Reasons I Go To Church (With Little Kids)

Above: Church-going: idealistic view.

For those of you out there who are the parents of young children, you know that church can be rough (to say the least). Before church became super tough, I told Jeremiah that we needed to have a list of reasons that we went to church. We could use this list as a teaching tool for our children if they ever asked us why we went to church. I also knew that we would need to cling to this list on Sundays when church was particularly rough.

I would like to share this list with you.

Reasons We Go To Church:

1. Keep the commandments (Keep the Sabbath Day holy).
2. Consecrate our time to the Lord.
3. Serve in our church callings.
4. Support those who serve in their church callings.
5. Partake of the Sacrament.
6. Set an example for our children.
7. Be worthy of a temple recommend (in order to have a recommend, you have to strive to attend your church meetings).
8. Show our love to Heavenly Father and Jesus.
9. To learn (when we actually can hear over our children!).
10. To feel the Spirit (this can actually happen even when we can't always hear over our children.)

If any of you can think of additional reasons, I would love to hear them.

I tell you, this list has come in handy for me when church-going has been rough with my kids. I hope it helps you too. And if it doesn't, at least I have it written down now!


Above: Church-going reality.

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