Family Ministry

Put theRock Tour on your summer Calendar!

 theRock Tour, June 27-29, are three jam-packed days of fun in St. Louis MO! Students (currently 5^th-7^th grade) will visit Six Flags, the Arch, and do some ziplining at Meramec Caverns.  Not only will theRock Tour be a blast, but it will leave a lasting impact on the lives of your students as they serve together, build relationships and take next steps in their walk with Christ.  Experience theRock Tour 2012, you don’t want to miss this opportunity!

 Cost: $205 plus additional funds to pay for 4 meals.

All Registration will be online at prairielakeschurch.org

theRock Tour brochures and registration information will go home with students in the coming weeks, but for now, get these dates on your summer calendar!

Questions? Email students@prairielakeschurch.org

Info for the GIRLS lock-in...

6th - 8th Grade GIRLS =  Friday, February 17th. 

Please bring $5 to help pay for food, activities, etc. for the night.

We are going to have a blast at theRock Lock-in, and we would love to have your child join us!  Your child is welcome to invite friends along for the night as well.  We will have plenty of leaders to take care of the kiddos, and this will also be a great opportunity for us to continue building deeper relationships with these students! 

The lock-in will commence at approximately 7:00 P.M. Friday night, and end at 8:00 A.M. Saturday morning.  Please pick up your child by 8:00 A.M.

Thanks!

Clarifying the House Rules

Last week our family played the board game, Clue.

Professor Plum . . . in the ballroom . . . with a candlestick.

But for the first time ever, we had to renegotiate the rules before we could begin our game. No longer were the household rules simple and customary.

Seems that since we played our last game of Clue, our older daughter, Katie, visited a friend’s home where the family plays the game a little differently ... “where they play with TWO dice!  And sometimes, SOMETIMES, they play without even using the board!  Dad, they just slide the cards from player to player until someone says they’ve won!” 

Huh, how about that?

Every family plays by a unique set of rules. Whether it is bedtime, board games, curfews, chore-charts or driving privileges, each family operates according to a tailored set of expectations.  Two valuable lessons here: 

1)   Our children—whether we like it or not—ARE going to pick up new ideas and new rules from other families.  They just are.  And regardless of whether a child’s is testing a deeply-held, core family value or just sharing a new way to expedite a board game, we parents should be quick listen and probe for clarity. 

2)   There are times in all healthy families when we parents need to be open to new ideas . . . even from our children.  However, there are also times when the parent needs to be the parent, restating—sometimes over and over until we’re blue in the face—our healthy standards and rationale.  We should never shy away from clarifying the house rules.