Description
Understanding the different parts of a worship service can be confusing for any young child. One minute everyone is singing loudly, the next everyone is sitting and listening quietly. Sometimes the adults know something that should be said out loud, like, "Thanks be to God!" How did they know what to say? What is communion all about? And why does the pastor raise his hands and pray at the end of the service?
Using the vision of Isaiah 6, God Made Me for Worship by Jared Kennedy focuses on teaching kids about the key liturgical movements in a worship gathering, including the call to worship, praise and adoration, confession, assurance and passing the peace, ministry of the Word and sacraments, and benediction and sending.
This bright and colorful children's book illustrated by Trish Mahoney celebrates how God reveals himself to his people in the movements of worship. All the parts of worship tell the story of the gospel, and since Jesus is the object of our worship, his story of redemption gives shape to our worship.
The author guides parents to help their kids understand why we're intentional about worship, encouraging them to engage—not just to manage behavior during a worship gathering, and invites children to respond to God along with the whole church body.
God Made Me for Worship is part of the God Made Me series which equips parents to have important, impactful conversations with their children, helping them to grow in understanding of God, themselves, and others. Each book in the series contains a special section just for parents and caregivers that provides biblical guidance and offers additional information and resources for talking about the topic addressed in the story.
Endorsements
"Parents and grandparents who want to help children understand and enjoy corporate worship will be very grateful to Jared Kennedy for producing this book. In a delightfully simple and engaging way it answers hard questions about what we do when we gather together as God's people. You could read and discuss this book together many times to unpack the biblical and pastoral wisdom it contains."
David G. Peterson, Moore College, Sydney, Australia; author of Engaging with God and Encountering God Together
"This book is a creative way for parents to talk with their children about what we do when we gather in worship. Reading this book together in the family room or at the bedside can help prompt a child to ask, and answer, on Sunday, 'Why are we here?' and 'What are we doing?' as well as, most importantly, 'Whose are we?'"
Russell Moore, President, The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention
"The weekly habit of taking our children to church is one of the greatest blessings we can offer them. Church invites our children to a larger family of faith and provides a home away from home—a place to belong wherever they may go. Most importantly, the church teaches our children who and how to worship. God Made Me for Worship is a wonderful way to help children understand how all the elements of worship share the gospel story."
Melissa Kruger, Director of Women's Initiatives for The Gospel Coalition; author of Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood
Product Details
Title: God Made Me for Worship: Helping Children Understand Church
Author: Jared Kennedy
Publisher: New Growth Press
Pages: 32
Ages: 4-7 Years
Binding: Hardback
Size: 21.1 x 21.1 x 0.7 cm
ISBN: 9781645070481