Family Life
A Local Young Girl’s Suicide
05 months ago
by Doug Braun
in Family Life
Two weeks ago, a grade 8 girl from a nearby school was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries due to attempted suicide. Despite the best efforts of the medical team, on the advice of the doctors, her parents removed all medical intervention as it was not possible for her to recover from her injuries. She passed away one week ago today. (more…)
Opportunity to Serve for Individuals and Families
07 months ago
by Charlene Neuman
in Family Life
Sign up now for The Food Bank of Waterloo Region’s 2011 Thanksgiving Food Drive Bag Handout!
The Food Bank is looking for volunteers to help hand out food drive bags at local grocery stores in Kitchener and Waterloo. Shifts are 2 hours in length. There are 2 volunteers per entrance needed (depending on the store). You can volunteer with a friend, brother, sister or parent. This is a great opportunity for families to volunteer together. (more…)
$8 Gabbit Super Sale Ends Sept 19
08 months ago
by Westheights
in Family Life
The Gabbit Family Faith Edition is a simple electronic gadget that presents a variety of categorized questions to get faith-based family conversation started. Just press a button and Gabbit will give you an audio question to discuss. (more…)
Sitting for Hours can Shave Years Off Life
010 months ago
by Doug Braun
in Family Life
“Sitting too much will probably shorten your life. That might sound ridiculous — or obvious — depending on your perspective, but the findings don’t come from a fringe study. They come from the American Cancer Society, whose researchers studied 123,000 people’s health outcomes during a 14-year period” … with 20-40% higher risk of dying early due to sitting a certain number of hours per workday. (more…)
Children and the Good Friday Service
21 year ago
by Charlene Neuman
in Family Life
You’re invited! On Good Friday at 10:30am, please join the Westheights family as we remember our Lord’s death and celebrate how it changed everything…This year, we’re inviting families to participate in the service together! (more…)
The Whining Cure: Steps to stop that annoying habit
01 year ago
by Doug Braun
in Family Life
“Want to be a calmer parent? Then learn how to break your kid’s annoying habit: whining. As any parent knows, whining is one of the most irritating of kids’ habits. But take heart: whining is learned, so it can be unlearned — with the help of this four-step plan.” (more…)
Help your Child Take a More Positive Attitude
01 year ago
by Nel Slater
in Family Life
The recent posting on Teaching Your Child Perseverance (thanks Doug) reminds me of the reading I am doing lately on Teaching Your Child Optimism.
Martin Seligman has a refreshing new focus on positive psychology as a counterbalance to the sometimes overemphasis on mental illness. He has studied happiness and come up with 6 virtues that are (more…)
How To Teach Your Child Perseverance
01 year ago
by Doug Braun
in Family Life
“Perseverance often makes the critical distinction between whether kids succeed or fail. Will they have the inner strength to keep on or be plagued by self-defeat, be unwilling to give it their best shot? Children who learn to bounce back and not let setbacks get them down have gained a valuable skill for life. (more…)
Living Red Family Devotional – Week Four
01 year ago
by Charlene Neuman
in Family Life
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to make like a hoodie and take a ride in a washing machine? (Okay, don’t get any crazy ideas…Imaginations only, please!) Do you ever feel like your thoughts are whirling, or your stomach is churning? Or like there’s a nagging thought that’s always with you, poking and jostling, putting a damper on your day? (more…)
Living Red Family Devotional – Week Three
01 year ago
by Gillian Fenske
in Family Life
Have you ever heard a story about a great buried treasure? A rag-tag group of adventurers searching for the place where “X marks the spot”? Those stories can be fun and exciting, but have you noticed that it can be common for one or more of the adventurers to become obsessed over finding the treasure? (more…)
Living Red Family Devotional – Week Two
01 year ago
by Gillian Fenske
in Family Life
What is your favourite movie? Why do you like it so much? Is there action and adventure? How about excitement? Most popular movies (and books and television shows and other things that tell a story) centre around some sort of battle between the good guys and the bad guys. (more…)
For Parents: Living Red at Home
01 year ago
Hey, Parents!
Remember to include your kids in the adventure! Each Living Red weekend, you’ll find a family devotional in your Sunday (Living Red) bulletin. (more…)
Living Red Family Devotional – Week One
01 year ago
by Gillian Fenske
in Family Life
Potato chips are a Saturday treat in our house. We know that they’re not exactly healthy food, but they are so delicious! Part of the appeal is the satisfying crunch, but better than that is the salty flavour. Can you imagine eating salt-less chips? (more…)
Grade 1 Take-It-Home Event
01 year ago
Hey, Grade 1′s–and their parents, grandparents and all the too-cool and significant grown-ups in their lives! The SKers have done it! Do YOU dare?? Your Take-It-Home Event, “When Children Pray” is on its way! Grown-ups, come along with your children to worship, celebrate and take the Prayer Dare together! (more…)
Raising Tobacco-Free Kids
31 year ago
by Doug Braun
in Family Life
Reality Check: One in five high school students smoke. More than 3 million U.S. teens are cigarette smokers. The biggest increase in cigarette users are teen girls. More than 2,000 children under the age of 18 start smoking each day. One out of every three cancer deaths is caused by tobacco…and tobacco-related cancer deaths are preventable. (more…)
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