Help Your Kids Connect
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Subject Line: Where are you investing?
Dear Parents,
As we begin to see the end of summer and head into a new fall, have you thought much about the importance of being invested in the life of your church? You’ll soon be headed into a new season and how you engage yourself and how you lead your kids to be invested is really important. Check out this short video that we hope will give you some encouragement as you consider some next steps.
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Thank you for giving us the privilege of partnering with you as you lead your family. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
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Subject Line: Help them connect!
Dear Parents,
One of the best things you can do for your kids is to help them make healthy relational connections, and where better to do that than at church? Check out this month’s parent video that will encourage you to encourage your kids to be involved and make the connections they need to grow.
To view the video, click on the link below.
Don’t forget that we’re here to support you and your family. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
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Video Script
So it’s hot, it’s summer, but hopefully you are having a great season with your kids and your family. Now, I know, most of us still have to work and our responsibilities don’t necessarily go away just because it’s summer. For some of you, the pressure actually goes up because your kids aren’t in school every day and you have to figure out where are they going and how to pay for childcare or summer camp. So, even though summer can be a different schedule and somewhat of a break, it’s still busy for all of us.
For some of you, summer means a decrease in your church involvement – there’s more travel, and there’s rest, and there’s relaxation – you’re just not at church as much as you maybe are during the school year. Maybe your kids are still involved with summer camp and the mission trips, and VBS, but not you so much.
For all of us, fall will be soon approaching, and we have to begin thinking about our rhythm and our level of involvement in church and honestly … our faith in this next season.
Well, as a parent, let me encourage you in a few directions …
I would encourage you to take time this summer to not just rest and recharge, but to maybe reset in YOUR faith. Again, your kids might have a few opportunities through camp or VBS or the mission trip to grow in their faith, so make sure you are doing some things to grow in your faith as well.
Think about the importance of being invested in the ministries that are happening at your church, both for your kids and your teenagers, and for you.
There are so many potential benefits to your kids being involved, and you know many of them hopefully your kids can make connections and build relationships with a few adults who really care about them and will encourage them in their faith. Maybe they are going to build some solid relationships with friends who will be walking in their same direction in their faith. Hopefully your kids and teens are learning more about God and how to walk with him every day, gaining the tools and building the skills that will help them for a lifetime.
So, as you think about being more invested in both your personal faith and in the faith of your kids, remember that you have people at your church who want to partner with you. There are staff and volunteers who have given their life to helping you and your kids. Support them and encourage them as they seek to support and encourage your family.
Be involved – make participating in the life of your church a top priority in YOUR life and your kids’ lives as you head to the fall. Be thinking about how you can build your family schedule and your rhythm around making your faith development and the faith development of your kids a top priority – not just something you give time to on the occasional Sunday.
Begin to talk to your kids about their involvement in the church as the school year approaches, almost making it kind of a given that they are going to be there. And, if that might be a hard sell for your kids, encourage them to give it a try for at least a season
There are so many ways for you to be invested in this life of faith that your family gets to live, and I would encourage you, as you finish out summer and as you head towards the fall, to begin to develop a plan for how you are going to continue to grow in your own faith and how you’re going to lead your kids to where you want them to be.