Hey thanks for clicking on the parents notes! It is my goal as a youth pastor to partner with parents in helping disciple their student. One of the resources that we wanted to make available to you is Parent Notes. What are parent notes you ask? Parent notes are questions from each message that will help you spark convo with your student. Go thru and choose 3 questions each week that you can ask your student about the message on Wednesday in a casual convo. Why only 3 questions??? Because students have an attention span of a gold fish which is about 3 seconds. If you have ever tried asking your student about youth group its probably gone something like so how was youth group? Their response it was good. Our goal is to put questions in your hand each week to ask your student in casual conversation so it’s not “awkward” I hope you find this resource valuable! – Nate
October 14 2015
What topic did you guys discussed last night at Point Break? Money
If you could have an unlimited amount of money what would you buy?
Do you remember anything from the message last night?
How does a person manage money well?
Can i sit down and talk about how to create a budget with you?
Do you feel you do well at saving money?
Read Matthew 25:24-27 (Message version) together
24-25 “The servant given one thousand said, ‘Master, I know you have high standards and hate careless ways, that you demand the best and make no allowances for error. I was afraid I might disappoint you, so I found a good hiding place and secured your money. Here it is, safe and sound down to the last cent.’26-27 “The master was furious. ‘That’s a terrible way to live! It’s criminal to live cautiously like that! If you knew I was after the best, why did you do less than the least?The least you could have done would have been to invest the sum with the bankers, where at least I would have gotten a little interest.
Why did the Master mean by you did less than the least?
What was the least that he could have done?
Was the third servant responsible with the money entrusted to him?
How do we be good managers of the money that God has given us?
What is a good question to ask before you buy something? Do i WANT that or do I NEED that
How does spending money really equate to spending your time?
Are you going to take your $100 and go invest it in the bigger better challenge for next Wednesday?
October 7th 2015
Is there a time that you have ever told a lie that we now look back and laugh on because it was so bogus?
do you remember the passage of scripture that Nate talked about last night? Luke 18:18-22
What did the young rich bachelor as Jesus? What things he must do to get into heaven
How did Jesus respond? Listed off 5 of the 10 commandments and then told him to do one thing sell all his possessions and follow him.
Did the guy take Jesus up on his offer?
Why was this so hard for him to do? bc he valued the material things, the money, the fame and all that came with it more than treasures in heaven.
If you were to give up one thing what do you think would be the hardest thing for you to give up or “to sell and follow Jesus”?
June 24th 2015
who was the fastest texter in your group last night?
what was the topic of last nights teaching? prayer
how do you define prayer? conversation with God
is prayer easy or hard for you?
how often would you say that you pray? not really at all, some what, often
do you pray for people that frustrate you or make you angry?
do you stop and pray when you feel anxious or worried?
why would God say in Philippians 4:6 don’t be anxious about anything but in prayer and petition present your requests to God? why do you think God would want us to bring our anxieties to him?
do you have a quiet place you go to that you like to pray?
if you said no where is a good place for you to start going to to pray?
read luke 18:1 together
have you ever gotten discouraged because you prayed and it seems like God didnt answer your prayer?
how does god answer prayer? yes, no, maybe later….god knows the perfect timing for all things even if we dont understand
are there things that maybe you had been praying about and got discouraged and quit praying about that you need to start praying about again?
Read Matt6:9-13 together
Who is Jesus teaching to pray when he says this then is how you should pray? (his disciples)
The lord’s prayer can be viewed as ingredients to prayer….when you bake a cake you have certain ingredients. Here are certain ingredients you can do when you pray.
how does Jesus teach us to address God? As father
what does hallowed be your name mean? holy is your name…
What would God be asking us to do with that in prayer? worship him tell him how much we appreciate him! praise him for who he is.
what does jesus mean when he says for us to pray your kingdom come your will be done? reminder to pray for God’s plan for our lives and this world and for God’s desires not our own desires.
what do you think it means when we are to pray give us today our daily bread? we are to ask God for things we need
what does it mean to ask for him to forgive us of our debts? to confess our sins to God
what does it look like for us to pray lead us not into temptation? what does that mean? pray for God’s help in areas of our life where we struggle and ask for his help and vicotry in those areas.
can we pray together?
June 17th 2015
Did you burn any homework last night at Point Break?
How good did it feel on a scale of 1-10 to burn your hw?
What are you looking forward to most this summer?
How do you define spiritual growth?
How do you measure spiritual growth?
How does a Christian grow spiritually?
Why is it important to grow spiritually?
Have you noticed any spiritual growth looking back at where you were and where you are now?
What areas of life have you grown spiritually in?
Read 2Peter 3:18 together
What does it mean by grow in grace?
How does once grow in grace?
What knowledge is the author talking about growing in?
Do you have a Bible reading plan for this summer?
If no are you signed up for the point break bible text alerts every morning? text @pbbible to 81010
June 10th
Did you squirt an 8th grader with a water gun last night and welcome them to high school?
Do you take the middle schoolers under your wing if you are a high schooler?
Do you think as a middle schooler you connect with the high schoolers?
What could be some ways that you better connect with the middle schoolers or high schoolers?
With 8th graders moving up and seniors leaving its a season of transition. Are transitions easy or hard for you?
Do you think when you don’t transition its easy to get stuck in a rut or comfortable?
How can you not be in the rut?
Read Ephesians 5:15-17 together
How does one live as wise?
What do you think it means to live as not wise?
How do you understand what the Lord’s will is?
What does it mean to make the most of every opportunity?
Do you take advantage of opportunities that are placed before you?
