I was perusing the Google search results for Biblical Manhood, which I often do, and came across the Keepsake Curriculum by Cindy Voss. She offers an ebook with instructions for creating a keepsake notebook. This notebook is designed for your kids to journal their quest for manhood and womanhood.
The ebook gives inspiration as […]
Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Jeff Purkiss
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Squires to Knights Study Guide
A five week study of Squires to Knights - Mentoring Our Teenage Boys
This Study Guide will take you through the book Squires to Knights, guiding you through five group discussions with an optional sixth planning meeting. During these discussions you and the others will gain a better understanding of the information, […]
Posted on December 28th, 2009 by Jeff Purkiss
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Squires2Knights is going international.
I’ve been asked to share the S2K Vision at a Bible seminary in Moldova. Pull out your maps, go east from Europe, across Hungary and Romania. It’s a small country - a former Soviet State - a little north west of the Black Sea.
As I am always excited […]
Posted on December 22nd, 2009 by Jeff Purkiss
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I just had a conversation with Juergen Kneifel, a board member of the Christian Association of Youth Mentoring (CAYM.org). Among other things, we talked about one-on-one mentoring vs. small group mentoring. He specifically liked the association of mentorship within organizations like the Boys Scouts and the Royal Rangers or as part of school […]
Posted on December 18th, 2009 by Jeff Purkiss
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Colts win Super Bowl XLI
Tony Dungy became the first black head coach to win the Super Bowl when his Colts defeated the Chicago Bears on February 4, 2007. What makes his story so pertinent to the subject of mentoring our boys is the character and faith of this man. Coach Dungy is well […]
Posted on May 15th, 2009 by Jeff Purkiss
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While money is not inherently bad, the love of money is evil (1 Timothy 6:10). And when it comes to financial indebtedness, the borrower is a servant to the lender (Proverbs 22:7). Now in light of today’s national financial crisis, I can’t help but bring the issue into the topic of mentoring boys […]
Posted on February 28th, 2009 by Jeff Purkiss
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From Role Model to Mentor
In my book, Squires to Knights - Mentoring Our Teenage Boys I wrote a chapter titled: From Role Model to Mentor. While role models are great, it’s mentoring that really gets the job done. Role models may never interact with the kids who are watching and learning. […]
Posted on February 14th, 2009 by Jeff Purkiss
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One of the Best Role Models in Professional Sports
I’m currently reading a book titled: How to Raise an MVP, Most Valuable Person (Ambrose and Freda Robinson, Zondervan Publishing House, 1996). It was written by the parents of David Robinson, retired super star of the San Antonio Spurs.
This is how David introduces this book […]
Posted on February 6th, 2009 by Jeff Purkiss
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More from Rick Perry’s On My Honor
“A society that puts the rights of individuals above their responsibilities is in danger of creating a generation of children too self-absorbed to contribute to the fabric of community. Scouting resists this temptation - a temptation I believe is as old as original sin in the Garden of […]
Posted on January 23rd, 2009 by Jeff Purkiss
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The following are the opening remarks for the first video lesson of Squires2Knights Manhood 101.
Gentlemen. Welcome to our Manhood 101 course. My name is Jeff Purkiss. I’m the founder of Squires2Knights Ministries.
We’ve got six different men who are going to take you through the lessons of Manhood 101. Together with three […]
Posted on December 21st, 2008 by Jeff Purkiss
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