Rethinking Family
Tomorrow morning the Emergent Cohort for Tulsa is meeting. 10:30am @ Agora (Fontana Shopping Center) with lunch to follow.
Topic: Rethinking the Family for the 21st Century.
Discussion Leader: Mark Riddle
What does it mean to lead a community of people today as together we raise kids. If you read this far and the thought entered your head, "This topic doesn't apply to me" because you aren't a youth/children's pastor or your children are older, then I would suggest that you are simply and completely wrong. I don't say this as a way to convince you to come, rather I say this to point out that you have been infected by compartmentalized thinking that has led to the abandonment of children in our culture.
Also, Slogan's like, "It's the parent's job to spiritually raise kids" may have been helpful to raise awareness for congregations and parents in the past but it will no longer work in the future because it's probably never actually been true. We'll be talking about why tomorrow.
Hope to see you there!
Topic: Rethinking the Family for the 21st Century.
Discussion Leader: Mark Riddle
What does it mean to lead a community of people today as together we raise kids. If you read this far and the thought entered your head, "This topic doesn't apply to me" because you aren't a youth/children's pastor or your children are older, then I would suggest that you are simply and completely wrong. I don't say this as a way to convince you to come, rather I say this to point out that you have been infected by compartmentalized thinking that has led to the abandonment of children in our culture.
Also, Slogan's like, "It's the parent's job to spiritually raise kids" may have been helpful to raise awareness for congregations and parents in the past but it will no longer work in the future because it's probably never actually been true. We'll be talking about why tomorrow.
Hope to see you there!
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