create welcoming spaces
The place and spaces in your church send a message to people about what you believe about families and young children. The community of believers also send messages to parents – through their looks, comments and how warmly welcomed in a family might feel. By creating a warm and welcoming space for parents with young children, you can help families feel at home – a place and community they love to be part of, especially in the first thousand days.
Creating welcoming spaces resources for churches
- Creating a welcoming space for families – document
- Listening to parents in the First Thousand Days – document
how to keep children safe
- Protecting children: how to write a Child Protection Policy. – document
- Why does my church need a child protection policy? – blog
- Child Protection Policy Template for Churches – external resource
- Child abuse: the church as a place of healing and protection – blog
for the leaders
- A sample baby dedication script – document
- How to use key moments in your church calendar for FTD-friendly purposes – document
- How to integrate FTD into the whole life of your church – document
for the congregation
- How to listen with empathy – Brene Brown – video
- Be a living example – document
- Positive affirmations for mom or dad – document
- Conversation starters to have good two-way communication with mom or dad – document
- Tips on how to have a good conversation with mom or dad – document
for the church
- Sikunye Posters – document
other resources
