Parenting in Community
This summer, Summit Base Camp had the privilege of hosting For Parents: A Seminar, alongside Summit Students at our Orlando and Lake Mary locations. We viewed Paul Tripp’s Parenting: It’s Not What You Think It Is, ate delicious food together, and enjoyed lots of quality conversations at our tables. There were lots of laughs, stories, realizations, and connections. It was a meaningful time for the folks who got to experience it in person, so we want to share some of the insights and wisdom!
Connecting with God through Stories
When we read the Bible as a story with our emotions, imaginations, and senses engaged, we come away with so much more than just information! We are able to experience God in new ways. To help you get started, our children’s ministry team created a handy-dandy bookmark, with prompts your family can use to connect with any Bible story you read.
Fun Over Time Creates Connection
This season in BCL—the place where families grow together—we are explore the six things our families need; six seemingly small things that make a BIG difference over time… like FUN! Fun over time creates connection. To help your family connect more deeply with God and with each other, we designed a special BINGO game you can play together!
Baptism: an Interview with Doris Herrero
In addition to teaching our baptism class for kids, she and her husband, Javier, have walked through baptism as parents with each of their three kids. The wisdom that has come out of their experiences is so rich, and I’m so excited to share Doris’ insights about guiding kids through faith decisions with you!
Why I Love Lent
We all want to raise kids who know how to navigate the difficulties this life will inevitably bring—whose faith won't be broken by troubled times but strengthened. How do we teach that? Well, what if I told you a holiday season exists with this focus? It's called Lent, and it's a six-week invitation to practice turning to God in difficult circumstances.
Creating a Family Mission Statement
Our Family Mission Statement Guide is back! As you work through the guide together, you'll have opportunities to reflect, take stock of your strengths, talk about your values, set goals, and dream about your family's future. It’s a simple process that can make a big difference for your year.
Raising Kind and Curious Kids
I want to raise my kids to be people who help others move from feelings of anxiety to a sense of belonging, and I imagine you do, too. And since raising kind and curious kids takes intentionality, we have some important questions to answer: What do we do when we notice differences in others? And what do we say when our children notice?
Decision Fatigue Got You Down?
As parents, we have been faced with a barrage of new and difficult decisions over the past few months. Do I feel safe sending my daughters back to daycare? Is it ok to play at the neighborhood playground? Can you actually use too much hand sanitizer? I’m a peacemaker by nature, so I put a lot of pressure on myself to try and make everyone happy. Add in a dash of perfectionism and it's a perfect storm of anxiety and decision paralysis.
Rhythms of Celebration
It may be tempting to check the box and rush to put this school year behind us, but I believe a milestone like this calls for CELEBRATION! Now, more than ever, we need to take the time to reflect and rejoice with our kids. We need to affirm their effort, even if it was frustrating, even if we didn’t always get it right, and especially if it was hard.