The Pulse Insider 10/04/2011
 The Youth Scoop:
 Wednesday Night Highlights: We are continuing our series called Sweet Relationships. Last week (9/28) we talked about "How to Raise Your Parents: Trust Busters." Here is a review of last week: Title: How to Raise Your Parents: Trust Busters (week 3 of Sweet Relationships) Lesson in a Sentence: A good relationship between parent and teenager is built on trust: trust for your parents and trust from your parents. Understandable Message: This week we wanted to introduce the topic of trust as foundation for a healthy relationship between teenagers and their parents. The goal was to have students walk away with a clear understanding of how important trust is and how to build it between them and their parents. Song(s): Hosanna (Praise Is Rising), Our God Humor/Fun Element: We had a goofy game to lead the night, dealing with trust. Each student was paired up—one was blindfolded, the other served as a guide. The guides had to lead their partner through a maze of other students and obstacles to one side of the room and back. It was more difficult than we thought. We also had a great illustration regarding trust. It showed how we gain trust and too easily lose it. It was a powerful and humorous moment. We learned a valuable lesson on trust… and to never use yellow colored water for object lessons—ask your son or daughter about! This week (10/5): Title: How to Raise Your Parents: Expectations Lesson in a Sentence: Your relationship with your parents is up to you. Understandable Message: This week we want students to see that they control much of their relationship with their parents; particularly if they respected and honored their parents, it would take them far. Song(s): Divine and Holy, Love Came Down (Forever Yours) A Note from Pastor Michael: This week as I had the opportunity to meet with a few of the guys from our youth group, I asked the question, “Are you coachable?” Usually when we see the poor performance of a football team the person who receives the harshest criticism is the coach. Or it seems like the coach is the one who gets fired for a poor performing team and it is rarely the players’ fault. I wonder if the critics ever consider another question: Are the players listening to the coach? In other words, is the player coachable? It’s a tough question to ask ourselves—are we coachable? The easy answer is yes, but an honest, hard look at yourself can you really say you’ve been listening the coach? I know that for me, I think that I know the best play to make in this game of life. The coach has it wrong and we need to do this instead. So I make the call. Or everyone around me is yelling so load that it is difficult to hear what the coach is calling me to do and since I wasn’t listening the coach, focusing on his call, we fail to move forward. The best thing we can do for our lives is listen to our coach. In every play, every decision, every game of life he always knows the best move to make. He’s the best coach for the game—he created the game! So how about you? Are you coachable? Have you been listening or ignoring the coach? Make it a priority today to listen. Don’t forget that Sunday School, Connect Groups, and Pulse Worship are very important parts of our on-going discipleship program. We passionately want to help your son or daughter grow to be more and more like Christ in every way. We hope that you would strongly encourage your son or daughter to make these a priority for their week. Like always, if you have any question feel free to contact me. Grace and Peace, Pastor Michael and the Pulse Team CommentsLeave a Reply | ArchivesNovember 2011 CategoriesAll |
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