No Golf Outing Today

Due to the weather, we will not be having our golf outing today.  With a 70% chance of thunderstorms today, I didn’t think it would be wise.

We will try to reschedule it for a later date!!! Maybe when there is no rain in the forecast for weeks!

Do you ever wonder what we do at Cross Current?

Here is a little video from a game we played at Cross Current tonight!  It involves baby bottles, teenage boys, and competition- that should give you an idea before you watch this video!

Youth Golf Outing- Thursday March 27th (Parents invited too)

Hey it’s Spring Break and your teenagers need something to do.  So we’re going golfing.  We have quite a few golfers in our youth group, so this is going to be a blast
Thursday, March 27th (during spring break) we will going to Turnberry Golf Course for a round of golf.  Here is the info that you need to know:

Who: Any youth golfers and parents
When: Thursday, March 27th at 1:00pm
Meet at Turnberry Golf Course (Click here for directions)
Cost: $20 per adult (walking 18 holes)
          $17 per student (walking 18 holes)
Cart Rental: $13 per person (only adults 18 and over can drive a cart so if you don’t have an adult, you can’t rent a cart)

We are going to have a blast.  To sign up (this helps me prepare), just drop Scott an email and let him know if you (and your teen) will be joining us for a day on the course!!!

No Cross Current Tonight

Due to the amount of snow and the road conditions, we will not be having Cross Current tonight!  Enjoy the time with your family!

To keep it interesting with the students, we are having a snow fort/igloo building competition.  So go outside, find one of those big piles of snow, and carve yourself out a fort or igloo.  Be Creative!!! Then snap a picture or two and send them to Scott! 

I’ll post the pics on the student blog, and we will have voting.  An award will be given next Sunday Night at Cross Current for the best snow fort/igloo.

So get building!!!

Could Your Teen give up their Cell Phone?

The results say: highly unlikely.  Some researchers in Canada asked student to give up their cell phones for a weekend, and then asked them how they feel.  The answers range from “detached” to “deprived” to just all out “depressed”!

Most students could go one day without it, but any more than that would be painful!  I’ve never been a big fan of anyone who doesn’t drive having a cell phone, but I must say that they have become the key communication tool of teens around the world.  And many of the teens use them to communicate with their parents, then with friends.

But it makes me feel old, knowing that I didn’t get a cell phone until I got out of college…

Is the “Big Talk” all that Big?

There is an emphasis in the beginning of the teen years to have the “big talk” with your student about sex- the issues, the consequences, the dangers.  And I hope you have had the “big talk” with your student.  I hope the lines of communication are open so that you can continue to talk to them about issues surrounding sex.

But I have to wonder, is “the big talk” necessary?  Perhaps we have made too much of a big deal about the “big talk”.  I believe that some parents think to themselves, ‘Well, I’ve had the “big talk” so I am done with that uncomfortable situation.’  Is that healthy?

I’m trying to think about my life as a teenager.  Were there other subjects that my parents just had one talk with me about and then never brought it up again?  For example. did they sit me down one time and explain how to drive a car, and then never talk or teach me about it again? No.  In my sports life, do my coaches show me one time how to do something, then never make mention of it again?  No.  So why do we do that with the subject of sex?  I think the top reason is that it is an uncomfortable situation and we want to deal with it in the quickest way possible.

But guess what? Knowing that 46% of all high school students are sexually active (and that is just the number of those willing to tell the truth) tells me that the one time “big talk” just isn’t effective.  Maybe we need to re-think the way we teach our students about sex. 

I found an interesting article that calls a little about that.  You wouldn’t teach your kids about anything else with just one “big talk”, so maybe its time to redo how we talk to our kids about “doing it”!