With our crazy lives and schedules, family worship can be hard enough to pull of, never mind finding relevant meaningful resources. This is the reality for our congregations. Unfortunately, it might be something that doesn't happen in many homes, simply because they can't "find the time."
Why not make it easy on them?
What if "Average Joe" in your congregation was not only being fed spiritually at church, but you were also giving him the resources to feed his family and even giving him a head start?
You can do this by integrating all ages on one liturgical track. There are resources for every age level out there on the various versions of the liturgical year. If you find one that fits your context well, you should be able to make it work for all of your small groups, children's classes and "Kid's Church."
This way, the family sits down to lunch after church and they have something they can actually discuss! Since all 2.5 kids have experienced and learned about a bible theme and story in their different classes and worship gatherings, they all have something unique to share on the topic as well commonality in experience of learning on the topic.
The church has a more united and clear vision; the family, likewise has a united experience and clarity on God's plan for them as they apply what they're learning in their walk with Him.
It gets REALLY good when you take this a step further. Not only does this give great post-church conversation, but it provides a foundation for 24/7 worship. Curriculum also usually include material for daily use and devotion. From the Book of Common Prayer for the common texts to the daily devotionals that are built in to Group or Lifeway's liturgical calendar - there are resources to continue the learning and growing for the family between weekend worship gatherings. You can even share some of these resources on a daily basis through social media to help bring devotional thoughts and bible texts straight to the parishioner.
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