Family
​Faith Formation

Presenter: Denise Utter

Family Faith Formation Resources

Articles

Family Faith Formation: Practices & Approaches 
  • Best Practices in Family Faith Formation -  John Roberto
  • The Importance of Family Faith for Lifelong Faith Formation - John Roberto
  • The Rule of Family Faith - Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
  • The Joy of Practice in Families - Brad Wigger
  • Faith Formation with Families in Today’s Church - Leif Kehrwald
  • Faith Formation with Hispanic/Latino Families - Ida Miranda 
  • Transforming Faith Formation One Family at a Time -  Jim Merhaut
  • Family Daily Living Faith Practices - Christy Olson 
  • Passing on Faith—Milestone to Milestone - Linda Staats​​​
family_faith_formation_-_lifelong_faith_journal.pdf
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Guide

Guide: Serving, Equipping, Supporting, & Resourcing the Family
Reflect on how well your church and faith formation serves, equips, supports, and resources parents and the whole family. Download the article with the reflection tool to use with your church staff and team. 
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Strategies

Family Faith Formation Toolkit
(Faith Formation Ministries, Christian Reformed Church NA)
This toolkit will help you develop a vision for family faith formation in your congregation and equip parents and caregivers with family faith practices and resources.
​www.crcna.org/FaithFormation/toolkits/family-faith-formation-toolkit
Family Faith Formation Strategies from the Families at the Center book
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Books 

​We know that parents and the family are the most powerful influence for virtually every child and youth outcome—personal, academic, social, and spiritual-religious; and that parents are the most important influence on the social and religious lives of children, youth, and emerging adults. Families at the Center of Faith Formation proposes a new comprehensive approach to family faith formation that places families at the center of faith formationand develops the family as a community of faith and school of discipleship while equipping parents (and grandparents) to transmit the Christian faith at home. Families at the Center of Faith Formation includes seven chapters rich in foundational insights and practical application. 
  1. Transforming Our Narratives of Families in the 21st Century
  2. Understanding 21st Century Parents and Families: A Review of Research Trends
  3. Reimagining Family Faith Formation for the 21st Century
  4. Growing in Faith as a Family
  5. Nurturing the Faith of Young People through the Family
  6. Developing the Family-at-the-Center Approach to Faith Formation: Eight Strategies for Family Faith Formation
  7. Designing Faith Formation with Families at the Center
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