What does EGW write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Ways to keep children occupied during the sermon"
Answer
To keep children meaningfully occupied during the sermon, parents can give them tasks that direct their attention to the spiritual content, such as writing down certain words (e.g., “God” or “Jesus”) or memorizing a story. Additionally, parents should note the sermon text and the cited scripture passages together with the children, to discuss them later at home. This promotes concentration and prevents the fatigue that children often feel in worship services.
Promoting Active Participation and Attention
When Mary discovered how we spent our time, she introduced a plan that she hoped would steer our thoughts onto more profitable tracks. She equipped Mabel with a pencil and paper and asked her to make a mark each time the preacher said the word God or Jesus or the name of a biblical figure that could be the subject of his talk. I was expected to remember at least one story he told and repeat it at the dinner table after church.
Allow parents and children, while listening to the sermon, to note the text and the cited scripture passages as well as as much of the train of thought as possible, so that they can repeat them to each other at home. This will greatly help alleviate the fatigue with which children often listen to a sermon, and it will cultivate the habit of attentiveness and coherent thinking in everyone.
The present truth can likewise be simplified and made extremely interesting for the active minds of children... Illustrative teaching, pictures, and charts are used to make difficult lessons understandable to the youthful mind.
When children are taken to church, they should be trained to be obedient. ... If the child is restless ... he should be removed from the church immediately; he should not be allowed to distract the thoughts of the listeners by talking or wandering around.
Parents should not only teach their children but command them to enter the sanctuary with seriousness and reverence. ... The upbringing and education of youth should be such that it praises holy things and promotes pure devotion to God in His house.
- Keeping children occupied in worship
- Teaching reverence in God's house
- Children's attention during the sermon
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