First Pres Student Ministries

http://www.fpcstudentministries.org/

This Week...

Sunday, July 16th

9:15am - Combined Sunday School

10:30am - Church

3:45pm-10:00pm- Sr High @ Shadday Cabin

Tuesday, July 18th

6:00-9:00pm- Sr High Bible Study

Wednesday, July 19th

11:30am-2:00pm- Jr High Bible Study

Thursday, July 20th

4:30pm-7:30pm - Ultimate Squid (Jr High)

Click HERE for Week 4

Article of the Week:

Identity

Searching for God Knows What

by Walt Mueller

"Perhaps one of the greatest battles we and our kids face each and every day of our lives is the battle over where to place and find our identity. And while we dabble endlessly in trying on identity after identity after identity in an effort to emerge from the fitting room and be embraced by affirming/accepting eyes, there is, ultimately, only one place to find that for which we were created."

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Article of the Week:

A PARENTS' PRIMER
ON ELECTRONIC ADDICTION

by Walt Mueller

"Addiction is best understood as the dependency and habitual use of something
that we eventually believe we can't live without. An addiction is characterized
by an uncontrollable and compulsive use of that thing which eventually (and
sometimes very quickly!) has negative health and/or social consequences."

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SUNDAY SCHOOL

Parent Resources:

Here is the July Parent Newsletter from the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding ( www.cpyu.org):

CPYU July Parent Page

Here is a link to the audio recordings of the main speaker and the elective teachers from RYM conferences:

Media from RYM's Summer Conferences

Here is a link to the new youth Sunday school curriculum that we'll be using in the fall:

One Story Ministries' Youth Curriculum Overview

One Story Ministries' Sample of the Fall Study on a Biblical Worldview

Here (staying consistent with it) is a link to an incredible resource for teaching your student about Scripture. For free, the Bible Project uses animated videos to help their viewer understand the structure and themes of the Bible.

The Bible Project

*Director of Student Ministries* Sonny Walker 770-655-9638 cell sonnyw@fpcrome.org	*Assistant Director of Student Ministries* *High School* Jordan Shaw 770-546-9703 cell jordans@fpcrome.org
*Assistant Director of Student Ministries* *Middle School* Linda Oliver 615-812-6603 cell lindao@fpcrome.org	*Assistant Director of Student Ministries* Middle School Thomas Orr 864-923-5045 cell thomaso@fpcrome.org
Assistant Director of Student Ministries High School Brad Roberts 704-776-0106 cell bradr@fpcrome.org	Summer Interns Administrative Assistant Oscar Palin Mary Yoder Clair Hill