Children and Families

Discover encouragement, resources, and help to nurture faith in your family. Find discipleship materials for children and teens, and learn how you can intentionally foster growth. Great for parents, grandparents, and caregivers.

Children and Families Courses

A Bible Study for Adolescents and Teens: Over the next eight weeks, you will explore together what it means to be a person of character. During this time, you will find out what God has to say about certain character traits and think about how you might build those traits into your own character. A “trait” is a feature of your personality that tells people about the person you are. As followers of Christ, we want to be like Jesus. We know that He consistently demonstrated strong moral character. But we also know that we cannot become like Jesus based on our own efforts. We must rely on the Holy Spirit to transform us into the image of Christ. Using God’s word, you can open your heart to His transforming influence in your life.

Tom Schwanda, Associate professor of Christian Formation and Ministry, provides this training that hopes to assist you to develop and further practice your skills and abilities to mentor others in their relationships. Whether you are experienced or simply curious about mentoring this seminar will offer helpful insights for you to use in your daily Christian life.

Letters to Malcolm does not so much comprise an instruction manual on prayer as a brilliant course on prayer appreciation. Just as art or music enrichment classes take you deeper so that you can enjoy and unlock the genre’s riches, so does Letters to Malcolm take you deeper into the mysteries of prayer. As a great poem helps you feel things about life or love that you might have overlooked or barely paid attention to, so Letters to Malcolm will engage you in reflections on the dynamics of prayer to which you may never have paid attention.

Keeping The Faith is a unique study plus fellowship experience designed to equip parents, grandparents, and other caring adults for intentional discipleship of their children and teens. The Keeping The Faith: Equipping Families for Effective Discipleship guidebook leads participants through an eight- or nine- month series of readings, group discussions, and family activities, with an emphasis on a vibrant relationship with Jesus, fellowship with other believing families, prayer and Bible study, high-quality books, thoughtful discussion and practical application. The meeting agendas and activities are designed with lots of grace for busy people.