Sample Course Holistic Education Institute A Presentation for 11th-Graders (Your Church or Institution) HEI - Holistic Education Institute 1 Key Points This presentation or workshop can be: 1. Customized to reflect your quotes (from your own pastors/ministers) and your pictures 2. Shortened or lengthened to fit your time requirements 3. Tied to other related courses that collectively help your audience to achieve a higher level of knowledge 4. Taught to both students & their parents HEI - Holistic Education Institute 2 Key Info This course is tied to 5 other related courses Please call us or email us to obtain information re: the related courses 877-773-7501 [email protected] [email protected] HEI - Holistic Education Institute 3 Making Post-High School Decisions Holistic Education Institute June, 2013 Transformative Learning© www.heiamerica.org “Blast Off or Blow Up” Based on Life on the Edge Dr. James Dobson’s book for 16- to 26year-olds Some of the most dramatic and permanent changes in life usually occur between the ages of 16 and 26. Most of the decisions you make during this 10year period will shape the next 50 years your life — including the choice of an occupation, decision to marry, and establishing your values and personality HEI - Holistic Education Institute 5 “Blast Off or Blow Up” Based on Life on the Edge Dr. James Dobson’s book for 16- to 26year-olds As a bricklayer knows, establishing a solid foundation is critical. The same is true in life. As you face the hundreds of important questions these ten years hold, it would be helpful to talk with someone that has answers. HEI - Holistic Education Institute 6 One of the most important decisions you’ll make in the next few years will focus on your choice of work/career. How can you know what you’ll want to be doing when you’re 40, 50 or 60 years old? HEI - Holistic Education Institute 7 To make an informed decision about a profession, you’ll need these six essentials: 1. It must be something you genuinely like to do 2. It must be something you have the ability to do 3. It must be something you can earn a living by doing it HEI - Holistic Education Institute 8 To make an informed decision about a profession, you’ll need these six essentials: 4. It must be something that are permitted to do 5. It must be something that brings spiritual and cultural enrichment and affirmation 6. It must be something that God wants you to do HEI - Holistic Education Institute 9 What makes it so tough to choose an occupation is that all of these requirements must be met at the same time. HEI - Holistic Education Institute 10 Understandably, many young people flounder in the face of this decision and become immobilized. Such young adults are like the space shuttle on the launch pad: lots of potential, but they don’t get off the ground. HEI - Holistic Education Institute 11 A contractor would never build a skyscraper without detailed plans to guide his work. HEI - Holistic Education Institute 12 What plans are you using as you try to figure out who you are and what you want out of life? 1. How much time are you spending in prayer, seeking the Lord’s will? 2. What are your goals? HEI - Holistic Education Institute 13 HEI - Holistic Education Institute 14 3. What are God’s plans for you? How can you know God’s will? What does the Bible say about knowing God’s will? HEI - Holistic Education Institute 15 4. What are you doing in high school to be ready to act on God’s plan for your life? Studying? Studying hard? Hardly studying? Sports? Activities? Working? HEI - Holistic Education Institute 16 HEI - Holistic Education Institute 17 5. What are you going to do after high school? How are you going to pay your bills? Scholarship? Part-time job? Live with Mom and Dad until you’re 40? HEI - Holistic Education Institute 18 Post-Secondary Options Private schools Trade schools Get a job… HEI - Holistic Education Institute 19 How do you know what your calling is? The first step could be determining what you’re good at. Consider taking some assessments: interests, skills, abilities HEI - Holistic Education Institute 20 HEI - Holistic Education Institute 21 HEI - Holistic Education Institute 22 HEI - Holistic Education Institute 23 How do you know what your calling is? Educate yourself by doing some career research … Or talk with adults who are working at a career that’s of interest to you. HEI - Holistic Education Institute 24 Career Research HEI - Holistic Education Institute 25 Choosing a career today is sometimes challenging or even downright difficult. There are so many options! How do you know which way to go? HEI - Holistic Education Institute 26 Choosing a career today is challenging, and it’s very different from when your grandparents were first starting out. You’re not signing on for a 40 or 50-year commitment. HEI - Holistic Education Institute 27 Back in their day, changing jobs was a red flag for the employer. Today, employers are more apt to look at someone who has had several jobs as “more experienced.” HEI - Holistic Education Institute 28 Reminder There are plenty of bad choices out there. One bad choice could mean a life full of regrets, pain and sorrow. The bad turn-ons and temptations are numerous … constant and … ubiquitous HEI - Holistic Education Institute 29 Whether or not you’re thinking about your future, here are some words to consider from Pastor Craig Hill: Seek first His kingdom, then the byproducts will come. If you follow your vocation, God will provide everything you need: food, drink, clothes, housing, transportation, etc. Pastor Craig Hill’s series on “What Jesus Says about Anxiety”: July 19, 2009 HEI - Holistic Education Institute 30 Words to consider from Pastor Gary: If you’re running from God, you’ll never get where you’re going…and it will cost you. Gary Stubblefield’s Series on Jonah: Lesson 2 September 6, 2009 But if you’re walking with God, you’ll always get where you’re going…and God will pick up the tab . Gary Stubblefield’s Series on Jonah: Lesson 2 September 6, 2009 HEI - Holistic Education Institute 31 More words to consider from Pastor Craig: One of the very first things God asks of Adam is to work (Gen. 1:28; 2:15) and to do so with purpose. Pastor Craig Hill’s series on "What Does it Mean to be Human?" : October 4, 2009 HEI - Holistic Education Institute 32 Working with purpose or calling is what we call Vocation. Vocation can be more than simply career or job. Career and job earn money, but vocation benefits community/society and fulfills personally. HEI - Holistic Education Institute 33 What do you think God has particularly called you to do? Or to put it another way, what do you perceive as your own particular vocation in God‘s kingdom? HEI - Holistic Education Institute 34 Conclusion You must believe that God has a plan for you: 1. For the school you will attend after high school 2. For the career/job He has for you 3. For your future spouse 4. For your future family 5. For everything HEI - Holistic Education Institute 35 Conclusion You just have to make sure you’re spending enough time in God’s Word, listening to Him, and waiting for His timing. HEI - Holistic Education Institute 36 Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3: 4-5 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6: 33 What does God want YOU to do in His kingdom? HEI - Holistic Education Institute 37
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