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Hey Parents! As you may know, we have been meeting online with students through Zoom meetings. I want to give you a brief introduction into setting up an account for your student. This is where we are doing our Digital Hangouts (EVERY weekday @12:45 pm) and boot ONLINE (Sundays @5:30 PM) with students. These meetings are password protected and as the host, I will have full access to mute students’ video or audio, allow students to join the group, and the group will end when  I exit the meeting. It is a safe way for our group to meet and allows us to continue to build our community. To Join: • Go to  bcsm513.com  and click on the appropriate link (either Digital Hangout or Boot). • A tab will open up and a download will start for the Zoom program. • Once downloaded, a screen will pop up to prompt you to put in a password. If you do not have the password yet, message me and I will get it to you. • After that, a screen will pop up to prompt you to allow video and a...

unsplash-logo Helloquence Do you have a will? You know, the paper that they pull out when you die to see who gets your stuff. The process of preparing a will is not fun. The lawyer asks you, “If you die who will you give your stuff to?” You say, “Give it to my spouse.” The lawyer quickly responds, “and if your spouse dies who will you give your stuff to?” This goes on and on until it seems like everyone is dead and you realize the lawyer is just trying to get you to add him into the will! “What if Aunt Bertha dies? And your cranky neighbor? And the postman, then will you finally give me your stuff? When you write a will you figure out how you are going to leave behind your stuff, but you are more than the sum of your stuff, right? So let’s write a different kind of will. What values are you going to leave your teenager? What will you teach them about what is right and wrong in this world? What will your teenager know about faith? bcsm wants ...

picture by  unsplash-logo Elijah Macleod Dear Parents, You are the greatest influence in the life of your teenager. Research proves it time and again your voice is the loudest in their life. That is a great opportunity for you to make a forever impact in the life of your teenager. It is also a great opportunity for me to partner with you and cheer you on in the process. We have tried that in several ways over the last few years. What we have found is that parents are busy people and adding an extra event to remember or get to was not the most helpful thing we could do. We want to be bringers of hope, help and harmony. For that reason, I am launching an online form of Parent Hacks ( a resource based off of one from minstrytoparents.com)  that I think will become a helpful tool for you as parents to keep in your toolbelt.  I will post encouragement and truth to you in the form of articles, videos, maybe a podcast in the future and messa...