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Must Ready for Every Parent! - Parenting the Internet Generation
(We have received permission from Covenant Eyes to post “Parenting the Internet Generation” on our website.)

Great Manual for Whole Family Safety! - Keep Your Family Safe Online (This manual has suggestions (starting on page 8) for ways to increase internet safety in the home, to include filtering and accountability software, both free and non-free. )

Here are some other links to internet safety sites

Covenant Eyes – internet accountability and filtering www.covenanteyes.com

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SafeFamilies – www.safefamilies.org

FBC Bangs neither endorses these products nor guarantees their effectiveness. These are simply provided as suggestions. Parents should make an informed decision about purchasing internet safety products. No product will take the place of intentional parental involvement in teaching internet safety and boundaries.

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Faith@Home FAQ's

What is Faith@Home exactly?

FAITH@HOME EXPLAINED-PRINTABLE HANDOUT

§ Faith@Home is a ministry strategy that empowers the family/home in the spiritual training of children and youth. The conventional model of children’s and youth ministry is church-centered and home/family-supported. Conversely, the Faith@Home model is family/home-centered and church-supported. The biblical basis for this model comes from Deuteronomy 6:4-9.

What are the components of the Faith@Home ministry strategy?

§ Faith Talks

Faith Talks are weekly times set aside in the home to talk about faith that usually involve, but are not limited to, prayer and Scripture reading.

§ God Sightings

God Sightings are spontaneous times where the parent/family member/child notice God’s handiwork, whether through nature, personal relationships, etc.

§ Milestone Celebrations

Milestone Celebrations are planned times of celebration that mark when a child has reached a particular milestone in the child’s development.
We celebrate seven different milestones with families

o Baby Blessing

o First Bible

o Faith Commitment

o Preteen Passage

o Commitment to Purity

o Passage to Adulthood

o High School Graduation

Marking each Milestone consists of three events

o Family Training seminars (conducted on Family Sundays)

o All-Church Celebration (commitment/recognition ceremony that happens during the worship service on specified Sundays)

o Family Celebration (a special celebration of the child’s milestone that is designed by the family and held at a time and place of their choosing)

§ It is important to note that Faith Talks and God Sightings are the daily steps a family takes with a child to walk them from one milestone to the next.

What is Family Sunday?

§ Family Sundays happen once a quarter. On those days, we alter our normal Sunday School schedule so that we may offer Faith@Home training to parent/families during Sunday School. After worship, we offer Milestone Seminars for those families who have a child nearing a Milestone.