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November Writer, Michelle Hicks

Michelle Hicks wrote our November teaching plans, learner guide activities, and Truth Connections. She is… Continue

Added by James Jackson on October 30, 2009 at 1:17pm — No Comments

November playlist

Are you as ready for Thanksgiving as I am?!! Here's the playlist for the November unit, Confront Casual Christianity. Come up with some others that can apply! November 1, Live Your Faith: "Grey" by Barlow Girl; "Pretender" by Eisley November 8, Celebrate Your Trials: "This Too Shall Be Made Right" by Derek Webb November 15, Treat Everyone Equally: "Failure to Excommunicate" by Relient K November 22, Watch Your Language: "Only Words" by Paper Route November 29, Wor… Continue

Added by Ashley Linne on October 23, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Sermon: David Platt, James 1

We are coming up on the final lesson in our two month study of the Gospel of Mark. In November, we begin studying the book of James. David Platt, senior pastor at the Church of Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama, is one of the most solid Bible teachers I know. He is working through James verse by verse in his current series. You can watch the video right here, or subscribe to the podcast on I-Tunes. Friends, let me know if this is a resource you like to have on the Parent2Parent website. And if… Continue

Added by James Jackson on October 23, 2009 at 9:12am — No Comments

College Essay Vs Personal Statement

Usually colleges have their own guidelines when it comes to college essay for admission or personal statements. It depends on what the actual college requires. You should consider that the colleges look at more than just college essays for admission statements; they look at your grades, GPA, class standing, extracurricular activities, and school service before the… Continue

Added by Maria Pittman on October 21, 2009 at 10:56pm — No Comments

Moms and teens needed for a Forefront Records focus group-- $50- $75

I got this email in my inbox this morning, and wanted to pass it on to you guys, for anyone that lives in the Atlanta, Chicago, or Costa Mesa, CA area. ForeFront Records (a Christian music label representing Newsboys, TobyMac, etc) would like to let you know about the opportunity to participate in focus groups / discussion groups about MUSIC in GA, IL, and CA. Simplex Research is going to be conducting focus groups / discussion groups about MUSIC with teens. They will be 1 hour groups and will… Continue

Added by James Jackson on October 16, 2009 at 6:53am — No Comments

Meet the October Unit writer

Kyle Cravens loves camp and writing Bible studies that connect people to God. He serves as a Fuge camp coordinator in the Student Events Department at LifeWay Christian Resources. He also writes curriculum for students and adults for LifeWay. He has been married to his wife, Danette, for eight years. They are the proud pa… Continue

Added by James Jackson on October 5, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Life Truths Featured in Baptist Press article

Hey friends! Hot off the press, here is a Baptist Press article about how one church (Florida Boulevard Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, LA) is using the redesigned Life Truths to create new classes and reach unchurched parents. It is a great article, and I hope you guys might follow their example, and co… Continue

Added by James Jackson on September 29, 2009 at 3:18pm — No Comments

October playlist

Here's the suggested playlist for the October unit, Discipleship: The Epic Adventure! As always, feel free to add songs you think would be appropriate for Bible study groups to use! October 4, The Warrior Hero: "Hero" by Superchick October 11, The Hero Doing Battle: "A King and a Kingdom" by Derek Webb October 18, The Hero Betrayed: "Judas" by Griffin House October 25, The Hero Victorious: "Daylight" by Brave Saint Saturn Continue

Added by Ashley Linne on September 24, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Photos

Hey friends! I wanted to let you know we turned on the Photos option. This will allow you guys to post photos from your Sunday school class get togethers and mission projects right here on P2P. At this point, I am not setting it for the photos to appear on the main page, but you should be able to see them on your group pages. Don't forget-- starting a group for your Sunday school class is a great way to build relationships within your class. You can use the Events tool to schedule events for yo… Continue

Added by James Jackson on September 18, 2009 at 2:39pm — No Comments

Taking Delight in your kids

We talked in the September 6 lesson about the impact it must have had on Jesus to have heard His heavenly Father say, "You are my beloved Son; I take delight in You!" We talked in the class I teach about how much that hearing that word of blessing from His Father meant to Jesus. We know He immediately after this He was driven into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan. Did you ever wonder if the Father's blessing helped give Jesus the strength He needed to resist temptation? W… Continue

Added by James Jackson on September 15, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Answer from this week's Poll

After just a couple of days, our poll was already outdated. We started the poll by telling you there were eight states with no one registered on Parent2Parent. By the end of the week, only five states still did not have any P2P members!. Still, 29% of you guessed that Maine was the one choice that was without a P2P representative. The map below shows where our P2P activity is most concentrated. The darker the green, the more activity from that state.

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Added by James Jackson on September 14, 2009 at 7:06am — No Comments

Philip Prais-- the guy in the picture

Hey, users of Life Truths material! Sunday morning's introduction featured a story about a street preacher named Philip Prais who passed away in Hawaii last year. Here is a tribute page to him that gives some more information about him, including a video of him in action.… Continue

Added by James Jackson on September 13, 2009 at 1:39pm — No Comments

An Andy Stanley Quote for your class this morning

Hey friends-- From an Andy Stanley sermon a couple of weeks ago: "People who were nothing like Jesus, liked Jesus. And those whom Jesus was nothing like, Jesus liked." I thought of that as I was getting ready for this morning. Blessings on your day! If you want to hear the whole sermon, click on the link below, and select the message entitled "Our Sunday Best." Northpoint Messages Continue

Added by James Jackson on September 13, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

About me...

I'm a single father of three from Portland, Oregon, going to Solid Rock SBC. I repented and trusted Christ in 2005. I work as a freelance radio producer, looking to transition into media advertising. I play percussion in the worship team, I'm also a backup Sunday School teacher for our adult class. My main ministry focus is one on one street witnessing and open air preaching, taking the gospel to the public square. My goals right now are to raise my kids in a Christ centered biblical home, and s… Continue

Added by Robert Matheny on September 8, 2009 at 8:38pm — No Comments

September 6 Click With Your Kids-- Caution

A message to all members of Parent2Parent Hello community members-- On page 13 of the September 6 LifeTruths lesson, there is a suggestion in the "Click with your Kids" feature to check out a particular blog with several galleries of depictions of Jesus, in both classical and modern art. When we went to print several months ago, we did not see problems with any of the galleries. In the ensuing months since we went to print, however, those galleries have been updated with some offensive images.… Continue

Added by James Jackson on September 8, 2009 at 9:52am — No Comments

Feedback chat, 9am CST this morning

We will begin our feedback chat in about an hour. If you are online, pop in for a few minutes, stay as long as you can. To participate, just open up the chat window by clicking on the bar at the bottom of the page. See you soon! Continue

Added by James Jackson on September 8, 2009 at 7:57am — 1 Comment

Just a thought on who I say Jesus is....

Today's question of "Who do YOU say I am" is indeed the single most important question we can answer in our lifetimes. Who, indeed, is Jesus? Prohpet? Good Teacher? Revolutionary? Son of God (what exactly does that mean in context to today's world)? Understanding Jesus is indeed the Risen Messiah, our coming King, and Lord of my life to whom I owe allegiance and my entire life, is key. Without truly taking it to heart that Jesus was/is God come to earth to personally provide a way for mankind… Continue

Added by Mike Jones on September 6, 2009 at 10:42am — No Comments

Who do you say Jesus is MOTS interview

Hey Life Truths users! As I was preparing for Sunday School tomorrow, I found this video on you tube that I thought I would pass on to you. I hope it helps you get ready for discussion tomorrow.

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Added by James Jackson on September 5, 2009 at 9:10am — No Comments

Week 1 in Mark!!!

I hope you enjoy sharing this week's lesson as much as I enjoyed writing it and preparing it for you. Looking at Jesus through each gospel writer's eyes opens up nuances and elements of Jesus' personality and character that are difficult to pinpoint otherwise. You have the chance to see quite a bit of Jesus' life and ministry from Mark's perspective. His desire was to communicate those things about Jesus that truly set him apart. I wonder sometimes how well we see Jesus uniquely, too, and if the… Continue

Added by Brent Hutchinson on September 3, 2009 at 3:36pm — 2 Comments

Changes...

Well, friends, many of you passed out the new material this past Sunday, and so we have had a huge influx of new members to the Parent2Parent community. And one of the biggest questions we have had so far is, "Where are the E-Votions? On page 10 of the Leader Guide there's a tab for e-votions across the top, but I don't see that." This was my bad as the editor. In the several months since we sent the Fall 2009 issue to the printer, I have been monkeying with the design of the P2P community site… Continue

Added by James Jackson on September 1, 2009 at 1:14pm — 2 Comments