Top 10: Tips for Parents of College Bound Students 10. Remember that your best influence is your example. 9. Sit down and talk about expectations. 8. Ask your home pastor about campus ministries and congregations near the schools your child is considering. 7. Refer your child to a specific campus ministry/congregation. 6. Visit the campus ministry/congregation with your child during campus visits and orientation. 5. Encourage your child to pack and unpack their bible, (The Lutheran Study Bible is great), and a copy of Luther’s Small Catechism with Explanation. 4. Visit your child for a weekend and go to church together. 3. Encourage your home pastor to call and check in with your child once in the Fall Semester and once in the Spring Semester. 2. Let your child go – no ‘helicopter’. 1. Repent, grace abounds for you! Tools LCMS Church Locator, find congregations near campus: locator.lcms.org/nchurches_frm/church.asp LCMS U Campus Map, find an established campus ministry: lcms.org/lcmsu/map LCMS U Campus Link, refer a student to a campus ministry: lcms.org/forms/lcmsu-campuslink
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:52:37 +0000
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