St. Paul Lutheran Church, Telford, Pa., provides its families with wooden boxes that hold all they need to worship at home.
“Should a family not be able to get to church on a Sunday morning because of sickness, bad weather, scheduled sporting event or another extracurricular activity, they have all the ingredients to worship at home,” said Marian Henry, director of Christian education.
The “Home church worship” box includes a Spark Story Bible or Spark Bible (NRSV), a shell, a cross, a candle and a worship pamphlet.
In January, families assembled their home church boxes using pieces cut by a retired woodshop teacher. The boxes weren’t quite finished the next week when a blizzard caused church to be canceled, but they knew they were on to a good thing.
Once the boxes were in homes and ready for use, a mom told Henry one Sunday that her daughter who was at home with pink eye couldn’t wait for the family to return so they could have home church.
For more information contact
dce@stpaulstelford.org.
