Junior High Winter Retreat Post Trip

Parents, THANK YOU!  Thank  you so much for all the sacrifices you make for your child.  Thank you for the difference you are making in their life.   With that being said, I AM EXCITED!!!! This weekend is going be INCREDIBLE!  Whether your kid(s) acknowledge it or not, they are going to be challenged this weekend.  In a big or small way, they are going to come face-to-face with something in their lives that needs to adjusting.  You all will have an awesome opportunity to talk with your kid(s) following the retreat.  What happens at home is more important than what happens at church. (please read that again)  THESE MOMENTS ARE HUGE!  You have such a great opportunity to ask them about their experience.  Please remember to make this time sincere and encouraging, not something Luke made you do or make them feel interrogated.  Yet, these are the moments where you can ask them deeper questions and get them to process what they just experienced and how they have grown.  Plus, this will be a great first step to taking this home with them.  Pick a few of these questions or just have them in the back of your head for conversation with your teen(s). After the Winter Retreat Questions: ·  Describe your top highlights from this weekend. ·  Where did God speak to you this weekend? (What did God reveal to you this weekend?) ·  How have your passions changed or been encouraged from this weekend?  ·  Describe something new you experienced this weekend. ·  Did you try anything that you never thought you would do?  Why do you think you tried it?  How did it turn out? ·  What stories stick out to you the most from the speaker? ·  What did you feel the speaker was trying to communicate this weekend? ·  What do you now understand that you didn’t before? (i.e. something in the Bible, what God desires of us, how I am to act/think) ·  You’ve talked about wanting to be and live differently.  What would it look like for you to live differently at school? At home? With your friends? Alone? ·  Weekends like this are great opportunities for a commitment to change, is there anything you thought about or did commit to this weekend? ·  What will you specifically do now to ensure what you gained from this weekend will create long term change? (What are specific, practical steps for change?)  ·  How can I encourage you and help keep you accountable in this?  Is there someone else who you would like to keep you accountable? ·  Is there anything I can do differently to help you? ·  How did you see God working this weekend? ·  From this weekend, what is the “next step” moving forward for you? ·  How can I be praying for you? Please let me know if you have any questions or if I can help you in any way.  Thank you for allowing me to partner with you.  The BEST is yet to come! Luke