Parent Newsletter

Maple City Parents: Newsletter Vol 14

Hey Maple City Parents,

Pastor Jordan here! If your house has felt a little louder, a little messier, and a lot more “together” lately, you’re not alone. Between cold weather, snow days, and stretches of e-learning, many families have found themselves spending more time at home than planned — navigating school assignments at the kitchen table, cabin fever, and emotions that feel just as unpredictable as the weather.

Seasons like this can be exhausting, but they’re also formative. When routines are disrupted, it often reveals what our kids are carrying — questions about confidence, identity, comparison, and where they really belong. But it also creates opportunities for intentional connection and making memories. Our heart in Student Ministry is to come alongside you — not replace you — and help point students back to Jesus in the middle of ordinary, imperfect, snow-covered days.

Thank you for showing up for your kids, even when it feels tiring and unseen. We’re grateful to partner with you as God continues shaping your students in both big moments and quiet ones.

Here’s what’s happening this month at Maple City Students.

📘 This Month’s Parent Resource:

“Four Everyday Ways to Build Confidence in Your Daughter”

Every parent wants their daughter to grow up confident, secure, and grounded — but in a culture that constantly tells girls they aren’t enough, that confidence can feel fragile and hard to nurture. That’s why this month’s parent resource focuses on simple, everyday habits you can integrate into normal family life that build real, lasting confidence — not performance-based or surface-level confidence, but confidence rooted in identity, worth, and inner strength.

This resource is based on parenting principles that show confidence isn’t built in big speeches or isolated moments — but in the small, consistent, everyday rhythms of life where your daughter experiences encouragement, belonging, and truth.

Why does this matter?

Confidence doesn’t grow in isolation — it grows through relational moments where your daughter feels seen, heard, and affirmed. These everyday practices help shape her internal narrative, moving her from seeking validation from peers or performance to finding value in who God says she is. They also create a foundation where spiritual confidence — trusting God with her identity, purpose, and future — can flourish.

Our prayer is that this resource encourages you and equips you with practical ways you can nurture steady, Christ-centered confidence in your daughter — not by adding pressure or perfection, but by leaning into daily rhythms of connection and truth.

👉 To access this month’s Parent Resource, click HERE.
👉 Want past resources? Click HERE.

👀 Looking Back:

Looking Back month was full of meaningful teaching, service, and connection.📖

Teaching Series: “Storyteller”🍕 Small Group NightWe also hosted a Small Group Night focused on relationship-building, laughter, and fun. Between food, conversation, and shared experiences, it was a powerful reminder that faith grows best in the context of community.💌 Serving Our CommunityOur students also partnered with Isaiah 117 House, writing letters of encouragement and sending Jo Jo’s Pretzels to local DCS caseworkers. It was a simple but meaningful way for students to learn compassion, gratitude, and service.

📚 Teaching Series: “Storyteller”

We wrapped up our series Storyteller, celebrating Jesus as the master storyteller and leaning into the deeper meaning behind His parables. Students were challenged not just to hear the stories, but to live out their implications.

We explored

Freedom is found in forgiving others (The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant – Matthew 18:23–35)
Our value is found in who we are, not what we do (The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard – Matthew 20:1–16)
Commitment is shown through actions, not just words (The Parable of the Two Sons – Matthew 21:28–32; James 2:26)

These teachings invited students to examine their hearts, motivations, and daily choices through the lens of the gospel.

It was a deeply practical series that challenged students to live out their faith in real relationships.

🍕 Small Group Night

We also hosted a Small Group Night focused on relationship-building, laughter, and fun. Between food, conversation, and shared experiences, it was a powerful reminder that faith grows best in the context of community.

💌 Serving Our Community

Our students (along with Jo Jo’s Pretzels) partnered with Isaiah 117 House, writing letters of encouragement and sending Pretzels to local DCS caseworkers. It was a simple but meaningful way for students to learn compassion, gratitude, and service.

📅 Upcoming Highlights:

📖 New Teaching Series: “Sex, Love & Dating”

We’re launching a new series that takes a biblical look at dating, relationships, and God’s design for love and intimacy. Students will be reminded that value is not found in whether they have a boyfriend or girlfriend. Look at God’s design for relationships is good, purposeful, and protective. Identity comes before romance — not the other way around.

This series will be honest, age-appropriate, and rooted in Scripture.

🍕 Super Bowl Sunday Pizza Fundraiser

Sunday, February 8th, Students will be selling frozen pizzas all morning, with a pizza buffet available between 2nd & 3rd service. This fundraiser helps support our youth missions fund. No need to pre order, just show up Sunday and grab as many as you would like. — thank you for supporting our students!

👩‍👧 Mother–Daughter Milestone Class

Grade?

This March (March 5, 12, 19, 26) for 6th & 7th grade girls and their mom’s, we have an awesome opportunity to make a lasting impact. This four-week experience is designed to create intentional space for mothers and daughters to grow together. Each week includes teaching, discussion, activities, and a take-home project. Topics include, what it means to be a woman, Following God with “all of me”, Hormones, emotions, and identity. We’re excited to have several women from our MCC community helping teach and lead this meaningful experience.

To register or for more info Click HERE!

🌎 Junior & Senior High Mission Trip Registration – Are Open

Junior High (June 11-13) students will be serving locally on various projects for both the community and for those in need within our MCC family. To register of more info, Click HERE.

Senior High (June 15-19) students will be traveling to inner-city Columbus, Ohio, to serve, learn, and grow through hands-on ministry and outreach.

Details and registration info are available now—this is an incredible opportunity for students to see God at work beyond their comfort zone. For more information and to register, click HERE.

⏳ 30 Hour Famine – Registration Open

Registration is also open for 30 Hour Famine, where students will not only learn about hunger, justice, and compassion, they will also join missionaries around the world in helping provide for physical and spiritual needs. For more information and to register, click HERE.

👉 For the updated calendar, click HERE.

👉 To view upcoming events, click HERE.

💬 Final Words of Encouragement:

Our culture tells our kids that confidence comes from being noticed, admired, or successful. It tells them their worth is fragile — something to be earned, protected, or proven. But the gospel tells a different story. Confidence rooted in Christ doesn’t rise and fall with grades, friends, appearance, or popularity. It’s anchored in being deeply known and deeply loved by God.

As parents, you may not always feel like you’re saying the perfect thing or doing enough — but your steady presence, your words of truth, and your example of faith matter more than you realize. Keep speaking life. Keep pointing them back to who God says they are. Keep trusting that God is working — even when you can’t see it yet. We are grateful for you, praying for you, and honored to partner with you.

With you and for you,
Pastor Jordan