April 2020 | The Eigth Issue
Bible Study Texts
The Bible passages below reflect the resources that are being emailed out to HRBC on Friday nights. We encourage you to find time as a family to use these resources together for Bible study.

April 5 Matt 21:1-11
April 12 Matt 28:1-10
April 19 Acts 2:22-32
April 26 Luke 24:13-35

Questions to Discuss
What is something you are missing out on right now?

What are new things you are learning in this time?
Family Needs
Does your family have a need in the middle of this crisis? Whether it is prayer or a physical need, please let us know, we are here for you. Share needs via email and prayer requests using the form below.
Caring for
Yourself and Others
If you have traveled by air at least once you are familiar with the safety spiel shared by flight attendants. The more intimidating part is when they get to the oxygen masks falling down from above you, but there is a critical point of information in this section that as parents I encourage you to heed at these times. That line is, "please secure your own mask before trying to help others."

In the middle of this current pandemic we are all facing disappoinment and mourning plans that have been canceled and rites that have been put on hold. You are probably very aware of the things your children are missing out on right now– sports, shows, competitions, proms, travel. As a parent though, have you taken the time to express your own losses and disappointments in this time?

You may be grieving on behalf of your child's canceled plans and delayed moments. But are you grieivning your own losses? Did you have plans? Travel? Work? Have you acknowledged you have one less season or show to support your child and what that loss means to you?

As you manage this crisis in your own house, take the time to manage what is going on inside of you. This will only give you deeper capacity for the ones who depend on you and it may be a lesson in having deeper empathy for the loss that you are seeing all around you.

The Resource Trail
Crisis Management
We are all asking ourselves, "How do I do this admist everything goig on around me?" These links are here to help you and your student process and mourn what the pandemic has taken from you.

This first link is a blog post written specifically for athletes, but anyone can take its suggestion and modify it to their passion or source of disappointment.

The second button is an article from the NY Times for parents managing the dissappointments we are all facing head on right now.
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