What is AscentKid’s?
as•cent
Pronunciation: \ə-ˈsent, a-\
Function: noun
a : the act of rising or mounting upward – climb
b : an upward slope or rising grade – acclivity
c : the degree of elevation – inclination, grade
At AscentKid’s we’re all about FURTHERING FAMILIES IN FAITH.
That’s our vision, that’s our goal.
How are we going to reach that goal? By empowering and partnering with the family to guide kids in a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
And to do that, we need to be orange. What’s “orange”, you ask?
YELLOW = THE CHURCH
As one of the two primary entities that God has positioned to have influence in the world, the church is uniquely and strategically placed on this planet to display and ILLUMINATE God’s glory to the world.
RED = THE FAMILY
As the other primary entity that God has positioned to have influence in the world, the family’s role is to DEMONSTRATE GOD’S LOVE and character through unconditional relationships.
Put yellow and red together and you get orange!
/From “Think Orange” of the reThink Group/
Many of us believe that both the church and the family are at a crossroads. It seems we have arrived at a potentially defining moment in society in which the church is losing its influence and the home is losing its heart. Some say it’s time to give up on the church, or at least abandon the idea that the church in the form of an organized institution can have any lasting effect on the next generation.
Others seem to suggest it’s time to give up on the home. It’s only logical to assume that since the family unit is continuing to disintegrate and parents are failing in their responsibilities, it’s time to replace the home with a more effective model.
Some churches are embracing the idea that the church needs to become a substitute for the family, while others are endorsing a movement that encourages the home to become a substitute for the church…
But what if the solution for the next generation is neither yellow nor red? What if the answer is both, blended in a new and radical way? What if the church and the home combined their efforts and began to work off the same page for the sake of the children?
We propose that the answer is ORANGE, seeing the potentially revolutionary effect that a true merger between the church and the home could have on the lives of children…
I am not suggesting that the church and the home merely need to work concurrently and effectively in order to accomplish more. In many cases, the church and the home are each trying to do the best job they can for their children. Churches are full of programs that inspire families, and countless families participate regularly in their local churches.
Both groups are simultaneously hard at work to build faith in children, but the problem is that they are not working in sync. Working on the same thing at the same time is not as effective as working on the same thing at the same time with the same strategy. When you creatively synchronize the two environments, you get more than just red or yellow – you get ORANGE.
