Sunday School
The 7th and 8th grade classes are part of our Discipleship program which leads up the the Confirmation Service in May for the 8th grade students who have gone through the two years of Discipleship. These classes meet in the Sunday School rooms in the basement.
The high school class meets in The Youth House next door. We discuss topics that relate to our everyday lives, and talk about what the Bible says about those topics.
THE FAITH 5: FAITH ACTS IN THE HOME
We want to equip and empower parents to connect what is happening at church to their lives at home, showing their children that faith is not just a "church thing," but a relationship with God that involves everything we do, everywhere we go, every day of the week, .
To help families to accomplish this, we have embraced the Faith 5 concept created by Faith Inkubators. We encourage families to incorporate a 5-10 minute "family huddle" into their evening routine that includes these five simple faith acts:
1. share highs and lows of the day (one of each per person)
2. read a daily Bible verse (we recommend using dailytext.com)
3. talk about how the daily Bible verse relates to your life,
4. pray for each other's highs and lows and then offer any other prayers as desired.
5. bless each other. (make a cross on your forehead, say God bless you, Jesus loves you, or come up with your own blessings to use).
This simple five-step process not only helps parents to maintain great relationships with their children, but also helps to ensure that they raise kids who turn out to be strong, thoughtful, empathetic, positive and caring Christians. Who wouldn't want that?
Families interested in learning more about Faith 5 may contact Pastor Dan at 419-878-0266 or pastordan@zionwaterville.com.
