- To clarify Biblical teachings on what God wants a parent and grandparent to be about.
- To identify Bible passages which spell this out.
- To help family leaders see the importance of what they are or could be doing as instruments of impacting future generations
Category: Courses Offered
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Course 1, Session 6
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Course 1, Session 5
To lay before a congregation the possibility of exploring a new frontier as a way of involving all its lay members more fully in the dynamic rhythms of the congregation’s life. The early church finally came to look at what it was all the members were faced with in their lives. This showed them the need to be training and equipping them. Such training would help show those lay members how they fit into the body of Christ. They would now come to see with clarity, what God was providing them and what they were responsible for. This in turn would empower them to be prepared to fulfill what God was expecting of them and their exciting personal role in building up the body of Christ.
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Course 1, Session 4
- Recognizing how important we parents and grandparents are in meeting the many needs a child has in getting through all that child’s growing up years.
- To ask ourselves to courageously confront the challenges both we and our offspring face as we live in this world.
- To point out what we have discovered in God’s word that helps us deal with life’s realities and pass that on to our offspring.
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Course 1, Session 3
To discover the necessary wise skills God has provided so their offspring can be equipped to avoid being entrapped, addicted and/or harmed or broken down.
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Course 1, Session 2
This session reveals the competition parents and grandparents have. Other people are targeting their offspring just as wolves target their prey. Some of the wolves are revealed here to help us see the varied dangers they put young people in. Family leaders must take seriously the threat this poses for their loved ones.
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Session 1: Introduction to Course 1
This session probes how important the ministries of parents and grandparents is to our society and to our churches. It wonders why there is not more emphasis on this. It reveals how family leaders no longer have the influence they once had on their children and that this has left young people much more vulnerable to evildoers.
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Equipping Parents and Grandparents for their Family Ministries
By Alvin Erickson Equipping Parents and Grandparents for their Family Ministries
Can We Legitimately Say that Family Leaders Have Ministries?
The big question here is whether or not God has given responsibilities to parents and grandparents to carry out? If so, can we classify these as actual ministries? Hebrews 13:17 says this: “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls and will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with sighing—for that would be harmful to you.” Now, yes, we could say this verse refers to pastors, teachers and elders but not to family leaders.
However, Martin Luther did not overlook what is going on in the home. He said this in The Estate of Marriage, volume 45, Luther’s Works “Most certainly father and mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, if they make them acquainted with the gospel. In short, there is no greater or nobler authority on earth than that of parents over their children, for this authority is both spiritual and temporal.” When he uses designations like apostles, bishops and priests, does this not sound like what we would refer to as ministers? So did he just make this up or did he bring this out from the Scriptures?
In his Preface to the Large Catechism he refers to Deuteronomy 6 which tells parents how to pass God’s message and their faith on to their children. Psalm 78:1-8 definitely lays out how parents and grandparents are to pass on to their offspring what God has said and done. Proverbs 1-7 has parents instructing their children in wisdom so they don’t get taken in by manipulators and foolish deceivers. In the New Testament in II Timothy 1:5 it speaks to Timothy whose faith has come alive because of the influence of his grandmother Lois and his mother, Eunice. The ministry of parents is brought out clearly in Ephesians 6:4 “And fathers (parents), do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” So the Scriptures speak absolutely to the responsibilities God has given to family leaders. Churches can easily overlook this truth. `
But how are family leaders going to become equipped to carry out their ministries? Now we go back to Ephesians 4:11-12. God has set up leaders in the church like pastors and teachers to do the equipping. This sounds good but unfortunately, most pastors and teachers have not been trained to prepare family leaders for their callings. This is where Adults Saving Kids comes in. ASK has Bible studies and curriculum which can aid congregations in giving this much needed training. See also: What is Prayer Project Lifesaver? This assures support for all church members by other praying members.
Adults Saving Kids has a Bible study on the letter to the Ephesians which becomes a first course for this family training. From this book and other Bible passages family leaders will learn what to do to build vital relationships, what the Good News of grace is that needs to be passed on, how to grow in one’s identity in Christ, the need for wisdom in dealing with those who would take advantage of children, prayer that would both protect and develop faith in the life of a child, what makes for healthy Christian living and on the tools and weapons needed for all to defend themselves with the armor God provides to stay safe.
Contact Info: Websites: https://adultssavingkids.org or https://parentsarise.org Phone: Office: 612-869-5450 Cell: 612-708-1875 Email: info.adultssavingkids@gmail.com Address: Adults Saving Kids 6501 Woodlake Drive, #814 Richfield, MN 55423