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It is National Parents as Teachers Day. Here are some values that parents should teach children before the age of 5.

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TODAY IS NATIONAL PARENTS AS TEACHERS DAY.

(from www.nationaldaycalendar.com) National Parents as Teachers Day is observed annually on November 8. On this day Parents as Teachers Organization offers educational services to parents across the country.  These affiliates give all parents of young children support, and it also provides information so all children learn, grow and develop to realize their full potential.

The concept for Parents as Teachers developed in the 1970s when Missouri educators noted that children were beginning kindergarten with varying levels of school readiness. Research showed that greater parent involvement is a critical link in the child’s development of learning skills, including reading and writing.

We found an insightful article from www.parents.com 
They highlight 5 values that parents should teach their children before the age of 5 (before they head to school).
Click HERE to see the full article.

Value #1: Honesty

Help Kids Find a Way To Tell the Truth
The best way to encourage truthfulness in your child is to be a truthful person yourself.

Value #2: Justice

Insist That Children Make Amends

Value #3: Determination

Encourage Them To Take on a Challenge

Value #4: Consideration

Teach Them To Think about Others’ Feelings

Value #5: Love

Be Generous with Your Affection

 

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How to Help Our Kids Overcome Fear

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If you saw the news over the weekend, you know that we have another tragic story to add to our country’s history. A Texas church shooting leaves 26 dead, including 8 members of one family. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the slaughter “the largest mass shooting” in the state’s history and ordered flags to fly at half-staff across the state Monday.

How do we deal with all the emotions that flood our hearts and minds when we see these tragic stories? How do we help our children handle their fears?
We found some wonderful advice from www.faithgateway.com (picture and content from www.faithgateway.com)

Author Jennifer Price shares 5 ways we can help our kids overcome fear and walk as the Bible teaches us to walk. Click HERE for the full article.

  1. Create a safe place for conversation.

    Isn’t it the worst thing to experience fear but keep it inside? Fear is crippling already, but not talking about it is even more damaging. Create a place for your kids to talk about what that makes them scared. Many times just speaking it out dispels the fear.

  2. Admit that you yourself experience fear sometimes.

    Sometimes kids are reluctant to admit what makes them feel scared. There’s nothing that breaks down walls better than humility. There’s comfort in knowing other people, especially their mom or dad, also experience fear. Even though they may not understand this truth at a young age, let them know that confidence will grow when they talk about the things that frighten them.

  3. Teach your kids to make prayer the go-to when they are feeling fearful.

    Nothing brings a sense of peace and calm like talking to Jesus.

    Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. — Philippians 4:6

  1. Read Scriptures together that talk about fear.

    God’s word is truth, and the truth is that God doesn’t want us to carry fear in our heart. He is longing for us to bring those fears to Him.

    For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” — Romans 8:15.

    When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. — Psalm 56:3

    But now thus says the Lord, He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. — Isaiah 43:1-3

    For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. — 2 Timothy 1:7

    I sought the Lord, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears. — Psalm 34:4

  1. Read books and Bible stories about those who have dealt with fear.

    My favorite story is when Joshua took the lead after Moses. I can’t imagine how he felt with those big shoes he had to fill! God tells him right away in Joshua 1:9, Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

    Another great book is I’m Not A Scaredy Cat by Max Lucado. The humor combined with the important message that God is always near is perfect for helping the younger audience remember to trust in God completely with their fears.

Fear is real and natural. Thankfully, God has given us lots of reassurance through His word that it’s not something we need to carry on our own. Teaching our kids this at a young age will help them have the tools to overcome fear in a healthy way as they get older.

 

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MVNU Presidential Update – November 2017

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Today, The Morning Thing featured a conversation with MVNU’s President, Dr. Henry Spaulding. Our November Presidential Update features a discussion about campus events, a recent building purchase, what the President is thankful for and goals for 2018.

Click HERE to listen to the conversation with WNZR’s Daria Swisher and Dr. Henry Spaulding, MVNU’s President.

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MVNU THEATRE PRESENTS “THE MATCHMAKER”

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Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s theatre program, MVNU Theatre, presents “The Matchmaker” written by Thornton Wilder and directed by Keely Heyl. Wilder is best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning plays “Our Town” and “The Skin of Our Teeth.” In this comedic play that inspired the musical “Hello, Dolly!,” a wealthy merchant hires a matchmaker to help him find a wife. Hilarity ensues as she becomes entangled in mischief with two of the merchant’s clerks, several ladies, and a pair of waiters at the finest restaurant in town.

WNZR’s Rachel Rinehart (who is in the play) talked with several cast members about “The Matchmaker”. Click HERE to hear their conversations.

Director Keely Heyl approaches “The Matchmaker” with innovative staging that couches the original story within a secondary story. About the production, Heyl states, “It’s going to be a delightful adventure from start to finish. If you have seen the play or ‘Hello, Dolly!,’ leave what you know at home. This will not be the same. While we are not the first cast to do a production this way, I think I can say we are the first ones to do THIS play this way. Your cheeks will be sore from smiling. There is a lot of darkness in this world, we aim to turn a few lights on and have a great time.” Heyl, a 2013 graduate of Cedarville University with a B.A. in Theatre, has extensive experience working with various theatres in the central Ohio area.

Performances will be on Friday, November 3; Saturday, November 4; Friday, November 10; and Saturday, November 11. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. in Thorne Performance Hall inside the R.R. Hodges Chapel on the campus of MVNU. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for anyone under 18 or those with military ID. The performance on Saturday, November 4 will be super-titled in Spanish. Tickets for all performances may be purchased online at theatre.mvnu.edu, by phone at 740-397-9000 ext. 1620, or at the box office beginning one hour prior to show time. Seating opens approximately 30 minutes prior to show time.

“The Matchmaker” is the first production of MVNU Theatre’s 2017-18 season. Season tickets and flex passes are available now and feature benefits such as 15 percent single-ticket pricing and coupons for complimentary concessions. For more information, visit theatre.mvnu.edu, email theatre@mvnu.edu, or call the MVNU Theatre box office at 740-397-9000 ext. 1620. Follow MVNU Theatre on Facebook and Twitter to keep up with the latest program news and events.

NOTE: This show is Rated PG. It contains mild language and depicts lifestyles not endorsed by MVNU. The intention of this production is to give young actors an opportunity to apply their advanced training to a professional-level production that tackles more challenging subject matter through a highly artistic medium.

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It is National Stress Awareness Day – how will you celebrate?

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What do we mean “celebrate” National Stress Awareness Day?! If we are honest, all of us deal with stress on some level. Stress Awareness Day was set aside as time to be aware of the stress in our lives and how it affects us.

History of Stress Awareness Day (from www.daysoftheyear.com)
Stress Awareness Day was established by the International Stress Management Association (ISMA) to help provide information on stress, and strategies on how to address it for both companies and individuals. The organization is focused on helping employers and employees help each other by providing comprehensive guides to establishing a program within their organization, and individuals by looking after their health and well-being on a day to day basis.

Stress Awareness Day is your opportunity to start looking after yourself and your life, and break down the individual stressors in your life. Failure to deal with stress in your life effectively can lead to serious health problems, including increased blood pressure, susceptibility to heart disease, and a decline in your immune system. Once you start experiencing these symptoms they can landslide into each other, resulting in growing sickness, and by extension, more stress. It’s truly a self-feeding problem, and a cycle that is necessary to control to enjoy our lives.

How to Celebrate Stress Awareness Day (from www.daysoftheyear.com)
The best way to celebrate Stress Awareness Day is to take the opportunity to remove the stress from your life for the day. Take the time to examine your life and find out where all the stressors lie, and start looking into taking steps to remove them or find ways to mitigate them. Removing stress from your life can start off as a stressful experience, so it can help to get the assistance from organizations like ISMA to look into strategies and support in how to manage those things in your life that cause stress.

Whatever you choose to do, take the time to take a day off and let yourself have a day of freedom. If it’s sickness, do something to help you focus on something other than that sickness. Stress can be a killer, don’t let it take one more day from your life, act now and start living a stress free life!

Today, The Morning Thing shared some ways to relieve stress from Focus on the Family.
Click HERE for the full article.
Here are some tips excerpted from Tools for Time Management by Edward R. Dayton.

  • Staying ahead of your work is a good way to relieve the pressure of schedules. By scheduling a completion time 10 percent to 20 percent ahead, you have the peace of knowing there’s time to recover if things go wrong.
  • Doing the hard things first, particularly if they have a great deal of emotional content, will relieve the subterranean emotions that tend to plague us in different situations.
  • Getting enough sleep is a must. Know how long you can get along with a reduced amount.
  • Do the difficult tasks in phases. Often a “first draft” will get you 80 percent of the way along. Time for “topping off” the finished product can be better foreseen, and meeting the deadline seems less of a task.
  • Have planned recreation and hobbies. I am a wood carver and a carpenter of sorts. Setting aside time for this activity helps me relax. Other people enjoy different methods of unwinding. One of my close friends has a way of announcing to his secretary when he will be finding some relief. If he says, “I’m going to inspect some real estate at 3 o’clock,” you can be sure that you’ll find him on the first tee at the golf course.
  • Admitting and verbalizing the causes for your own irritations (be they lack of sleep, overworking, too much stress or what have you) helps [keep] others from getting emotional with you and triggering unexpected explosions.
  • Facing up to the fact you really can’t do all the things you scheduled and that some of them need to be postponed is probably the best relief valve of all. This can be a humbling experience, but the rewards in personal well-being are great.
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Meet the Team – MVNU Men’s Basketball Team

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For this week’s “Meet the Team” feature, we shine the spotlight on the MVNU Men’s Basketball Team. WNZR’s Dan Monnin sat down with Head Coach Jared Ronai to talk about the upcoming season.

Click HERE to hear their conversation.

Click HERE to see this season’s schedule.

Click HERE to follow the Cougars with WNZR.

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The Morning Thing celebrates Massage Therapy Awareness Week!

Today was a GOOD day! The Morning Thing celebrated Massage Therapy Awareness Week with Licensed Massage Therapist, Angi Davidson.
Angi works for Knox Community Hospital’s Center for Rehabilitation and Wellness. She stopped by our studio to talk about the benefits of massage…….and to give US chair massages! Yeah! Praise the Lord for Angi Davidson!

Do you know how helpful massage can be to your body? Check out this list of benefits of massage from the American Massage Therapy Association.

Benefits of Massage

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