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These milestones, or rites, help children know they’re growing up as 2. To show your children how
Christians and continually reconnecting to their faith family. Mile- he’s with them as they grow.
stones also allow churches and parents to partner together to raise
up lifelong followers of Jesus. 3. To help you make faith mile-
stones important.
Spiritual occasions that warrant family celebrations include:
Teachable Moments 2. As you grow up as a Christian, what occasions would you like to
celebrate, and how?
1. Celebrate Baptisms—After
seeing a baptism, talk to 3. In what ways has your faith changed since you were younger?
your children about their
own baptisms—or their de- 4. What can I do to help your faith grow even stronger?
sire to be baptized. Tell
them God washes away our
sins. As a family, make
handmade cards for newly Family Experience: Journeys With Jesus
baptized people.
Use these activities to celebrate your family’s past and future.
2. Make the Bible Rele-
vant—Show children how Family Timelines—You’ll need a 6-foot piece of butcher paper,
God’s Word applies to their markers, masking tape, and a Bible. Tape the butcher paper to a
lives. Talk about biblical he- wall. Together, create a timeline of your family’s journey with God
roes and how they both using words, drawings, and Bible verses. Include marriages, birth-
stumbled and grew in faith. days, and milestones, such as when a child entered preschool or
Tie Bible verses into kids’ when you moved. Add fun memories and difficult times that af-
interests, from music or po- fected everyone (illnesses or injuries, vacations, job or school
etry to travel or adventure. changes, and so on).
3. Model Lifelong Learn- Afterward, discuss these questions: “What are our best memo-
ing—Preteens often feel as ries? What difficult events have we overcome? How did those
if they’ve outgrown Sunday events make us closer? How have you seen God moving in our
school. Provide age- family through the years? How have we experienced God’s faith-
appropriate Bibles and de- fulness? What are our future dreams for our family?”
votionals for preteens who
are forming their identity in God’s Path—You’ll need a map
Christ. Also help them an- of your hometown, a highlighter,
ticipate the future rather a Bible, and a red marker. Mark
than be anxious about it. important spots on the map,
such as your home, school,
church, friends’ houses, and
more. Highlight the roads your
family uses most often. Read
aloud Psalm 139:1-3. Say: “God
always knows where we are,
what we’re doing, and where we’re going. He has big plans for us
as we grow and get to know him better. God loves us and will al-
ways be with us.” With a red marker, draw a large heart around
all the map sites you’ve highlighted. Hang up the map as a re-
minder of God’s promises.
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Our prayer is that you’ll make informed decisions about what your children watch, listen to, and wear.
RATINGS: EC=Early Childhood, E=Everyone (ages 6+), E10+ (ages 10+), T=Teen (ages 13+)
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