Christian Life Skills: Life Skills

>Life Skills "Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,
and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD!" -Proverbs 16:20

Christian Life Skills (CLS) works primarlily with churches and community groups providing
opportunities for:

    * Mentoring Relationships
    * Life Skills education
    * Training for adults and youth
    * Nurturing, family support and improved quality of life
    * Networking with churches, community groups and institutions ofhigher learning

CLS looks forward to partnering with your church to bring the Life-Skills curriculum to your youth. Below is a pastor's overview of CLS. It explains the reason behind CLS, and how we can partner with you and your church to meet critical needs in your community. To learn more about CLS's library of resources click here.

Why Christian Life Skills?

1. To provide guidance through a rite of passage into responsible Christian living.

Many traditions help our youth idetify and celebrate the passage into a new andspecial stage of life. Here are some you may recognize:

First communion
Confirmation
Bar Mitzvah
Cotillion

All of these require a period of formal preparation and recognition, then the youth is READY to experience the rite of passage.

In the absense of adult guidance through these rites; however, some of our youth have created their own: stealing cars, shoplifting, and experimenting with sex, drugs, alchohol, and firearms. CHRISTIAN LIFE SKILLS provides clear, specific guidance and specific TRAINING (Proverbs 22:6) that helps to prepare a youth for responsible Christian living in a difficult world. Training is available for each of the nine basic skills.

Training our children very deliberately is a biblical concept we have forgotten (Proverbs 22:6, Psalm 119:9, 11, Joshua 1:8 & 9).

2. To give children and youth a positive way to deal with stresses, pressures, confusion, frustration, pain, temptations and difficulties they often experience, which may cause them to respond by getting into trouble.

3. The research shows that mentored youth:

are 86% more likely to go to college
are 46% less likely to use drugs
are 80% less likely to repeat an offense

Most of us know this is a very difficult world in which to live. The CHRISTIAN LIFE SKILLS ministry provides a number of resources, activities, and approaches that help youth and families face the challenges of day-to-day life, and live in a godly, responsible way. The Life-Skills curriculum addresses peer pressure, sex and violence portrayed by the media, drug and alcohol abuse, relationships, academics, and other issues faced on a daily basis.

Christian Life Skills * P.O. Box 8146 * Pittsburgh, PA 15217-1046
Phone: 412-889-4065 Email: clsmp86@gmail.com Web: www.ChristianLifeSkills.org