GOSPEL. FAMILY. MISSION.

Resources for the
everyday work of discipleship.

As a parent, you do not need to have every answer. You need faithful tools, ordinary moments, and the grace of Jesus. We gathered a few resources we trust to help your family read, talk, pray, and grow together.

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01Keep it simple.

Five faithful minutes can matter more than a complicated plan that never happens.

02Embrace imperfection.

Distraction is part of family life. Kids wiggle, questions wander, and some days feel unfinished. Keep showing up.

03Ask good questions.

Make room for curiosity, doubt, laughter, and honest conversation. You do not have to rush to fill every silence.

04Keep Jesus central.

The goal is not impressive kids. It is children learning to trust His grace and rest in His love.

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For Parents

Resources to help parents build faithful rhythms without turning family discipleship into one more thing to perform.

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CatechismDoctrine at Home

The New City Catechism

by Timothy Keller & Kathy Keller

Fifty-two questions and answers that give parents simple language for talking about God, sin, grace, Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Christian life. It is a structure for conversation, not a script you have to perform perfectly.

Why we like it

Use one question at a time at the table, in the car, or before bed. The goal is not merely memorization, but giving your family words for the truths you want to return to again and again.

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ParentingEveryday Rhythms

Habits of the Household

by Justin Whitmel Earley

A practical invitation to notice how waking up, meals, discipline, screens, play, conversation, and bedtime can become ordinary places where a family learns to love God and one another.

Why we like it

Helpful for parents who want discipleship to feel less like adding one more program and more like seeing the spiritual possibilities already present in the life of the home.

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Spiritual FormationHabits & Attention

The Common Rule

by Justin Whitmel Earley

Eight simple daily and weekly habits for a distracted age, including prayer, shared meals, Scripture before the phone, limits on technology, friendship, fasting, and Sabbath.

Why we like it

Not a formula for a perfect home. It is a helpful framework for parents who want their own habits—and eventually the atmosphere of the home—to be shaped more intentionally by love of God and neighbor.

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James Martin

james@parkviewchurch.net

James and his family recently moved here from Philadelphia PA to serve as our Lead Pastor. He is married to his wife Elizabeth and has two children, James Jr. and Hudson. He is a graduate of Covenant Theological Seminary. Over the last five years James has been involved in church planting and church revitalization. James brings new passion and vision to the life and ministry of Parkview. In his spare time he enjoys exercise, travel, wrestling matches on the couch with his sons, and late night episodes of the Great British Baking Show on Netflix.