(for jr high students) “Can’t We Just Be Friends?”: Developing Healthy Relationships

We will empower students to realize the difference between image and character and motivate them to form healthy friendships based on Christ like Character.   Students will be equipped to resist negative peer pressure and learn how to be positive influencers and givers in friendships as opposed to takers and users.   We will also look at the value of developing platonic friendships with the opposite sex that are also based on character and value and our identity in Christ.  We will give them a Christ-Centered Approach to Dating, Love, and Friendship    Students will be given a clear model of how to develop healthy relationships based on identity, character and love that are platonic first and foremost before pursuing romantic love relationships.