CBC YOUTH: PARENTS EDITION

1. 3 Resources for leading up to Easter

2. Shalom

3. Fire Drill Reminder

4. Topics for ACCESS/Conclave

5. Calendar of Events

The name of March comes from Marius, the first month of the earliest Roman Calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war. Palm Sunday is March 25 which means Good Friday is March 30. So in light of such a historically significant month in our Christian calendar, this edition will guide you parents through this month as you engage the heart and souls of your students.

Below are a few articles to prep your house

“But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” (Jeremiah 29:7)

March: (Shalom) This month will be dedicated to researching, investing, and partnering with local organizations that push back the darkness in our city/world. Each DG will find their own organization to pair up with. The month will consist of:

• Finding a unique organization that your DG feels a special burden for
• Getting together as a DG and really praying for that organization and the people involved.
• Researching the needs and philosophy of that ministry together
• Participating in several of their events as a DG (pref. including their families as well)
• Each DG will report back to the youth group and compile a list of needs that our youth group can continue to support.

Parents, on April 8th from 12:00-12:10 we will have a practice fire drill church-wide. The DG leaders will escort your youth to the nearest and safest exit and will proceed to the nearest safe zone outside. Please do not find your students outside but only after the "all-clear" is given and everyone returns back inside.

ACCESS:

March 2 Worship

March 9 Feminism

March 16 NO ACCESS

March 23 45th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade

March 30 NO ACCESS // Good Friday Service

CONCLAVE:

March 2 Grab Bag

March 9 Could Jesus have sinned?

March 16 NO CONCLAVE

March 23 Did Jesus descend into hell?

March 30 NO CONCLAVE

3/4 Parents Meeting // Costa Rica Training #4

3/12-17 Costa Rica Missions Trip

4/1 Easter (No Combined Service; Yes Youth Praise)

4/20 Combined Chinese Church Fellowship Event

5/27 Senior Banquet

6/18-23 World Changers (Houston, Texas) ***CBC will host

7/9-13 VBS

722-25 DCamp

7/25-29 Camp Impact

8/10 Java Jam XII

A Hamilton County judge has paved the way for a 17-year-old who wants to transition in gender to undergo hormone therapy. The case pitted the teen against his parents.

Sylvia Hendon, a visiting Juvenile Court judge, issued a ruling Friday granting legal custody to the teen’s grandparents, who according to a prosecutor "accept their grandson for who he is."

But the ruling comes with conditions.

Hendon said before hormone therapy can begin at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, the teen must be evaluated by a psychologist not affiliated with the hospital.

That evaluation, Hendon said, should look at "the issue of consistency in the child's gender presentation and feelings of nonconformity."

LINK: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/02/16/judge-paves-way-transgender-teen-get-hormone-therapy-cincinnati-childrens-hospital/345321002/

The first thing to say is that this is a generation with diminished expectations. Their lived experience includes the Iraq war, the financial crisis, police brutality and Donald Trump - a series of moments when the big institutions failed to provide basic security, competence and accountability. “We’re the school school generation,” one Harvard student told me. Another said: “Wall Street tanked the country and no one got punished. The same with government.”

The Second large theme was the loss of faith in the American idea. I told them that when I went to public school the American history curriculum was certainly liberal, but the primary emotion was gratitude...They looked at me like I was from Mars. “That’s the way powerful white males talk about America,” one student said. When I asked how they were taught American history, a few said they weren’t taught much of it.

LINK: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/opinion/millennials-college-hopeful.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fdavid-brooks&action=click&contentCollection=opinion&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection

We exist to glorify God by making disciples of all people through Gospel truths and Gospel living. Our hope is to equip parents to serve as the primary disciplers of their youth.

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