Flock Book
A Child Who Is Greeted by Name in Church Grows Up Knowing That They Belong. A Teenager Whose Pastor Remembers Their Exam Week Knows That Somebody Is Praying. These Small Things Can Shape a Whole Life of Faith.
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Mark 10:14 (KJV)
Children Grow Faster Than Our Memory
You Blink, and the Toddler You Dedicated Is Starting School. Before Long That Child Has Finished School and Is Choosing a Career. If Your Records Stop at a Name in a Notebook, You Lose Track of Where Each Child Is in Life, and You Miss the Moments When a Word from You Would Count Most.
The Ages That Matter
- First Birthdays and Early Years: A Joy For Young Parents, Who Need Encouragement Too.
- Starting School: A Small Prayer and a Big Moment.
- Thirteen to Sixteen: The Years When Young People Decide Whether Church Is Theirs or Only Their Parents’.
- Exams: A Call or a Message in Exam Week Goes a Long Way.
- Eighteen to Twenty: Leaving Home, College or a First Job. They Need to Know They Still Have a Pastor.
Ways to Show You Know Them
- Greet Children by Name at the Door, at Their Eye Level.
- Send a Birthday Card to Younger Children. To a Child, It Is a Real Event.
- Pray For Children by Name in Church on Their Birthday Sunday.
- Ask Parents What Is Happening in Their Children’s Lives.
- Give Young People Something Real to Do in the Church.
Serve the Parents Too
When a Pastor Knows That a Child Has Just Turned 2, or Turned 20, It Opens a Natural Conversation With the Parents. Sleepless Nights, School Fees and Worries About a Teenager Are Often the Very Things That a Family Needs to Pray About.
Luke Tells Us That the Young Jesus “increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man” (Luke 2:52). Every Parent Wants That For Their Child. A Church That Knows Its Children Stands With Them in That Hope.
Take Care With Children’s Information
Children’s Details Deserve Special Care. Keep Them Only Where Trusted People Can See Them, and Ask Parents Before Sharing a Child’s Name or Photo Publicly.
How Flock Book Helps
In Flock Book You Add Every Family Member With Their Date of Birth, and the Ages Work Themselves Out. You See When a Child Turns 2, and When That Child Turns 20. Each Church’s Records Are Private to Its Team.
