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From Our Superintendent, Merida Brooks
PARENTING!! ~ Our greatest joy, our greatest challenge, our greatest opportunity, our greatest responsibility! "I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth." 3 John 4 Oh, the truth of this Scripture! We care and provide for our children, pouring into their lives with the hope that they will embrace the heritage we are giving to them and choose to walk in Truth. Yet, the enemy of their souls is also lurking, waiting for opportunities to plow into their lives with his lies and schemes to accomplish his goal of "stealing, killing and destroying" all that Father God has planned for them. The contrast will always exist: truth vs. lie; freedom vs. bondage; hope vs. despair; light vs. darkness: life vs. death. Father has provided truth, freedom, hope, light, and life in His Son, Jesus Christ. He has also provided the Holy Spirit to grant us wisdom and understanding that perhaps we ourselves have not yet known. He will teach us how to parent and will present opportunities for us to be equipped as we embrace this wondrous responsibility of passing not only a heritage to our children, but practical preparation for the realities of adult responsibility in their future. We cannot wait to do that when they turn 18. One such opportunity is being provided for all of us on Saturday, January 21, 2012! A kind donor has underwritten the cost of bringing Bruce Johnson of JH Ranch to present the "Journey of Transition" and "How to Rate a Date and Choose and Mate." Therefore, the cost is only $15 for adults and $25 for couples. A huge thank you goes to this one who has a vision for families and a burden for the havoc being wreaked upon the homes and children of this generation. It is our joy to present this opportunity for you. Our sincere prayer is that you will take advantage of equipping that can enhance and/change your relationship with your child and your spouse as you both gain understanding of how to approach the different stages of parenting. One must parent a five year old very differently than a 15 year old! Caretaker ¦ Cop ¦ Coach ¦ Consultant "A father will become successful through adversity and then with his success he banishes from the lives of his children the very thing that made him successful." JH Ranch The current cultural view is that the parents are the providers and the children the consumers! The view of the parents must be different if the view of the children is to be changed! 68% of college graduates are currently returning home looking for financial assistance. 31% of thirty year old men, and 47% of thirty year old women have finished school, left home, married and had a child, or have become financial independent. You do the math! You are raising the parents of your grandchildren! Let's equip them to be responsible adults ~ responsible dads and moms. Come gain valuable insight into how to prepare your sons and daughters to walk in truth, to develop a strong work ethic with a heart to serve their families, and to honor Christ. His! Merida Brooks Superintendent | 
