Faith Stepping Stones has been taught as a concept for eight years, but the curriculum and resources were never created and released until this year. - FSS Factoid
Faith Stepping Stones + Graduation
Stone #8: Graduation Three sessions for seniors and their parents to look back on the blessings,
the gifting, and the calling God is giving them in their future.
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What is the purpose of this Stone?
• To bless the graduates
• To invite graduates to thank and bless their parents publicly for
all that they have done
• To help both youth and parents to look ahead to God’s new
calling and direction for their lives
What Sessions are included with this Stone?
Three sessions for a fall, winter, and spring brunch with seniors and
their parents looking back on the blessings, the gifting, and the calling
God is giving them in their future:
Session 1: Blessing My Family
Lead seniors and their parents to look back on the blessings that
God has given their family and motivate them to make the most of the
time they have together by taking specific action steps to show their
gratitude.
Session 2: Gifting My Family
Lead seniors and their parents to look at the gifts that God has
given them in their family and motivate them to take specific steps to
restore any brokenness in their family relationships in the months before
graduation.
Session 3: My Calling & My Family
Lead seniors and their parents to look ahead to the new callings
God is giving them and their family after graduation.
Additional Details on Stone #8:
At Faith Inkubators, we believe that turning parents into allies, allies
into youth ministers, and congregations into incubators of faith are
worthy goals. Martin Luther, himself a parent, taught that Bible, prayer,
and catechism were to be taught in the home. The good doctor called parents
the Bishops of their family, charged by God to live up to the calling.
This final Stepping Stone brings parents and youth to the altar
one more time to repeat the promises to God and confirmation promises,
and concludes with parents first blessing their kneeling graduates, and
then kneeling to receive a blessing from their child. It is at this time
that each parent will know that they have fulfilled their promise to
God...their promise to truly be their child’s faith teacher.
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