Why Your Pre-Teen Quit Playing Sports

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Jen Thorpe

One way to encourage your child to get a healthy amount of exercise is to make it fun. Sports offer kids the ability to exercise while having fun, the chance to learn how to play as a team, and a good way to develop athletic skills. Despite these benefits, 70% of kids quit sports by the age of 13. Here are some reasons why that happens. It stopped being fun. Have you ever watched kindergartners play soccer against another team of kindergarteners? What happens is both adorable and amusing. They sit down when they get tired, and start playing with … Continue reading →

Challenge for 2009

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Dale Harcombe

Yesterday at church we had some of the members of the Huskisson Scripture Union beach mission team come to join us for the day. What a great service! The first song our music team sang, ‘People Just Like Us,’ made me think of my daughter over the other side of the world but doing exactly the same as what we were doing, worshipping Jesus. As the song says, ‘All Over the World people just like us are following Jesus, we’re worshipping Jesus.’ At about that time our daughter was giving her testimony in a service thousands of miles away. That … Continue reading →

High School – Get Involved

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Lyn Newton

As high school reunion time rolls around each year I hear the same conversations. There are those people who absolutely cannot wait to get back and talk with friends. They are right in the middle of all of the planning and meeting. Then there are people who know that they will not be attending and have no desire to do so. People have very different views on their high school years. I think that one factor in determining if you have an enjoyable high school career is involvement. People who are more involved in their high school activities are happier … Continue reading →