SojournKids — The Children's Ministry of Sojourn Community Church

Psalms Family Devotional

by Rob Plummer 02.07.2010

The Psalms – A Biblical Guide to Worshiping God
We live in a culture that celebrates self-expression. Reality TV shows are constantly squirreling contestants aside to ask what they think about others on the show. On talk shows, people expose their greatest personal and relational struggles. Society encourages us to say how we feel without any [...]

Pastor Daniel Montgomery’s Sermon on Children

by Jared Kennedy 02.04.2010

Proverbs has much to say about raising children skillfully, and this was the topic of this past Sunday’s sermon at Sojourn. Though this message is about parenting, it isn’t just for parents. Raising children is all about passing on wisdom – and we all need more wisdom so the principles are definitely universal. Listen in [...]

Thursday Book Club: The Proverbs Driven Life: The “how” of discipline.

by Jared Kennedy 02.04.2010

Anthony Selvaggio. A Proverbs Driven Life: Timeless Wisdom for Your Words, Work, Wealth, and Relationships, “Chapter 12, Still Sinners, A Parents’ Need for the Grace of God.” (Shepherd Press, 2008)
In Proverbs, “discipline” means education and training in a broad sense. Moreover, Proverbs does not prescribe one single method of discipline but an array of [...]

Thursday Book Club: ApParent Privelege

by Kim Davidson 01.28.2010

ApParent Privilege. Steve Wright with Chris Graves. Inquest Ministries: Wake Forest, NC. 175 pages. $14.99.
Steve Wright, as a follow-up to his book on the new reality in youth ministry, ReThink, spoke directly to parents in his book, ApParent Privilege. Steve, pastor of student ministries at Providence Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC, along with his wife, [...]

Faith over Formula: Why the Best Parenting Techniques Don’t Produce Chrisitan Children

by Jared Kennedy 01.26.2010

This article, “The Myth of the Perfect Parent: Why the Best Parenting Techniques Don’t Produce Christian Children” by Leslie Leyland Fields, Christianity Today (January 8, 2010), is perhaps the most profound article on parenting that I’ve ever read. It is straight-forward, convicting, and true. I hope that every parent at Sojourn can read and re-read [...]

The Children of Poverty

by Jared Kennedy 01.24.2010

In the United States, distinguished by its extraordinary wealth, there are six million poor individuals known to few others but their own families. They cannot vote. They cannot work. Most do not even go to school. They are America’s youngest poor–children under six (Statistic from Tim Keller, Ministries of Mercy, 6).
In the Louisville Metro area, [...]

“Christ In An Orphan-Making Culture” – Wednesday, Jan. 27

by Jared Kennedy 01.23.2010

Nationally known author and speaker Dr. Russell Moore is coming to Sojourn East to discuss adoption on Wednesday, January 27 from 6:30pm to 8pm. During his presentation “Christ In An Orphan-Making Culture,” he will talk about our adoption as children of God, as well as God’s call upon the Christian community to adopt children [...]

Kids Music Liturgy for January 2010

by Tyler Ratliff 01.23.2010

Hey Sojourn Parents,
As most of you probably know, twice a month your children get together with kids from other classes and take part in a mini-service modeled after the Big Church, with songs and liturgy and prayer and all. The idea is to introduce the kids to a typical Sojourn worship service so they’re ready [...]

“Daddy, why is it called Hate-E?”

by Jared Kennedy 01.22.2010

My friend Doug Wolter posted the following after the tragedy last week. Doug is an example dad, and this post is full of wisdom:
Last night as I tucked my kids into bed, we prayed together for God to have mercy on the people in Haiti. One of my little girls gently asked, “Daddy, why [...]

Helping Children Love Those Who Are Different

by Jared Kennedy 01.21.2010

John Piper’s latest sermon suggests “eight ways to help your children love those who are different from them.” Piper is primarily thinking here of racial harmony and disability differences, but this would apply to an even wider range of differences.
Go read or listen to or watch the sermon for the unpacking of each point, but [...]

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