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“We should never raise our kids by what others may think. We should raise our kids how we think is right and is pleasing to God.”
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Inviting Jesus into your summer holiday
School has finished. Christmas is done. And so the long Christmas holiday begins. As the normal routines dissolve and holiday life begins, Jesus can also drift out of our routine. It is also a fantastic time to start some new routines, where you can try different...
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Family Advent Bonanza Resources for 2019
Does Christmas sneak up on you? With all the end of year rush do you find that thinking about Jesus is at the bottom of the list? Below are some resources which are simple ways to focus on Jesus and require minimal effort. Some can be ordered through CV and others you...
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The Jesus Storybook Bible At Home Resources
The Jesus Storybook Bible At Home resources At CVKids for the rest of the year we will be reading each story in the Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones. Sally has written this bible so that each story reveals what the Bible is really about - Jesus! Each week...
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Helping our kids deal with trauma
As we digest the recent events in Christchurch, we need to be aware of the effect it is having on our children. Although some may not be fully aware of what happened, they will pick up on your own anxiety. At school, there may be discussions about the incident and...
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Easter 2019 Resources
Last week the lead up to Easter called Lent began. Lent is the season of fasting and self-denial observed by many Christians in the days preceding Easter Sunday each year. The word "Lent" comes from a word meaning "lengthening days," with the Lenten season consisting...
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Smartphones for kids – should I or shouldn’t I?
If you're like me, you might be considering, or have already given, your child a smartphone. As parents we worry that our child will abuse the privilege, get addicted to social media and start texting rude photos of themselves! One way around this is to have an agreed...
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Should you “live your truth”?
Did you know that we are living in the "Post Truth" era? Post-truth politics (also called post-factual politics and post-reality politics) is a political culture in which debate is framed largely by appeals to emotion disconnected from the details of policy, and by...
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Christmas 2018 Resources
Adore (verb) to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor to pay divine honor to; worship to like or admire very much Adore is not a word we use very often today. Unless you’re French then you might say “j’adore” quite often! It’s a word that pops...
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Let’s talk about Halloween
Halloween - it's one of those days where we can be unsure of how to respond as Christians. At a Parents Lab event in September 2018, Maralyn MacLeod shared her thoughts on Halloween. We then had a time where we brought up issues that we wanted to share. These notes...
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You’re Losing Us – building life-long faith in our young people
" Big churches, little churches, mega churches, church splits, church at home, in my home, overseas. Sleeping on church floors, dancing, preaching, acting, praying. Worship in small spaces, along to CDs, light shows, dry ice, 1 man bands. Wooden pews, comfy chairs,...
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