The Compass: December 2009

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Chillipepper '10

Don't forget your final balance for Chillipepper is do this Sunday January 3rd. If you have any questions about what your balance is please call me. I also need to know whether you will ski or snowboard by this Sunday as well. Their is a price difference so please ask me what you will owe for the trip. This Sunday will be the last day to sign-up as well. Its not to late to bring a friend if they would like to go, but after Sunday the trip will be closed.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Busy weekend at NCBC

What a weekend!!! Angel food and the Christmas party were awesome. We were able to serve about 100 or so families on Saturday with angel food. I am so proud of our Jr. High group you all worked very hard and helped feed our community. Saturday night was amazing. The food was great and the fellowship was even better. I hope you all got exactly what you wanted for Christmas. Thank you all for being so well behaved at each of the homes. A special thanks to the Skipper's, Vick's, and Prentice's for opening their homes to the students of our church. May the Lord richly bless this Christmas season for all of you.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Angel Food

Jr. High folks we are going this Saturday to help with angel food ministries. Meet at the church at 8:30 am and we will head over to Fountain of Life to serve. Please dress warmly it will be very cold in the building. We will return to the church around 1:30pm. We will be riding on the church van. If you have any questions just give me a shout.

The much anticipated Christmas Party is this Saturday night. Meet at the church at 5:45pm and we will head over to the first house. Don't forget your "G" rated Christmas present. Just get something no one really wants. We are going to have a blast. Bring a friend to enjoy this great time.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Just for Parents

I realized not to long ago that I was doing half of my job. I was serving the students and dropping the ball with the parents so I dove in head first to help the parents. Below I am going to list some parent helps and resources. I will only post things that I have reviewed personally. If you have something you would recommend let me know I'll review and then add it to the list.

Magazines: Living with Teenagers: You can find this resource in the Welcome center magazine rack. The best part is it's free please take one... no take two and give one away.

Books: When it comes to books I have never been much of a reader, but out of submission to profs and well mostly submission to profs I have read these books and found them to be great resources for parents.

Peacemaking for Families by Ken Sande: Are you looking for a way to resolve conflict in your family. Here is a great biblical model for such as task.

Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp: An excellent book on raising a child from cradle to college. Trust me you can use this book even if you are getting a late start.

Come Back Barbara by John Miller and Barbara Miller Juliani: A book on dealing with a child that has walked away from there faith and how to love them through it. This book is written from two points of view the parent and the child. It helps the reader remember every story has two sides.

Age of Opportunity by Paul David Tripp: This book is focused on the teen years of child rearing. It is a call to parents to seize the chance to impact their lives from a Biblical standpoint.

When Good kids make Bad choices by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Jim Newheiser: At some time or another you might have heard someone make this remark. This is a book about how to deal with a child's poor choice, love them as they work through the challenge, and focus them back toward Christ.

Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham: Reader beware!!! This book will step on your toes no matter who you are. An excellent work on the family and the importance of Godly principles and leadership starting in the home.

Pamphlets: My kind of reading short, sweet, and to the point.

Single Parents: Daily Grace for the hardest job by Robert Jones: A short work on the life and issues that are present in a Single Parent family. Jones tackles this topic from the Biblical standpoint.