FAMILY MINISTRY
Educating & Equipping Passionate Faithful Disciples
Family Faith Kits
Deuteronomy 6: 5-9 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and
when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates.
Family Faith Kits are a great Family Ministry tool. Please contact Ariel if you are interested in custom building a Faith Kit for your family!
HOW TO MAKE A FAITHKIT
Buy at basket/wooden kit at a craft store; Build one at home to your own specifications; Stain it, paint it, stencil it – make it your own; Make two and give one away as a gift!
WHAT TO PLACE IN THE FAITHKIT
A Family Bible, a devotional book or ScriptureTalk; FaithTalk cards, Book of “If” or Table Topics; Pictures of friends and family members to pray for; Pictures of past trips and favorite family memories; News clippings and current prayer concerns; A deck of cards or favorite family game to play; Bible, a book of table graces, and prayer books; A Prayer Jar or a “Yeah God” notebook; A "Blessings" notebook.
“CARING CONVERSATIONS” IDEAS
Use the Milestones Blessings bowls and mat to share special moments; Play the “Have you ever” game; Have grandparents share their life history with their grandchildren; Make creating a family tree a family service project; discuss family origins and memorable stories.
“FAMILY DEVOTIONS” IDEAS
Read the same scripture passage every night of the week; Select a favorite scripture passage to serve as your family scripture passage; Have family members share what causes they’re devoted to and what they’re passionate about; Offer prayers based on recent family events, photos, news clippings and family concerns; Create bedtime rituals – perhaps sharing “highs and lows” and reading The Jesus Storybook Bible.
“FAMILY SERVICE” IDEAS
Select a family service project for each month of the year; Plan a birthday party around a service project and theme; Pick weekly family chores out a hat or by using Family Service Cards.
“RITUALS & TRADITIONS” IDEAS
Make one of your weekly meals a candle light dinner gathering; Create monthly dinner or event themes (“homemade pizza” night or “chili and checkers” night); Conduct an annual house blessing, praying for people/activities that the rooms symbolize; Create daily farewell blessings when leaving for work or school.
Family Faith Kits are a great Family Ministry tool. Please contact Ariel if you are interested in custom building a Faith Kit for your family!
HOW TO MAKE A FAITHKIT
Buy at basket/wooden kit at a craft store; Build one at home to your own specifications; Stain it, paint it, stencil it – make it your own; Make two and give one away as a gift!
WHAT TO PLACE IN THE FAITHKIT
A Family Bible, a devotional book or ScriptureTalk; FaithTalk cards, Book of “If” or Table Topics; Pictures of friends and family members to pray for; Pictures of past trips and favorite family memories; News clippings and current prayer concerns; A deck of cards or favorite family game to play; Bible, a book of table graces, and prayer books; A Prayer Jar or a “Yeah God” notebook; A "Blessings" notebook.
“CARING CONVERSATIONS” IDEAS
Use the Milestones Blessings bowls and mat to share special moments; Play the “Have you ever” game; Have grandparents share their life history with their grandchildren; Make creating a family tree a family service project; discuss family origins and memorable stories.
“FAMILY DEVOTIONS” IDEAS
Read the same scripture passage every night of the week; Select a favorite scripture passage to serve as your family scripture passage; Have family members share what causes they’re devoted to and what they’re passionate about; Offer prayers based on recent family events, photos, news clippings and family concerns; Create bedtime rituals – perhaps sharing “highs and lows” and reading The Jesus Storybook Bible.
“FAMILY SERVICE” IDEAS
Select a family service project for each month of the year; Plan a birthday party around a service project and theme; Pick weekly family chores out a hat or by using Family Service Cards.
“RITUALS & TRADITIONS” IDEAS
Make one of your weekly meals a candle light dinner gathering; Create monthly dinner or event themes (“homemade pizza” night or “chili and checkers” night); Conduct an annual house blessing, praying for people/activities that the rooms symbolize; Create daily farewell blessings when leaving for work or school.
