Synergy FAMILY + CHURCH

#1 Discipleship

Seven Categories: The Gospel, Big Story, Big Truths, Great Commission, Spiritual Disciplines, Christian Living, Worldview Four Spheres: The home, community, church, world

Seven Categories of Worldview : (level of confidence) 1. 1-3 - 5 The Gospel, I can describe sin, atonement, what the Bible says about being saved, and being lost. 2. 1-3 - 5 The Big Story, I can explain how Adam, Noah, Abraham, Israel, the judges, kings, and prophet, the disciples and Apostles are related to Jesus and the plan of redemption 3. 1-3 - 5 The Big Truths, I understand and can teach core passages of Scripture about God, His Character, the trinity, Creation, God s Providence, Human nature and sin, the person work and ministry of Jesus, the person and work of the Holy Spirit, Salvation, the church, and last things. 4. 1-3 - 5 The Great Commission, I comprehend, relate to and can explain how God views the lost, leads those seeking to win them to Jesus and empowers the word of God to draw them.

Seven Categories of Worldview: (continued) 5. 1-3 - 5 The Spiritual Disciplines, I have learned how to, and practice Bible study, praying, worship, ministry and stewardship. 6. 1-3 - 5 Christian Living, I can describe Scripture and key truths regarding forgiveness, marriage & family, sexual purity, parenting, discernment and biblical principles of decision making. I can describe the implications of Theism, Modalism, Universalism, and Calvinism have on these teachings. 7. 1-3 - 5 Worldview, I am able to point to and explain Scriptures that help Christians understand and explain to others the implications of the Bible regarding atheism, naturalism, evolution, and ethical issues such as the sacredness of human life, sanctity of marriage, the rule of law, and principles of economics.

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Spiritual Formation Pre-Baptism studies The Baptism Post-baptism followup Discipline theory and dynamics Study/memory tools Education options/priorities Friendship selection & boundaries Responsibility development: chores, rewards, allowance (stewardship) Personality differences Mom/Dad the value of unique roles Learning and Commitment: Resources designed to help those who desire a greater level of commitment including Baptism into Christ. [A period of discernment and decision]

#2 Early Years

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Prenatal issues Theories/principles on spiritual development Childbirth options Nursery and preschool selection Starting family traditions Early childhood assessments Home/family changes Developing healthy family culture and childhood experiences Mom/Dad the value of unique roles Prenatal to Early Childhood: Resources that will support and encourage parents of young children. [The age of discovery & security]

#3 Teens

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Identifying authority issues: defiance vs. ignorance Dating vs. courting discussions Hygiene and organization habits The value of mentors/disciple groups Picking your battles Apologetics for the teenage mind Career exploration Financial responsibilities Family culture in transition (an innate desire to be an adult, the fight for independence) Personality development Mom/Dad the value of unique roles Adolescence can be tough! Resources to help parents and their youth develop spiritual disciplines. [Developing spiritual patterns & life habits]

#4 Supporting Adulthood

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Apologetics for the adult Discipleship (being mentored & mentoring others) Spiritual formation Selecting a church The value of small groups and good friendships Unique characteristics of the different generations The power of culture : its ability to create stability and cause chaos Career/Responsibility development Financial priorities Leadership development Professional vs. friendship principles and boundaries Emotional health Pre-Marriage Counseling Finding professional services: counselor, lawyer, doctor Insurance options and priorities Mom/Dad the value of unique roles Relationships and responsibility: Resources to encourage networking, accountability and balance in our spiritual growth. [depth, outreach, discipleship]

#5 Legacy

Legacy Changes and opportunities: Resources to support spiritual growth through career development, empty nest, grandparent, retirement and death. Ecc. 3:1-11: I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time.

#5 Legacy

Empty nest Relocating to another community Discipleship (mentoring others) Grandparenting Choosing a new career Death/hospice/grief & hope Divorce/remarriage Chronic illness & caregiving Preparing for retirement Mom/Dad the value of unique roles Aging parents: challenges and rewards Support/Study Groups: Grief Share, Celebrate Recovery, Divorce Recovery, NAMI, Financial Peace University Changes and opportunities: Resources to support spiritual growth through career development, empty nest, grandparent hood and retirement. [assessments, re-evaluation, inspiration]

Ps. 73:3 - For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek. 5 They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind. 6 Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment. 7 Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.

Ps. 73:11-15 Is there knowledge in the Most High? 12 Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. 13 All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence. 14 For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning. 15 If I had said, I will speak thus, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

Ps. 73: 16-19 16 But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task, 17 until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end. 18 Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. 19 How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!

Ps. 73: 27-28 27 For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you. 28 But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

1 Sam. 1:27 For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him. Ps. 127:3-5 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. 4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. 5 Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.

Ps. 139:13-16 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.[a] Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

Mt. 11:25 25 At that time Jesus declared, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; Lk. 10:21 21 In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will

He. 12:7,10-11 It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness. 11 For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Pr. 13:24 Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him Pr. 23:13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. Ps. 22:9 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.