Develop a Discipleship System
Christian Home Month Resources for 2013-2020
By Kevin Johnson
The Christian Home Month Resource is for family ministry leaders, family life council chairpersons/coordinators, family leaders, and family ministries teams in local congregations. It is designed to help local congregations develop and strengthen faith in the home, celebrate and support Christian families in their faith journeys, and celebrate Christian Home Month. Although Christian Home Month is typically celebrated during the month of May, congregations may choose any month of the year to focus on the Christian home and its key role as a center for faith formation.
This four-year cycle continues with this year’s 2021 theme of “Love.” The theme for this May is “Families Called to Love,” an appropriate theme as life continues in tumultuous times of pandemic and social unrest. The television news, internet, and other forms of media inundate us with images and stories of illness, political disagreement, inequality, isolation, and separation. If we are not careful, the daily news reports and political divisiveness also contribute to seeing others as enemies, which may take the joy out of living and loving one another. We know sharp divisions only worsen any attempts to love our neighbors as ourselves, offer forgiveness, and put love into action. Yet, as Christians, we are called to be a people of love. We pray for a better world where everyone will feel and experience God’s hope, peace, justice, and LOVE.
The prior three year’s themes of this quadrennium were Families Called to:
- Hope (2020)
- Justice (2019)
- Peace (2018)
To reflect on the previous year’s themes and to prepare for this year, follow the link to a file that contains the previous years’ resources. As you prepare to observe this year’s theme, demonstrate “love” in the family. During the month and throughout the rest of the year, provide creative programs, forums, parenting classes, worship opportunities, learning activities, and times of prayer for supporting families in their faith journeys. Respond to questions such as, “How can the body of Christ love our neighbor as ourselves? How can we help cultivate a culture of love for our families, our church, and our world? How do we define love? Are words such as tangible, committed, compassionate, and sacrificial used when you define love? As God intended, the home is a place for living into a faith that is found through the love of God and in daily practice of showing the love of the Christian faith to others.
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DOWNLOAD Christian Home Month 2018 (PDF)
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DOWNLOAD Christian Home Month 2015 (PDF)
Rev. Kevin Johnson is the Director, Children’s Ministries for Congregational Vitality & Intentional Discipleship at Discipleship Ministries. Kevin’s hero Fred Rogers suggests that we, “listen to the children, learn about them, learn from them. Think of the children first.” This quote defines Rev. Kev’s approach to ministry. Kevin, an ordained elder of the Kentucky Annual Conference, has over fifteen years of ministry experience in which he has thought of the children first. Prior to ministry, Kevin worked with children in the hospital setting and in group homes for emotionally and physically abused children.
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