This week in our At the Core series we explored what it means to be A Family Church. In Christ we are adopted into God’s household, called to raise the next generation in daily rhythms of faith, and sent to welcome prodigals home with the Father’s heart. Whether you’re single, married, or parenting, there’s a place for you in this family—and a part to play. Join us Sunday as we keep building a multigenerational church with a next-generation vision.

+ Share a family tradition (past or present) that shaped your faith.
+ Who invested in you spiritually when you were young, and how?
+ What’s one way church has felt like “family” to you?

John 1:12
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.

Ephesians 2:19
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household.

Deuteronomy 6:6–7
These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Proverbs 22:6
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Judges 2:10
After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel.

Luke 15:7
I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

Luke 15:20
So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.”

2 Timothy 2:2
And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.

A family church belongs to the Father, grows the next generation on purpose, and throws the door wide so more sons and daughters can come home.

This week’s message unpacked what it means to be a Family Church. Being a family church doesn’t mean you have to look a certain way—it means you belong to the family of God and are called to grow together across generations.

The sermon focused on three main points:

1.  We All Start as Children of God (Know God). 
Through Jesus, we are adopted into God’s family, given a new identity, and welcomed into His household (John 1:12; Ephesians 2:19).

2.  We Are Called to Raise Children in the Ways of God (Grow in God).
Discipleship is not occasional—it’s daily. Deuteronomy 6 reminds us that faith is formed in the everyday rhythms of home and reinforced by the church. Together, we must invest in the next generation on purpose.

3.  We Are Called to Bring People Into the Family of God (Show God).
Luke 15 shows us the Father’s heart—watching, running, and welcoming prodigals home.

A family church doesn’t just grow its own; it expands God’s family by reaching the lost.

A family church is multigenerational with a next-generation vision. Every person has a part to play in knowing God, growing in God, and showing God.

Point 1 — Children of God (Know God):
+ What helps you live from your identity as God’s child rather than striving to earn it?
+ Where do you need to freshly receive the Father’s welcome?

Point 2 — Raise in the Ways of God (Grow in God):
+ What daily or weekly practices can form faith in your home (or with those you influence)?
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+ If you’re not parenting at home, what does spiritual parenting look like in this season?

+ How can our group practically support the next generation?

Point 3 — Bring People Into the Family (Show God):

+ Who is one person you’re praying will “come home,” and what’s your next invitation
+ How do we cultivate a Luke 15 culture—truthful, compassionate, and celebratory—on Sundays and in groups?

Choose one:
+ Start/renew a simple home rhythm (Scripture at breakfast, bedtime prayer, weekly “high/low/Jesus moment”).
+ Serve one rotation in Kids or Youth this month.
+ Pray for your “one” daily and extend a specific invitation this week.

+ Thank God for adopting us into His family.
+ Pray for grace to disciple the next generation at home and in church.
+ Ask for compassion and boldness to welcome prodigals.
+ Believe God for a strong, multigenerational church family.

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