Today’s teenagers are tech-saturated, often anxious, and sometimes over-scheduled. It can be challenging for parents and youth ministers to know how to draw them into church community and keep them engaged. Sign up to join us Monday, March 17 at 7:00 p.m. CT for a Rooted webinar as a panel of youth ministers, family pastors, and parents-in-the-trenches talk about ways to work together towards the spiritual flourishing of the teenagers we love.
We welcome parents and youth ministers to join the discussion about overcoming barriers to youth group participation and to building relationships with teenagers. Bring your questions for our panelists: Mark Howard, Jimmy Kim, Emily Menendez, and Connie Leung Nelson. We look forward to welcoming you there!
Here’s a list of Rooted resources that will help you as you parent and/or pastor teenagers to walk with Jesus:
The Important Role of the Church in Family Discipleship
Rooted had the privilege of presenting a micro-event at the 2023 The Gospel Coalition Conference in Indianapolis. We hope this presentation on “The Important Role of the Church in Family Discipleship” will bless and encourage you in your ministry in the church or in your home.
Ask Rooted: What Do You Wish You Could Share With Parents About Church Involvement?
As a parent, what you model and personally practice with regard to church involvement will be what impacts your student.
When My Teenager Doesn’t Like Church by Connie Leung Nelson
We continue loving our not-yet-seeing children, pointing them to the gospel in all those ordinary ways, drawing our hope for their salvation from the bottomless well of Jesus’s finished work on the cross.
Full Schedules and Family Bible Time Can Coexist by Joey Turner
We need God’s words because we need him. Spending time in the Word as a family is just good stewardship of our family.
Why Families Should Prioritize the Local Church by Katie Polski
We can’t chase other activities in neglect of the local church and assume that we and our children will thrive in relationship with Christ.
Busy All the Time: The Fallout from Over-Programming Children
Given the amount of stress children and parents experience and the joy of which they are robbed, one has to consider if the norm of over-scheduling among many American families is something that is “of the Lord.”
Busy All the Time: Over-scheduled Children and the Freedom of the Gospel
Christ has set his followers free from social mandates. Parents can begin their escape from this high-pressured frenzy of over-scheduling by first embracing the counter-cultural nature of following Jesus and living in response to the gospel.
Busy All the Time: Five Practical Steps for Parents in Resisting Over-Scheduling
You as a parent need to intervene and limit your child’s activities when you sense that they are carrying an imbalanced load.
