10/1/2014 - NO CLASS

Enjoy the night off!

Surprise a friend or family member...do something for them they would not expect you to do!


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9/24/2014 - DP - Session 2 - What's Holding You Back?

Bible Reading: Romans 7:19

Catechism Reading: Paragraph #1733

                            & "Lord, I need You" (Behind the Song)


Decision Point Opening Prayer:







Decision Point Closing Prayer

Other Discussion Items
  • Service Hours
    • What did you do this week to help someone else?
Open Q&A

Action Items
  • Did you load the Decision Point App on your Phone or iPod Touch?
  • Re-watch the videos from session 2
  • Watch the Videos for session 3 that we will be discussing in two weeks - 10/8 (No Class Next Week - 10/1)
  • Consider all of the decisions you make this week...
    • Which choice will help you become the best version of yourself & lead to a lifetime of HAPPINESS and which choice will only lead to a short-term pleasure?

                        & "Thrive" (Official Lyric Video)

Class Closing Prayer
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9/17/2014 - DP - Session 1 - Life is Choices

Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:9

Catechism Reading: Paragraph #27

Class Opening Prayer

Welcome

Thank You for making the CHOICE to attend tonight.  Hopefully you will see from tonight's class that this will be different than any of your previous CCD Classes.

Leaders introduce themselves: Name, Parent of, Favorite Restaurant Meal (Mr. Lauderbaugh, Mrs. Gies, Mrs. Beer, and Mr. Krystofik)

Students introduce themselves:  Name & Favorite Restaurant Meal


What did you think about the Veggie Tales video?

We grow and mature physically; God also calls us to grow spiritually. 

Confirmation is a significant milestone on our spiritual growth journey that began at our Baptism and does not end until we die. So, just as you prepare for this milestone of confirmation in your spiritual growth, you have also reached a milestone, called Middle School, in your physical growth and maturity. 

This is why you do not react to the Veggie Tales video now in the same way you did when you were five. You are not the same person you were when you were five. You expect to be treated and talked to differently than you were when you were five. At the same time...parents, teachers, and other friends and family members expect more from you now than they did when you were five. 

That is why we, your leaders, will be expecting more from you in terms of your behavior.  We don't have a lot of rules but we do have a few very important ones: 
1) No phone or electronics use in class unless it is to answer a call from your parents. Your phone may set where you can see it but you are not to be using it unless it is your parents contacting you or we are on break. 
2) We will respect everyone by giving our attention to the leaders and fellow students when they are talking to the group and will not be having private conversations with other classmates. 
3) We will respect others by not making fun of questions or answers that others ask or give.

As long as everyone follows these few important rules we will all have fun while we are studying, learning, and preparing for your confirmation.

Introduce the Decision Point program

Will prepare you for confirmation and guide you to be the best person you can be.

App for your Android, iPhone or iPod Touch

Decision Point - Session 1 - Life is Choices

Decision Point Opening Prayer:







Decision Point Closing Prayer

Other Discussion Items
  • Service Hours
    • What did you do this week to help someone else?
Open Q&A

Action Items
  • Load the Decision Point App on your Phone or iPod Touch
  • Re-watch the videos from session 1
  • Watch the Videos from session 2 that we will be discussing next week
  • Consider all of the decisions you make this week...Did each of your decisions help to "make you a better you"?


Class Closing Prayer
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9/10/2014 - Parent Session

Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:9

Catechism Reading: Paragraph #27

Opening Prayer:


Welcome and Purpose of Opening Video

Sherry's Announcements

Upcoming Student Session Titles (with links to selected videos)

Decision Point - Session 1 - Life is Choices
The best version of yourself
Virtue is at the heart of the best way to live
The opposite of self control is slavery
Relativism is a lie
You may know about God; now it is time to get to KNOW God
1.3 - God's Dream for You (7 min 10 sec)
Be a Rebel
Do you want to be a child of God or a slave to this world

Decision Point - Session 2 - What's Holding You Back
Not everything we Desire is Good
The Quest for Happiness
How to be Happy forever
Don't be a slave to Pleasure
Pleasure cannot be sustained beyond the activity producing it.
Happiness is Sustainable
Do the next Right Thing
There is Truth (There is right and wrong)
Life Requires Courage

Decision Point - Session 3 - The Jesus Question
In each of us there is a Jesus and a Judas
     A Best version and a worst version of ourselves
Jesus was a Radical
Second Chances (reconciliation)

Decision Point - Session 4 - The Prayer Process
Who am I, What am I here for? What matters most?, and what matters least?
Learn to say NO
Why Pray?
The hard part is getting started
This process will make it easier to get started
Practice the Prayer Process

Other Discussion Items
  • Service Hours
    • Goal: We want to make service hours a "want to" task and not a "have to" task
    • Will bring it up each week to help the students see that they are likely already helping others 
    • Will be making forms available for the students to complete 
    • Consider a family service project
Open Q&A

Action Items


Closing Prayer
 
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