Ministering to Twenty-First Century Families by Dennis Rainey

Author:Dennis Rainey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2010-05-16T00:00:00+00:00

Source: The Family-Needs Survey, FamilyLife, Breakdowns by Family Life Cycle, National Database, March 2000, 89.

FAMILY LIFE CYCLE CHECKLIST

Full Nest 3—Key Ministry Objectives for Leaders

Topics/Issues:

Midlife challenges (men and women)

Parent prayer for teenagers

Character testing of teens (for parents)

Male and female identity (for teens)

Spiritual coaching of young men and women (by parents)

Youth pastor-parent support team

Christian world-view (for older teens)

Becoming a mentor (for those in “Empty Nest 1”)

Family worship for the family with teenagers

Planning for empty nest (God’s call, ministry options, etc.)

Actions/Activities:

Relationship training for teens, with emphasis on sexual purity

Parent-teen, short-term mission opportunities

Parents of Teens support group

Rite-of-passage ceremony for children leaving home

Minigetaways for couples

Marriage covenant renewal service

Mentor Focus:

Help parents navigate their final home years with their children

Help parents prepare for the empty nest

Encourage parents to maintain accountability (as a spouse and as a parent)

Encourage attendance at marriage and parenting conferences

Encourage family worship

Emphasize the importance of building romance and intimacy in marriage apart from the children

Encourage spiritual oneness

RESOURCES

For Individuals and Couples

Arp, Dave, and Claudia Arp. Fifty-Two Dates for You and Your Mate. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1993. Ideas on how to enrich a marriage and create years of special memories.

Chapin, Alice. Four Hundred Creative Ways to Say I Love You. Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, 1996. Ideas on how to add spice to any marriage—young or mature.

LaHaye, Tim, and Beverly LaHaye. The Act of Marriage after Forty. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 2000. Help on nutrition and the effect of supplements on sex life, and discussion of physical fitness, sexual desire, impotence, female hormonal drugs, and menopause.

Stanley, Scott M. The Heart of Commitment. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1998. Noted marriage researcher explains secrets of great marriages.

Yates, Susan. How to Like the Ones You Love. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2000. Emphasizes that God did not make a mistake when He assembled your family. Discusses solutions for building covenant commitment and family policies that work.

Midlife

Buford, Bob, Peter Drucker, and Terry Whalin. Halftime. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1997. How to experience a fresh vision at midlife, emphasizing that the second half of life can be more rewarding than the first half.

For Parents

Campbell, Ross. How to Really Love Your Teenager. Colorado Springs:

ChariotVictor Publishing, 1993. Instruction for parents on unconditional love and how to help teenagers develop intellectually, set goals, learn to cook nutritionally, and handle money and anger.

Rainey, Dennis. “Hidden Traps.” Audiotape series. Little Rock: FamilyLife, 1999. Four cassettes on subtle pitfalls teenagers sometimes ignore, including appearance, attitude, deceit, mediocrity, busyness, the tongue, and false gods.

———, and Barbara Rainey, with Bruce Nygren. Parenting Today’s Adolescent. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1998. Discusses how to help children avoid traps such as peer pressure, drugs, sex, and media. Includes sections for single parents.

Solomon, Jerry, Kyle McGraw, Sara Peebles, Dennis Rainey, and Bob Lepine. “Preparing Your Teen for College.” Audiotape series. Little Rock: FamilyLife, 1998. Four cassettes on preparing young adults for the intellectual challenges of college.

Rainey, Dennis, and Barbara Rainey. “Preparing Your Teen for Life.” Audiotape series. Little Rock: FamilyLife, 1996. Six cassettes on life skills every parent wants a teenager to have before he or she leaves home for college, work, or military service.

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