7 FAMILY MINISTRY ESSENTIALS
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LCCN 2014957981
ISBN 978-0-7814-1297-1
eISBN 978-1-4347-0933-2
2015 Michelle Anthony and Megan Marshman
Some material is adapted from Dreaming of More for the Next Generation 2012 Michelle Anthony, ISBN 978-1-4347-0016-2.
The Team: Alex Field, Carly Lohrmann, Karen Lee-Thorp, Amy Konyndyk, Jack Campbell, Karen Athen
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First Edition 2015
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DR. MICHELLE ANTHONY is the vice president of learning resources at David C Cook, a popular speaker, and the author of Spiritual Parenting , The Big God Story, and Becoming a Spiritually Healthy Family . Michelle has graduate degrees in Christian education and theology as well as over twenty-five years of family ministry experience. Michelle and her husband, Michael, are the parents of two adult children and live in Colorado.
MEGAN FATE MARSHMAN is the director of student resources and production for David C Cook and has led and challenged thousands of students in their faith at Hume Lake Christian Camps. With a masters degree in organizational leadership from Azusa Pacific University, Megan speaks nationally at churches, conferences, and university chapels. She and her husband, Randy, live in California.
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NOTES
CHAPTER 1: WHAT IF WE WERE INVITED INTO SOMETHING BIG?
. Les Brown, Power to Change (Chicago: TeleVideo, n.d.), DVD.
CHAPTER 2: ESSENTIAL ONE: EMPOWERING FAMILY AS PRIMARY
. Holly Catterton Allen, ed., Nurturing Childrens Spirituality: Christian Perspectives and Best Practices (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2008), 242.
. George Barna, Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions: Why Children Should Be Your Churchs #1 Priority (Ventura, CA: Regal, 2003), 28.
. Mark DeVries, Family-Based Youth Ministry , 2nd ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004), 102.
. The following ten environments material is adapted from Michelle Anthonys book Spiritual Parenting: An Awakening for Todays Families (Colorado Springs: David C Cook, 2010).
CHAPTER 3: ESSENTIAL TWO: SPIRITUAL FORMATION FOR LIFETIME FAITH
. Ruth Haley Barton, Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2008), 16.
. Three temptations material developed from Kit Rae, personal conversation with Michelle Anthony, used with permission.
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. A. W. Tozer, I Call It Heresy!: Twelve Timely Themes from First Peter (Camp Hill, PA: Christian Publications, 1991), 11.
. John H. Coe, Resisting the Temptation of Moral Formation: Moving from Moral to Spiritual Formation (lecture, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, 2009). Used with permission.
CHAPTER 4: ESSENTIAL THREE: SCRIPTURE IS OUR AUTHORITY
. Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God (New York: Dutton, 2011), 44.
. The Timothy Keller Sermon Archive, Logos Bible Software (New York: Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 2013).
. Kenda Creasy Dean, Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers Is Telling the American Church (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), 12.
. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship (New York: Touchstone, 1995), 89.
. Bill Dogterom (sermon, ROCKHARBOR Church, Costa Mesa, CA, 2013). Used with permission.
CHAPTER 5: ESSENTIAL FOUR: THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACHES
. Francis Chan, Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit (Colorado Springs: David C Cook, 2009), 50.
. Chan, Forgotten God , 1518, 32.
. John H. Coe, Resisting the Temptation of Moral Formation: Moving from Moral to Spiritual Formation (lecture, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, La Mirada, CA, 2009). Used with permission.
CHAPTER 6: ESSENTIAL FIVE: GODS GRAND REDEMPTIVE NARRATIVE
. John H. Westerhoff III, Will Our Children Have Faith? , rev. ed. (Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse, 2000), 7.
. Randy Frazee, The Heart of the Story: Gods Masterful Design to Restore His People (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), 6.
. Max Lucado, Great House of God: A Home for Your Heart (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1997), 14.
CHAPTER 7: ESSENTIAL SIX: GOD IS CENTRAL
. Ralph Waldo Emerson, adapted by Chaim Stern, ed., Gates of Understanding , vol. 1 (New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1977), 216.
. Jon Acuffs equation goes like this: 1,000 compliments + 1 insult = 1 insult. Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average, Do Work That Matters (Brentwood, TN: Lampo, 2013), 152.
CHAPTER 8: ESSENTIAL SEVEN: A COMMUNITY OF MINISTRY SUPPORT
. Edward Everett Hale, quoted in Addresses of the President of the United States and the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1922), 14.
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