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God the Father, “Me” the Son

November 22, 2021 By Steve Seely Leave a Comment

It is normal to think of our children. We worry about them. We celebrate and sometimes share their successes. And perhaps even to a greater degree, we suffer and endure their challenges and failures.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: adult children, God, Moses, parenting

Journey to the Mountains at Vacation Bible School

July 22, 2021 By Susan Caldwell 2 Comments

Summer is the time for Vacation Bible School! My church Saint Michael and All Angels hosts VBS on July Friday nights from 5:30 PM-7:45 PM with the date night model for parents in mind.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Children in church, Moses, pilgrimage, VBS

A Tween Summer’s End

August 31, 2019 By Anne Warner 2 Comments

It’s a Sunday after church and we’re stuffing Nutella-ed plates and oatmeal-ed bowls into the dishwasher while also fixing lunch. Except one of us is already done and inviting the neighbors over.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: friendship, Moses, parenting, summer, tweens

My youth group is reading Exodus. They not-so-secretly like it.

October 19, 2017 By Miriam McKenney 1 Comment

A few weeks ago, my youth group joined Southern Ohio’s Diocesan Big Read, where we all read Exodus in community. What would my youth group think of my plan to have Bible study each week? Would extra snacks help? Here’s what happened.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, Exodus, God, Moses, Scripture, Sunday, youth, youth group

Family Bible Study: A Labor of Love

September 16, 2016 By Miriam McKenney 12 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about being frustrated at my family’s lack of scripture in our lives, so we started a family Bible study. Here’s what happened.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Bible, children, Family, Moses, pottery, teenagers

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