5 Ways for Kids to Share their Faith at School

August 15, 2012 By

At dinner tonight, our family had a discussion about the opportunities we have had in the past to share our faith in public school.  Interestingly enough, our children added to my ideas, which I just loved.  So today we’re sharing a part of our list:

1. Daddy went on a mission trip and we took in our souvenirs to school for show and tell.  We talked about the severe poverty of the country of Malawi and what the orphanage is like there.  One of the school children asked “Why did your dad go there in the first place?” and we were able to answer, “To share Jesus’ love with them.”

2. The Vacation Bible School at our church is a huge community event.  The children wear their T-shirts, which have Bible verses on them, to school.    The shirts often bring up questions like “What does that mean?” and they are able to share what they learned about the verse from VBS.

3. My oldest son talked about writing in his daily journal at school and how many times he writes about God.  Much of the time, journals are only read by the student or teacher, but occasionally the request is made to share with the class what is written in your journal- his opportunity to talk about God and the Bible.

4. My youngest son mentioned a toy that he took in for show and tell and how there was a Bible verse on the toy. His first grade explanation of both the stuffed animal and the verse was stellar!

5. When our children are involved in a musical or children’s choir program at church, then we send invitations to the teachers, as well as students, to attend the event.

No matter where you attend school, there are community opportunities for you to share your faith.  Through your intentionality as a parent, your children will see your faith lived out and shared. Be the example they can follow in this area!

We would love for you to answer this question in the comments below:

What ways have you found to appropriately share your faith at school?

-Rachel, RachelWojo.com

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Today’s post is part of our Back to School series!

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About Rachel Wojnarowski

Rachel is originally a small town country girl who converted to a suburban mother of seven by way of life happening.  She and her husband, Matt, enjoy caring for their busy family, whose ages span from 13 months to 21 years old, including a special needs daughter.  Rachel leads community ladies' Bible studies in central Ohio and serves as an event planner and speaker for special needs parenting groups.  She is a member of Ohio Writers' Guild and the National MPS Society; and loves to inspire others through her blog by sharing faith, family, and fun. Wife, mom, reader, writer, speaker and dreamer, you can find Rachel on Twitter , Facebook, and . Pinterest.

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  • Angela Gibson

    When my daughters where in public school my girls would hand out flyers to classmates and friends about VBS, Awana or special events. Another example is one time for a project my daughter had to create a poster that discussed how any holiday was celebrated in our house. We chose Christmas and talked about the birth. We were encouraged to bring in food. So we also gave candy canes out with the meaning of the candy cane. When the church was doing a donation drive for events, my daughters would ask the teacher if the class could get involved.

    • http://twitter.com/RachelWojo Rachel Wojnarowski

      What fabulous ideas!! The poster and the donation drive both are excellent!

  • Anna Popescu

    Rachel, I think it’s so interesting that you and I both blogged about faith today! My children are adults now but I am really impressed with how much your children want to share their love of Jesus.

    Blessings to all of you!
    ~Anna

    • http://twitter.com/RachelWojo Rachel Wojnarowski

      Bless you, Anna! Thanks for coming by

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=792294189 Janine Baker Sabin

    I love this! A parent said to me… I had a feeling you were a believer because your son said to my son… “be gentle… that’s God’s creature”. Love how our kids show Gods love simply!

    • http://twitter.com/RachelWojo Rachel Wojnarowski

      how super sweet! love it!

  • StefanieYoungBrown

    Great ideas!!! Thank you for sharing…

  • http://juliesunne.com/ Julie Sunne

    Great post, Rachel. We’ve shared our faith at school in many similar ways. In addition, each Christmas we gift teachers with homemade chocolates, jars of preserves, and a litle Christian gift book. And we always package them in Christian gift bags.

    • http://twitter.com/RachelWojo Rachel Wojnarowski

      All the little things can mean so much! Great ideas!

  • http://kosherkola.com/ Hevel

    Great ideas! My Jewish kids did the same thing, for example going to school in their T-Shirt that says the True Messiah will accomplish everything in one coming… that was a few years ago.

  • Jen Ferguson

    I think modeling the behavior of Christ can be the biggest witness to others. We constantly have conversations about how our attitudes can display the love of Jesus.

  • Christine

    Public schools are secular because, by far, not every family is Christian, nor wants to raise their children as Christians. There are children who are being raised as Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and Atheists in public school. It is maddening to me that you would presume to inflict your religious preferences on the fellow students at you childrens’ schools. You should homeschool if you’re that much of a zealot. You have no right under the Constitution to take your religion to government school.

  • Debra

    wonderful :D