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Sponsored Post: HomeFront Family

October 23, 2012 — Leave a comment

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Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed a new advertisement over on the sidebar. It’s featuring a great resource for parents called HomeFront from my friends at David C. Cook. HomeFront is simply a resource that helps parents engage with their children.

There are so many of these out there, so what makes HomeFront different?

  • It’s not dependent on any ONE curriculum. It may fit with the TRU curriculum package, in some ways; but it’s obvious that they’ve worked hard to tie it more to Michelle Anthony’s book “Spiritual Parenting” than to any sort of curriculum tie-in.
  • It’s tied into a great book written by Michelle Anthony. I referenced it above, but this great monthly resource helps us to put into the practice the ideas set forth in the book “Spiritual Parenting.”
  • It’s FREE. Go download your monthly copy today, right now!

HomeFront: A Spiritual Parenting Resource

Bring your parents a resource that will inspire, equip, and support them as they become the spiritual leaders God created them to be. HomeFront is a free monthly resource that gives families ideas on how to create fun, spiritually forming times in their home—in the midst of their busy lives.

Features:

  • Time spent in God’s Word as a family
  • Creative, tangible responses to Scripture
  • Kid-friendly recipes and conversation starters
  • Answers to spiritual parenting questions
  • Free app for use on the go

Here’s a tip for you iPad users out there. I push this PDF to my Kindle app,and on my iPad it’s beautiful! Full-color, easy-to-read, and I can take it anywhere! 

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The Gathering 2012 Recap

May 11, 2012 — Leave a comment

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I had a blast this week hanging out with my friends from David C. Cook and churches all around the country. Some using the TRU Curriculum and some that aren’t; but all of us dedicated to finding Holy Spirit led ways of reaching a new generation of kids and families.

Here is a general list of takeaways from this unique and intimate Gathering of Family Ministry leaders:

  • I’ve been challenged like never before to build sacred spaces into our worship experiences. Creating spaces for families and children to worship together.
  • Too often I’ve been guilty of “teaching kids about the Holy Spirit” when I should have been allowing “the Holy Spirit to be the teacher.”
  • I’ve been so impressed with the staff, volunteers, and vision of ROCKHARBOR church in Costa Mesa, CA. What a church.
  • I really love the fact that the entire Gathering experience is unique, because we only had 400 people here. That few amount of people really makes it easy to connect with others.
  • I really love Michelle Anthony’s heart for families and parents. She wears her passion well, and it’s contagious to hear her speak about Spiritual Parenting. You should really make the time to read her new book, Dreaming for More for the Next Generation.
  • The conversations about Family, Parents, and Children’s Ministry has been really rich.
  • I love the emphasis on telling our own personal God Story to each other. I’ve heard some amazing testimonies from some great churches and leaders.
  • One minor detail about the Gathering that I really loved was the massive amounts of free time. How great it was that it didn’t start til after 9am, and many times they built large sections of time into the schedule for us to just have fun. More conferences should do this!

Thanks to all my friends that came up and said Hello, and to all those new friends that I expect to hear Hello from in the months ahead!

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Gathering Session #2 || Michelle Anthony

May 10, 2012 — 1 Comment

The Power Behind the Story & Storytellers

How we teach and explain the Gospel is really just a story.

Believing in the details of the Gospel isn’t enough. We aren’t selling the Gospel, we’re are telling a story of the Gospel and inviting others into this story. It’s not a speech to memorize, it’s a life we live.

There is an ‘upper story’ that is bigger than the everyday story we see.

John 16:5 “I am going to Him who sent me….but the truth is its better that I go. Another is coming!”

We were never intended to tell the story of the Gospel without the Holy Spirit leading us. NEVER. The spirit of Truth guides us.

Holy Spirit would bring all things together. He is a unifier. Yet we oftentimes stand in opposition to the Holy Spirits purpose. We have to unify ourselves.

“The Church moved into the Entertainment sector, and away from the Holy Spirits leading. Most of our churches can be explained away without ever mentioning the power of the Holy Spirit.” Francis Chan ‘Forgotten God’

We are charged to look different than our sinful culture. Do we?

The trail of following the Holy Spirit will take us somewhere we’ve never been, and it will force into a level of dependence we’ve never been in before.

It’s time to ask our kids to do more than just ‘try harder’, we’ve got to let Christ be formed inside them.


NOTE: Much of this session is covered in much greater detail in Michelle’s new book, Dreaming for More for the Next Generation.

Dr. Michelle Anthony is the Family Ministry Architect at David C Cook. Michelle is the author of The Big God Story, Spiritual Parenting book and DVD curriculum, the co-author of A Theology of Family Ministry. She has over 20 years of practical church ministry/leadership experience as a Children’s and Family Pastor and is currently serving as an Ambassador for ROCKHARBOR church.

@truinspiration || www.michelleanthony.org

 

 

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D6 Days Online Experience

April 17, 2012 — 1 Comment

I’m a big fan of all things NextGen and Family Ministry related.  I love hearing voices that can speak some creative things into my life as a leader, and I love the idea behind the D6 Days experience.  The first D6 day was back in February, but it’s coming again TODAY!

Have you ever wanted to get a taste of the D6 Conference, but haven’t had the chance to actually attend in person? We’re excited to introduce you to D6 Days—a way for you to experience D6 from your computer, iPad, or tablet for FREE at D6Conference.com/D6Days.

They’ve invited Brian Haynes, Michelle Anthony, Kurt Bruner, and a few other family ministry enthusiasts to give live, fresh content just for this event. We’ll also be streaming full length past D6 Conference sessions from Doug Fields, Darren Whitehead, Rob Rienow, Fred Stoeker, Richard Ross, Jay Strother, and others! On top of that, they are also giving away 15 mp3s from some of our most talked about previous conference labs. All free!

There are two different D6 Days coming up in 2012: April 17, and July 24. D6 Days content will be available for up to two weeks after the listed dates. For a more detailed schedule, visit D6Conference.com/D6Days.

You don’t have to do anything to receive this content. No sign up, no registration fee, nothing. Just go to D6Conference.com/D6Days TODAY and learn from some incredible leaders.

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