Family Corner

Welcome to the Family

Here at River Church we value families. Our desire is to see parents “win” at home at every phase of their child’s spiritual development. Our goal is to come along side and partner with you to train, equip, and support your role as the primary spiritual leader at home. Whether it’s during bed time, dinner time, or play time, we want to leverage the time and resource we have with our children to point them to Christ.

Family Practice of the Month

Each month we share one simple practice that help families encounter God together.

Imaginative Prayer

This month’s practice we ask the Holy Spirit to inspire our imagination as we interact with God.

Here are the basic steps of imaginative prayer:

Before beginning, pick a scene from the Bible—preferably, one with a bit of action in it.
Explain to your child what you’d like to try: “We’re going to read this story about Jesus, and then we’re going to imagine what it would be like to be in the story.”
Begin by praying to the Holy Spirit to help you “enter” the scene. Then, observe sixty seconds of silence.
Prayerfully read the text once or twice with your child.
Spend several minutes silently imagining the scene in detail or help act out the scene for your younger kids.
Finally discuss what they imagined.