Nurturing Faith at Home: Simple Ways to Engage Your Kids

Okay, so hearing about the curriculum may encourage some parents, and some others might be thinking, hmm, I want to help my kids grow in God's Word at home, but I'm not sure how.

And that's not an uncommon question.

And the good news is that nurturing faith at home, it's not about having a perfect plan, for sure, or being a Bible expert.

or getting every moment right.

It's just about creating those small opportunities for our children to see us return to Jesus and his word again and again.

So Cynthia, for parents who want to help their kids grow in God's word, but might feel busy or unsure, or maybe even a little intimidated, what are some simple ways they can begin? I know you're a mom of five kids.

What are some ways you share scripture in the everyday rhythms of your own home?

Well, sure.

So, of course, when the kids were little, they had Chatham kids on Sundays.

Someone went to Iwana's and we, you know, we put the Bible verse everywhere.

We put the Bible verse on the fridge.

We practiced it there.

We practiced in the car.

We did a lot with Bible stories, a lot of VeggieTale watching.

We talked, you and I talked about a little before about CDs in the car, scripture music that we would have in the car.

And as they grew, we found different ways to keep those opportunities open.

Some of our kids were youth group kids and loved being here on Sundays.

A couple of our kids were not youth group kids, but they did enjoy a smaller Bible study, whether it was with a group from our church or a group that they met through school or through a friend.

And we kept those opportunities open and in front of them.

And then as they grew too, it was about modeling for them how we make decisions and how we answer their questions and things like, well, in that sort of situation, this is a scripture.

That's helpful for me.

Or this is a prayer that I pray over that kind of situation.

I think something that's very special about our congregation and about our church family is that there are other church leaders that we can point them to and other families in the church that are trusted adults who model that same behavior and that same response for them.

And that has been such a huge help for us in raising our kids, especially as they become young adults and having those other adults in their church families in their life.

For sure.