The “tweens” from third grade up have started meeting in their own community group.  By all reports, it is the highlight of their time in church community. The group starts with dinner together and games that leave them messy or laughing.  Then, after an attempt to sing together (the Christmas hymns were the best yet)…

Twice the kids’ community group has gone on field trips to Parkwood, a city-run group home for disabled people in Carytown. If you ask the children, they would probably say that this has been one of the most fun things they have done together.  They love playing games with the people who live there, spending…

This summer we had five different playdates with CHAT (Church Hill Activities and Tutoring) and YLFR (Youth Life Foundation of Richmond.) The activities ranged between cooking, crafts, dancing, competitive activities, and outdoor sports.  When we learned to be “Like a Tree” in Psalm 1, we did some perspective sketching.  To reinforce our “Taste and See”…

1.    The gospel is inherently others-oriented. It is impossible to live a gospel-centered life alone.  We teach our children to care for others because this is the heart of our response to the gospel.  I John 3:16 tells us that “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for…

Grammar lesson: a noun is a thing; an adjective is a descriptive word. When we talk about the mission of the church—indeed the mission we want to see engaging our children—we need to consider whether our focus is the noun or the adjective.  Do we want our children to do missions or to be mission-minded? …

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