These household worship guides are written to complement the Lord’s Day sermons at Springs Reformed Church by focusing the church members’ hearts, minds, and lives throughout the week on the preaching passage and connecting household worship with the church’s gathered worship.
Family worship doesn't have to be complicated. One father* put it this way:
The back of my shampoo bottle says, “Lather, rinse, repeat.” Simple enough that even I can do it. Though family worship may be a bit more complicated than sham-pooing hair, it ought not to be rated with “home dentistry” in the scale of difficulty.
If you could buy family worship in the store, it would come in the form of a Bible, and the directions would simply say, “Read, pray, repeat.” Men^ should gather their families at least once daily. They should read a portion of the Scriptures to them. And they should pray with them. There need be no fireworks or pizzazz to keep the kids interested. There needs to be only a father with a heart-love for God–who desires to see that love appropriated by his children.
Read, pray, repeat.
^Fathers leading their family in worship is always the goal. When, in the Lord’s providence, the father is absent or uninterested, a godly mother will lead her children. In an extended household, mature members may share leading household worship.
Ed Blackwood has been ordained as a pastor in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America since 1992. He has a passion for helping families discover the joy of worshiping together. Through Worship Connected, he provides weekly Bible reading plans and resources designed specifically for household worship (often called family devotions) that are connected to the preaching texts of the weekly congregational worship.
He would love to connect with your pastor to encourage him to develop such a weekly guide.
"If you’ve never done family worship, start now. If you’ve done it in the past, but have fallen out of the practice, bring it back. If it is your regular practice, keep it up!"
Begin or continue your family worship journey by exploring our weekly Bible reading plans. Each plan includes: