The reason for the Family Spot:

The family spot is an attempt to communicate that church is for everyone and that we are all part of the one church family (even though we split off for more age appropriate teaching). 

The family spot is therefore a chance to do things that actively include the younger members of our church family as well as do things relevant to our communal life together. Hopefully this not only communicates something whilst at church but also ministers to families and parents by modelling interactions between children and adults. For example, the culture watch demonstrates how to think ‘Christian-ly’ about things in our children’s world in order to talk about the messages they contain.

Kid’s Spot Options (Annabel Catto)​

1. Kid’s Song
2. Family Devotions
   • ​​Interview families about bible reading together - how they do it, resources.
3. Culture Watch
   • identify something from kid’s world and critique from Christian perspective.
4. Memory Verse
5. Prayer Altogether
   • Kids brainstorm and pray
   • Thank you Sorry Please (TSP prayer)
   • Target prayer (starting wide and getting smaller e.g. community, nation, world)
   • Utilise a prayer from the bible (eg Lord’s prayer)
6. ​Kid’s Talk / Drama / etc
   • On the same passage or topic as the sermon to enable families to talk about it together afterwards.
7. Kid’s program feedback
   • ​Hear what’s happening in Promiseland/youth. Get kids to speak or show what they’ve been doing.
8. Mission spot
   • Talk about mission - what it is, why we do it.
   • Hear about missionaries and pray for them.
9. Kid's Evangelism Spot
   • What evangelism is and why we do it
   • kills for kids in how to do evangelism – God talk, training tools
   • Hearing from kids about conversations they’ve had with friends about Jesus.