“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
Psalm 119:105 (ESV)
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Arrive early enough to find a good place to sit.
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Pray with your child, asking God to help both of you listen, learn about, and worship God.
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Help your child find the Scripture reference for the sermon in his/her Bible. Explain that these are words from God and that the pastor is going to be teaching us about them today!
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Ask your child to listen for key words.
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Listen for details from the sermon that you can ask your child about afterward, and then talk about them on the way home. Encourage your child to think of a question to ask you.
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Help children follow along in the Bible or hymnal; use your finger under the text.
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Take your child to the restroom before service.
How Do We Worship God in Church?
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We worship God by singing praises to Him. The words we sing speak of how wonderful God is and what He has done for us. Singing helps us show our faith and joy in God.
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We worship God by praying to Him. Sometimes our prayer is a silent one, in our hearts, each one alone. Other times, we pray silently while the pastor is praying aloud to God. Sometimes we pray aloud together.
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We worship God by giving to Him when we give money at church. God uses the money to help other people learn about Him. God says that when we give, we should give with glad hearts because we love Him.
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We worship God by listening to what He says. God speaks to us when the pastor reads the Bible and when he explains the Bible to us. God is pleased when we listen to His word and take it into our hearts. God also speaks to us through baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which He gave to us to help us remember and understand what Jesus has done for us.
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We worship God by being quiet. When we are quiet we can think about God, how wonderful He is, and how good He is. This helps our hearts and minds get ready to worship God because we are thinking about Him and not other things.
Helping Your Child at Home
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Prepare your child at home for next Sunday’s worship service with our weekly worship notes for children. Here, the scripture for the sermon is updated every Friday for the following Sunday. Hymns and praise songs are also listed so that you may talk about the words with your child or sing some of them ahead of time.
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Practice sitting quietly at home in anticipation for worship at church, even using a timer as you read a Bible story to your young child, and praise him/her for progress in listening and sitting still. Talk about the things you learned from Sunday’s sermon during the week.
