the Doors of Dialogue In Your Home” by Jonathan McKee
Let’s Make Dinnertime Matter
The demands of modern life and workloads continuing to increase…a timely reminder that dinner is more than just a meal
When They Walk Away
The right advice at the right time…Their daughter Katelyn was dating a non-Christian. How could that happen?
Does Focusing On Young People Mean...
Let us be clear – we’re NOT saying younger people matter more than older people
Leisure Time At Home May Be Best Path To...
“The best predictor of happiness for families may be spending quality time together in familiar activities inside the home. And that’s great…
Legacy Grandparenting Summit Nov 15-17...
Grandparents with decades of life/faith experience equipped to intentionally, strategically build stronger families and churches!
Flashback: “Moralistic Therapeutic...
More teens becoming ‘fake’ Christians
Reclaiming Fatherhood
I simply didn’t understand how parents fit into the ministry picture
Meet the Churches Engaging—and Keeping...
A study of 250 congregations suggests that engaging youth and young adults has little to do with style and everything to do…
How Community Networks Stem Childhood...
Community rallying around the young
Why Doubt Needs To Have A place In Your...
It’s not doubt that is squelching young people’s faith…It’s protective parents who shield teenagers from hard conversations that feel too to navigate
A Record 60.6 Million Americans Live In...
In 2014, a record 60.6 million people, or 19% of the U.S. population, lived with multiple generations under one roof
Helping Kids Navigate Through Crisis
How to identify the signs your child is struggling and how to respond in an appropriate way
What Do Young People Really Want In A...
Debunking myths about what attracts the next generation
A Different Kind Of Parent Ministry
God can use parents—even sleep-deprived ones with snot and food on their shoulders—to build up the next generation of leaders
5 Essential Steps To Clarity In Ministry
Clarity is the result of a deliberate journey
3 Keys To Keeping Boundaries In Ministry
In fact, it can be incredibly difficult to maintain appropriate boundaries in ministry
4 Essentials In Being The Family Leader
“Communication has been the number one thing in our family,” Grammy Award-winning Michael W. Smith
Book: It’s Not Too Late
The Essential Part You Play in Shaping Your Teen’s Faith
Flashback: Why College Students And...
What is needed to bridge that gap between the youth and the church?
Teen Social Media Users More Likely to ...
This attitude runs counter to most religious traditions and, according to researchers, shows a level of non-commitment.
Extremely Eyeopening Testimonial About...
An article from guest author Adam McLane
How To Know If Your Teen Is Ready For A...
Maybe other parents don’t see it this way but they don’t have to live with the consequences
How Orange Has Change Our Children’...
There has also been a noticeable change in the young family core group in our church
Flashback Values: How The Catechism...
Question one of the Catechism shapes our whole existence…we belong to Jesus and not to ourselves
Leading Change Up, Around, And...
OC16: Notes from Rachael Sibcy from Frank Bealer’s OC16 Presentation
52 Ways To Connect With Your Smartphone...
How to Engage with Kids Who Can’t Seem to Pry Their Eyes from Their Devices!
Understanding Why My Teenager Hates Me
You may have wisdom to offer, but it will miss the mark without a rich combination of context and empathy
Sticky Faith Launch Kit
The FYI team has developed a proven process to help you lead change in your ministry
Flashback: Starting A Sticky Faith Youth...
10 Tips for Starting a Sticky Faith Youth Ministry from Scratch
How To Become One (Church) Family...
All of us, regardless of where we are in that transition, could use help because we never arrive
What Is The Sticky Faith Cohort?
“Sticky Faith isn’t about programs; it’s about changing culture.”
Chick-fil-A ‘Cell Phone Challenge&...
“Family Challenge” and here’s how it works: Turn all family cell phones to silent and place in the cell phone coop
Time, Fear, And American Youth Ministry
The single biggest change I noticed when I finished seminary was the change in the use and availability of time
Today’s Teens Are Better Than You,...
Comparative data about risk-taking behavior among teenagers in every year back to 1972
Phantom Community: What’s the Power of...
“Someday, someday soon, but certainly not now, I’d like to learn to have a conversation.”
How We Unknowingly Sabotage Short-Term...
We sabotage our short-term mission trips by not thinking through how our work affects the locals hosting us
FREE Chapter: Sticky Faith Service Guide
leaders and students must spend more time before, during, and after service projects preparing
FREE Workbook: Building Your Family’s...
Will help you plan for your family’s future in five steps. Great to send to parents in your Church
What Does Youth Ministry Have To Do With...
3 things that matter in ministry with youth that have a direct impact on the faith of adults
Have You Sent A College Student A Care...
College students who have contact with their youth leaders from their church tend to have Sticky Faith
Families And Digital Media: A FREE Live...
Find Ideas and strategies for parenting kids and teenagers in a world saturated with digital media
Keep Talking, Even When They’re Not...
Research tells us the four main influencers in a teenager’s life are their parents, their peers, their community, and society.
17 Steps That’ll Make Families Want To...
You’ll make your ministry sticky for kids and their families — so they’ll keep coming back!
Doug Fields: Intentional Parenting...
10 Ways To Be An Exceptional Parent In A Quick Fix World
Sticky Faith Family Training [DVD]
Includes five short films and discussion guide
How Working Parents Share the Load
2-parent households in which both parents work full time now 46%, up from 31% in 1970
Cyber Seniors: Connecting Gennerations
A humorous and heart-warming documentary
How Serving Changes Kids
Giving kids opportunities to serve through childhood is one of the biggest ways to help them grow in faith and character
Ministering To The Needs Of Parents
Parents play not just a central role, but they play the central role in their kids’ spiritual development
Team Up! How To Become An Expert In...
It’s essential that we comprehend the greater influence of time that parents have with their children
The Smartphone—Today’s...
socially retarded…Face-to-face conversations are becoming much more difficult for young people today
Reclaim Family Dinnertime..Pepper...
Who cares if it’s ‘real’ or not, the insight and content makes a point that will resonate with anyone who has kids
Why Are Millennials Leaving the Church...
Hungering for Jesus..honest community. Hungered for more intergenerational relationships and didn’t experience these in the church
Why Are Millennials Leaving the Church...
Millennials give for leaving the church. They usually have something to do with the church not reflecting Jesus
Why Are Millennials Leaving the Church...
It wasn’t the content of Christianity that they rejected, but the posture and form of the church
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