Faith Formation

My church expects parents to help in children’s worship once a month. Is that necessary? What do we gain and what do we lose?

Faith formation is more than just acquiring knowledge. It is about transformation.

In terms children can understand, how do you explain what it means to bless someone in the name of God?

My church no longer reads the Ten Commandments in worship. Isn’t hearing the Commandments an important part of our faith formation?

Reasons for busyness vary from family to family, but one reason is we don’t want to miss out on anything.

Our church has a lot of programs for children and teens but nothing for those of us who are retirement age. I feel as if I don’t count. Shouldn’t the church have things for us too?

My daughter and her husband attend a church that offers only Sunday school and not children’s worship. Our congregation has had both for years. What are my grandchildren missing? 

It is a mistake to assume that just because a lesson is for young children it can be theologically neutral. 

Teaching children with different degrees of Bible knowledge is a challenge for teachers in church education and in day schools. 

Children this age are exciting but also challenging and tiring. 

In their efforts to create meaningful worship services, worship planners sometimes overlook the needs of children.