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parent newsletter from youth specialties…

Posted by: erin on: October 15, 2008

Hello parents!  I hope everyone has had a good beginning of the week, and am praying for a good end of the week as well. A few updates before getting to your newsletter: Saturday, October 18th is St. Paul’s Cleanup Day!  From 8 am until 12 pm, members of the congregation will be here working [...]

parent newsletter from youth specialties…

Posted by: erin on: October 9, 2008

Dear parents, When your youth (or you!) filled out their registration forms this fall, they had the option of receiving the student and/or parent newsletters each week. After much thought, I have decided to post the content here each week. I will send out an e-mail letting parents and/or students know that the information has [...]

long time overdue…

Posted by: erin on: September 22, 2008

Hello all!  This post is long overdue and I apologize for that.  Here is a quick update of the past few months… mission: austin 2008 started and finished.  a total of 20 youth and 5 adults worked for one week in austin, texas and overcame many obstacles in the process.  I took a short vacation (at [...]

summer is here!

Posted by: erin on: May 29, 2008

Well, who can believe it?!?  Summer is here!  I know that I am having a hard time with the fact that it is June already (well, close enough as of the day this will post)!  My little girls are growing up so fast, seniors are graduating, youth are moving up to high school, and summer [...]

The Transitional Teenage Years

Posted by: erin on: May 7, 2008

In understanding teenagers this has to be one of the most important things to remember- the teenage years are the equivalent of constant transition.  Teens are not really children, but not yet adults either.  Just looking at them can tell you that, right?  Some develop much quicker than others, for example- a 12 year old might [...]

More issues…

Posted by: erin on: April 21, 2008

So, this past Wednesday we discussed a few issues that teens face- peer pressure, friends and drugs.  The last post focused on friends, so for this post we will look at drugs and peer pressure. I was amazed when every youth in the room raised their hand when I asked this question, “How many of [...]

Issues…

Posted by: erin on: April 17, 2008

First, let me start this by saying that I am sorry I haven’t posted in awhile.  With the Youth Ministry Conference this past weekend, things just got crazy.  But no worries, I’m gonna make it up to you with two posts over the next few days, so read on… We had a great talk last [...]


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