CREATING RELATIONAL COMMUNITY

Community begins with creating an environment to care for the relational needs of students.  Students long to have a place of safety and trust where they can share their joys and bummers in life with others who truly care.

(A)ffirmation - to celebrate and be celebrated

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. 

(Romans 12:15)

(B)elonging - to know and be known

So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. (Galatians 6:10)

Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.

(Proverbs 27:23)

(C)are - to love and be loved

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

(1 John 3:18)

5 Love Languages of Students

1.  Words of Affirmation

2.  Quality Time

3.  Acts of Service

4.  Giving Gifts

5.  Appropriate Physical Touch

“Love expressed and experienced among members of the body is absolutely essential if that body is to be healthy and alive…Thus the development of love within the group must be the primary concern of spiritual leaders.”  Larry Richards- A Theology of Church Leadership