Parents and Family: Junior High School Group Study

Jacket Description/Back: Growing up can be tough on tweens and on parents. Emotions run hot and cold, putting everyone under enormous pressure--but when God is the glue holding it all together, families are a lot harder to crack! With Parents & Family, you can help the young teens in your group honor God in their families by dealing with their wildly fluctuating feelings and relating positively to their parents and siblings. Twelve sessions of activities and exercises will get students thinking and talking about how they can let God reign over their emotions and their family relationships. Families and feelings will go hand in hand when you use this young-teen Bible study, the newest edition to the Uncommon series of resources. Plus, you can download reproducible student handouts and additional options for every session--find out how inside!Biographical Note: KARA POWELL, Ph. D., is the executive director of the Fuller Youth Institute and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary (see www.fulleryouthinstitute.org). As a 20-year youth ministry veteran, she speaks regularly at youth ministry conferences and is the author or co-author of a number of books, including "Deep Justice Journeys, Essential Leadership, Deep Justice in a Broken World, Deep Ministry in a Shallow World, Sticky Faith" and the "Good Sex Youth Ministry Curriculum." Kara and her husband have three children. Table of Contents: How to Use the Uncommon Junior High Group Studies -- Unit I. Parents & Family -- Session 1. Making It Easy -- Session 2. Available Advice -- Session 3. Glued Together or Torn Apart? -- Session 4. Closer Than You Think -- Session 5. Who's First? -- Session 6. A Second Family -- Conclusion: How to Resolve Conflicts with Family Members -- Unit II. Family & Friends -- Session 7. Sticks and Stones -- Session 8. Keeping the Peace -- Session 9. The Truth, and Nothing But -- Session 10. After You -- Session 11. Can We Talk? -- Session 12. I Confess -- Conclusion: Setting the Spiritual Tone in Your Family -- Endnotes.

Contributor Bio:  Powell, Kara Kara Powell - Pasadena, CA Kara is the executive director of the Fuller Youth Institute and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary (see www.fulleryouthinstitute.org). As a 20-year youth ministry veteran, she speaks regularly at youth ministry conferences and is the author or co-author of many books, including Deep Justice Journeys, Essential Leadership and the Good Sex Youth Ministry Curriculum. Kara lives in Pasadena, CA with her husband and three children.