Comments on: Family Worship Seminar :: Follow-Up http://reformingstudents.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/family-worship-seminar-follow-up/ God-Centered Student Ministry Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:04:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Eric Carpenter http://reformingstudents.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/family-worship-seminar-follow-up/#comment-318 Eric Carpenter Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:10:19 +0000 http://reformingstudents.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-318 Nick, This all sounds very good. I'm excited to hear about a church taking family worship seriously. I'm also glad to hear that the pastors of the church aren't threatened by the fathers leading their families in worship. Our family tries to have a worship time each day. We actually manage to do it about four times per week. Our worship time takes place right after the evening meal. I want our children to have a sense of all of the books of the bible, so we are currently reading through a chapter or two of each book while we move through the bible. This is working well. We all have the same version of the bible; this helps as we all read a section of scripture each night. We also recently purchased a "Celebration Hymnal" for all of us. This has made singing much easier and more enjoyable. Another positive we have recently begun in using John Piper's Baptist catechism. It is amazing to watch how fast kids can learn. Family worship is just about the most thrilling part of my life. I can't imagine not doing it now. Nick,

This all sounds very good. I’m excited to hear about a church taking family worship seriously. I’m also glad to hear that the pastors of the church aren’t threatened by the fathers leading their families in worship.

Our family tries to have a worship time each day. We actually manage to do it about four times per week. Our worship time takes place right after the evening meal. I want our children to have a sense of all of the books of the bible, so we are currently reading through a chapter or two of each book while we move through the bible. This is working well. We all have the same version of the bible; this helps as we all read a section of scripture each night. We also recently purchased a “Celebration Hymnal” for all of us. This has made singing much easier and more enjoyable. Another positive we have recently begun in using John
Piper’s Baptist catechism. It is amazing to watch how fast kids can learn.

Family worship is just about the most thrilling part of my life. I can’t imagine not doing it now.

]]> By: Deb Burton http://reformingstudents.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/family-worship-seminar-follow-up/#comment-317 Deb Burton Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:05:35 +0000 http://reformingstudents.wordpress.com/?p=87#comment-317 Nick, Thanks for sharing your take-away points with us. it sounds like your Family Worship Night was successful, if nothing else for the quality of sharing done by the men who lead their families in devotions. I'd like to see something like this done at my church. Our family does a variety of things for family worship. We have used devotional books, we have studied certain Bible passages with different colored pens to underline different points, we have read biographies of missionaries, we've done word studies, we've even studied what the biblical meanings are of each of our names. Sometimes we've taken a Proverbs chapter a day, since they're so neatly laid out for one a day for a month. Other times we've taken a godly character trait and studied what the Bible says about that. And of course, we often just read/study one particular book from the Bible. It all depends on what it is we feel our children are most in need of at the moment. Admittedly, I carry out the majority of the actual devotions because my husband is on the road 5 days a week. We're working on changing that, and hope the Lord will bless us in the next year with bringing my husband home for good. Nonetheless, if you ask our children who the spiritual leader is in the family, there is no question that it is my husband. He discusses things with the children on the phone, works through me in how to approach godly child training, and conducts devotions and general discussions on the weekend when he's in. It brings me great joy to be married to a Joshua kind of a man (as for me and my house....). Great points listed here, Nick. I'm going to refer my readers to this posting so they can see how family devotions come together for others. Nick,
Thanks for sharing your take-away points with us. it sounds like your Family Worship Night was successful, if nothing else for the quality of sharing done by the men who lead their families in devotions. I’d like to see something like this done at my church.

Our family does a variety of things for family worship. We have used devotional books, we have studied certain Bible passages with different colored pens to underline different points, we have read biographies of missionaries, we’ve done word studies, we’ve even studied what the biblical meanings are of each of our names. Sometimes we’ve taken a Proverbs chapter a day, since they’re so neatly laid out for one a day for a month. Other times we’ve taken a godly character trait and studied what the Bible says about that. And of course, we often just read/study one particular book from the Bible. It all depends on what it is we feel our children are most in need of at the moment.

Admittedly, I carry out the majority of the actual devotions because my husband is on the road 5 days a week. We’re working on changing that, and hope the Lord will bless us in the next year with bringing my husband home for good. Nonetheless, if you ask our children who the spiritual leader is in the family, there is no question that it is my husband. He discusses things with the children on the phone, works through me in how to approach godly child training, and conducts devotions and general discussions on the weekend when he’s in. It brings me great joy to be married to a Joshua kind of a man (as for me and my house….).

Great points listed here, Nick. I’m going to refer my readers to this posting so they can see how family devotions come together for others.

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