Family Nurture
Parenting is a team sport.
Our goal is to assist parents in raising their children to become lifelong followers of Jesus who are able to relate their faith to every part of life.
HOW DO CHILDREN GROW?
PARENTS
Parents and caregivers are most crucial in the spiritual formation of their children. Children love the things their parents love. If parents are actively engaged in loving Jesus, kids are drawn to that. We help parents actively grow in their own faith and provide support as they seek to be faithful spiritual guides for their children. We focus on providing resources and counsel for marriages, believing that the strength of a child's formation is deeply impacted by the strength of their parents' marriage.
THE CHURCH
The church also has an indispensable role to play in the lives of children.
Our approach to the spiritual formation of children is holistic: children grow spiritually through a variety of means, including teaching, relationships, and experiences. We want children and youth to know that Denver Pres is their church, not just their parents’ church. Their questions are important and their contributions invaluable. We create casual environments for children and youth to interact with adults, forming friendships of all ages. We also guide families and children to the two sacraments: baptism (whether infant or believers’s) and admission to the Lord’s Supper.
Children’s Programs
Here are our current opportunities for children’s ministries.
Nursery care Sunday mornings for ages 0-3.
Children’s Worship for PreK-5th grade (dismissed at the sermon)
Quarterly socials for 4th-5th grade
For more information on our Children’s Nurture ministries, contact our Director of Children’s Nurture, Tally Flint at tally@denverpres.org.
Youth Group
Denver Pres desires to walk alongside youth by providing discipleship and relationship-building opportunities that meet them right where they are – that they may be rooted in their belovedness and equipped to make their faith in Jesus their own.
The road to adulthood is bumpy – full of exciting new adventures and terrifying new challenges all at the same time. In a time when so much of our society is quick to dismiss young people or minimize their experience, we want to celebrate them. We recognize this unique season of life as a rich journey of discovering who they are in Christ, and what that means for every aspect of their life. Parents still hold a huge influence during these developmental years, but we also understand the value of creating a network of supplemental relationships with trusted adults. Pulling from research by experts like the Fuller Youth Institute, we seek to equip parents with tools and resources to help them influence well, while also showing up for their teens in ways that continually point them to Jesus and His love for them.
For more information on our youth programs, contact our Youth Ministry Coordinator, Graham Farrell at graham@denverpres.org.