Worship Together As A Family
The primary Christian formation experience is our Sunday morning worship. All ages are welcome to worship together. We have Worship Boxes for children that contain several interactive items to engage in during the service. We also have an optional KidsWord for prek-3rd graders; they are led out after the opening prayer and return to their families at the sign of peace. They engage in Bible stories through music, story, games, and crafts. We hope you will make it a priority to attend Sunday worship as often as possible.
10 Good Reasons to Bring Your Children to Church:
1. At church, you and your children will hear stories passed down for centuries that they might not hear anywhere else and find out more about the One who has changed the world for over 2000 years.
2. The stories they hear will have meaning and hold truths that will apply to daily life.
3. You as a parent will be around other parents who value morals, compassion and are just as worn out as you, but still came to worship.
4. At church, you will be surrounded by all six living generations under one roof, the only place that happens every week in our society. Your kids might even end up with a few extra “grandparents” who take a special interest in them, as many of our kids have. These folks have a lot of parenting wisdom to share.
5. You and your children will be around people who emphasize and value hospitality – not in the Martha Stewart sense, but in the welcoming sense. You and your child will be in an environment where differences are valued – differences in ethnic origin, economic circumstance, developmental ability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical ability.
6. You and your child will be encouraged to build bridges across these differences as well as across other divides. Look at the news; there is no more important skill for the 21st century.
7. At church, your child will become accustomed to the benefits of silence. We don’t sit in silence for very long but it’s long enough to show them it’s a good thing sometimes.
8. Once a week, your child will hear music that is not hip-hop, rap or pop/dance music.
9. At church you’ll see that “faith” does not mean “certainty” and that questions and doubt are valued.
10. You and your children will find role models for responding to God’s love by loving back, giving back, being good stewards of the gift of life and the gift of this good earth, and caring for all of creation. And you will be given opportunities to do just that by serving those in need and getting back far more than you give.
Your children and teens will be wrapped in a web of faith, filled with many generations, that is so loving and caring that they will know Christ and always want to be a part of a congregation of faith.
some ideas for this list came from Rev. Joanne Whitt
2. The stories they hear will have meaning and hold truths that will apply to daily life.
3. You as a parent will be around other parents who value morals, compassion and are just as worn out as you, but still came to worship.
4. At church, you will be surrounded by all six living generations under one roof, the only place that happens every week in our society. Your kids might even end up with a few extra “grandparents” who take a special interest in them, as many of our kids have. These folks have a lot of parenting wisdom to share.
5. You and your children will be around people who emphasize and value hospitality – not in the Martha Stewart sense, but in the welcoming sense. You and your child will be in an environment where differences are valued – differences in ethnic origin, economic circumstance, developmental ability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical ability.
6. You and your child will be encouraged to build bridges across these differences as well as across other divides. Look at the news; there is no more important skill for the 21st century.
7. At church, your child will become accustomed to the benefits of silence. We don’t sit in silence for very long but it’s long enough to show them it’s a good thing sometimes.
8. Once a week, your child will hear music that is not hip-hop, rap or pop/dance music.
9. At church you’ll see that “faith” does not mean “certainty” and that questions and doubt are valued.
10. You and your children will find role models for responding to God’s love by loving back, giving back, being good stewards of the gift of life and the gift of this good earth, and caring for all of creation. And you will be given opportunities to do just that by serving those in need and getting back far more than you give.
Your children and teens will be wrapped in a web of faith, filled with many generations, that is so loving and caring that they will know Christ and always want to be a part of a congregation of faith.
some ideas for this list came from Rev. Joanne Whitt
