Child Dedication
Child Dedication is the first step in discipling your child. During one of our FaithFamily Celebrations, typically within your child’s first 18 months of life, you publicly commit your child to the Lord and devote yourself to being the spiritual leader in your child’s life.
In turn, the church body promises to partner with you in guiding your child’s faith development. At Berean, we provide training and resources to prepare you as your child’s primary faith trainer.
Core Competencies: Parent as a spiritual leader, trainer, evangelist
Family Celebration: Child Dedication Celebration | Berean performs Child Dedications during our quarterly FaithFamily Celebrations.
Register your child for Dedication
Transit Line: Berean Kids
Child Dedication Celebration:
Faith Commitment
Your child’s response to the gospel for salvation is the “Central Station” on our Family Discipleship map. We partner with and equip you to lead your child toward a personal relationship with Jesus Christ – to help your child understand repentance, receive God’s gift of grace, and to follow through with obedience in baptism.
Core Competencies: Jesus, faith/belief, sin, repentance/confession, forgiveness, salvation, eternity, and baptism
Family Celebration: Faith Commitment Family Meal
Transit Lines: Berean Kids, Preteen, Junior High, Senior High
Faith Commitment Celebration:
Faith in Practice
Now your child will learn how to put faith into action. A genuine faith commitment should influence every aspect of life – and we provide you with training and resources to help your child learn to live out this newfound faith and join the mission of the local church. We challenge families to regularly serve God and others together.
Core Competencies: Spiritual gifts, service, the Great Commission, humility/selflessness, the church, missions, prayer, Bible study, and evangelism
Family Celebration: Family Journal
Transit Lines: Berean Kids, Preteen, Junior High, Senior High
Faith in Practice Celebration:
Preteen Passage
Between the ages of 10 and 12, kids undergo a lot of physical, emotional, and cognitive changes. As a parent, your task is to prepare your child spiritually, emotionally, and physically for those changes. You’ll teach your child to navigate new realities and thought processes in the context of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. We will equip you to discuss topics related to physical changes, current culture, personal identity, and a prevailing faith as you prepare your child for life as a teenager.
Core Competencies: Identity in Christ, spiritual growth, spiritual disciplines, theology, and navigating culture
Family Celebration: Road Trip
Transit Line: Preteen
Preteen Passage Celebration:
Commitment to Purity
Today’s culture influences teens to view sex, gender, and relationships in ways that are increasingly counter-biblical. Sexual purity is among the biggest battlefronts in the spiritual growth and maturity of our young people. At Berean, we equip you and provide resources to help you teach your child about accountability, healthy friendships, and biblical standards for purity. We are committed to supporting you in the all-important task of engaging in intentional conversations about these topics and maintaining ongoing dialog.
Core Competencies: Biblical purity, healthy relationships, identity in Christ, biblical sex, dating/marriage, and accountability
Family Celebration: Commitment to Purity Dessert
Transit Lines: Junior High, Senior High
Commitment to Purity Celebration:
Transition to Adulthood
The Bible commands us to disciple our children to become men and women of God. At Berean, we equip you to prepare your freshman and sophomore students for adulthood through conversation and instruction on issues such as the roles of men and women, Christian ethics and philosophy, and so much more. Berean supports and reinforces the process through our educational ministry. Through this milestone, students will mentally and practically transition from being a child to a maturing young adult within the home.
Core Competencies: Roles of men and women, Christian ethics and philosophy, being a person of influence, life skills, and spiritual leadership
Family Celebration: Rite of Passage Weekend
Transit Line: Senior High
Transition to Adulthood Celebration:
Life in Christ
Following Jesus is a lifelong journey. Between the ages of 16 and 18, students must develop the practical and spiritual skills to prepare them to live on their own. As a parent, one of your tasks is to keep the lines of communication open – basic apologetics, determining the will of God, dating, and marriage, life skills, and other biblical issues become the fodder for discussion and instruction. These critical years of discipleship are a chance for parents to shape the faith of their students and set the tone for offering valuable spiritual advice on into adulthood.
Core Competencies: Authentic faith, apologetics, being an obedient follower, being a disciple maker, generous living, community, and autonomy
Family Celebration: Grad Banquet
Transit Line: Senior High
Life in Christ Celebration:
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