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Training and resources<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three courses. Thirty-plus sessions. Nothing to buy.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Developed with Parents Arise for churches, families and organizations \u2014 to educate, equip and support the adults already closest to the children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In every session<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A presentation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ready to show. No preparation beyond reading it through once.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In every session<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A leader\u2019s guide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Written so an ordinary volunteer can lead the hour, not only a pastor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In every session<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written material<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For people who want the argument in full, and for those teaching it again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In every session<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A questionnaire<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Handed out for the following week, so the group arrives having already thought.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Course 1 \u00b7 Twelve sessions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognize the calling you already have.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To train parents and grandparents to see their challenging calling as ministers in their own family \u2014 and to realize they are competing with people who want access to their offspring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to Course 1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

How much the ministries of parents and grandparents matter to society and to the church, and why so little emphasis is placed on them. Family leaders no longer hold the influence they once did, and young people are more exposed because of it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Two<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wolves<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The competition parents and grandparents face. Other people target their offspring the way wolves target prey. The varied dangers are named here so that family leaders can take the threat seriously.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Three<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheep<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The wise skills God has provided, so a young person can avoid being entrapped, addicted, harmed or broken down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Four<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shepherds<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

How much parents and grandparents matter in meeting a child\u2019s many needs across the growing-up years \u2014 and the courage it takes to face the challenges honestly rather than around them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Five<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is expected of a congregation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

An invitation for a church to explore a new frontier: involving lay members fully in the life of the congregation. The early church eventually looked at what its members actually faced, and saw the need to train and equip them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Six<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does God expect of parents and grandparents?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Clarifying the biblical teaching, identifying the passages that spell it out, and helping family leaders see what they could be doing as instruments that reach future generations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Seven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry of a wife and husband<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

What happens in the lives of children, and in the life of a congregation, rests on what is happening between husbands and wives. This session defines what a healthy marriage relationship involves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eight<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fathers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Christian fathers need to see how important they are, what they provide, and what they are up against. It is a frequently overlooked emphasis, and fathers make a large difference either way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mothers\u2019 ministries<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The particular work mothers carry, named and supported rather than assumed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ten<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s ministry<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

What children themselves are called to, within the household and beyond it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Eleven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry of grandparents<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The distinct opening grandparents have \u2014 often more time, often more trust \u2014 and how to use it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Twelve<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valuing a child<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

What it means, practically, to treat a child as someone of worth \u2014 and what changes in a home when that becomes visible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ask for the Course 1 materials<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Course 2 \u00b7 In progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn what your children are actually facing.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The dangers and treacheries young people meet in this modern time. Four sessions are published so far; more are being written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prepare<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

What preparation means, and why it is a different task from protection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Two<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our identity in Christ<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The ground a young person stands on when someone offers them a more flattering identity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Three<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing up into one\u2019s identity in Christ<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

How that identity is grown into over years, rather than announced once.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Four<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The value of contentment \u2014 the problem<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Discontent is the opening most schemes are built on. This session names how that works.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Course 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teach the wise skills that keep them free.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To discover the wise skills God has provided, so that offspring can be equipped to avoid being entrapped, addicted, harmed or broken down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the same ground the six parenting skills cover, taught for the whole household. If you are looking for the fastest way into the curriculum, start there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Go to the six skills<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Running this in a congregation?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most churches use the material as an adult forum, a small group, or a midweek series. You do not need a trained facilitator, a budget, or a minimum group size \u2014 four people around a table is a real start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact us and we will talk through what fits your congregation, and can come and present in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talk to us about your church \u2192<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Also part of the curriculum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Videos and books<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Five training videos carry testimony from former traffickers, a former pornography seller, a former strip-club manager and survivors. Two books give family leaders ten challenges and ten actions to work through at their own pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The videos<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
The books<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cHear, my child, your father\u2019s instruction, and do not reject your mother\u2019s teaching.\u201dProverbs 1:8<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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