Westwood Baptist internet hosting ‘Parenting in the contemporary World’ classes

through WILLIAM MARLOW | special to the Reporter

ALABASTER — Westwood Baptist Church will begin hosting parenting courses right through the month of September as a part of an ongoing fall sequence examining family unit life from a biblical standpoint.

The course, named 'Parenting in a contemporary World,' may be collectively led through Senior Pastor Kenneth Bruce and families Pastor Ric Callahan, who will explore 12 individual themes over a three-month length.

Callahan observed he and his fellow church participants were impressed to create the course after counseling to their congregation and to native families in recent months.

"neatly, simply working with families as well as little ones and teenagers, we've observed that there's lots of challenges that households are facing nowadays," Callahan mentioned. "Challenges from the area within which we live, and we are looking to help our families and our fogeys particularly in ministering to their households from a biblical point of view."

As such, tons of the direction fabric is derived from biblical teachings with training encompassing each the brand new and historic Testaments.

"We're starting the path with just a real knowing of God's design for the households," Callahan stated. "We're additionally going to talk about diverse characters in Scripture, diverse types of parenting styles that had been used and naturally we can center of attention in general on the features of Jesus Christ and how we will apply these to our family existence."

classes will be break up between a long time three-18, with a spotlight on 4 specific childhood milestones: preschool age, young early life, center faculty and then excessive school.

Callahan mentioned he changed into in particular drawn to this direction structure as a result of normally each and every age community faces a unique set of challenges.

"What we're discovering is that, you be aware of, at each stage in existence, kids are dealing with distinct challenges," he stated. "young adults are truly dealing with things that the younger toddlers are not, and so we just desire parents to be as prepared as viable."

Callahan said the route is welcome to any mum or dad within the community it's interested, including more recent parents and even grandparents.

"we would like to invite the community, and anyone who is a father or mother that seems like they need some encouragement and guidance in parenting competencies," he mentioned. "We comprehend that at each stage of family unit life that parenting is intricate, and by coming to this classification, we hope folks can gain some wisdom and a few perspectives so as to help them be a more robust mum or dad, construct some relationships where they can have a guide device and have the elements to make certain their kids develop as much as honor God."

classes will span from September to November with each lecture room guide in addition to loads of audio system starting from knowledgeable counselors to household therapists.

the first type changed into scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 1, and become led via Bruce. All courses could be held within the church's worship center on Wednesdays from 6:15-7:30 p.m.

Session topics and dates include:

9-1 God's Design for the family unit      – Kenneth Bruce

9-eight elevating high quality children in a poor world – Ric Callahan

9-15 elevating girls, Acceptance, nervousness, Relationships – Jessica Dieken – Pathways

9-22 raising Boys who develop into Mighty guys of God – Kenneth Bruce

9-29 Fathers of Valor – visitor Speaker – Brian Pitts – lifestyles educate

10-6 household in disaster – kids coping with Divorce, demise, misery, – Kenneth Bruce

10-13 local Challenges dealing with our youngsters – visitor Speaker – Clay Hammac

10-20 making ready your youngsters to win existence's greatest battles –            Ric Callahan

10-27 Adolescent Suicide and Self–hurt – Michael Bozeman – Pathways

eleven-three A mom's hat rack – Speaker – Carla Callahan

eleven-10 Social Media, internet, cellphones – visitor Speaker -Ben Debell – Pathways

eleven-17 Ask anything dialogue (dad or mum Commissioning) – Ric and Kenneth