The Parenting Conference is a time to equip, encourage and empower our families by partnering with them to disciple their kids.
Join us Saturday, November 2 from 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at the Annapolis Campus for a day of learning about parenting in a Biblical way! Parents will select a track for the day, with options that include preschool, elementary and BASM tracks. Parents can attend tracks together, or attend different age group tracks separately.
We will offer a time of worship, breakouts, you'll hear from our lead pastor Greg St. Cyr, as well as a panel for questions. Lunch and childcare are provided, but childcare is limited. If you are in need of a financial scholarship, please email Kristin.Collins@bayareacc.org.
We will offer a time of worship, breakouts, you'll hear from our lead pastor Greg St. Cyr, as well as a panel for questions. Lunch and childcare are provided, but childcare is limited. If you are in need of a financial scholarship, please email Kristin.Collins@bayareacc.org.
Registration for this event is closed, but you can still join us! Please email Kristin.Collins@bayareacc.org for more information.
Childcare for this event is currently full. Please email Kristin.Collins@bayareacc.org to join the waitlist.
Preschool Track
Disciplining Biblically
Jeff Supp
Work with parents on how to discipline their preschoolers in a Biblical way that will help disciple and mature them for the future.
How to Start Answering Faith Questions
Aaron Hixson
Give parents advice and resources on how to start answering common faith questions preschoolers are curious about as they grow in their faith.
Understanding their Emotions
Kammi McGinty
Offers parents ways to help their preschoolers understand their big emotions, and work through how to process them together.
Jeff Supp
Work with parents on how to discipline their preschoolers in a Biblical way that will help disciple and mature them for the future.
How to Start Answering Faith Questions
Aaron Hixson
Give parents advice and resources on how to start answering common faith questions preschoolers are curious about as they grow in their faith.
Understanding their Emotions
Kammi McGinty
Offers parents ways to help their preschoolers understand their big emotions, and work through how to process them together.
Elementary Track
Disciplining Biblically
Jeff Supp
Work with parents on how to discipline their children in a Biblical way that will help disciple and mature them for the future.
Navigating Social Media and Digital Life
Janay Minich
Help parents guide their elementary aged kids in when to have phones and social media, how to use social media wisely, keep their online lives healthy, and making sure they reflect Christian values online.
Creating a Culture of Communication
Megan Heath
Offers parents practical advice on how to create a culture of sharing information with their children.
Jeff Supp
Work with parents on how to discipline their children in a Biblical way that will help disciple and mature them for the future.
Navigating Social Media and Digital Life
Janay Minich
Help parents guide their elementary aged kids in when to have phones and social media, how to use social media wisely, keep their online lives healthy, and making sure they reflect Christian values online.
Creating a Culture of Communication
Megan Heath
Offers parents practical advice on how to create a culture of sharing information with their children.
BASM Track
Navigating Social Media and Digital Life
Janay Minich
Help parents guide their teens in using social media wisely, keeping their online lives healthy, and making sure they reflect Christian values online.
Talking About Tough Issues: Mental Health, Identity, and Faith
Megan Heath
Offers parents practical advice on how to talk with their teens about difficult topics like mental health, who they are, and how their faith fits into it all.
Supporting Your Teen Through Doubts and Questions
Shawn Hart
Prepare parents to listen and support their teens when they have doubts or tough questions about their faith, guiding them toward Jesus.
Janay Minich
Help parents guide their teens in using social media wisely, keeping their online lives healthy, and making sure they reflect Christian values online.
Talking About Tough Issues: Mental Health, Identity, and Faith
Megan Heath
Offers parents practical advice on how to talk with their teens about difficult topics like mental health, who they are, and how their faith fits into it all.
Supporting Your Teen Through Doubts and Questions
Shawn Hart
Prepare parents to listen and support their teens when they have doubts or tough questions about their faith, guiding them toward Jesus.
Serve with us!
We would love to have you serve with us at our Parent Conference! Click the link below to let us know you're interested.
If you are a family with kids who are nursery-age through high school, we encourage you to attend the conference rather than serve.
If you are a family with kids who are nursery-age through high school, we encourage you to attend the conference rather than serve.
Speakers
Jeff Supp
Jeff is our executive pastor and has over 20 years of experience with marriage and family ministries. He has a passion for teaching families to parent Biblically, and can't wait to share with you.
Kammi McGinty
Kammi oversees our Care and Marriage ministries. She has been working to partner with people to greater understand their feelings and emotions, and is looking forward to diving into how to better understand your preschoolers.
Aaron Hixson
Aaron is Bay Area's teaching pastor, and dad to three young boys. As he has been navigating answer his kid's questions on faith, he has researched and learned so much that he can't wait to share.
Megan Heath
Megan is a BASM and Women's Ministry leader, who is also a mom to five incredible kids. Her professional and real-life experience has given her a passion to equip families on creating healthier communication between parents and kids, as well as know how to navigate mental health topics.
Janay Minich
Janay is the Student Ministry Director at Bay Area. Working with students and their families, as well as being a mom to a boy in BASM has allowed her to learn first hand how to navigate and understand the social media world.
Shawn Hart
Shawn is our Global Missions Pastor and has a heart for answering difficult questions. His experience in apologetics has made him incredibly knowledgeable to dive into the Word and understand how Scripture can be the perfect guide for difficult topics and questions.
Resources
Expand the menus below to see lists of resources we've compiled for each track.
Preschool Track
Disciplining Biblically
Shepherding A Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
For the Love of Discipline: When the Gospel Meets Tantrums and Time-Outs by Sarah Wallace
Don’t Make Me Count to 3 by Ginger Hubbard
How to Start Answering Faith Questions
Understanding their Emotions
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
Toward a Theology of Emotion by Sam Williams
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman and Joan Declaire
Promoting Emotional Intelligence in Preschool Education by John Pellitteri and Pam Gershon
RULER: An Evidence-Based Approach to Social and Emotional Learning
The Skills of Emotional Intelligence: How the RULER Skills Help Us in our Lives
A Little SPOT of Feelings: Emotion Detective by Diane Alber
What Am I Feeling? by Josh and Christi Straub
Elementary Track
Disciplining Biblically
Shepherding A Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
For the Love of Discipline: When the Gospel Meets Tantrums and Time-Outs by Sarah Wallace
Don’t Make Me Count to 3 by Ginger Hubbard
For the Love of Discipline: When the Gospel Meets Tantrums and Time-Outs by Sarah Wallace
Don’t Make Me Count to 3 by Ginger Hubbard
Navigating Social Media and Digital Life
The TechWise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in its Proper Place by Andy Crouch
Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms by Justin Whitmel Earley
Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms by Justin Whitmel Earley
Creating a Culture of Communication
The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie O'Martian
Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind by Brenda Yoder
The Christian Girls Guide to Change by Rebecca Park Totilo
BASM Track
Supporting Your Teen Through Doubts and Questions
Tactics by Greg Koukl
Questioning Evangelism by Randy Newman
Confident Faith by Mark Mittleberg
How He Was With: Doubters
Navigating Social Media and Digital Life
The TechWise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in its Proper Place by Andy Crouch
Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms by Justin Whitmel Earley
Talking About Tough Issues: Mental Health, Identity, and Faith
The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie O'Martian
Fledge: Launching Your Kids Without Losing Your Mind by Brenda Yoder
You'll Make It (and They Will Too) by Amy Betters-Midtvedt
Blessed Youth by Sarah Griffith Lund