Comments on: A Family Thing

By: Amber M.

Amber M. — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:45:00 +0000

Tell Liberty we would love too!

By: matt

matt — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:34:24 +0000

Dwayne, we’ve always had all of our kids with us for Sunday services. Except for a small period of time from about 18 months to 30 months (ie, the terrible twos), they tend not to be disruptive and actually enjoy doing so. When we told the 5,8, and 10 year-olds last Sunday that we were letting them go to Grace Kids for a couple months to let them get to know some of the other kids, they were of mixed feelings: they wanted to go, but they didn’t want to miss the sermon! Warms a father’s heart to hear that.

The points you make are all good ones and are mainly the reasons why we do it. (Although, to be honest, the reason we started way back when was because the church’s nursery was a germ pit.)

By: forehand

forehand — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:30:31 +0000

Amber I just read your comment to my daughter Liberty! I asked her what she thought about it and she said “Maybe all of us can sit together!”

By: Amber M.

Amber M. — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:32:07 +0000

I love this post and totally agree w/ your plan to include the kids for the various reasons. I am usually teaching my kids upstairs but have the next months off and look very much forward to sitting in service myself and including the kids aswell. Not totally decided on whether or not we’ll include the 2 year old though…

I didn’t go to church growing up but my husband did and sat in church every Sunday. I think its good for kids, especially these days.

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:34:44 +0000

That is really great. There are a lot of ways kids can benefit from this type of setup. Always better for them to see their parents behaving like adults in adult situations rather than being sent to another room where they can play loudly and obliviously.
Thanks for sharing this.