Friday Morning Coffee Chats

Have you noticed that reconciliation happens many times in the Bible around a table, food, a cup?  Who is the initiator of the reconciliation?   Join Deanna as we discuss more on this biblical concept that we so often miss. 

Take a look at what Shema is----a little different than what most Christians may think. 

Discuss the Environment of Knowing and Confessing

Episode image from www.torahsisters.com 

Questions to get to know your child: (I do not know where I originally got this list from, but it was somewhere online)

God’s Very Good Plan written by Trillia Newbill and Illustrated by Catalina Echewerri, published by The Good Book Company used with permission

Enjoying God My Creator from kidsenjoyingJesus.com

Using story as a method to teaching our kids.  Let look at the Bible as one story that continues through us today.

Here are some great resources that can provide the tools you need to assist in discussing these tough topics with your kids.  Don't delay.   Do it!

God's Design for Sex Series

Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr

Good Pictures Bad Pictures

Worship at Home Guide for May 17

Kindness Questions for you and your kids: 

What does kindness look like? Sound like? Feel like?

Look to allow someone to go ahead of you.

Look for someone who could benefit from kind words

Look for someone who needs your help.

Look for someone to include someone you wouldn’t normally include.

See if you can smile at 10 people who are not smiling today!

Do someone else’s chore today

Call a grandparent just to say hi.

Make a card or draw a picture to brighten someone’s day.

Find someone new to eat lunch with today.

Find someone who needs sticking up for-a friend or not.

Genuinely ask someone how they’re doing

Help clean up a mess that’s not yours.

Write a thank you card to someone

Hide sticky notes with positive quotes on them.

Tell someone a joke to make them laugh

Tidy up your classroom during a break.

Encourage someone else to be kind.

If you see someone by themselves, how can you include them?

What could you do if a classmate says another friend can’t play.

When our family grocery shops, how can you be a helper?

How does being kind to someone else make you feel?

What is a new family chore you would like to try?

What was a kind thing that someone did for you? Why do you think they did it?

Why is it important to do chores?

What would happen if we all stopped doing them?

How can you be more helpful to your parents today?

How could you comfort a friend who is upset or hurt?

What qualities would make a bad friend or someone who is not a “true friend”?

How were you a good friend?

What makes a best friend a little different than a friend?

How can you show kindness to someone who is being unkind to others?

When you’re exiting a store or restaurant, how can you be mindful of others?

If you’re somewhere crowded, how can you be more mindful of others?

How can you be mindful of other people when you’re watching TV or a movie?

When there’s only one cookie left, how can you think of others?

Do friends have to like all the same thing? Why?

What qualities make someone a good friend?

When a friend upsets you, what can you do?

What would happen if no one helped someone who needed it?

What is Faith? What elements are we trying to instill in our kids? 

Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.  -Hebrews 11:1

This week's Worship at Home Guide

Join Deanna Peacock on this podcast is a place where we make bringing faith back home a part of the natural rhythm of life.

Worship At Home Guide can be found here: 

These are great resources and have greatly influenced and are shaping the way I approach faith formation for children in my own family but in the church setting as well.

Larry Fowler: Raising a Modern Day Joseph

Michelle Anthony: Spiritual Parenting

Soul Words:

Conversation Starters-

1. What were you feeling just before you decided to do that?

2. What were you feeling before you said those things?

3. Where do mad feelings live inside your body?

4. Do you notice your feelings in your tummy, or does your breathing get faster?

5. How do you know when you’re afraid?

6. What does fear or anger feel like to you?

7. What do you think you should do when you feel that part of your body act that way?

8. What is the most helpful thing I could do for you, when you get mad or fearful?

9. How do you calm down when you’re mad?

10. What do you do to stop being afraid?