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Here is a table I created as a worksheet for young adults to think through their lives. I am indebted to David English for his names and definitions for the phases of life. Years Years 17-22 Years 23-28 Years 29-32 Years 33-39 Years 40-45 Name of phase Defining Decisions Entering the adult world Minor life transitions Priority Decision Phase Major Life Transition Key features Establishing a value base. Deciding to grow up. Exploring life. Testing choices. Confusion about the future. Fear of the future. Choosing covenant relationships over vocal priorities Dealing with emotional wounds for future successful living Connections to  your dream, your covenant relationships, your mentors, and your vocation Where am/was I during this phase? Emotionally? Spiritually? Physically? Relationally? Vocationally? What did I or am I learning about God du...

When I began preparing for these talks I immediately thought of some the insights I heard from David English. Here is a background essay on the seasons of life we all go through.    I was in my early 40’s and something was happening to me emotionally. For twenty years I had been involved in Christian ministry and loved what I was doing. College students were a joy to me and I had worked with them in various positions of responsibility locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. I had a wonderful wife and four beautiful children. Outwardly everything seemed to be going great. But inwardly something was wrong. Something was missing. It was the same feeling that I had before I had become a Christian at age 19. Emotionally life was not making sense and I felt that it should because, after all, I had committed my life to Christ and I was serving Him with all my heart. There were two circumstances that I was faced with that added to my confusion. Campus Crusade was in the m...

Faith in Transition - 1 Thessalonians ChristChurch Young Adult Retreat – May 6, 7 2011 Trent McEntyre Campus Director for Crossroads at Georgia Tech and Pastor for College Ministry at ChristChurch Introduction Welcome to most turbulent phase of your life. Young adulthood is a season of transitions. The typical young Atlantan goes through more major transitions between the age of 18-35 than any other phase of life. For example the first major transition is from living with your parents to out on your own. How many major transition have you been through or could you foresee going through in this season of your life? Our Church is entering the young adult phase of its own journey. We were planted as a church to reach Atlanta’s leaders in the Buckhead area nearly 20 years ago. Today the church is maturing and growing as we embark on an exciting plan to expand our facilities in order to grow to a church of nearly 1,000 people. We will experience a number of exciting transitions in the pro...