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EP 133: Who's On Your Team?

Today on The Couch Time Podcast, Aaron and Ryan talk about the value of getting to know your student's small group leaders and practical ways of teaming up. You as a parent have valuable insight into your student, and by teaming up with your student's small group leader, you both will be better equipped to strategically love your student.

SHOW NOTES

- Meet them (come to youth group, parent meetings/equip nights)

- Encourage them

- Give them a strategy

- Pray for them

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EP 132: Your Not-So-Small Impact On Small Groups

Today on The Couch Time Podcast, Ryan and Aaron talk about why we do Small Groups as a Student Ministry, and how you can use and impact your student's small group.

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EP 131: Kickoff, Vision For This Year, and Disc Golf

Today on The Couch Time Podcast, Ryan, Aaron, and Stephen talk about the Fall 2021 Kickoff, some things they are excited about in student ministry for the coming year, and the Disc Golf Scramble.

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graceky.org/discgolfscramble

Check out your campus's events:

graceky.org/students

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EP 130: You Can Do It (Summer 2021 Book Club)

Today on The Couch Time Podcast, Aaron & Ryan wrap up the book discussion and talk about their main takeaways from the Summer 2021 Book Club on: "Engaging Your Teen's World".

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EP 129: Depression & Anxiety (Summer 2021 Book Club)

Today on The Couch Time Podcast, Aaron and Stephen talk about depression, anxiety, self-harm, suicide, and some key principles in talking with your kids about these things.

SHOW NOTES

Axis.org Parent Guide to Suicide & Self-Harm

https://axis.org/suicide-free-opt-in-page/

Axis.org Parent Guide to Depression & Anxiety

https://get.axis.org/fb/depression-anxiety/

Grab your copy at the Florence Campus Resource Center or on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Engaging-Your-Teens-World-Understanding/dp/0764235826

Check out the Summer schedule for your campus at: https://www.graceky.org/students

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EP 128: The New Sex Talk

Today on The Couch Time Podcast, Ryan and Josh talk about Chapter 9 from Engaging Your Teens World. This chapter is about sex, and hopefully you walk away from the episode with a sense of the urgency to talk with your kids and how to think of boundaries as a way to train these future adults.

Grab your copy at the Florence Campus Resource Center or on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Engaging-Your-Teens-World-Understanding/dp/0764235826

Check out the Summer schedule for your campus at: https://www.graceky.org/students

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EP 127: Two Types of Conversations (Summer 2021 Book Club)

Today on The Couch Time Podcast, Stephen and Josh talk the two types of conversations of conversations parents need to be having with their kids.

Grab your copy at the Florence Campus Resource Center or on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Engaging-Your-Teens-World-Understanding/dp/0764235826

Check out the Summer schedule for your campus at: https://www.graceky.org/students

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EP 126: Cultivating a Heart Connection

Today on The Couch Time Podcast, Ryan and Stephen talk about Chapter 7 of "Engaging Your Teen's World" - Cultivating a Heart Connection.

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https://www.amazon.com/Engaging-Your-Teens-World-Understanding/dp/0764235826

Check out the Summer schedule for your campus at: 

graceky.org/students

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EP 125: Missionaries Cleverly Disguised as Parents

Today on The Couch Time Podcast, Aaron and Josh talk about how thinking of yourself as a missionary can help you better engage with your student.

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EP 124: Translating Culture

Today on The Couch Time Podcast, Aaron and Josh talk about Chapter 5 of Engaging Your Teen's World and  engaging with your kids in a way that makes sense to them by using things that they know.

SHOW NOTES

- (page 60) Culture Translation: "The ability to understand, participate fluently in, engage, and transform a given culture."

- The process of culture translation involves: 1) Pray, 2) Ask questions, 3) Research, 4) Analyze - What's good? What's wrong,? What's missing? What's confused? What does Scripture say?, 5) Discuss, 6) Pray

- (page 68) "Remember, the goal is to train their consciences, not to be their conscience for them."

REFLECTION QUESTIONS

- How well do you know the Bible/God’s character?

- Are you humbly curious?

- What is keeping you from being a culture translator for your teen?

- Is there one thing you can do this week to take steps toward engaging your teen like this chapter talks about?

Sign up for The Culture Translator from Axis here:

https://info.axis.org/blog/tag/culture-translator 

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