Family Ministry

PRESS RELEASE: D6 Publishes D6 EveryDay Curriculum
PRESS RELEASE: D6 Publishes D6 EveryDay Curriculum

D6 to Release D6 EveryDay, the Most Complete Family Discipleship Experience for All Generations D6 EveryDay gives families much-needed tools for discipleship in biblical truth Nashville, Tennessee—Christian parents face a daunting challenge in today’s world. If there...

Rediscovering the Power of Home Connections
Rediscovering the Power of Home Connections

I am hopeful your Easter Sunday was meaningful despite the challenges this year. While none of us would sign up to repeat this ordeal with COVID-19, I see real positives beginning to emerge. Our pastors are learning to pivot more quickly, ramping up on technology...

Recalibrate to a New Norm
Recalibrate to a New Norm

As we work through the coronavirus pandemic, my family is  adjusting to the "new normal." At home is the “new normal.” But what does that entail? In Psalm 78, God gives us a blueprint for how faith is replicated throughout all generations. He chose to use the family...

Celebrating Easter with Your Family
Celebrating Easter with Your Family

Easter is the more commonly recognized name for the season, but the week of Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection is also known as Passion Week. That week begins with the Triumphant Entry or Palm Sunday and proceeds to Good Friday, the traditional day of Jesus’...

Recalibrate: A Review
Recalibrate: A Review

Your plate is full and you feel busy, but is your plate full of the right things? Are you busy for the sake of being busy, or are you actually carrying out God’s calling for your life? For your sanity, and for the sake of your church's future, you need the clarity of...

Creating a Parenting Resource Center in Your Church on a Budget
Creating a Parenting Resource Center in Your Church on a Budget

Although the church plays a vital role in training and equipping families to be strong in the Lord, parents have the greatest influence on their children. Deuteronomy 6:5-7 commands us not only to love the Lord with all our heart but also to impress our faith on our...

Easter Preparation Frenzy
Easter Preparation Frenzy

This month marks the countdown to Easter. Many church leaders have already participated in staff meetings planning for the extra services, the decorations, volunteer recruitment, special events, and promotion to the community. Many of you have ordered our Easter Guide...

One of the Best Decisions We Ever Made As Parents
One of the Best Decisions We Ever Made As Parents

I need to start off by confessing this was not our idea. We stole (ahem, borrowed) it from some friends (thank you, Kyle and Sarah). A few years ago, my wife and I took a parenting class at our church and this was our big aha moment, our top takeaway, our immediate...

Us Four & No More – Making Family Time a Priority
Us Four & No More – Making Family Time a Priority

My husband and I both work full time in ministry. We are the proud parents of two teenagers. Often, as a family, we are pulled in different directions. Sports, jobs, theatre practice, music lessons, church events, and so on. We get caught up in all we have to do; all...

The Tiniest Thing with the Greatest Impact
The Tiniest Thing with the Greatest Impact

The other day, my kids broke a glass in the living room.  We immediately sprang into action, protecting bare feet, sweeping up broken pieces, vacuuming up the tiny shards, and mopping up the ones we couldn’t see.  To the best of our ability, we cleaned up the mess....

Helping the Families in Your Ministry Celebrate Advent
Helping the Families in Your Ministry Celebrate Advent

"And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger" Luke 2:12. This Friday begins the season of Advent. Advent is a time to prepare for the birth of Christ. It means "coming." It is an invitation to come and adore...

Those Who Stay: Three Reasons for NOT Leaving the Church
Those Who Stay: Three Reasons for NOT Leaving the Church

Whenever I’m faced with a big project, I try to approach it in pieces. I break it down into doable parts and work my way towards finishing the whole. When I heard Dr. Richard Ross speak at D6 Conference, I couldn’t help but think that what he shared was basically the...