As we journey through the Bible together, it is helpful to gain insight into the depth and meaning of the Old Testament Books.
The Bible Project is a great resource for overview videos and explanations for Biblical Themes. These seem to be short and engaging enough to help adults, as well as teenagers understand what the OT is all about.
Happy Reading!!!
In Christ,
Pastor B.
SERVING IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
One thing I love about the Fall here at Oakwood is that our Church finds ways to Intentionally Engage our community in amazing ways.
Think about it, Fall Festival transforms our parking lot into a safe place for our community to enjoy fun entertainment, LOTS OF CANDY, and sense the love of Jesus through our church as we SERVE OTHERS. Right after that, OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD gets us into gear to serve someone in another country as a family by filling up one little shoebox. Heart of Hope, December 6, leads us to pack a grocery bag or two, invite families in our community to dinner and give their children the ability to have a Christmas when they may be able to afford it.
All these events give you and your Middle School Student an opportunity to serve, and it makes a BIG DIFFERENCE!
Brooklyn Lyndsey puts it this way in her Serving Through the Phases E-Single:
“BECAUSE WHEN YOU GIVE A MIDDLE SCHOOLER THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, YOU ARE HELPING
THEM TO ANSWER THE MOST TERRIFYING QUESTIONS THEY ARE FACING.”
Here are some thoughts about serving in the Middle School Phase…
AFFIRM THEIR GIFTS WHILE HELPING THEM TO SEE THE WORLD
DIFFERENTLY .
Service can be a significant tool in the life of a middle schooler—a
powerful tool that too often gets overlooked. Because when you
give a middle schooler the opportunity to serve, you’re helping
them to answer the most terrifying questions they’re facing. And
those questions are:
Service forces a middle schooler to look through a window instead
of a mirror. It gives them a break from the all-consuming woes of
their own life (and to a middle schooler, they are all-consuming!) to
focus on someone else—on a world much bigger than the halls of
their middle school.
Check out Serving through the phases by Brooklyn Lyndsey
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