Lead your heart and your household into next Sunday using these ideas and resources in one or all six areas as you worship at home together to fulfill God’s discipleship calling. Pick and choose what is most suitable for your home, using what will work best with the ages, stages, personalities, and interests you have present.
May your family be blessed by the time spent together, worshiping our Mighty God!
Blessings,
Kimber Walsh, Director of Family Life Ministry
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Read the Bible texts using different translations or age-appropriate children’s Bibles, act it out, use puppets or visual aids.
- Deuteronomy 5:12-15
- Psalm 81:1-10
- 2 Corinthians 4:5-12
- Mark 2:23-28; 3:1-6
Memorize
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
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Listen to and sing the songs that will be a part of this week's worship service.
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- Take a Rest-Do a series of grueling physical activities (decide what those are for your family). Check in at various points and see who needs a rest. Talk about how we should work hard doing the things that God has given us to do. Talk about how God also made us for rest. Why do you think God built the need for rest into us? Why did God set apart a day for worship and rest?
- Church Service-Together, think of as many things as you can that happen in a church service. Act them out or draw one thing. Talk about how that portion of the service helps us make the Sabbath day holy. Talk about what good gifts God gives to us through that part of the service.
- Pressed but Not Crushed- Collect some items that will crush (pop can, grape, cardboard box, etc.). Then talk about what things in life make us feel like we’re pressed. Take turns crushing the items. Talk about how God protects us from being crushed like these items even though we are pressed.
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Recitation: Confession [Luther’s Small Catechism, Blue p. 213, Maroon p. 217, Black-p. 306]
Q & A: Assign one person to be the catechizer to ask questions and allow others to answer. (Guide them/provide unknown answers.)
- Luther’s Small Catechism, 2008 Questions 261-268 (Blue p. 210-211, Maroon p. 218-221)
- Luther’s Small Catechism, 2017 Questions 325-333 (p. 307-311)
Need a catechism? Let us know!
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- Share highs and lows of the day.
- How have you seen God at work lately?
- What does the Scripture reading teach about God?
- What does it teach about people?
- What is the key theme of the Scripture reading?
- What do you learn about the key theme? How can you apply it to your daily walk with the Lord? (Yourself, your relationship with God or your relationships with others?)
- Any cautions to heed? Any promises to anticipate?
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- Adoration (Wow, God!): Proclaim at least three things that amaze you about God today.
- Confession (Sorry, God!): Confess, repent, and ask for forgiveness.
- Thanksgiving (Thanks, God!): Thank God for blessings, lessons, gifts, etc.
- Supplication (Please, God!): Ask God to intervene where you know of needs.
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God has called us to lead our families in discipleship at home…
- to preach and teach the Bible to our family (Eph. 6:4)
- to be a discipleship center (Gen. 18:19)
- to impress the hearts of the next generation with a love for God (Deut. 6:5-7)
- to pass on faith (Ps. 78:1-8, Deut. 32:44-47; Eph. 6:4)
- to teach spiritual lessons to our children (Prov. 1:8, Prov. 7:1, Prov. 23:23-26)
and this resource is designed to equip you to do just that and help you lead into the following Sunday.
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