We’re excited to partner with you and your church to bring How a Heart-Based Approach to Parenting Changes Everything to your community!
This seminar gives parents practical, biblical tools they can begin using right away. It helps them connect biblical truth with the everyday challenges of family life, while offering fresh hope and encouragement for the parenting journey. Again and again, we’ve seen parents leave with new understanding, renewed confidence, and practical strategies for reaching their children’s hearts.
As you prepare for your seminar, here are three important ideas that can help you make the most of this opportunity:
1. Think Bigger Than a Seminar
This event can become much more than a single day of parent training. It can add fresh energy and momentum to the parent discipleship ministry of your church.
Use the seminar as an opportunity to build a team, increase interest in biblical parenting, connect parents with one another, and introduce families to other parenting resources and programs your church offers.
A successful seminar doesn’t have to end when the final session is over. It can be the beginning of something much bigger.
2. Make It Easy for Parents to Say Yes
Parents are busy, and getting them to attend an event takes intentional promotion. Starting early and communicating often can make a significant difference.
Rather than assuming, “Everyone in our church signs up at the last minute,” look for ways to remove as many barriers as possible. Churches often increase participation by providing childcare, offering food or refreshments, making registration simple, and providing scholarships for families who may need them.
The easier you make it for parents to participate, the more likely they are to come—and invite someone else.
3. Reach Beyond Your Own Church
We encourage you to think about three different groups as you promote the seminar:
- Families within your church – Help your congregation see this as an opportunity to strengthen their own families and invite friends.
- Parents in your community – Parenting is an area of need for virtually every family. This seminar can provide a natural and welcoming way to serve families who may not yet have a church home.
- The broader Christian community – Reach out to other like-minded churches, Christian schools, preschools, homeschool groups, and ministries in your area. Many will be excited to share a high-quality biblical parenting event with the families they serve.
Your seminar can become a wonderful opportunity not only to equip parents, but also to strengthen relationships throughout your community.
We’re Here to Help
Below you’ll find a number of resources to help you prepare and promote your event. Feel free to use anything on this page to create promotional materials, communicate with your congregation, reach your community, and prepare your church for the seminar.
We’re looking forward to working with you and helping you make this an encouraging, practical, and spiritually significant event for the families you serve.
Bio of Scott Turansky
Dr. Scott Turansky heads up the National Center for Biblical Parenting, where he has spent decades helping families develop practical, heart-based approaches to parenting. He works personally with families each week through his coaching practice and has written 22 books on parenting and family life.
Dr. Turansky is also a professor at Concordia University, where he teaches master’s-level students pursuing degrees in Family Life Education. He also teaches the course remotely to students in China.
In addition to his work with parents and students, Scott serves as the teaching pastor at GraceWay Bible Church in New Jersey. He and his wife, Carrie, have five children and twelve grandchildren.
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Dr. Scott Turansky
Here’s a Short Summary of the Seminar
Here’s a short summary of the seminar that you can use or edit:
How a Heart-Based Approach to Parenting Changes Everything! is an encouraging, practical seminar designed to give parents fresh tools for helping their children grow and change.
Kids need more than rewards, consequences, and behavior management. They need parents who understand how to reach the heart—the place where attitudes, motivations, emotions, and decisions develop.
Throughout this seminar, parents will discover biblical, heart-based strategies they can use with children of any age. They’ll learn how to move beyond simply correcting behavior and begin helping their children develop the character, responsibility, and internal motivation they need for life.
Parents will leave with renewed hope, greater confidence, and a practical toolbox of strategies they can begin using right away.
This seminar is biblical, encouraging, and highly practical—and it can change the way parents approach everyday family life.
Promotion Ideas
We have compiled a list of ideas that churches use to promote this seminar. This list will spark your own creativity and create a roadmap for your publicity team. Learn more.