For Parents - Understanding Your Teenager

Ever feel like this when dealing with your teenager?

One of our main missions as a youth ministry is to partner up with parents.  We want to give you all the tools and resources we can to help you become the main spiritual care-takers of your home.  And that's why I'm super excited for an event that is coming up.

A few years ago Tara and I went to National Youth Workers Convention and attended a breakout session called, "Marriage and Ministry," by Jim Burns.  Several things that Jim said stuck out to us, and there have been things that we do differently now because of his influence.  We were introduced to his organization called Homeword, which is an organization that helps resource families.  They focus on marriage and raising kids.

A couple years later I discovered that Homeword has people trained around the U.S. that specialize in giving seminars for parents and youth workers.  One of these seminars is called Understanding Your Teenager.  Since we are dedicated to help resource parents, this seminar jumped out at me.

We are bringing in Dave Veerman from Naperville, IL, on November 10th.  Dave worked for 26 years with Youth for Christ, and was the national campus life director.  He has authored more than sixty books, mostly about parenting and teenagers.  

But we are also bringing in some other voices.  We have a couple of people confirmed, and are awaiting confirmation from some others.  Derry Prenkert from Nappanee Missionary Church will be sharing about how to help a teenagers faith to stick after high school, and Brad Thornton from Bremen Missionary Church will be sharing on the Balancing Act of having teens active in after school programs (sports, band, etc...).

For more information check out our church website (www.klmc.us).  You can register online or send in a registration.  You should be getting something in the mail if you are on the mailing list.  This seminar will be perfect for anyone with kids in 5th-12th grade.  I hope you consider joining us.