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Faith at home, a few minutes at a time

For parents and grandparents. You don’t need the answers, just a few words to start with. Here they are.

Tonight

Two minutes at bedtime. Say a line, they repeat it.

A bedtime prayer with kids“Thank you, God, for today.” A prayer small enough for a tired four-year-old.Pray it tonight2 min A Bible story before bedYour child steps inside the story and chooses what to do. Every word read aloud. Ages 4 to 12.Open FablePixels(opens FablePixels in a new tab)

After they’re asleep: Night Prayer, nine minutes for you.

More help for your family

Practical help, beyond prayers.

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Learn by doing

Short activities from this site. No timers, no scores, and a grown-up can join in.

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Prayer builder Build a prayer Pick a few lines, add your own words, and make a prayer that is yours. Read it aloud, or print it for the fridge. 5 min Ages 4 and up Build one Matching Colours of the year Match each season of the church year to its colour, then find the one we're in now. 3 min Ages 5 and up Match the colours Visual planner My Sunday plan Build a one-page plan for going to church: arriving, the loud parts, the peace, communion, leaving. Every line says what you can do. Print it and bring it. 5 min Any age Make my plan Question and answer What does this mean? Luther's question game: a line of the Lord's Prayer or a commandment, your guess in your own words, then his short answer from the Small Catechism. 2 min a line Ages 8 and up Play it his way

For kids

Places made for them, from our sister sites, in order of age.

FablePixels Bible stories they step inside Your child chooses what to do, then sees what really happened. Every word is read aloud. Ages 4 to 12Read aloud19 stories Open FablePixels (opens FablePixels in a new tab)

Start with a story

Luther’s World Walk the story. Learn the faith. Short lessons, puzzles and stamps that follow Martin Luther’s life. Made for the confirmation years. Ages 10 and upPuzzles and stamps Open Luther’s World (opens Luther’s World in a new tab) Free Scripture The Bible’s big stories, one scene at a time Each story told scene by scene, with the verses beside it. Read it together, or let older kids read on their own. Any ageRead together Open Free Scripture (opens Free Scripture in a new tab)

Story pictures: Microsoft Fluent Emoji, used under the MIT License.

At the table

The grace Luther taught households to say. Children learn it in a week.

A prayer before meals“The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.”Say it at dinner1 min A prayer for my childrenJesus took the children in his arms. A prayer for yours, by name.Pray for them2 min

This Sunday, together

Know the story before you go, so the reading sounds familiar when you hear it.

One question for the dinner tableOne line from this Sunday’s Gospel, one question everyone can answer, and a table prayer.Print it for the table1 min The Gospel, in five short stepsRead it together on Saturday, so it sounds familiar when you hear it on Sunday.Read it together3 min The Kitchen TableTen minutes once a week with your confirmation-age kids. Three questions, no answers needed.Open Luther’s World(opens Luther’s World in a new tab)

Bringing children to church

Children belong in worship, noise and all.

What happens on SundayThe four parts of a Sunday, and how children fit in, noise and all.Know before you go6 min Find a churchELCA-tradition congregations near you, with worship times.Search near you Baptism, in plain wordsWhy Lutherans baptize children, and what happens on the day.Read6 min A prayer for a new babyPsalm 139, and a blessing to say over the crib.Bless the baby2 min

Love like Jesus, together

Every practice of the Jesus Way has an idea to try with kids.

Notice people“I spy someone who could use a smile.”Try it togetherPractice 1 ServeLet your kids serve dinner to everyone.Try it togetherPractice 11

All thirteen practices

Through the year

The church year at home, a few minutes a week, with the dates worked out for you.

Advent at homeOne more candle each week, and five minutes at the table through Christmas Eve.See the four weeks4 weeks Lent at homeAsh Wednesday, then praying, giving and forgiving, family-sized.See the six weeks6 weeks Holy Week and Easter at homePalm branches to the empty tomb, one thing to do each day.See the five days5 days

A reminder each Saturday

Tomorrow’s Gospel and the dinner-table question, as a quiet note in your calendar. In Advent, which candle to light.

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