Pairing with our “House of Cards” teaching series, here are a few resources to set up meaningful conversations with your kids/students: Conversations that Matter: You’ve got some big things to talk about, and most of this isn’t easy. Here’s the thing: If your kids aren’t talking about this stuff, it’s not because they aren’t thinking…
Pairing with our Inside Out teaching series (insert link), here are some next steps for you to shepherd your family towards mental health: Next Steps for Parents: Pray and Talk as a family over this week’s topic: Prepare your heart and mind to listen to your kids openly without judgment, validate your child’s feelings, and…
Mental Health Resources: Kids Teens Parents
KidCity Christmas Bonus Christmas is over, but the celebration doesn’t have to stop. In fact, the message of Christmas is one that keeps giving. To keep the conversation going while it’s fresh…take a few minutes this weekend, & sit down with your kids to watch this bonus feature from KidCity – consider it a belated…
Parents, The 2020 Advent Calendar is Here. Click to download or print for your family to follow as you prepare for the birth of our Savior: Advent Calendar
Our mission at Hope Community Church is to love people where they are and encourage them to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ. Our children’s ministry team believes that our steps toward accomplishing this can begin even with our youngest attenders. KidCity is an environment where kids will find people who want to partner…
We love people where they are and encourage them to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ. Anyone could walk through our doors and we will walk alongside them – that’s the mission of our church. Anytime we invite minors into something, we need to be prepared with safe standards and ready to get to…
Reggie Joiner Imagination makes us different. But what makes imagination different? When I think about what makes us as people different from every other creature, I know that it has everything to do with our ability to imagine. Imagination literally lets us see things that aren’t as though they were. It allows us us to…
Abbie Smith Sprünger Jingly bracelets and gardenia perfume—I must’ve been about eight as Mom got ready for an evening out. I don’t know where they went, or how late they stayed out, but I do remember the mean things she said to herself in the mirror, which stood in stark contrast to my perception that she…
“I’m struggling with comparison. It is eating me alive and all I can think about. Everywhere I turn I find my mind wandering to who I’m not, what I don’t look like, what I don’t have. Can you give me advice?” I receive texts like this all the time. Whether you’ve sent a text like…