BB Session

1. Intermediate / Junior High / High School
It’s just a phase…
Presentation content liberally
borrowed from It’s Just a
Phase So Don’t Miss It: Why
Every Stage of a Kid Matters,
and at Least 13ThingsYour
Church Should Do About It by
Reggie Joiner and Kristen Ivy

2. Where do the Jelly Beans come in?
• A parent has an average of 936 weeks (6552 Jelly Beans) between a child’s
birth and graduation
• 936 weeks of influence
• As a teacher, you have approximately ______ hours to influence the
students in your classroom
• ( ≈ 180 at MRIS/CGIS, 222 at MJHS, 135 at MHS)

3. Making it Real…

4. What is a phase?

5. What phase applies to your students?

6. How can you use a phase for leverage?
• Accept that kids at all phases are changing in 6 ways:
• Physically & Mentally
• Culturally & Relationally
• Emotionally & Morally
• Know what can be expected of students at each stage
• If you don’t know what can be expected of a student, you may be expecting too little.
• If you don’t know what can be expected of a student, you may be expecting too much.