What churches can do

Alongside church leaders, we want to see every generation growing in their love for God.

We know that our churches have great programmes for children, but how much do we think about how we can equip and encourage parents as well, as they raise young disciples?

 

Why this is so important

We’ve been talking to church leaders across the country about why this is so important to our churches.

One church leader we spoke to said:

“It strikes me that there is no single occasion in the year where I as a church leader have the opportunity to speak to parents directly about their parenting – and yet it’s such an important issue.”

We have some great ways you can start this journey with parents in your congregation.

Read the Becoming a parent discipling church leaflet

Becoming a parent-discipling church

This handbook looks at the importance of parents in their children’s faith journey.

Discover how to equip parents to disciple their children at home.

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Check out the Church Toolkit

Find out how you can become a parent-equipping church. A toolkit with sermons, videos and much more that you can use to start talking to parents about how they can share Jesus with their children.

Have a look at the toolkit now.

Run an Inspire session for parents

An introduction for mums and dads to start talking about how they can share faith with their children at home. The session is free to download, easy to run, and works as a one-off, or can be spread over two sessions.

Find out more.

The Big Scrumptious Faith-Filled Feast

Whatever the size, style or make-up of your church family, stories are for everyone! The Big Scrumptious Faith-Filled Feast is a fun, easy way to tell the next generation about Jesus.

We are excited to offer a specially created all-age family service. It’s designed to celebrate the stories of what God has done and pass them onto the next generation.

Find out more about the Feast and all the resources available.

Tell the parents in your church about the Kitchen Table Project

Have a look at some of the ideas in the ‘Things you can do at home’ leaflet here and contact us if you’d like to order copies for your congregation.

Join the movement!

Sign up to receive regular updates from the Kitchen Table Project and the materials we are developing to help churches equip parents for their most important ministry.

Complete the form at the bottom of the page and please select church leader or children’s/family worker to sign up to receive this information.

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