UW Sports Ministry is returning to Southern Gables to help us shape the skills and hearts of our children. Two years ago UW and SGC hosted a sports camp with emphasis in basketball, soccer and cheer. This year we are hoping to return with even more sports. In order to do that, we need your help. If you are an interested parent or a coach of a baseball, football, or volleyball team and would like to make a difference in children’s lives through sports call 303-986-1527. Ask to talk to Than Baylor.
In order to offset the cost of flying in college athletes to lead we have set the camp cost at $69 per child. Consider grounding your child more firmly in Christ through the sports that they already love. Registration forms are available at the children’s ministry kiosk in the welcome center of Southern Gables Church or by calling 303-986-1527.
Gigi Durham’s book, The Lolita Effect, has an important message for parents and other concerned adults about the exploitative and damaging sexualization of young girls in the media. Ms. Durham begins by identifying five myths put forth in the media about young girls and their sexuality: If you’ve got it, flaunt it, Anatomy of a sex goddess, Pretty babies, Violence is sexy, What boys like. At the end of each chapter is a discussion of how to take action against each myth and empower girls to make healthy decisions about their sexuality.
One point I find particularly disturbing is the internationality of the culture and the media to sexualize young girls. Nabokov’s 12-year old Lolita was truly an innocent victim of Humbert’s perverted passion and greed. In today’s culture, it is difficult for young girls to preserve their innocence, with pressure from the media for girls to explore their sexuality at younger and younger ages.
Clearly, Ms. Durham has a liberal view of sexuality, and not a scriptural one. She repeatedly points out a media bias against gay teens (citing Disney programming as one example). While the author does not write from a point of faith, her message is certainly valuable for believers and nonbelievers alike. The author encourages us all to be “smart, proactive critical media consumers” which is certainly apt advice.
Review by Janell Kerski
Join us all three times June 19, July 10, August 7.
1st hour 2 yrs-6th Grade & 2nd hour 2-5 yrs
Genesis 22:1-18
God Tests Abraham
2nd hour Kindergarten through 4th Grade
Doers of the Word
2 Kings 22-23:30
How did Josiah become a doer of the word?
Enter the world of Odyssey. This not a Greek tale of adventure instead it is the ever exciting land that was created more than twenty years ago for Focus on the Family. Originally, Adventures in Odyssey were half hour radio programs chronicling the lives of the people of Odyssey. John Avery Whitaker, Connie Kendel, and Eugene Meltzner are staple characters within the audio adventures that often take place at or around Whit’s End, a popular hangout in Odyssey. Each episode tackles subjects that children and parents wrestle with everyday in humorous and God honoring ways that will help your children see that there are better ways to respond to life than what the average sitcom communicates. Today you can start your family adventure in Odyssey by visiting the website and interacting with the content there including a new audio adventure every day. Take your family for an Adventure in Odyssey.
