Building Faith Skills in Kids (1 of 5)
5 May
At the Orange Conference I attended a breakout session talking about 5 basic Faith Skills to build into kids to help them take ownership of their faith and make it theirs. If you are a parent and/or serve in kids ministry, you don’t want to miss the next 5 posts.
Skill #1: Navigate the Bible
- Children should know how the smaller stories within the Bible work together to tell God’s Big Story. Many ministries are guilty of teaching the bible as a series of one-liners that support the main teaching point. Yet kids fail to see the bigger picture in scripture.
- The Bible is a place they can go to find verses that will help them with specific questions.
God’s word is a source of Life to a believer. Read in context, it reminds us that we are part of something bigger than ourselves. Kids that learn a biblical worldview have a more solid foundation to build their life upon. We can’t expect our kids to have a biblical worldview unless the Bible plays a prominent role in our lives.
Parents, how can we better equip you to teach your kids how to navigate the Bible?
Ministry leaders, how well does your curriculum teach kids to view the Bible as a continuous story of His Glory?
Can't wait to see thoughts on this… That's a tough one! The only answer I have is to lead parents to do this…HOW?!?!?
Off topic. Thanx for the “anniversary congrats” I appreciate your blog and all you are doing for kids and families. Just thought I'd give you a heads up that im posting your link on my blogroll. keep on rockin it!
We try to model it in our LifeGroups each week. We BLOG it
B= bible (where it is from)
L = little bit that stood out to you
O= own words
G= go (what will you do now?)
We gave our kids a journal to BLOG in at Christmas and will give one to kids when they make a decision to follow Jesus.