Understanding and nurturing our preteens 9-13 years of age has become an important focus of our ministry at First Church. The current term for this age group is tweens. To help us in this effort, we have been most fortunate to engage Jim Williams to speak with us in March, 2006. Through his book, Parenting on Point and his DVD series, ProActive Parenting, Jim Williams helps parents and those who work with parents examine values and set priorities. Jim is a national parenting advocate and speaker and the director of Parent Education and Asset Development for STARS, a school-based program helping students make healthy lifestyle choices.
I am so excited that through a generous gift we will be able to offer this program about tweens to both parents and teachers March 3-4. We are striving to make this an offering to the community and to our conference, also. We have been blessed and are called to share that which will make a difference in our children's lives.
Parenting on Point is available in our church library.
2 comments:
Thank you for taking the initiative to bring Jim Williams to FUMC. Through your efforts we will be better equipped to mentor our youth in this critical time in their lives.
Thanks, but I must give credit to Jeanne and Cindy for promoting Jim Williams as a resource for us. They heard him speak when we attended Focus '05 in Nashville this past summer.
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