The thought of sitting your family of varying ages down for a time of Bible study and worship can seem a bit overwhelming. Thoughts of many parents start with “Where do I start” or “how in the world do I do this?”

First off, let’s simplify! What even is family worship? Glad you asked 😉.

Simply put, family worship is a time that you as the parent choose to intentionally focus on what your family chooses to believe and act on.

What you say you believe + real life action = authentic worship!

For example: You say you believe in prayer so pray with your kids!

You say God wants us to be kind so model kindness!

We want to challenge our families to act on what they believe by integrating family worship into their homes! To help with that, we would like to give our families monthly ideas for family worship!

Door Prayers

Materials needed:

🗒Paper

🖍Writing utensil

✂️Scissors (If you want them to be in the shape of a heart)

🩹Tape

📖Bible/Bible app

What to do:

Read Phillipians 4:6 & 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Ask your kids, what does the Bible say about prayer? Be anxious about nothing but pray about everything.

Show them where it says this in the Bible. (Phillipians 4:6)

(And if you're ever unsure about where in the Bible to find something… google it 🤷🏼‍♀️. )

Hand out 2 sheets of paper per child. (cut in heart if you'd like)

Write “pray about everything” in the middle of the paper. Then ask your kid(s) one at a time how you can pray for them. You may even want to write a prayer for them on the paper.

On the second sheet of paper write “in all things give thanks.” Show them where it says that in the Bible. (1 Thessalonians 5:18) write random things on this paper that you/your kid(s) are thankful for.

Tape them to the front of each other their bedroom door(s) and pray together for some of the things listed and give thanks together too!

This activity is great for kids 4 and up!

If you have toddlers include them too! They can scribble their own pictures and you can write out prayers for them. Let pausing to worship together be their normal!

These hearts will be reminders throughout the week of how to pray for your kids! You might be surprised or enlightened by what they ask for prayer for.

And this is FAMILY WORSHIP! The message you are sending is that as a family, we believe in prayer enough that we are gonna stop and do it and we are also going to trust the Lord enough that we are going to ask Him for what you need!