Once upon a time there were three hundred kids who loved to learn and explore life and play. And while they were blessed with classrooms in which to learn and teachers who challenged them daily, their break times were rather Spartan.
Grand Canyon University will launch a Theological Seminary in the fall of 2016 that incorporates all of its graduate theology programs and prepares the next generation of ministers for the church.
Every summer, The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA), a Methodist organization founded in 1869 in Ocean Grove NJ, offers a fulsome program of Christian worship and family entertainment open to Christians of all denominations. Below is an overview of some of OGCMA’s summer-long religious events. For more information, visit www.oceangrove.org.
Christians are busier and more distracted than ever. To help them incorporate vital spiritual habits into their technology-centric lives, Zondervan is introducing the “NIV Lifehacks Bible” in June 2016.
This year, the 76th Church of God International General Assembly (GA16) will be more family-friendly than ever. This will be especially true when it comes to children and teens.
Liberty Counsel has demanded that Desert Rose Elementary School correct an outrageous violation of a first grader’s constitutional rights. The situation started with an encouraging note and Bible verse from mom Christina Zavala, tucked into a packed lunch for her little boy (“C”). The seven-year-old boy read the note and verse, and showed them to his friends during lunch time at school. Mrs. Zavala’s daily note for her son soon turned into an expectation by the other children during lunch, who excitedly begged C for copies of the notes, which grew to include short stories from the Bible to provide context for the verses.
