Vibrant Faith’s “4th-Soil Parenting Project”
4th-Soil Parenting is a reference to the fourth (growth-producing) soil in Jesus’ Parable of the Soils. Using a framework that introduces the “3 C’s” of a 4th-Soil environment (Calling, Connecting, Committing), we’ve planted home-based, church-supported experiments, in partnership with 20 participating churches and their chosen leadership teams. These experiments are yielding breakthroughs in what has been a significant challenge for the church over the decades—maximizing the latent influence of parents in their kids’ faith development and maturity, and helping churches to pivot to a home-centered, church-supported culture and ministry strategy.
Vibrant Faith Advent TalkCards help ministry leaders accompany their people and congregations thoughtfully through the Advent season and into a deeper relationship with Jesus. Print these 25 predesigned, ready-to-use cards and gift them to members of your church, use in small groups and formation classes. or share to social- the endless uses of this new seasonal product will enhance your advent experience. Cards cover each week of the Advent season: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love.
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Faithful Parenting is a digital resource, designed to be delivered via text or email, that helps you keep in almost-daily contact with parents in your church. These short, practical posts will help them connect more deeply to God, and to their kids, as they face their daily challenges. Each monthly theme in Faithful Parenting is tied to one of parents’ primary “pain points” in life. We start each set of monthly themed posts with a short “Intro Video,” then follow that with 20 or so Memes that drop right into texts or email messages. These short videos and visual posts will deliver to your parents in the context of their everyday life.
Here’s how it works: Consider the digital “communication conduits” you use with parents—email, texting, website, social media. These posts are designed to drop into any of these conduits, several times a week. Simply start the monthly theme off with the Intro Video, then follow with the visual posts. If you have an email or texting or social-media scheduling platform you use, it’s easy to drop these into that scheduler. Each theme includes an Intro Video, followed by visual posts that give parents something to think about, and something to live out with their kids.
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Lenten TalkCards is a collection of 40 beautifully designed cards that help you and your church discover the life of Jesus throughout the Lenten season. Perfect to download, use online, in services, and to print as gifts for your families and people, Lenten TalkCards will help you move through the season and into the heart of Jesus.
You’ll receive Lenten TalkCards as a Digital Download in your purchase confirmation, as well as a document with all scripture references for your convenience.
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As Jesus emerges from His Jordan-River baptism, the disciples hear God’s voice boom: “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.” It’s easy to jump over those last three words, but we have a sacred invitation to pay better attention to Jesus…
Listening to Jesus Together is a set of six carefully crafted “listening encounters” designed for three people to experience together. The goal is to give people in your congregation a weekly “reminder habit” to help them listen to Jesus in the context of a short-term small-community experience…
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Our Vibrant Faith research points to an important shift in how we support and equip parents in their primary role as faith-nurturers in their kids’ lives… Parents, just like the first disciples, learn best when they’re “on the way” with Jesus. That means we need simple, creative prompts that deepen parents’ faith, and give them easy ways to influence their kids’ faith, that “land” in their everyday rhythms of life…
That’s exactly what these short Parable Partners audio files are designed to do—simply drop into parents’ everyday life via email, text, or social media. Each one-minute audio experience immerses parents in the core takeaway of a parable Jesus told, and offers them practical, creative ways to live out that truth in their parenting relationship with their kids. While Parable Partners are intended for parents to listen to, then follow through on the creative parenting ideas in simple ways, some parents may enjoy listening to them together with their kids. The simple engagement ideas are flexible, and can be morphed to any environment.
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You get seven flexible, one-hour conversation experiences that help parents connect with each other—and with God. Like a pop-up event, these sessions are easy to launch with little prep and are perfect for coffee shops, living rooms, or online gatherings. Each guide invites real, meaningful conversation around the everyday challenges of parenting, rooted in faith and purpose.
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Practical Tools for Raising Faithful Kids bridges the gap between knowledge and practice in parents who want to influence their kids toward a deeper faith. You’ll receive 6 lessons for hybrid learning formats, editable leader and participant guides, and a PowerPoint slide deck.
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The Sacred Stories Project includes individual guides for a Leader Session and three Participant Sessions—all designed to seed the start of a storytelling culture in your church. The simple goal is to invite members of your congregation into a simple, progressive way to tell the stories of their life. The outcome of this process has the power to transform your community and open your people to new depth in their relationship with God. Though these sessions are designed for small gatherings, they can also be used for larger-scale gatherings such as retreats, seminars, and congregational events.