Shepherding a Child’s Heart
A Seminar on Parenting the Whole Child
Wednesdays in May 2010 (Attend any or all)
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May 05: Getting to the Heart of Behavior
May 12: Authority and Goals of Parenting
May 19: Discipline of Healthy Communication
May 26: Shepherding from Infancy to Teenager
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Cost: Free! (opportunity to buy a discounted book)
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Space: please pre-register to reserve your spot by emailing info@sfurc.org or calling 605.330.0271.
Nursery and youth activities: Yes! (so please preregister)
Location: 3300 E. Oak Street at our worship location
Description: Drawing from the highly informative and revelevant book, Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp, this seminar will unfold how to speak biblically to the heart of your child.
These four sessions will engage parents of children of any age, giving you the perspective and procedures for shepherding their hearts into the paths of life.
Whether you have children now or have hopes for later, these sessions will challenge you to search your heart and equip you both for parenting and your personal walk with God.
1. Getting to the Heart of Behavior
What's more important: change of behavior or change of heart? Or can we really separate these changes? This introductory session sets the stage for shepherding the whole child, while indentifying and evaluating all the various influences that affect our children?
2. The Authority and Goals of Parenting
What authority does God give parents over a child? Are we in charge because we are smarter and more experienced? Do we have the right to tell our kids to do anything we want them to do? Here we will address the issue of authority and to what end parents should exercise it. Various inappropriate goals and methods of parenting are evaluated (watch your toes in this lesson!).
3. The Discipline of Healthy Communication
Communication. Communication. Communication. Families won’t function rightly without it, especially the parent/child relationship. If you want to understand your child’s inner struggles, then you need to look at the world through his or her eyes—in other words, you must communicate. We’ll see that rich communication includes: encouragement, correction, rebuke, entreaty, instruction, warning, teaching, prayer—all of which undergird rules, correction, and punishment.
4. Shepherding from Infancy to Teenager
What about the controversial issue of spanking? The right uses and abuses of the biblical notion of the rod will be explored, addressing common questions and concerns. This final session also surveys the differences in training infants, children, and teenagers
Note: Please don't misunderstand--Tedd Tripp won't be present. The material covered is derived from his enlightening book Shepherding a Child's Heart.
The lectures are given by Rev. Spencer Aalsburg, whose master’s degree has emphasis in pastoral care & counseling. He is the pastor of Sioux Falls United Reformed Church—A Biblical, Evangelical, and Reformed church.