Good luck at school this semester! Your Providence family is praying for you

During the academic year, we do not offer continuous programming for college students. We will meet in person, if safety allows, around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season. In addition to this, we will have a few opportunities to check in with one another virtually throughout the year.  *All zoom meeting info will be sent out before the meeting times.

Stay in touch and up to date on this page, through Realm emails, and through our social media pages. Check back for future events!

We need your help! As we continue creating a welcoming space for students to gather, we are continually adding pennants to represent our students.

Since we have students in many locations, we are asking that families help us prep this space by donating a pennant from the University or College your student attends. If you are able to do so, please see the list of current pennants below or email ">Caitie to confirm and turn it into the front desk.

The schools we currently have represented are: App State, UNC Charlotte, Clemson University, Furman University, Washington & Lee, UNC Wilmington, Mercer University, NC State, and Sanford University.

While our Summer Program is geared for College-aged Students, they aren’t the only one entering new territory Parents are also learning and growing alongside their young adult children as things begin to shift within the family system. Here are a few resources we hope you’ll find helpful during this time. We will continue to update them throughout the year so be sure to check back in!

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

Growing With by Kara Powell and Steve Argue

“Growing up doesn’t have to mean growing apart. Filled with brand-new research and real-life stories from remarkable families, Growing With shows you how to close the family gap, giving parents courage to take the next faithful step on a mutual journey of intentional growth that trusts God to transform you all. Discover strategies to help you invite doubt, rather than avoid it. Growing With will show you how to help your kids keep their roots, even as they spread their wings.”

PREPARING TO LAUNCH

Fuller Youth Institute has developed a resource to help families like yours have better conversations in the “launching” phase between adolescence and young adulthood.

Parents are often longing for better ways to talk about faith with their kids and to have deeper emotional connection with them. They just struggle to know how, or to reach out in ways that their kids might actually respond. As a response, they have created a  10-session guide that can be used individually, with a spouse or friend, or in a small group or class setting. Find the GUIDE here.

PODCAST

Listen along each week with a podcast available for you by the authors of Growing With. They host new guests weekly as they explore the challenges parents are facing and the questions they’re asking. These podcasts are easy to listen to and are only 25 minutes… that could be your drive to work! Subscribe HERE.

ARTICLES

• CHURCH – Talking church with your teenager or young adult
• DOUBT – How to talk to young people about doubt
• LANGUAGE – What to say, and not to say, to your young adult
• UNDERSTANDING – What twenty-somethings need from us (almost) more than anything else
• SCHOOL BREAKS – Connecting with college students over break

PARENTING QUIZ

Take a moment during this mutual journey of intentional growth to reflect and answer 10 questions. They’ll help you learn more about how you can reframe your approach as a parent in order to grow with your child.

Is your child a learner, an explorer, or a focuser? Take the QUIZ to find out more, and discover practical tips to pursue a relationship with your child in every season.