Parents

Bring your family closer in Christ with these helpful articles and videos. Learn how to nurture your children's faith and develop habits for being together in God's Word.

  • 3 Verses for Parenthood: April 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    3 Verses for Parenthood: April 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Having my daughter last spring has definitely changed my walk with Christ. Busy days come with sleepless nights and quiet moments are often broken with cute coos and not-as-cute cries...

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  • Essentials for Your Church Busy Bag

    Essentials for Your Church Busy Bag

    Going to church as a family is a blessing. When young children are a part of your family, you need to think ahead when it comes to church. Families with young children may need to ask...

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  • Keeping the Faith: March 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Keeping the Faith: March 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    “I’d be LIVID if someone prayed with/to/at my kids.” My heart leapt into my throat and then sank as I read these words from a Facebook group on parenting. The original post had asked for...

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  • Repetition: February 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Repetition: February 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    The words of Proverbs 3:1–4 tumble around in my head and heart often as I go through my day with my three small children:

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  • A Look Inside My First Catechism1:01

    A Look Inside My First Catechism

    My First Catechism is a wonderful tool to help teachers and families introduce Luther's Small Catechism to kids. The book is filled with engaging illustrations and kid-friendly language to help teach

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  • Building: January 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Building: January 2023 Everyday Faith Calendar

    “Can you please help me, Mom?”My six-year-old son asked me this when he was working on a new LEGO building bricks set and got stuck on a step in the directions.

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  • Teaching the Big Words of the Faith

    Teaching the Big Words of the Faith

    When we teach children, we tend to simplify things. When we teach children about God, we want them to understand the truths we are communicating on their level in a way that is comforting,...

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  • Your family will LOVE this Advent treasure hunt! Follow the Wise Men to the Savior.0:42

    Your family will LOVE this Advent treasure hunt! Follow the Wise Men to the Savior.

    Follow the Wisemen to Jesus with this activity kit for families! Includes an activity for each day in Advent through Christmas and Epiphany. #shorts #adventcalendar #wisemen #advent #christmas https:

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  • Light in Darkness: December 2022 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Light in Darkness: December 2022 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Have you ever walked through a familiar room in the dark? It is probably a room you would not think twice about walking through during the day. But suddenly, when you walk through it in...

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  • Read this book with your children | Friday Favorites0:33

    Read this book with your children | Friday Favorites

    A great reminder for you and your kids, Jesus is With Me by Joni Walker. Can you find the cross on every page? https://www.cph.org/p-3101-jesus-is-with-me.aspx #shorts #childrensbooks #fridayfavorit

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  • Unboxing Wise Men Seek the Savior Family Activity Kit | Family Advent Calendar & Treasure Hunt1:32

    Unboxing Wise Men Seek the Savior Family Activity Kit | Family Advent Calendar & Treasure Hunt

    Take a look inside the Wise Men Seek the Savior family Advent kit. Use this kit to celebrate Christmas while keeping the focus on Jesus with your family at home or in your Christian classroom. The k

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  • Carrying Our Burdens: November 2022 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Carrying Our Burdens: November 2022 Everyday Faith Calendar

    What burdens are you carrying right now? Are you . . . Anxious? Tired? Uncertain?

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  • How to Teach Children to Tithe

    How to Teach Children to Tithe

    When I was growing up, my parents gave me an allowance so they could teach me how to manage money. They taught me how to use a bank account, save for big purchases, and tithe. It was not...

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  • Add Christmas Family Fun to Advent with Elena Fox1:17

    Add Christmas Family Fun to Advent with Elena Fox

    How can Christian families anticipate the celebrations of Christmas while keeping the focus on Jesus? Author Elena Fox explains how the new Wise Men Seek the Savior: Family Advent Activity Kit can gui

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  • Advice and Encouragement: October 2022 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Advice and Encouragement: October 2022 Everyday Faith Calendar

    As a new mother, I’ve been struggling to figure out a spiritual routine for my daughter and our family. We say prayers at bedtime and read some books that are Christ-focused, but sometimes...

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  • Facing Fear: September 2022 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Facing Fear: September 2022 Everyday Faith Calendar

    This school year, my family is transitioning to having a child in school all day. My oldest starts kindergarten and is anxiously waiting to find out what being at school “all day” is all...

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  • Discipling Our Children by Abiding in the Word

    Discipling Our Children by Abiding in the Word

    My mother once said, “The best children’s ministry a church can have is a solid, pastor-led adult Bible study.” Since that conversation, I’ve contemplated her words often, reflecting on...

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  • Creator and Creation: August 2022 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Creator and Creation: August 2022 Everyday Faith Calendar

    My son called to me in a stressed and urgent tone, “Mom! I need a big eraser!”

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  • Influencing Children’s Identity through Electronic Technology

    Influencing Children’s Identity through Electronic Technology

    Little has had a more dynamic impact on contemporary culture than electronic technology. I would argue that electronic technology is our feeble human attempt to copy God’s astonishing...

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  • Prayer: July 2022 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Prayer: July 2022 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Prayer is a unique opportunity that we are given to talk directly with God. How cool! The Creator of the universe, the one that spoke the stars into the sky and fish into the sea, wants to...

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