Parent Connection - January 5, 2020


FULL CIRCLE: Prayer, Care, Share

Objective: Students will understand that Jesus is calling them to share His Gospel message with others.

Key Scriptures: Luke 19:10; John 20:21; Matthew 28:19-20; Luke 5:15-26

Key Thought: Join the Cause!

Lesson Summary: This week, we began a four-part series called “Full Circle,” where we introduced a diagram from Dare 2 Share Ministries called The Cause Circle. Here is the link to a 3 ½ minute video explaining more about it: https://teachersource.wol.org/resource/SBS19/45-1/.

Our goal was for your student to understand that The Cause Circle of “Prayer, Care, Share” is the way Jesus engaged with those who did not have a personal relationship with God. Over the next three weeks, we will be unpacking these three elements more fully and encouraging your student to join The Cause by sharing the Gospel with their friends.

As you may have expected, this caused some tension in the hearts of some of the students because many of them have never shared the Gospel with anyone, much less their friends. Anticipating this, we shared with them a great phone app: Dare 2 Share Mobile App (available through either the Apple App Store or Google Play). This app is an incredibly useful and user-friendly tool that has videos to help students share the Gospel with their friends! The students were also asked to take the initial step in The Cause by composing a short list of friends who need to know Jesus and for whom they can begin praying.

A great way to connect with your student would be to download the Dare 2 Share app on your own phone and walk through the links together. After you have downloaded the App, take some time to compose a prayer list of your own.

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