FOR PARENTS ONLY: RHYTHM

FOR PARENTS ONLY:
In this series we are talking about rhythm and how every piece of our lives is connected. If you went to a band concert and the flutes were out of tune, the last thing you would want is for the tuba section to just play louder in an attempt to try to drown out the squeaky flute players. The same is true in families.

When something is not right in our lives, it affects how we relate to others. If one of you has a bad day, where is that frustration usually displayed? At home, to other family members, right? For some reason, our families tend to get the worst of us, and we save our “game face” for our friends and co-workers. It’s great to have a place where you can be real and a place that’s safe, but sometimes the ways we vent put us out of rhythm with our families.

As a family, help one another find healthier ways to handle those crazy times in life. Realize that the first reaction isn’t necessarily the truest one—how someone is acting may not be the real issue. Those irritating things at home can be symptomatic of something bigger (at least to that person) going on outside the home. The fight over the remote control can be just another situation where you didn’t get something your way that day and it seemed like you were at everyone else’s mercy. The need for order may be due to something in your life that is out of control, like a sick loved one or a stressful office situation.

Help one another work past the exterior angst to the real problems. Once you’ve identified the issue, encourage and pray for one another.

What is out of control in your life? Who catches the brunt of the emotion that this creates?

56er Parent Potluck Lunch
Sunday, October 3 at 1:30 pm
in the K4 Classroom Upstairs
email Khristie at khristiel@crossroadschurch.ca

"Bring some food to share, meet other 56er parents, learn what's next for your 56er, laugh."

56er Event - October 1

Corn Maze this Friday Night, October 1 at 6:00 pm
Meet at the Lacombe Corn Maze
$10 each - bring your parent (also $10)
Bonfire & Smores after you get out of the Maze!!

Parent Cue - September 26-October 2

PARENT CUE: An opportunity to find out what God is teaching your child, & allow your child to see what God is teaching you as well. Check it out...

This second week, students will be challenged to look at God in new ways. Many times we find that we are so familiar with “churchy” descriptions of God that we forget who He really is. And when we forget who God is, how awesome and surprising He can be, then we are tempted to turn our attention and affection to other things and our lives fall out of tune. In week two students will be challenged to discover a God who is bigger than our attempts to define Him. Discuss with your 56er ways that God has surprised you and your family with how big He is.

Rhythm Session 2: Sunday, September 26

If you’ve been in church for a while, you’ve heard it all and seen it all. You know the stories. You know the songs. You know the words. Many of us even think we know all about God. We think we have Him figured out. We think we know everything about Him, and in our lives, He’s very small. But the reality is that we will never fully grasp how awesome and amazing He is. We can spend a lifetime in awe and wonder, and even an eternity, because He’s that big . . . and that good.