I’ve been curating family faith formation resources and I thought I would share my list here. Last weekend I led 2 workshops about Equipping Households for Faith Growth. Children’s and family pastors were the main audience so it was about how they could equip families. This Sunday I’m leading a workshop about Family Faith Formation. This was originally going to be a workshop for parents but now it’s for the whole family.
Why Faith at Home is Important?
Here2Stay Principle – Family/Household Nurture: Families (households) are the primary faith communities for all ages. This page shares why and also offers some practical ideas.
Barna Research – What Makes for a Spiritually Vibrant Household?
I’ve written on this topic previously and here’s what I said.
Family Faith Formation Resources
Websites/Blogs
- Refocus Ministry
- Growing Faith (Australian)
- Max7 – Resources for families or to use to teach families/parents.
- Building Faith: Home Practices
- Faith Five – Share, Read, Talk, Pray, Bless
- Practicing Families
- Grow Christians: a community of disciples practicing faith at home
- Parent Cue
- Oh Amanda: Helping you impress God’s word on your kids hearts
- Faith Passed Down: Inspiration for Sharing Faith with children and teenagers
- Family God Time: Brief moments of holy time for busy families
- Flame: Creative Children’s Ministry –
- Things to Do at Home
- Playdough Mats – to go with different Bible readings
- Family Lent Ideas
- 25 Advent Activities
- GodVenture
- The Pelsers
- 567 Ministries
Facebook Groups/Pages
Apps
- Conversation Starters – Make Every Day Count (Focus on the Family)
- D6 Family App
- Parent Cue App – http://theparentcue.org/app/
- Table Talk Apps – Table Talk Christmas, Table Talk Easter http://www.table-talk.org/
- The Bible App for Kids
Downloadable
- Chat Matters – A series of “Talking Life Together” table mats.
- Candle Press – Resources for families with young children
- Praying in Colour – Usually has downloadable templates for Lent & Advent
- Back to the Table – Conversationalizer
Emails
D6: Splink – Free weekly emails packed with ideas for families to engage in conversation.
Books
Front Cover 
- Sticky Faith Family Collection
- Faithful Families:Creating Sacred Moments at Home by Traci Smith
- Prayers for Faithful Families by Traci Smith
- Parenting in the Pew: Guiding Your Children into the Joy of Worship by Robbie Castleman
- The Season of the Nativity: Confessions and Practices of an Advent, Christmas & Epiphany Extremist by Sybil MacBeth
- Advent Adventure Stories by Arnold Ytreeide
Previously I’ve written about 5 books that influenced my parenting, which includes a couple that are on this list, plus a few more.
Other Resources
- Faith Talk Cards – Conversation Cards. There is a normal set and one specifically for children. I have an older Australian version of these.
- Faith Box – Physical & downloadable options
- God’s Big Story Cards – Encourages families to have fun as they learn about God’s story together.
- Dwell at Home Resources
This is my no means an exhaustive list but should give you a great starting point if you’re looking for Family Faith Formation Resources. Do you know of any other resources that you would add to the list?
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