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Four Keys to Nurturing Faith

Four Keys to Nurturing Faith. Four Keys to Nurturing Faith. Four key ways to nurture faith life of the home – Caring Conversation Family Devotions Family Service Projects Family Rituals and Traditions. Caring Conversation.

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Four Keys to Nurturing Faith

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  1. Four Keys to Nurturing Faith

  2. Four Keys to Nurturing Faith • Four key ways to nurture faith life of the home – • Caring Conversation • Family Devotions • Family Service Projects • Family Rituals and Traditions

  3. Caring Conversation Caring conversations express an interest in others, their hurts, their joys, their concerns and dreams, their values and faith. Caring conversation requires time to be available to listen and to speak. Congregations are encouraged to help families identify the holy ground of their lives where precious, caring conversations take place and where lives are strengthened and nurtured by the love and mercy of God through the support, guidance and genuine interest of others.

  4. Family Devotions A devotional life is a way to practice the presence of God through the word of God. Many families and individuals need help with the language of prayer and faith in daily life. A devotional life is more of a consciousness and way of life than a formula to accomplish a certain task. Family devotions connect the generations with faith, hope and love in a world that speaks and operates on a different basis than the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

  5. Family Service Serving one’s neighbor is the calling all are given through the life and message of Jesus Christ. For a Christian, service is motivated out of love we have first received from God. Service communicates that love to others and is a concrete expression of one’s own faith and values. Family service projects have been shown to be a vital way to pass on faith from generation to generation. Children and youth are greatly influenced by what they see in the lives of others, especially parents and other family members.

  6. Family Rituals and Traditions Rituals and traditions are those patterns of behavior that can be expected to occur on a routine basis and communicate certain meaning in life. The way people greet one another each day, a table grace, bedtime prayers, the blessing of a Christmas tree, a birthday or baptismal anniversary celebration are all examples of family rituals and traditions that can effectively communicate the good news of Jesus Christ.

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