Next Gen Now

8th graders Jace Drain and Cy Shelby share about ways they have been equipped, activated and mobilized to be on mission with God now. Hear how they have have been led to serve in Kids Ministry, Special Needs, Respite, and most recently as part of a Student-Led Prayer Team on Wednesday nights at The Gathering. They also share about ways they have been mobilized to be on mission in their schools.

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Just like a good swing, we must swing backward to swing forward. We need vision that sees both backward and forward. This week we introduce new Lead Kids Minister, Sarah Wilson. God has chosen her to lead our kids ministry into the future. Sarah's first day will be January 8, 2024.

This is the last epsiode of Season 3 of our podcast. Season 4 of Next Gen Now will drop on Monday, January 8, 2024. We have so much planned for the upcoming season for you!

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Just like a good swing, we must swing backward to swing forward. We need vision that sees both backward and forward. We look back to learn from the past, get in touch with our heritages--our roots, and remember how we got here today. We identify our foundation. This week Patty Weaver looks back on the past 20 years of kids ministry at The Hills Church. Two decades full of highs and lows. Listen in and learn from this pioneering kids minister as she steps into the next chapter of her life.

Come see Patty's last Christmas musical-In a Galilee Far, Far Away on Saturday, December 9 at 6 pm in the Worship Center at NRH. Then, stop by at her reception on Sunday, December 10 between the 8:30 and 10 or betwwen the 10 and 11:30 services at NRH.

Other Christmas opportunities are: Keller Campus - Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, December 9 at 9 am. West Fort Worth Campus - Christmas Musical on Saturday, December 9 am at 5 pm.

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Get to know NRH Kids Family Engager, Sarah Jameson, as she shares about the Advent Family Guide that will be available at all campuses. This guide will align with Rick's Christmas sermon series Fearless Faith. The guide will be handed on December 3.

Episode 22 - Teach Your Children Well w/Sarah Cowan Johnson

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Young adults Micah and Tanner share about their passion for Jesus and how they desire a church with a multi-generational community.

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One thing we have been hearing in Next Gen ministry for over two years now is that the spiritual mothers and fathers are coming. The next generation among us has been praying and asking for spiritual mothers and fathers. John and Donna Willbanks, a spiritual mother and father, join the podcast to share how being spiritual parents is not only something they do to serve the next generation, but they are being blessed in return.

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Kingdom Expansion Minister Chris Shelby shares why this Harvest season is extra special and ways for our families, kids and students to engage.

Some special dates to keep in mind:

Nov. 4 - Leader Equip https://thehillschurch.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/2657/responses/new

Nov. 11 - Harvest Story & Prayer Night

Nov. 12 - Harvest Sunday and Offering

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Jonathan "JP" Pokluda is the Lead Pastor of Harris Creek Baptist Church in Waco, TX. He was formerly the leader of The Porch in Dallas, TX, which grew to be the largest weekly young adult gathering of its kind in the country. JP didn't come to understand the grace of the Gospel until his early twenties after being involved in different denominational churches his entire life. This ignited a desire in him to inspire young adults to radically follow Jesus Christ and unleash them to change the world. JP's partner in ministry is Monica, his wife of seventeen years, and together they disciple their children Presley, Finley, and Weston.

For more on JP, visit https://www.jonathanpokluda.com/

JP on Instagram

Check out his newest book: Why Do I Do What I Don't Want To Do? book

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RaeAn, a student of one of our missionary families, shares about what it means to her to be on mission now.

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How do we hear the voice of Jesus clearly speak our identity over us in a culture cluttered with competing voices? Lead Student Minister Adam Herndon and Executive Minister David Meyer have a conversation overviewing the current student Gathering series entitled Clear Identity. This series will be every Wednesday night in October at every campus. It will conclude on October 25 when the current cultural identites of gender and sexuality will be discussed. All families have received resources and can reach out to their campus student minister for other resources or support your family may need as you navigate conversations related to identity. Bottom line: Our identity must be fully formed by Jesus, not by what we decide it is or what others say, or what we have, or what we do. This is true freedom for the next generation and for all of us.

Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church and What the Bible Has to Say by Preston Sprinkle

Guiding Families of LGBT+ Loved Ones

Axis Identity Resources

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