tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28801803.post5054301020526632933..comments2023-05-11T03:54:13.802-05:00Comments on HomeDiscipling Dad: How One Chruch Does "Teen"Charleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02272100465410261235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28801803.post-81196846357995244582006-11-01T20:31:00.000-06:002006-11-01T20:31:00.000-06:00Anonymous (wish you'd use a name!)...
You have ve...Anonymous (wish you'd use a name!)...<br /><br />You have very good, practical points that have often been demonstrated in practice. No matter what the official church position is, many (most?) parents will insist on just dropping off their children/youth with the intention of allowing the church to take care of what should be the parents' job. This is a known problem, even at our church. And that is what is being attempted as they grapple with how to move from the typical "youth ministry" into more of an apprenticeship model, where the focus will be on the adults mentoring young people in the ways and responsibilities of adulthood.<br /><br />CharleyCharleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02272100465410261235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28801803.post-22783881164735318712006-11-01T13:17:00.000-06:002006-11-01T13:17:00.000-06:00I see where you are going and I agree with the ide...I see where you are going and I agree with the ideas. I will offer one thought - the Church has to be very careful about assuming the responsibility of training from the parents. I have been around too many that would say that the parents should disciple their own children and in the next breath will talk about all the ways the Church needs to do it for them. To borrow a term from AA (not an endorsement on my part of them) - they enable the parents to shirk their own responsibilities. So the question is - how much is too much? How much "help" can you provide before you are actually getting in the way of them doing it like they are supposed to? With those issues in mind, would it not be better instead to focus all of that effort on training the parents to train their children, mentoring them in the responsibilities and hold them accountable? Thus, insisting on them performing their responsibilities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28801803.post-15413538688114510242006-10-20T18:57:00.000-05:002006-10-20T18:57:00.000-05:00Amen! I agree with you - the churches are asleep i...Amen! I agree with you - the churches are asleep in this area and they need to wake up!<br /><br />Sleepless in SeattleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com