A Parents-of-teens class
Sent: 2007-08-26 17:09:45 (PST)
To: buzzard@bayardtayloronline.com
Subject: A Parents-of-Teens class
"Before you dive, get the big picture."
Fellow Buzzards,
Having just concluded a nine-week class for parents of teens at my church, here's a report.
It went really well. The big difference between a class with adults and with students is that it's harder to get adults out of their seats.
Each class went about 25-30 minutes, so we never had much time to really get into things deeply.
A current college student from our church assisted me in several of the sessions and even conducted one (session #4).
On the other hand, with nine sessions you can cover a lot of ground.
A breakdown of the sessions:
1. Worldview Zoo (and overview of the six basic worldviews)
2. Roots & Fruits (shows that all the "new" religions and worldviews aren't "new" after all)
3. How To Talk To Absolutely Anybody (applying worldviews to the art of conversation
4. Real Conversations (what it's like to be a college student in the midst of pluralism toda
5. The Core versus the Heresies (distinguishing the central core of Christian faith versus church traditions, opinions, speculation and heresy)
6. Common Ground (how to use common human experience to bridge God's truth to other worldviews)
7. The High Holy Temple of Tolerance (thriving in a culture of relativism)
8. Trinity, Schminity (how the best stuff in Christian faith depends absolutely on the Trinity)
9. Doing the Worldview Stuff (applying our new worldview perspective to specific behavioral objectives like evangelism and praying for others' needs)
Notice that in this series, several of my previously-favorite things fell by the wayside, including
* the session 101 Ways to Kill God
* the session on The Hidden Pillars of Islam
* the session on The PC Buzz Saw
* the session on Magical Mystery Tour
* the session called The Late Great Ape Debate
* The three skits: Ancient Near East Cosmology Show; The Parable of the Mad Hatter; and Who is Xenu?
* Video clips (eliminated all of them)
On the other hand, I have PowerPoints, handouts and scripts for almost every lesson. This makes the better part of the series "transferable," meaning that others can save a lot of time and energy by using the stuff I've created. Or, they can get stuff from me and modify it.
Well, that's all for now, folks.
To: buzzard@bayardtayloronline.com
Subject: A Parents-of-Teens class
"Before you dive, get the big picture."
Fellow Buzzards,
Having just concluded a nine-week class for parents of teens at my church, here's a report.
It went really well. The big difference between a class with adults and with students is that it's harder to get adults out of their seats.
Each class went about 25-30 minutes, so we never had much time to really get into things deeply.
A current college student from our church assisted me in several of the sessions and even conducted one (session #4).
On the other hand, with nine sessions you can cover a lot of ground.
A breakdown of the sessions:
1. Worldview Zoo (and overview of the six basic worldviews)
2. Roots & Fruits (shows that all the "new" religions and worldviews aren't "new" after all)
3. How To Talk To Absolutely Anybody (applying worldviews to the art of conversation
4. Real Conversations (what it's like to be a college student in the midst of pluralism toda
5. The Core versus the Heresies (distinguishing the central core of Christian faith versus church traditions, opinions, speculation and heresy)
6. Common Ground (how to use common human experience to bridge God's truth to other worldviews)
7. The High Holy Temple of Tolerance (thriving in a culture of relativism)
8. Trinity, Schminity (how the best stuff in Christian faith depends absolutely on the Trinity)
9. Doing the Worldview Stuff (applying our new worldview perspective to specific behavioral objectives like evangelism and praying for others' needs)
Notice that in this series, several of my previously-favorite things fell by the wayside, including
* the session 101 Ways to Kill God
* the session on The Hidden Pillars of Islam
* the session on The PC Buzz Saw
* the session on Magical Mystery Tour
* the session called The Late Great Ape Debate
* The three skits: Ancient Near East Cosmology Show; The Parable of the Mad Hatter; and Who is Xenu?
* Video clips (eliminated all of them)
On the other hand, I have PowerPoints, handouts and scripts for almost every lesson. This makes the better part of the series "transferable," meaning that others can save a lot of time and energy by using the stuff I've created. Or, they can get stuff from me and modify it.
Well, that's all for now, folks.
