by Jessica | Jul 30, 2013 | Partnering with Parents
Racking your brain for a way to provoke meaningful conversations between parents and their elementary kids in less than 140 characters? Well, rack no more! Below, you will find everything you need to cue parents this week through every major social media outlet from Twitter to Pinterest (so you can focus your brain power on posting the really important stuff—like that picture you just took of your cat playing badminton). And if you missed our first post explaining what all this is, take a...
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by Jessica | Jul 29, 2013 | How To
Joseph Brunelle is a 14-year-old who, like many middle school boys, loves sports. Because Joseph has spina bfida, he manages his school’s basketball team instead of playing. But his friends, teammates, and classmates decided to show Joseph how important he is to them with a surprise: Honor is letting someone know you see how valuable they really are. God shows us honor by the way He cares for every hair on our heads. And we follow God’s example when we show honor to others. Showing honor...
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by Jessica | Jul 25, 2013 | Orange Strategy, Partnering with Parents
I attended a family event this summer where generations of relatives were gathered for the first time in several years. As we visited with each other, one phrase was predominately repeated: I saw that on Facebook. We quickly marveled that many of us—young and old, from the east, west, north, and south—have been keeping up with the each other online. Social media has become a valuable tool to stay connected with friends and relatives. And churches are discovering it’s also a great way to...
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by Matt McKee | Jul 23, 2013 | Partnering with Parents
Racking your brain for a way to provoke meaningful conversations between parents and their elementary kids in less than 140 characters? Well, rack no more! Below, you will find everything you need to cue parents this week through every major social media outlet from Twitter to Pinterest (so you can focus your brain power on posting the really important stuff—like that picture you just took of your cat sipping Starbucks). And if you missed our first post explaining what all this is, take a...
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by Liz Hansen | Jul 17, 2013 | Orange Strategy, Partnering with Parents
Usually, our monthly widget isn’t rocket science. But if you’ve looked ahead a few weeks, you’ll see that for August, well… it is! In August, we dive into Obedience, which is trusting those who lead you by doing what you’re asked to do. Obedience means following instructions to the “tee”, even if you can’t quite see where it’s all leading. That’s why our August widget, The Blueprint, provides detailed directions for an incredibly supercool rocket ship made from common household...
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