Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Parents are looking for PARTNERS

The moment we become a parent we start looking for help. As soon as we see that child for the first time we realize we are way in over our heads. We quickly realize that we need help and we learn that there is strength when we partner with others who can help us raise our kids. Think about all the people we begin to partner with when we become parents...

We partner with the best pediatrician we can find...
We partner with other parents in play groups to find support...
We partner with a good school to educate our kid...
We partner with a daycare if we continue to work full time...
We partner with a coach to help our kid learn how to shoot or kick a ball...
We partner with a gymnastic teacher to help our kids learn how to be a gymnast...
We partner with a tutor is our child struggles with math...

Parents are looking for partnerships that can help their child and their family. We hope that parents begin to look to the church as a place to partner with when it comes to the spiritual development of their child. What if when a parent thought about how to teach their child character and faith lessons they automatically began to look for a church they could partner with? Not sure that currently they see the church as a needed partner in raising their kids but at Grace Community Church we are hoping that parents in our city see us as a partner for their family! We want to find ways to serve the families in our community. We want to help parents have significant spiritual influence in their kid's lives. We want to be a resource...PARTNER that parents an trust. If you are a parent out there please know there are churches out here trying to figure out how we can partner with you...YOU ARE NOT ALONE, we want to partner with you!

1 comment:

  1. You are SO right.

    --Terrace Crawford
    www.terracecrawford.com
    www.twitter.com/terracecrawford

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