Equipping the Generations: The Family Together in God’s Presence

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 From The Journal of Discipleship and Family Ministry
http://www.sbts.edu/family/files/2013/04/JDFM-3-1-Noel-Piper.pdf
I would strongly encourage each of you to read the entire article.

Noel Piper writes that one of the greatest stumbling blocks for children in worship is "their parents do not cherish the hour. Children can feel the difference between duty and delight. Therefore, the first and most important job of a parent is to fall in love with the worship of God. You can’t impart what you don’t possess."

Here are some quotes from the blog article:

• It is hard to overestimate the good influence of families doing valuable things together week in and week out, year in and year out.
• Parents should be jealous to model for their children the tremendous value they put on reverence in the presence of Almighty God.
• Not everything children experience has to be put on their level in order to do them good. Some things must be. But not everything. 
• A deep sense of the unknown and the mysterious can rise in the soul of a sensitive child in solemn worship—if his parents are going hard after God themselves. 

Some Preparation Tips:

• Read the scripture passage together (Acts 1:1-8)
• Two important pre-service preparations:  a pen and notepad (    ) and a trip to the rest room.

Some During the Service Tips:

• If your child wants a bulletin let him have a bulletin.
• Everyone needs to sit or stand along with the rest of the congregation
• "Taking notes" grows up as the child does.  At first he draws pictures of what he hears in the sermon.