Space for facilitated discussion
A big desire for these classes is to create a safe space to have discussion and build community. In our culture we are being bombarded by information all the time. However, the opportunity to share and discuss what we are hearing and learning is scarce.
We don’t want students to just regurgitate information. We want them to think about what they’re learning and build confidence to speak it out. We want them to solidify their beliefs so they can feel prepared to lead their own groups in the future. We want to create opportunities to put into practice what we’ve heard, learned and believe.
Paul wrote, “Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” Phillipians 4:9 NIV
Fall 2025
Course Descriptions:
Spiritual Disciplines - separated by sex
Just like it's important to exercise our physical muscles, it is also important to exercise our spiritual muscles. Some days it may not feel like fun but after time we can see that we have been strengthened.
We are currently writing curriculum for this class based around spiritual disciplines like Scripture reading, prayer, fasting, identity, the Holy Spirit, character, and more.
Each semester there will be a parent-teacher conference where the teacher will communicate to you, the parent, what strengths and weaknesses they are seeing from your student in class.
Books required:
Bible
Notebook
Note-there will be printables that will need to be printed for this class (click on the
image to see how we studied Fasting)
Who: Grade 6 (age 11) and above, separated by sex
Leaders: Amy Van Hooser, plus students in the leadership class.
Class size: up to 12
Weeks: 14
Tuition: $140
Time commitment details:
Class time 1:10 hrs per week. Homework approx 2 hrs per week (20min a day).
Approx 40-45hrs per semester
Leadership Class
Healing, Equipping and Activating Leaders is the mission here and so it’s only natural that we have a Leadership training class.
Healing: First we walk through our own healing to then help heal others. We will grow in emotional maturity and find freedom in Christ from our past trauma. We will seek the Holy Spirit to free us from lies of the enemy and receive God’s truth.
Equipping: Leadership begins with a firm foundation in the Lord and a relationship with the Holy Spirit. Christ was a servant leader and that will be emphasized. Communication, active listening, building rapport, empathetic responses, vulnerability, humility, and other skills will be discussed and highlighted during this class.
Activating: This class is being built in a tiered model where as the students grow and excel they will be given more responsibility and help co-lead spiritual disciplines. The long term desire for this class is to equip the students to feel confident to either lead groups in their circles and/or under the Raising Generals umbrella.
Books required:
Fall Books: Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend
Boundaries Workbook by Cloud and Townsend
Who: Starting at grade 9. Must have had at least one semester of
Spiritual Disciplines at Raising Generals and be approved.
Leader: Amy Van Hooser
Weeks: 15
Tuition: $300
Time commitment details:
Co-leading class time 1:10 hrs per week. Prep and homework approx 2 hrs. per week.
Leadership class time 1:10 hrs per week. Homework 1-2 hrs per week.
Total 5:20-6 hrs week. Approx 75-90hrs per semester, equal to .5 credit.
Could be applied to High School transcript for Oral Comm,
Career focus or Elective as parents see fit.
The syllabus is written as the class progresses based on what the students seem to need to help them grow and mature. Here is the finished syllabus of Spring 2025 as an example:
Information about our school and structure
Relational Discipleship model:
Paul said follow me as I follow Christ (1 Cor 11:1). We often learn by what is modeled around us. We want to learn how to be disciples of Christ who make disciples. We need people in our lives ahead of us and behind us as we learn to walk out a life laid down. We grow well in healthy community where we are encouraged by others also seeking to take the narrow road. We desire relationships that spur and encourage us onward and upward. In these classes we desire to build safe community and for teens to see other teens going deeper with the Lord.
Zoom:
All classes are on Zoom. If anyone is absent, we can record the class for students to watch later. Class times are in the Central Time Zone.
**Zoom recording of classes is only intended for classes in which one of the students misses so that they can watch it later. However, due to the desire for these classes to allow space for vulnerability we reserve the right to not record, or discard any recording, that a student may prefer not to have shared or stored electronically.
Communication outside of class:
Students, and instructors, will be added to a closed group on the Band app where they can have discussion and build community outside of class.
Grades:
At this time we will not be grading the students. You as the parent are ultimately your child’s teacher and you get to grade your student based on your own assessment. HSLDA has some great tips on grading https://hslda.org/teaching-my-kids/grading
Books:
We’ve done our best to select books we believe will benefit our conversations. This does not mean that we support, condone or agree with everything in these books. We will all use discernment as we journey together to find our own beliefs founded on Biblical truth.
***Our family loves audiobooks. For the last couple of years we’ve been using an app called Everand that has a monthly subscription and access to many books. I do recommend owning your own hard copy to highlight or reference quickly.
Registration:
Students will be registered on a first come first served basis. Our class sizes are small, with up to 12 students, and may fill quickly.
Fees:
$50 non-refundable down payment for each class is due with enrollment. Remainder of class fee is due within 2 weeks of enrollment or Aug 1st, whichever comes first.
If cost is a concern please talk to us about a scholarship.
*$20 discount for any sibling of first student.
*$20 discount for any friend referral after friend has paid full class fee.
Some resources from past semesters
We’ve done our best to select books we believe will benefit our conversations. This does not mean that we support, condone or agree with everything in these books. We will all use discernment as we journey together to find our own beliefs founded on Biblical truth.
