1. (Icebreaker) What’s an interesting thing about your family that no one in this room knows? Or, if your family was stuck on a desert island, what one thing would you bring - besides a Bible or family worship resource :)?
2. The staff shared some practical advice for family worship - what was helpful? What are some of your family practices?
3. What family practices do you want to put in place as a result of this podcast series?
4. The staff discussed prayer cards to pray for kids (Col 1:9-12; Phil 1:9-11; Eph 1:17-19, Eph 3:16-19, etc.) - what are other helpful practices of prayer?
5. Have you had to navigate hard topics with your kids (sex, death, evil, etc.)?
6. How are you honestly feeling after this podcast series?
25 Oct 2024
1.5 Family Worship at Home Part 1
1. (Icebreaker) Favorite family traditions?
2. Is family worship a new concept for you? Was family worship modeled in your home growing up?
3. Review and discuss Deuteronomy 6:4-7; Eph 6:1-4 -what’s important to God?
4. In Episode 1 we asked if the thought of family discipleship was intimidating or daunting. Has this podcast helped to alleviate fears? If so, how?
5. Have you used any of the Family Discipleship resources in the resource room? What has worked well for your family?
6. In light of this podcast, any new steps you are considering in your family discipleship?
7. Anything else that was helpful or insightful in this podcast?
18 Oct 2024
1.4 Sunday Worship as a Family Part 2
1. Embarrassing moment that included your kids (bonus points if it was in a church context)?
2. After listening to this podcast, if a new family to DCC mentions that they’re worried their kids will be distraction in worship, what would you tell them?
3. This podcast addressed the question, “what if my kid is bored” in worship. What answers were helpful?
4. Take some time to discuss how our worship liturgy forms us and our kids Sunday after Sunday (begin with scripture as a call to worship, sing in response, hear God’s law read, confess and pray in response, we hear God’s forgiveness read, we sing in response, we recite what the bible teaches through a creed, we hear teaching and preaching, we receive the sacraments, we sing and thank God through prayer, we close with scripture blessing).
5. This podcast discussed how we as parents can be proactive to prepare our kids for worship - what was helpful?
6. What else was helpful or insightful?
9 Oct 2024
1.3 Sunday Worship as a Family
1. (Icebreaker) What’s your ideal or best family vacation?
2. Why is it important that families worship together on Sunday mornings as opposed to being separated the whole time?
3. Is it a new concept for you to think of Sunday mornings as the main place where God grows us as disciples (including our children)? Why or why not?
4. Read and discuss the implications of Acts 2:42-47; Heb 10:25; Joel 2:15-16; Ezra 10:1 for family discipleship.
5. Sometimes parents worry that Sunday worship will be too boring or go over the heads or their kids, but what was the perspective of the podcast? Read and discuss Exodus 12:26,27.
6. Anything else that was helpful or insightful in this podcast?
4 Oct 2024
1.2 The importance of Family Discipleship
1. (Icebreaker) Biggest accomplishment and challenge last week raising kids?
2. Do we see the importance of Family Discipleship throughout the Bible? Read and discuss the implications of Deuteronomy 6:4-7; Ps 78:5-8; Eph 6:1-4.
3. The podcast emphasized the importance of parents modeling repentance, grace, forgiveness, etc. Why is this an important aspect of discipleship?
4. The podcast also emphasized the importance of parents being discipled as well. Read and discuss the implications of 1 Cor 11:1. How can we as parents pursue our own discipleship?
5. The podcast mentioned that “the best lessons as a parent are going to be caught by kids, not taught” (i.e. grace, forgiveness, etc.). Can you think of examples of this in your own home? (negative or positive)
6. What else was helpful or insightful in this podcast?
25 Sept 2024
1.1 Family Discipleship Orientation
1. (Icebreaker) Describe an ideal Friday night with your family?
2. What did “Family Discipleship” look like for you growing up (both in the family and in the church)?
3. Is the thought of faithfully raising your kids in the Lord intimidating or daunting? Why or why not?
4. This episode explained discipleship as following Jesus as a way of life, growing through the scriptures and through prayer. What current rhythms of scripture and prayer do you practice as a family? What are the challenges?
5. Why is it crucial that we do not see our role as making kids more moral?
6. What was most helpful or insightful in this podcast?
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