As our building faith at home logo shows, we want the church and home to partner together in helping kids and their families to take “next steps” with Jesus.
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The Bible affirms that home is an important place of spiritual growth (Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Psalm 78:4-7, Ephesians 5:22-6:4). And one family ministry expert estimates that on average, parents spend 3,000 hours a year with their kids, while the kids only spend 40 hours a year at church (Think Orange, p. 85). So we want to encourage, support, and equip parents to be the primary spiritual influence in their children’s lives.
Each class (age 2 – 5th grade) covers the same Bible story on Sunday mornings, making it easier for parents with multiple children to talk with their kids about what they’re learning about at church.
At Christmas and Easter time we also provide a building faith at home activity for families to do together. We also occasionally have special events designed to help parents to build faith at home. For example, at a summer Family Growth Gathering, John Dyer (author of From the Garden to the City) helped everyone to think biblically about their use media and technology and how to parent well in this important area. You can listen to the audio from his message and from the Q&A time.
The website home page, our Facebook page, and the Sunday morning worship program provide information on upcoming special events.
We also occasionally have sermons on building faith at home – click here to listen. To see a guide that will help you pray for and with everyone in your home, click here.
Want to engage further? Contact Dave Smith.
