Parenting
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Episode 147: Building an Active Youth Group Calendar with Families in Mind [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_147.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) Having a youth group schedule is never easy, and there is no way to have one that will make everyone happy. However, using experience both in youth ministry and as parents, Adam and Leah take this week’s episode to talk about how a congregation of any size can build a basic yet active youth ministry calendar without straining the schedules of families. Find our podcast on… Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher TuneIn Radio RSS
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It Sticks With the Kids
Last Sunday evening, we restarted Pew Packers. Well, we actually started what we are calling “Pew UNPackers,” in an attempt to remind the young people to not crowd up on the seats as we continue to do what we can, but to do so safely. For just 10 minutes before services, our younger children meet down front. We spend about 5-6 minutes singing Bible songs (some more “fun,” but some more “informational,” such as the books of the Bible), and the remainder of the time is spent learning Bible facts. (More about that in a moment.) I hadn’t realized how much I missed Pew Packers until we were involved in…
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The Danger is the Subtlety
A neighborhood in Pennsylvania had a bad morning a few days ago. A small herd of deer came through the neighborhood–which is not that unusual. What was unusual was that a couple of the deer decided to just crash through doors and windows and run around houses for a little while! Multiple doors were damaged and a couple of houses were broken into as the deer ran into and around the houses before going back outside. Other neighbors reported other damage to their property. As of now, no one is all that sure what caused the deer to do this. I want us to use that weird event to think…
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Episode 146: How to Raise Secular Children, Part 3 [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_146.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) In the final part of a three-part series, Adam and Leah share that one way to raise secular children is to put school and sports activities as a higher priority than church. Though children need involvement in other things, which area dominates your family’s life? Find our podcast on… Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher TuneIn Radio RSS
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Episode 145: How to Raise Secular Children (Part 2) [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_145.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) In the next installment of this three-part series, Adam and Leah say that, if you want to raise secular children (which we don’t!), all you have to do is live the church message at church, but devalue that same message at home. Find our podcast on… Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher TuneIn Radio RSS
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From “Do You Understand Me?” to “Okay?”
I guess that I’m about to show my age, but I remember a time when parents, not the children, actually “called the shots” in families. I remember that, during that time, parents seemed to be less concerned about whether or not their children always liked them and more concerned about their children obeying them. Apparently, those parents knew that there would be a time when their children would be “sent out into the world” and would find out that they were not actually the center of the universe. They might discover that there would be rules they would actually have to follow and that there might even be consequences if those rules were disobeyed. …
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Episode 144: How To Have a Secular Child, Part 1 [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_144.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) As 2021 gets underway, Adam and Leah go back to their podcast roots, encouraging Christian parents. This week, they begin a three-part series on how to raise secular children. Step one? Put everything else before attending worship.
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Some Things Should Never Be Normal
Normal. It’s a word that so many of us have said in the last few months. We just want things to return to normal. As so many things have changed, many have altered that statement a bit and said that they hope things return to normal, whatever that may look like. We like normal. We like routine. We like knowing–as best we can–what to expect. There’s nothing wrong with that. However, there are certain things, if we are going to be children of light in a world of darkness, that should never be normal about us. If we are being honest, the biggest things about our lives are not going…
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Episode 143: Christmas 2020 and Podcast Plans for 2021 [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_143.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) 2020 is slower for many families, including this Christmas season. Adam and Leah share some simple traditions they have done this year you may want to try, or file away for future years. Then, they preview how they plan to start the 2021 podcast season.
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Episode 140: “Making” Your Kids Go to Worship [Podcast]
https://media.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/content.blubrry.com/faughnfamily/Legacy_Podcast_140.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS (Player not displaying or working? Click here to listen.) Parents often make going to worship and youth activities optional for their children, especially as the children get older. On this podcast, Adam and Leah talk about why parents should not waiver one bit from their children being at worship and youth activities. (And there’s even a connection with Thanksgiving!) Resource We Were Made to Go on Sunday Nights [The Messy Christian; Facebook] CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ADAM & LEAH’S PARENTING SEMINAR. DATES FOR 2021 AVAILABLE!
