Prayer

Prayer is at the heart of our relationship with God, and can take many forms: personal and private, corporate, intercession, thanksgiving … and the list goes on! In Parenting for Faith we encourage parents and carers to introduce prayer to their children as ‘chat and catch’  (one of our five key tools) which is best described as an informal, one to one conversation with God, and if you’d like to know more about that, we have a much fuller introduction here. In this section you’ll find a whole range of articles on prayer, to help you explore how you and your family connect best with God as you pray.

How to pray when you’ve no idea what’s going on

24 Feb 2022

Becky Sedgwick

Very often we hear about situations around the world that we know we need to pray about, but we don't really understand how to do that well.

Helping kids with additional needs connect with God

24 Jul 2020

Anna Hawken

In an episode of the Parenting for Faith podcast, we interviewed Naomi Graham, a children's occupational therapist, about how all children, regardless of their needs, can connect with God and how parents and carers can help with that.

101 ways to start a conversation with God

26 Jun 2020

Becky Sedgwick

Sometimes, it’s helpful to have some ideas of things to help you start chatting and catching with God, so here are 101 for you.

Helping our children pray for others

03 Feb 2020

Rachel Turner

Intercession is such an important gift we have to use for others.

The value of teaching children to connect with God themselves

07 Jan 2020

Becky Sedgwick

Lesley explains why teaching children to connect with God themselves is one of the best things about the Parenting for Faith approach.

Connecting well using creative prayer

16 May 2019

Becky Sedgwick

Many of us enjoy creative prayer or it may be part of the curriculum your kids are using at church. But with children it can be tricky. Sometimes the excitement of the activity can take over and it becomes difficult to help them focus on the prayer bit.

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