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@Orchidaceae · 3 months ago

While I'm alone this is my Random thoughts. "I think isn't enough! I don't know i feel this way! You nostalgic! You did not mean it. I want to help but you keep spending like that. How careless....

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Can ancestral lands on Pinatubo support life now?

HOMEBOUND A family traverses the lahar covered Balin-Baquero and Bucao rivers to reach Baytan, a cluster of 11 villages in the Aetas' ancestral domain on Mt. Pinatubo in Botolan town, Zambales provinc...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

A Time of Exigency

A generation ago, youth ministry was virtually synonymous with high school ministry. All of the major Christian youth movements, such as Youth for Christ and Young Life, were aimed at high school te...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

five thoughts to energize you for work

Ang hirap talagang pumasok kapag galing tayo sa mahabang pahinga. Normally, at the end of the work week, marami sa atin ang nagsasabing, "Thank God, it's Friday!" Pero sa simula naman ng linggo, kadal...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Why do you work?

Bakit ka nagtatrabaho? Why do you do what you are doing now? Naitanong mo na ba yan sa iyong sarili? It is important that we take some time to ponder these questions. Ang sabi ni William Pollard, cha...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Surrendering to the Master's Voice

THE WEBSTER'S Dictionary defines "obey" this way: To carry out the orders of; to execute, as an order. To be ruled or controlled by; to follow the guidance, operation, etc., of.. Sounds convincing....

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Get Help When You Need it

You may be the kind of person who can do everything yourself, but it is more likely that if you are single-handedly ministering to the junior highers in your church, regardless of the size of the g...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Losing face...finding Grace

I REPENT! "Pinagsisisihan ko ito!" That is a lonely thought. In our "never apologize" society the word "repent" has practically become an ancient relic delegated to religious fanatics. The Bible te...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

The God- Man

WHO AM I? Have you ever asked that question? I have. Believe me, it takes great courage to pursue the truth about yourself. The answers given by friends, co-workers, and relatives can be painfully...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Do Not Be Surprised-Surprises are a part of everyday life.

Surprises are everywhere. Araw-araw, we discover them. You suddenly see a former college classmate on the L.R.T. in Manila. "Hoy, kaibigan!" you yell. You receive a telephone call from the U.S....

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Are Today's Junior Highers Different?

worked with junior highers for several decades now, I've often reflected on how today's early adolescents are different from the ones worked with back in the 1960s. There are differences, of cours...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Keeping Communication Open and Parents Need Encouragement, Too

It's easy to list all the reasons why we should work with parents. The hard part is actually doing it. So let me give you a few practical ideas and suggestions fora ministry to and with parents. The...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

So What Do You Cut, What Do You Keep? And The Variability of Early Adolescence

Even though we understand and appreciate the characteristics of an effective junior high ministry program, we still have the problem of deciding what to do. We know that we will have to plan a certa...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

How Junior Highers Can Choose Friends That Are Good for Them :Watch Out for Loners

One of the great fears parents have is that their early adolescent children will become part of the wrong crowd. Their fears are justified. tis very easy for junior highers to choose friends who do...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

A Word about Balance

When you are planning your junior high program, it's a good idea to keep in mind that balance is sometimes required, even when you have set some priorities that get more attention. Veteran junior h...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Booorrring!

Most children have a hard time listening to a sermon because sermon are boring . But they are not boring because the pastor is necessarily boring speaker. Usually it's because a sermon consists pr...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Junior High Faith Is Relational

James Fowler of Duke University conducted research in the field of fith development and discovered-as Piaget did in the field of cognitive development-that there are progressive stages of faith comm...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Junior High Faith Is Inconsistent

One of the most frustrating aspects of junior high ministry is that young adolescents are not very good at connecting what they believe (or say they believe) with what they do . They don't pract...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Junior High Faith Is Emotional And Idealistic

Junior highers are experiencing adult like emotions and feelings for the first time in their lives. And because these emotions are new, they are also surprising in their intensity and are very unpred...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Junior High Faith Is Skeptical

When junior highers were younger, they had a faith that was simple, almost mythical-one that provided clear-cut answers to life's most difficult questions. It provided them with invincible heroes of...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Junior High Faith Is Personal

Psychologist David Elkind observed that religion changes for the early adolescent from being institutional to personal. It becomes more of a personal relationship with God. For a child religion is...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Programs give Junior highers something to do and attract kids and create interest

By this I mean that programs get them involved. One of the primary reasons we plan programs is because we want to give our junior highers opportunities to use their gifts, talents, and skills to be...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Faith Development of Junior highers and Junior high faith is Transitional

I used to be religious, but I lost a lot of faith. I think I go to church just to waste time. I'm not really into it. But do believe in God. -Jean, age 14 No one who is quite started sure how it a...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Behavior That Hides More Than It Reveals

People always wonder how an experienced junior high worker is able to function in what appears to be a state of total confusion. I can remember times when I would invite the pastor of our church to s...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Catch Junior Highers in the Act of Doing Something Good

You can't control how junior highers feel about themselves, but you can control how you respond to them. You can impact their self-image significantly by letting them know that you do indeed like th...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Personality Development by Trial and Error

Perhaps the most accurate generalization we can make about the emotions of a junior higher is: you can't make many generalizations about the emotions ofa junior higher. They are completely unpredicta...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Emotional Roller Coaster

One of the most common emotional characteristics of junior highers is their moodiness . They can run the gamut of emotions in a very short period of time. It is not uncommon to hear a distraught and...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Psycho- Emotional in Junior Highers

I don't know why I cry so much and why I get so upset over things. Sometimes I think l'm getting younger, not older. -Lauren, age 13 By adult standards junior highers are very emotional people....

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Obstacles to Ministering with Parents and How to Overcome Them

Even though it's easy to make a compelling case for a ministry to and with parents of junior highers, there are plenty of obstacles that may be prevent from doing it. I have listed some of those obsta...

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@Orchidaceae · 3 years ago

Cliques

The clique is probably the most prevalent social structure of early adolescence. A clique is defined by Webster as "a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons." Eric Johnson defines it as "a s...

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