The Grid Highschool Ministry
High school student ministry monthly overview.
The grid
Pastor Tyler Hoffman
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Offering HOPE
・ One in five teens says they’ve purposely injured themselves at some time.
・ An estimated one in every 200 teenage girls cuts themselves regularly. Without treatment, this behavior often continues into adulthood.
The problems facing today’s young people may not be bigger than what teenagers faced 20 years ago, but they’re multiplying. To cope with stress, abuse, broken homes, peer pressure, addictions, depression, and low self-esteem, many teenagers harm themselves through cutting, eating disorders, and engaging in risky behavior.
When life gets tough, there’s no help or hope found in paralyzing guilt, rejection, or searching for scapegoats. Instead, it’s essential for parents to stick with and accept teenagers, seek help, extend forgiveness, and promote healing.
First, honestly evaluate any signs of self-destructive behavior. Watch for scratches, scars, burns, isolation, fainting, tooth decay, a drastic change in eating habits, or a fixation on perceived physical flaws. Gently but persistently bring the problem to light. Avoid the extremes of blowing up or delicately sidestepping the problem. State the facts while expressing genuine concern. Explain that you’ll help your teenager find other ways to work through tough emotions. Work to identify the root cause and sustaining factors, including your current family culture. Then include your teenager as much as possible in an action plan. Work with a trusted physician or counselor, giving your teen some say in the process. This can be the time when teenagers begin walking down the road to freedom, and you can help set them on that course.
The Grid
Wednesday Night Services>>>
WEDNESDAYS: 6:30pm-8:00pm Doors open @ 6:00!
Grid Growth Group
Homegroups>>>G3HGs
Sign up in the lobby on Sunday’s and Wednesdays to be a part of G3HGs! They will be our focus in month of January as we try something with our Homegroups. Times will be the same on Sunday nights (6PM), but the changes that are taking place are:
1. You will need to sign up and pick which G3HG you want to be a part of: (Jan 1-18).
2. You will be making a commitment to stay with that G3HG for 9 weeks.
3. We will meet on the last Sunday of each month, instead of breaking.
4. We will be talking about the sermon from the past Wednesday or Sunday each week.
5. We are starting January 22nd and will go every Sunday @ 6PM until March 11th!