"Parenting Families: From ME to WE" Continues to Impact Parents and Their Kids
Ask any parent and he or she will tell you, the process of raising children is a 24-hour-a-day job. To make that job easier—and a whole lot more stress-free—Lutheran Hour Ministries has produced Parenting Families: From ME to WE. Developed by Dr. David Ludwig, a leading Christian psychologist and educator, this six-week DVD series has proven itself with congregations and parenting groups throughout the United States.
Recently, First Trinity Lutheran Church in Bloomfield, Nebraska, used the Parenting Families program to connect with its local community. With a grant from the Lutheran Church Extension Fund, First Trinity offered a free meal prepared by women in the congregation and provided supervised babysitting for each Sunday evening hour-long class.
"The hour study was wonderful," Pastor Duane Fahr said. "We had 25 to 30 people attend each week, not counting the children. I would share that a dozen couples really got into the material and couldn't wait to come back the next week."
"All the feedback on the questionnaire came back very positive. The couples shared that they loved gathering with parents who had similar struggles and were pleased to find out that they were not alone in raising their children in the world that we have today," Fahr said.
Perhaps the most telling response to the workshop came from a participant who is not a member of Pastor Fahr's congregation: "I want to thank First Trinity as a whole for allowing and sharing this class with the community. What a difference you have made in the families that attended. Just think how this will change family parenting in the future...."
The Parenting Families program includes a two-disc set containing all six sessions; a hosting guide with notes on preparation, promotion, and follow-up; a leader's guide for facilitating discussion; Web access for customizing multi-media downloads, participant folders, invitation postcards, promotional brochures, and practical strategies booklets for single-parent, blended, and traditional families. To watch a video excerpt on Parenting Families, go to www.lhm.org/equipping. To order a hosting kit, write to parentingfamilies@lhm.org or call our offices at 1-800-876-9880.
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