Growing Families

This is our May Parent Lesson and our last one from Dr. Stratton.  He explains how to set goals for your family. You can use this process to plan how to continue the weekly family time you experienced in Growing Families. Parents, after you discuss your goals, bring your children into the discussion. Let them have some ownership in the goals you set as a family.

It’s May, and our theme for our final month is “A flourishing, thriving garden”. May is busy at Asbury Seminary, and this month’s spiritual practice will help you to slow down long enough to focus on God’s help and the gift of family. Don’t forget to visit the website this month for a helpful weekly breakdown of what to do each week, or you can find it in your printed curriculum.

This is our April Parent Lesson. Dr. Russell Hall shares how raising children is a sanctification process for both parents and children. He also provides a helpful review of everything we’ve learned together since the past fall. As you listen, you can use the worksheet in your resource bag to review the important points from each of his videos.

 This episode is the God’s Story lesson for April. This month, Valarie Stark teaches us the last part of God’s Story in the Bible. Spoiler alert – the story ends with a new beginning. Follow along with your gold bag of new story pieces, the backdrop of your home, and the family peg people you received in August.

It’s April, and our theme this month is “Seasonal Changes”. In our formation video this month, Laura explains how we can navigate seasons of change with our families with faith and grace. You can find a helpful weekly breakdown of what to do each week on the website, or in your printed curriculum. Here's the link to the Bible Project video for this month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=takEeHtRrMw

In this episode, we’re sharing the parent lesson for March from Dr. Steve Stratton entitled “Fostering Forgiveness and Grace in Your Family”. He teaches us how to forgive and explains why this process involves a commitment and a choice.

In this episode, we’re sharing part 2 of the Telling God’s Story lesson for March. Listen as Laura Hunter tells us how we fit into God’s Story by sharing the Good News of God’s Kingdom.

In this episode, we’re sharing part 1 of the Telling God’s Story lesson for March. Listen as Valerie Stark shares God’s Storythe story from the Ascension through most of the New Testament. She explains how God’s Kingdom spreads to different parts of the world. Use your props as you listen and follow along with the story.

It’s March, and as always we’re starting off this month with an introduction from Laura Hunter. Our theme this month is Budding and Blooming, and our spiritual practice is Generosity. Visit growingfamilies.asburyseminary.edu to see all of this month's lessons and resources!

In this episode, we’ll go over the February Parenting Lesson with Dr. Russell Hall called “Open Up, Be Present, Do whatMatters.” This month Dr. Hall teaches us how we can help our children, and ourselves, become more resilient. By opening ourselves up rather than avoiding pain, being present in the moment with our children, and making decisions led by our values, we can develop these traits together as a family.