Family Worship Guide: 02.01

KIds in Church Sermon

Pastor Duke is going to be reviewing the 1st and 2nd Samuel sermon series and this Sunday 1st through 3rd grade kids will be in the service with their parents.

Check yesterday's post for information about Kids in Church Music.

Click below for this week's Kids in Church Sermon Note page.

There will be copies of this sheet by the check in kiosk and at the welcome desk.

or you can click on the picture below for a pdf version of this note sheet.

Kid's in Church Music

Here is one of the songs from this weekend's service "The Glories of Calvary"


One of the ways you can begin preparing for Sunday is listening to this song with your child and explain what is about.

More songs from Sunday can be found at blog.emmanuelbaptist.com

You don't need to be a good parent!

Desperate Parents Make the Best Parents by Brad Bigney is from the Biblical Counseling Training Conference hosted by Faith Church in Lafayette, Indiana.

His basic idea is  "parenting is not difficult it is impossible.  So you will need God more than you will need to be a good parent."

"Good kids are not being produced by the same system.  God is the number one any child begins to follow God.  It is not Stuart Scott.  It is not Bill Gothard.  It is not homeschool.  It is not classical Christian school."

You can purchase this session for a limited time at the cost of $0.50

http://store.faithlafayette.org/

KIDS IN CHURCH!!! This Sunday, February 1st.

This Sunday Pastor Duke is going to be reviewing our "A Heart for God" series.
As his notes are made available I will put some sermon helps for kids on this site.
Also, Pastor Andy has been posting the songs for the weekend services.
You will want to check back to watch those with your kids.

I want to share a couple of quotes from the book Parenting in the Pew to help you understand two things.

1.  You are not alone
2.  You need to teach and prepare your children and yourself for Sunday.

Here are some general thoughts to consider:

"Why is it that children who refuse to nap all week nod off before the preacher is three sentences into the sermon?  Any child can tell you that it takes a lot of energy to 'sit still and be quiet' during church.  Most children will testify, too, that coloring in all the o's in the bulletin is harder than it seems.  Especially with all the interruptions for hymns, creeds and offerings."  (p. 54)

"Paying attention in worship is foundational to training children in the pew.  And giving attention to our children during this time is essential.  It is very important that parents and children sit together during worship." (63)

"The purpose of parenting in the pew is to train a child to worship, not to be quiet."   (63)

 Here are some practical ideas:

1. Have your child use the bathroom right before the service. 
2. You might need to talk quietly to your child to help them worship.  "Training children to worship does not always enhance our own experience of being before the Lord, especially at first.  On a feeling level, the experience of worship may seem impoverished by the demands of parenting in the pew.  The number of times children must be helped to concentrate, pay attention and enter into the worship service is almost beyond counting.  The effort can be exhausting.  And it can be pleasing to God."  
3. Encourage your children to sing

A very important thing to remember is that YOUR TIME in the service provide A LIVING EXAMPLE to YOUR EXAMPLE.

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This week's missionaries are the Kimmels.  The take home paper is incorrect.

UPWARD Devotion

This week's devotional was on the virtue JOY!

Finding a way to be happy, even when things don’t go your way.

The scripture Verse is "Always be joyful because you belong to the Lord. I will say it again. Be joyful."  Philippians 4:4 (NIrV)

Bottom Line: I can have joy because God sent his Son.

Here is a great song to remind of why we can be Joyful.