Make or Break

Parkview Christian Church

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CHRISTIANITY

Raising kids with resilient faith that the world can't break.

09/18/2023

08 // Connection is the Fuel of Resilience

Download a worksheet that helps you identify where your fallback theology came from, how you’ll challenge it, and what it takes to show your kids something new.: https://my.parkviewchurch.com/makeorbreak Watch a 10-minute training from Tommy on how to be DONE with STUCK by exposing and repairing your corrupted beliefs: https://donewithstuck.com/how-to-be-done-with-stuck Hosted by Tina Shoemaker (Early Childhood Programming Specialist) and Tommy Carreras (Trauma-Informed Discipleship Pastor) and presented by Parkview Christian Church in the South Suburbs of Chicago, IL

38 min
09/15/2023

07 // Mind Your Language: You & Me & God

Download a worksheet that helps you identify where your fallback theology came from, how you’ll challenge it, and what it takes to show your kids something new.: https://my.parkviewchurch.com/makeorbreak Watch a 10-minute training from Tommy on how to be DONE with STUCK by exposing and repairing your corrupted beliefs: https://donewithstuck.com/how-to-be-done-with-stuck Hosted by Tina Shoemaker (Early Childhood Programming Specialist) and Tommy Carreras (Trauma-Informed Discipleship Pastor) and presented by Parkview Christian Church in the South Suburbs of Chicago, IL

33 min
09/13/2023

06 // Mind Your Language: Prayer

Download the PDF of the Lord’s Prayer “template” and begin praying like Jesus taught us to: http://parkviewchurch.com/makeorbreak Read “Every Moment Holy, Vol. I: New Liturgies for Daily Life” — https://amzn.to/3OvHOwy Read “Every Moment Holy, Vol. II: Death, Grief, & Hope” — https://amzn.to/45s4sgf Read “Every Moment Holy, Vol. III: The Work of the People” — https://amzn.to/446yzst Check out Tommy’s free “Imaginative Prayer Experiences” — audio mediations that place you in the point of view of ordinary people who interacted with Jesus: https://app.donewithstuck.com/imaginative-prayer-experiences Want to dive deeper into the Lord’s Prayer? Start with this message, “Guidance for Anxious Times”: Spotify |  Podcasts Hosted by Tina Shoemaker (Early Childhood Programming Specialist) and Tommy Carreras (Trauma-Informed Discipleship Pastor) and presented by Parkview Christian Church in the South Suburbs of Chicago, IL

21 min
09/11/2023

05 // Mind Your Language: Bible

Get access to the downloadable resources from all 8 episodes in Season 1: http://my.parkviewchurch.com/makeorbreak “How to Read the Bible” — a 4-Video Series from BibleProject: https://bibleproject.com/explore/category/how-to-read-bible-introduction/ Check out Tommy’s favorite Bible study journal, the “Deep Waters Project”: [https://deepwatersproject.com?sca_ref=1843287.Wnj6O2pLh9](https://deepwatersproject.com/?sca_ref=1843287.Wnj6O2pLh9) BIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS: PRESCHOOL Tiny Truth Illustrated Bible: https://amzn.to/3sew7CL The Jesus Storybook Bible: https://amzn.to/47lrRBA The Beginner's Bible: https://amzn.to/3Yuy2PU Bible App f or Kids: [https://bibleappforkids.com](https://bibleappforkids.com/) BIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS: ELEMENTARY NIRV Adventure Bible for Early Readers: https://amzn.to/3DUjkZ4 The Bible Made Easy - for Kids: https://amzn.to/3qCzOlt “The Biggest Story” Bible Storybook: https://amzn.to/3OAUP85 The Gospel Story Bible: Discovering Jesus in the Old and New Testaments: https://amzn.to/3seyxBz BIBLE RECOMMENDATIONS: MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL The Action Bible: https://amzn.to/3YA7Umz NIV Bible for Teen Girls: https://amzn.to/3KGOFSD NIV Bible for Teen Guys: https://amzn.to/3QyMh48 Hosted by Tina Shoemaker (Early Childhood Programming Specialist) and [Tommy Carreras](https://instagram.com/donewithstuck) ([Trauma-Informed Discipleship Pastor](https://donewithstuck.com)) and presented by [Parkview Christian Church](https://parkviewchurch.com) in the South Suburbs of Chicago, IL*

29 min
09/08/2023

04 // Faith Stages: Ready for the Cliff

Download one-page views of these stage’s key needs and practical tips: http://my.parkviewchurch.com/makeorbreak Read “Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian: Adult Development and Christian Faith” by James Fowler: https://amzn.to/45ovPrr Read “The Other Half of Church: Christian Community, Brain Science, and Overcoming Spiritual Stagnation” by Jim Wilder and Michel Hendricks: https://amzn.to/44avtDI Learn about “rock brain” and social-emotional thinking in the book “Superflex Takes on Rock Brain and the Team of Unthinkables”: https://amzn.to/3qqB232 Interested in faith deconstruction and how churches can be there for those who are struggling? Check out Tommy’s free resource, “Deconstruction-Safe Small Groups”: https://app.donewithstuck.com/deconstruction-safe-small-groups Hosted by Tina Shoemaker (Early Childhood Programming Specialist) and Tommy Carreras (Trauma-Informed Discipleship Pastor) and presented by Parkview Christian Church in the South Suburbs of Chicago, IL

37 min
09/06/2023

03 // Faith Stages: Do as I… Do

Download a one-page view of this stage’s key needs and practical tips: http://my.parkviewchurch.com/makeorbreak! Read “Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian: Adult Development and Christian Faith” by James Fowler: https://amzn.to/45ovPrr Hosted by Tina Shoemaker (Early Childhood Programming Specialist) and Tommy Carreras (Trauma-Informed Discipleship Pastor) and presented by Parkview Christian Church in the South Suburbs of Chicago, IL

28 min
09/04/2023

02 // Faith Stages: Surprising Foundations

Download a one-page view of this stage’s key needs and practical tips: http://my.parkviewchurch.com/makeorbreak Read “Becoming Adult, Becoming Christian : Adult Development and Christian Faith” by James Fowler: https://amzn.to/45ovPrr BIBLE REFERENCES Mark 4:3-8 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.” Hosted by Tina Shoemaker (Early Childhood Ministry Director) and Tommy Carreras (Trauma-Informed Discipleship Pastor) and presented by Parkview Christian Church in the South Suburbs of Chicago, IL

27 min
09/01/2023

01 // Resilient Kids Need Resilient Faith

Get each episode’s resources, downloads, and next steps delivered to your inbox right away: http://my.parkviewchurch.com/makeorbreak Read the book “Antifragile” by Nassim Taleb: https://amzn.to/3Y6S8PM Watch “3 Great Untruths to Stop Telling Our Kids—and Ourselves” by Jonathan Haidt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzGH97DQzA4&pp=ygUdYW50aS1mcmFnaWxpdHkgam9uYXRoYW4gaGFpZHQ= BIBLE REFERENCES Matthew 7:11: If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him! Matthew 7:24-29: “Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!” Now when Jesus had finished saying these words, the crowds were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as their scribes. Hosted by Tina Shoemaker (Early Childhood Ministry Director) and Tommy Carreras (Trauma-Informed Discipleship Pastor) and presented by Parkview Christian Church in the South Suburbs of Chicago, IL

36 min
08/25/2023

Introducing… MAKE or BREAK!

Get instant access to every episode’s downloadable resources as soon as the episode drops by subscribing HERE! As more and more young adults join the mass exodus away from their childhood faith… many of us parents are asking a really important and urgent question: How the heck do I equip my kids to follow Jesus without getting crushed by the weight of the world? Tommy Carreras and Tina Shoemaker, in partnership with Parkview Church in IL, invite you to join them for 8 conversations about just that. And these conversations go some very exciting places! how faith becomes anti-fragile the surprising foundations of faith why kids “do as you DO” preparing for the “cliff” how to talk about the Bible and prayer in a way that grows with them the biggest “fallback theology” that undermines your efforts the real fuel of resilient faith (hint: it’s not theology) See you on the other side 👍 —————— Hosted by Tina Shoemaker (Early Childhood Ministry Director) and Tommy Carreras (Trauma-Informed Discipleship Pastor) and presented by Parkview Christian Church in the South Suburbs of Chicago, IL

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Raising kids with resilient faith that the world can't break.

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