Families & Parents Center: 
Models, Practices, & Tools

 

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The Models section is designed to bring you a variety of practical resources -  practices, models, approaches, tools, and case studies - for envisioning and designing faith formation with families and parents today. We will include materials in print, audio, and video formats from a variety of sources, including examples of family and parent faith formation in churches across the country. To select an article or media presentation just click on the title. For some of the links you will be going directly to the website with the information. 
Best Practices in Family Faith Formation - John Roberto 
This article on effective practices in family faith formation reviews research and current thinking on family faith practices and develops implications for faith formation with families. The article is structured around five questions: 1) How does family religious involvement benefit children, teens, and adults, and strengthen the family? 2) What is the impact of parental faith on children and teens? 3) How do families practice their faith at home? 4) What are the core family faith practices? and 5) How can congregations engage in family faith formation?
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)

Best Practices in Parent Faith Formation - Jim Merhaut
This article draws on a number of studies and sources to identify the practices that contribute to effectiveness in parenting and parent education. The article offers practical suggestions for utilizing each practice, and a planning tool for reflecting on the practices and charting directions for the development of the parent faith formation and parent education.
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)

Approach: A Blueprint for Family Ministry - Christy Young Jones
(Source: Children's Ministry, http://www.childrensministry.com/articles/a-blueprint-for-family-ministry)

Approach: Coaching Parents - Bill Huebsch 
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)

Approach: Faith-Nurturing Family Practices - Keith Johnson
(Source: Children's Ministry, www.childrensministry.com/articles/faith-nurturing-family-activities)

Approach: Family Ministry as Easy as 1, 2, 3
(Source: Children's Ministry Magazine, Nov/Dec 2008)

Approach: Parent Connections that Work - Children's Ministry Magazine
(Source: Children's Ministry, www.childrensministry.com/articles/parent-connections-that-work)

Approach: Parents Share - Marilyn Sharpe
(Source: Lifelong Faith Journal, www.LifelongFaith.com)