Posts Tagged With: Spiritual Development
How to teach my child to Pray…
Objective: Have an intentional conversation with your child about prayer. The 411: Prayer is essential to your spiritual walk. It’s how we communicate to God. At times, teaching our children how to pray may seem like a daunting task. We desperately try to remember The Lord’s Prayer and all that comes to [...]
How to give my child the gift of reading the Bible
1. Make it fun Make reading the Bible a special time that you do together as a family or with your child. Try to make the format age appropriate for your child. If you are going to use a devotional element, let your child pick it out with you. Tell stories in a fun way [...]
Should I bring my child into the adult worship service?
This is an article that I came across a couple years ago. I remember how it challenged me as a parent and as a pastor. I’m interested in your thoughts. Here’s an excerpt of the article (with the link below to the full article). The illustration is a very common one that is seen in [...]
Family Devotions – The Friends I Choose
Here’s a quick resource for parents that want a go at family devotions. The Friends I Choose covers the following topics: A Good Friend is Loyal A Good Friend Helps Me Make Wise Choices A Good Friend Helps His Friends A Good Friend Helps Me to Know God A Good Friend Prays For His [...]
Family Devotion Freedom
Build a Family Legacy
One of the great gifts you can give to your children is a sense of family legacy. It gives a sense of rootedness and security for our children. Perhaps the following ideas will stimulate your and leave your legacy as a gift to your children. Develop some way to keep family memories through a [...]
A timely message from your Children’s Ministry team
Dear Parents, God is continuing to do some pretty amazing things around (INSERT YOUR CHURCH NAME). However, as classrooms continue to grow, our(INSERT YOUR CHILDREN’S MINISTRY NAME) staff is increasingly challenged by the reality of having enough volunteers to participate in the planned small group activities. The staff is working hard to provide an excellent [...]
Ownership
Why is it that the church has such a difficult time finding volunteers in the children’s ministry? We are all well aware of the lengths parents are willing to go to for their children. I’ve waited in long lines at school and sat through soccer games in rain and 40 degree weather…with only a [...]
Tuesday Tip – How to teach my child about other religions
by Joe McGinnis This discussion of “other religions” is one that is bound to enter your home at some point of time during your child’s early adolescent years. These discussions occur as a result of discussions at school, with a neighbor, a friend who is not of a like faith, or at least a television [...]
Tuesday Tip – How to help my child memorize scripture
So here’s the situation. You’ve just been encouraged (guilted) into acknowledging that you’re not doing what you can with helping your child memorize Bible verses. You understand that we’re to hide God’s Word in our hearts…and that your child needs help, encouragement and motivation. But where do we begin? Here are four quick tips to [...]
