The Nation Commitment

The two-hundred, forty-four words that follow are something I wrote that will run in The Nation panel of The Coastlands bulletin for Christmas Eve services (I think). I was asked to write something that would speak to parents about their kids--specifically, how we think about them. We'll see if it gets whittled down or otherwise edited before insertion!

THE NATION IS COMMITTED TO THE BELIEF THAT WORDS "TOO YOUNG" ARE ABSENT FROM GOD'S VOCABULARY.

How do we think of your kids? The short answer is, we think they are precious—a unique and invaluable gift from God. What drives us is a desire to see them as God sees them—to learn who He has made them to be.

There is no one else on the face of the planet like your daughter. The most recent estimates put the earth’s human population at just over 6.6 billion people...but your child is not just a face in a seemingly endless sea of anonymous people. She is known, loved and called by the Father God who created her.

God cares a lot about your son; after all, God created him. Your teenager is a gift—to your life, to this world, and to the Lord— because God created him to be a reflection of an extraordinary blend of different aspects of His character. We are passionate about helping him discover his true identity.

We believe that your sons and daughters are destined for greatness. They are intended by God to be a blessing to people and impact the world around them. The Nation is devoted to helping them identify the value of their giftings and talents, and launching them into the future God intends for them. Their future starts now.

That’s how we think of your kids.

THE NATION

4th & 5th Grade; Junior High; Senior High; College/Career