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Leaving the Church

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Why Young People Stay “In Church”
Ate dinner 5 of 7 nights a week as a family.
  • Proverbs 15:17; Matthew 6:9, 11
  • “The Family Dinner Table” – Connie Adams
    • Served with their families in a local church.
    • Romans 16:1-5; I Corinthians 16:15-18
    • Parents and their children personally involved in the work of the local church.
      • Cleaning the building.
      • Participate in workday.
      • Preparing communion.
      • Taking food to a member.
      • Visiting the elderly.
        • Had one spiritual experience in the home during the week.
        • I Thessalonians 5:17; II Timothy 3:14-17; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Psalms 145:4
        • Prayer should be a daily activity.
        • Reading the Bible and discussing it.
        • Preparing lessons for Bible classes.
        • Engaging our children in spiritual conversations.
          • Entrusted with responsibility in spiritual service at an early age.
          • Luke 2:49; Ecclesiastes 12:1
          • Helping to prepare the classroom for a new teaching quarter.
          • Putting up numbers for songs/attendance.
          • Handling out bulletins.
          • Reading scripture.
          • Leading prayer.
          • Extending the invitation.
          • Leading singing.
            • Had at least one faith-focused adult in their lives other than a parent.
            • II Kings 12:2; Hebrews 13:7, 17; I Peter 5:3
            • Those that take a sincere interest in them:
              • Preacher
              • Elder
              • Deacons
              • Bible class teachers
              • Parents of other young people
              • Older members
                • Staying in the Church
                • Luke 9:23-26
                • Attached instead of detached.
                • Involved instead of uninvolved.
                • Connected instead of disconnected.
                • A spiritual focus instead of a world focus.
                • Two-fold responsibility:
                  • Proverbs 22:6; cf. Ephesians 6:4 – “Train up a child in the way he should go …”
                  • Ecclesiastes 12:1 – “Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth …”
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