Empowering Parents to Practice Faith at Home

May 28, 2026

Children Praying Faith formation can’t happen if children and youth are spending just one hour a week at church – or much less these days, so what are the barriers families encounter when trying to establish faith practices at home? The Rev. Traci Smith, author of Faithful Families presents four videos that talk about practices for mindfulness, serving others, dinner time, and bedtime.

Faith at Home: Mindfulness
In this video, Traci Smith talks about the spiritual practice of mindfulness and offers three simple practices that can be used to develop mindfulness at home with your family members.

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Faith at Home: Serving Others
In this video, Traci Smith talks about three different ideas for serving others.

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Faith at Home: Dinner Time
In this video, Traci Smith talks about dinner time practices and gives three examples of easy dinner time faith practices to use at home.

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Faith at Home: Bedtime
In this video, Traci Smith talks about spiritual practices at bedtime and gives three simple bedtime practices.

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