This week’s Podcast episode features a youth ministry roundtable discussion featuring three student ministry leaders talking about the importance of staying connected during this last year of high school.
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-launch-mission-podcast/id1677806999
The struggles that a teenager faces during this transition is not a college-cultural problem, but rather a discipleship issue. Though it is true that many older teens wander through this next stage of life as they get caught up in a worldly lifestyle, but that goes back to the point that they are not prepared to stand firmly in their faith in that new setting.
So, how do you plan to help prepare your seniors for these challenges? Since holding their hand and becoming a helicopter-parent for the next 4+ years is out of the question (not to mention, spiritually
Lastly, these three conversations with your child will help them be even more prepared spiritually to step into the freedoms and unknowns of college life.
Developing a Personal Mission Statement – Let them know that a personal mission statement is a statement of values, priorities, and mission. Having this created and kept in a journal, on their mirror, or in their phone will help them as they face new decisions, relationships, and situations at school.
Creating A Connection Plan – Connecting with a Christian community is crucial in the first few days/weeks of college. This usually does
One of the biggest factors that I have seen in students who struggle with the transition from high school to college is that they are what the apostle Paul called “infants” in Christ (1 Corinthians 3:1). Even if they grew up in church, many students are still feeding on milk, rather than solid food. 1 Corinthians 13:11 says, “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” The months leading up to leaving for college are
Today on The Launch Mission Podcast, we will introduce the first of four parts of the Freedom Permit: Spiritual Development. This one is the first and most important. After listening, check out daily blog posts this week for more insight on this topic.
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-launch-mission-podcast/id1677806999
Depending on where you look, there is a statistical range for how many Christian students struggle in their faith while attempting to cross this great gap. I can honestly tell you that it is somewhere between 60-75%. Do me a favor and try to erase the fact that you have heard this before. Attempt to re-read that sentence with a renewed perspective: Out of every one hundred teenagers who have professed Christ as Savor and grown up in a church, between sixty and seventy-five will drift away from growing and maturing in Christ after they graduate and leave home.
When I was in high school, I was like the poster child for a teenage Christian youth group kid. I grew up in a healthy Christian family, and was active in a church that taught about following Jesus. I was the one who invited friends to weekly outreach events and encouraged my peers in their faith. I led Bible studies for those younger than me and was even voted the president of my youth group, which still to this day I am not sure what that meant. I was the captain on the church league basketball team and received a
SENIORITIS, it’s a real thing. Some of you have seen this condition rear its evil head all throughout high school, but this year, it will live large. In spite of that, here are a few thoughts on how to help your child navigate through this last year of high school.
1. Don’t let them quit anything, this year, that they have been doing in previous years. Sometimes, after the senior year begins, students are so tired of high school that they start dropping off teams, out of groups, and participating less at church and other activities. Don’t let that happen!