Next Gen Now

Attention is one of the most precious resources there is. Joe Don Ridgell notices that the focus of our kids' attention reveals how they are being discipled. Joe Don is on the Primal Path with his two sons. He shares vulnerably about the intentionality required in parenting without beating ourselves up and encourages all dads of boys to join the Primal Path. If you are interested in participating in the Primal Path, reach out to your campus Student Minister in charge.

DAL: [email protected] KLR: [email protected] NRH: [email protected] WFW: [email protected]

Additional Resources:

Primal Path Website The Intentional Father book The Future of Manhood (earlier Next Gen Now episode)

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Meet Student Ministry Resident Stephen Grove shares what it means to follow the way of Jesus even, or maybe especially, when that means uncertainty. Hear how his parents sowed, others have watered, but God has given the increase in His life.

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Pastor Rick provides timely insight about how following the way of Jesus includes knowing Scripture and the voice of the Spirit and how knowing Scripture is the way you discern the voice of the Spirit. It's not either/or; rather it's both/and. Hear how he sees the next generation and encourages families to foster both Biblical literacy and listening to the voice of God for today. May God's word feed you and His Spirit lead you...

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These young adults have something to share that includes not discounting the next generation and providing space for them to question and grow. Summer interns Hannah Davis (KLR) and Brooklin Shackelford (WFW) join the podcast and offer their experience this summer and words of wisdom and encouragement for all of us wanting to impact the next generation.

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A father and son describe their journey on the Primal Path. Listen as Jeremy and James Bankes tell what the last six months of taking part in Primal Path has been like. The Hills Church is offering dads and sons the opportunity to participate in Primal Path at a discounted rate. We believe this could change a generation of men as fathers and sons follow the way of Jesus together.

What: Intentional Father Kick-off (a gathering of men who intend to raise their sons well)

When: Saturday, August 24, 2024 / 8:30am - 11:00am / Breakfast Provided

Where: The Hills NRH Campus Student Center Downstairs Room 171.

Click this link to register - https://thehillschurch.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/3137/responses/new

Primal Path Website

The Intentional Father book

The Future of Manhood (earlier Next Gen Now episode)

So much in store for '24 (and 25)! Hear where God is leading the Next Gen team including the calendar, teachings, experiences, mission, and more! Adam, Sarah, and Jill preview the school year and launch the fifth season of Next Gen Now!

Reach out to our Global Kids Minister at [email protected] or our Global Student Minister at [email protected].

Raising Passionate Jesus Followers podcast

Primal Path Information What: Intentional Father Kick-off (a gathering of men who intend to raise their sons well) When: Saturday, August 24, 2024 / 8:30am - 11:00am / Breakfast Provided Where: The Hills NRH Campus Student Center Downstairs Room 171. Click this link to register - https://thehillschurch.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/3137/responses/new

Leader Equip - Save the Date - Nov. 16

Click here to sign up to serve in Next Gen Ministy - thehills.org/serve

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What a summer it has been! Kids and students have been discipled and have been on mission. Hear how while summer may be a break from school, it's not a break from mission of God. In fact, it has been the perfect opportunity for the next generation to go deeper in their faith.

Reach out to our Global Student Minister at [email protected] and our Global Kids Minister at [email protected].

Interested serving in Next Gen Ministry? Fill out a form here - www.thehills.org/serve.

WFW Student Minister Jackson Sanford and WFW Student Leader Danny Pectol share on the importance setting boundaries around technology and ideas to do it.

The Anxious Generation book

Katharine Hill is UK Director at Care for the Family. Prior to joining the organization in 2004, Katharine practiced in family law. Katharine leads Care for the Family's policy agenda, participating in Government Round Tables and in consultations on matters of family policy. She is currently an expert advisor to the Archbishops' Commission on Families and Households. Alongside this she continues to speak both nationally and internationally, and writes stand-out books on family life.

She is a former board member for the International Commission on Couple and Family Relations, a trustee for The Relationships Academy and is a member of the Council of Reference for Time for Marriage.

https://www.katharinehill.co.uk/

Left to Their Own Devices book

https://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/

Season 4 concludes with this episode. Catch up on episodes this summer and look for new episodes in Season 5 in August.

Phil and Diane Comer share about their book Raising Passionate Jesus Followers. The Comers have been in ministry together for over 45. Phil and Diane count as their greatest joy that John Mark and Tammy, Rebekah and Steve, Elizabeth and Brook, and Matthew and Simona have each chosen to follow Jesus wholeheartedly. Their two sons have followed their father into pastoral ministry, one of their daughters is married to a pastor, and the other daughter and her husband are living on mission to their friends and fellow designers in the heart of Hollywood and around the world.

And now Phil and Diane have the unprecedented joy of watching their seven grandchildren being raised up in a rich heritage of life changing faith.

In 2004, Phil and Diane planted Solid Rock, A Jesus Church (now known as Westside: A Jesus Church), in Portland, Oregon. Their son, John Mark, and his wife, Tammy, partnered with them from the very beginning, in what became a clear move of God in and through the thousands of people who came each week. With half of the 6000 or more people being under the age of 30, Phil and Diane have been privileged to learn to adapt the way they communicate to a generation longing for truth expressed in their own language.

This movement has now become a network of churches that are similar but with their own distinct leadership and vision. In 2011, Phil passed the lead role on to John Mark's capable leadership and expanding vision. Phil and Diane began to focus their sights on developing a ministry to the next generation of parents who were asking many of the same questions that had perplexed them all those years ago.

Thus was born, INTENTIONAL: Raising Passionate Jesus Followers as a way of teaching and training the hundreds of young people in their church who were now just beginning to raise children of their own. The elders of their church asked Phil and Diane to put together a conference for this purpose, both for the AJC family of churches, and for any other churches that might share the need and desire to enable parents to train their own children to love and follow Jesus.

Their own church embraced this conference with such enthusiasm that they filled the first session with hundreds of parents, turning people away and quickly rescheduling a second event to accommodate all who wanted to listen and learn. Phil and Diane recognized the pressing need for focused teaching in the spiritual training of children. They have decided to completely dedicate the next season of their lives to focus on this task of training parents.

While remaining embedded in Westside: A Jesus Church, Phil and Diane have, thus far, accepted invitations to five countries on five continents and to numerous churches around the United States in order to teach Intentional: Raising Passionate Jesus Followers.

https://www.intentionalparents.org/phil-and-diane

https://the-intentional-parents-podcast.simplecast.com/

Raising Passionate Jesus Followers book

https://www.practicingtheway.org/