This video reveals important information our Nursery and Children’s Ministries servants need to know about the upcoming launch of our electronic check-in system.

What Parents Will Experience

To learn more about the way parents will interact with our electronic check-in stations, check out this post.

Launch Schedule

• April 27 – Faith East families with last names A-D
• May 4 – Faith East families with last names E-K
• May 11 – Faith East families with last names L-R
• May 18 – Faith East families with last names S-Z
• May 25 – Faith West families with last names A-Z

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Parents will soon have a new, more convenient way of checking in their children for our Nursery and Children’s Ministries.  Check out the video above for an explanation of our new electronic check-in system.

Do I Need to Do Anything?

To make sure that your family is able to use this system, please update your contact information at faithlafayette.org/registerkids.

When Does It Start?

• April 27 – Faith East families with last names A-D
• May 4 – Faith East families with last names E-K
• May 11 – Faith East families with last names L-R
• May 18 – Faith East families with last names S-Z
• May 25 – Faith West families with last names A-Z

Where Do I Go?

• At Faith West, check-in stations will be located at the Preschool desk.
• The map below shows where check-in stations will be located at our east campus.

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The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.  – Deut. 6:4-6

This passage has been one of the most important theological and doctrinal passages for believers since Christianity began, but more than that, these are significant verses revealing who God is and how we as His people are to relate to Him.  This passage tells us that we are to love Him with all our heart, soul and might and to keep the words that He commanded us on our heart.  But thankfully, God didn’t just command that we love Him, He also revealed what it means to love Him with all of our heart, soul and might.  In verse 7, it says,

You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and whey you lie down, and when you rise.

Teach Diligently O Teachers and Parents…

“Teach them (God’s words) diligently to your children.” That is one of the ways we love the Lord with all our heart, soul and might. So, even though teaching children has its challenges as you routinely tell them to “Listen up (shema), please. Obey (shema), please,” we need to remember that God has called out to us saying, “Shema (listen up), Greg. Shema (obey), Greg. Shema (hear) O Greg that the Lord is one…love Me with all your heart, soul and might by teaching my children diligently about Me and My commands.”

So, I pray that every time we prepare to teach the kids God has entrusted to Faith Church, and every time we teach our biological children, we would remember that the act of teaching them is in itself one of the ways we love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul and might.

Here are a few practical suggestions to help teach our children diligently:

• Shema (hear) from the Lord every day by spending time in His Word.
• Read over the class curriculum and associated Bible passages multiple times before teaching a lesson.
• Talk about the lesson/curriculum/passage with others (v.7 – when you sit…when you walk…when you lie down…when you rise).
• As a parent, visit the Faith Kids Connection for helpful follow-up on what your kids learned in Sunday School.
• Seek out teachers and parents who have been doing this well for years and ask for help.

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How do you respond to truth?  Does it change the way you think?  The way you live?  In this week’s Sunday School lesson from Matthew 13:1-23, Jesus challenges us to respond to truth with obedience.  Check out more thoughts in this week’s video preview.

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