September 3, 2020 Christian Parenting, Encouragement, Parenting Pathway Podcast, Teens

Modern Expectation of Christianity, Part 2

Parenting Pathway Stonebriar Community Church Frisco, TexasIn Part 2 of our conversation with our resident thirty-something Sarah McFarland and our mom raising a teenage daughter Julie MacManus, Pastors Dave Carl and Nathan Kocurek, break down what this new generation hungers for on a deeper level. Through our discussion, we gain an understanding of how this generation desires a purpose more than anything else. Unfortunately, because God has been removed from society, they seek meaning by supporting various social causes. Young adults will donate time, money, and energy, giving them a superficial sense of purpose, and then ultimately, the cause becomes their idol.

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This week, we break down what young adults are looking for and how the church can draw young people in, showing them God’s purpose and allowing them to feel comfortable. All without being scary legalistic Christians they may have encountered in the past. These steps include:

  1. Practice being an authentic friend, encourager, and supporter of your young adult.
  2. Share actual examples of how God intervened and helped in your life.
  3. Introduce them to a church that is a safe place, challenge them to look below the environmental facade, and look to the heart of the people.

We are excited to share the second half of this conversation with you. If you missed it, here is the link to Modern Expectation of Christianity, Part 1.

Authors

  • Dave Carl is the Family Ministries Pastor at Stonebriar Community Church and is responsible for the ministry focusing on children birth through high school graduation and the parents who love them. With a ministry philosophy based on Luke 10:27, his primary focus is to give parents the skills to raise kids who truly love Jesus and want to serve others. Dave has a passion for ministering to families in crisis in our community. He has spent several years pouring into fathers and husbands and helping them learn that they need community, were designed to guard and protect, and that they really can be the spiritual leaders of their family.

    Dave and his wife of 30 plus years, Cathy, have two adult children and one in college and grandparents to three amazing children. They are completely in love with these new member of their family. Dave is an avid woodworker and loves to write. He sees all stories in the form of pictures, and he would love to connect with you!

  • Nathan Kocurek

    Emerging from the depths of the late 1970s, Nathan Kocurek spent his formative years under the influence of Hall & Oates, Duran Duran, and other notables while listening to KRBE in Houston on the clock radio beside his bed. Nathan was influenced to love Jesus by the example of his young single mom, and he grew up with a love for God but an incomplete understanding of discipleship. As a result, as a teenager, he indulged in a relentless and, at times, reckless pursuit of social and athletic achievements, seeking to assuage an innermost feeling of emptiness that he could not escape. Finally, by God’s grace, the Spirit of the Lord made it clear to him that none but Jesus could satisfy what he was lacking. The answer had been there all along. Later, Nathan married the girl of his dreams and they ran off to California, had two sons, and returned to Texas where they adopted their sweet daughter. Having served as a Student Minister at two previous churches over the past 18 years, Nathan and his wife, Marie, are now thrilled to follow the calling of Christ at Stonebriar Community Church.

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