• Family Retreat Family Retreat This WeekendThis Weekend

• Friends and Family Day Friends and Family Day April 22April 22

• Service Day Service Day Saturday, April 28Saturday, April 28

• Senior Sunday Night Senior Sunday Night May 13May 13

• Middle School Bowling Middle School Bowling Saturday, May 19Saturday, May 19

• Inner City Mission Trip Inner City Mission Trip June 3-8June 3-8

• Vacation Bible SchoolVacation Bible School June 10-13 June 10-13

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““The core of Sticky Faith is The core of Sticky Faith is developing a clear and honest developing a clear and honest understanding of both the understanding of both the gospel and biblical faith. When it gospel and biblical faith. When it comes to a faith that lasts, there comes to a faith that lasts, there is nothing more important than is nothing more important than students’ view of the gospel.”students’ view of the gospel.”

What does it What does it mean mean

to be a Christian?to be a Christian?

The Gospel in The Gospel in 4 Gs4 Gs

GoodGood““So God created man in his own image, in So God created man in his own image, in the image of God He created him; male the image of God He created him; male and female He created them… And God and female He created them… And God saw everything that He had made, and saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good (behold, it was very good (Genesis 1:27, Genesis 1:27, 3131).”).”

The Gospel in The Gospel in 4 Gs4 Gs

GuiltGuilt““You were dead in the trespasses and You were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world following the course of this world ((Ephesians 2:1-2Ephesians 2:1-2).”).”

The Gospel in The Gospel in 4 Gs4 Gs

GraceGrace““But God being rich in mercy, because of But God being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with trespasses, made us alive together with Christ…By grace you have been saved Christ…By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God (doing; it is the gift of God (Ephesians Ephesians 2:4-5, 82:4-5, 8).”).”

The Gospel in The Gospel in 4 Gs4 GsGratitudeGratitude

““We are his workmanship, created in We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them (walk in them (Ephesians 2:10Ephesians 2:10).”).”

““At the heart of Sticky Faith is a faith At the heart of Sticky Faith is a faith that trusts in God and that that trusts in God and that understands that obedience is a understands that obedience is a response to that trust, in everything.”response to that trust, in everything.”

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Where do I place my trust?Where do I place my trust?

• What does it mean to trust God?What does it mean to trust God?• How do we put this kind of trust How do we put this kind of trust

into practice every day?into practice every day?

Focus on Focus on trusting God trusting God

ahead of ahead of obeying God.obeying God.

Frame discussions and activities Frame discussions and activities as opportunities to know and as opportunities to know and

trust Christ.trust Christ.““When kids are younger, family devotions When kids are younger, family devotions can be a useful tool to help them see God can be a useful tool to help them see God as an active member of the family…When as an active member of the family…When kids reach middle school or so, the most kids reach middle school or so, the most productive kinds of family devotions are productive kinds of family devotions are often those that are less rigid and often those that are less rigid and scheduled, and more organic and even scheduled, and more organic and even spontaneous (what we sometimes in our spontaneous (what we sometimes in our family call ‘planned spontaneity’)…family call ‘planned spontaneity’)…Parents have to be creative and, again, Parents have to be creative and, again, organic and contextual in bringing organic and contextual in bringing ordinary issues and faith together.”ordinary issues and faith together.”

Respond with grace Respond with grace when when

your child messes up.your child messes up.• Default with compassion.Default with compassion.• Don’t panic.Don’t panic.• Take the long view.Take the long view.

““The greatest gift you can give your The greatest gift you can give your children is to let them see you struggle children is to let them see you struggle and wrestle with how to live a lifetime and wrestle with how to live a lifetime of trust in God. Your own love for the of trust in God. Your own love for the Sticky Gospel of trusting God will be Sticky Gospel of trusting God will be more caught than taught. As you trust more caught than taught. As you trust the gospel and the Lord who saves, the gospel and the Lord who saves, your love of the Sticky Gospel will help your love of the Sticky Gospel will help your kids fall in love with Jesus also.”your kids fall in love with Jesus also.”