Are you a parent who is discerning if church planting could be your calling? Have you ever worried about how planting will impact your family? Watch this conversation about how to stay healthy through the stressors of both parenting and planting. Hear from pastors who have children at various ages on what is working for their families and how you can implement simple steps to help your family thrive while doing ministry.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to prioritize your kids and include them in your ministry
- Tools to create healthy boundaries for your family
- The importance of vulnerability with your children
[perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“The measure of success is obedience to Jesus.” —Arleta Aureli [/perfectpullquote]
Watch the Recording
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Listen to the Audio
[perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”Our kids are becoming naturally supernatural missionaries as they adopted planting as their life.” —John Aureli[/perfectpullquote]
Timeline:
14:01 Finding health by reviewing your family system
18:18 How much should you share with your kids
22:23 Recognizing your calling
29:44 Refreshing your marriage while planting
32:55 Building support systems
36:28 Soul care while planting and parenting
41:53 Vulnerability with your kids
45:56 Other people’s expectations of your kids
49:55 How to make decisions about your kid’s education
53:02 How to do Sabbath with your family
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]We didn’t expect our kids to be perfect” —Lissa Hinman[/perfectpullquote]
Resources
Eleanor Mumford talk from the 1999 VUSA Pastors Conference
The Leader’s Journey: Accepting the Call to Personal and Congregational Transformation
Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue
Discover Online Course
“Are you Called to be a Church Planter?” 10 Questions
Rich Nathan Article: 10 Commandments for Church Planters and Pastors
Tending Marriages and Growing Church Plants Webinar
Multiply Vineyard Church Planter Application