A family with two teens – a young lady 14 years old, and a 15 year old young man. Mom and dad sat next to each other. Next to dad was the teen daughter and next to mom was the teen son. They all sat close together, lovingly, and at one point dad put his arm around the daughter and drew her close to him for a moment. Very good, loving family dynamics there.

The other thing I noticed was the family that gave their offering envelope to their 8 year old son to drop in the offering basket, thus teaching the principle of giving at a very young age. I think this family makes that a regular practice because the usher knew to give the offering basket to the son.

This Sunday, March 29, is Family Worship. All the children and teens will be in the sanctuary with the adults. Sit close together because the sanctuary will be very full. Parents, I encourage you to give your offering to the children to drop in the offering plate or give them some offering they can drop in themselves.