In 2023, I stepped into the vast ocean of digital ministry.
After 14+ years in Next Gen roles across multiple states and seasons, God led me to become the Community & Discipleship Pastor at Lux Digital Church. It felt like a departure – my focus shifted from kids and teens to mostly walking with adults on their spiritual journeys.
As I fundraised for my role, I kept hearing the same honest, important question:
“What about the kids?”
A fair concern. Next Gen ministry is usually central to church growth, budgets, and mission. But at the time, I didn’t have a solid answer.
Still, God was stirring something – both in my heart and within our staff. When I officially came on board, I knew two areas had to be prioritized for us to thrive long-term: Marriage Ministry and Kids Ministry. These weren’t side projects. They were mission-critical if we were serious about discipling families in a fully digital church.
After months of prayer and planning, we gathered a team of passionate volunteers who shared the same burden for family discipleship. As our conversations unfolded, four core convictions emerged:
Our Core Four
- Parents are to be Christ’s ambassadors to their homes.
We wanted to empower parents to live out 2 Corinthians 5:20: “We are Christ’s ambassadors… God is making his appeal through us.” A great resource that helped us think this through more intentionally was the book, 1Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul David Tripp. - Biblical literacy begins at home.
As biblical literacy declines in the states (where most of our church comes from)(2See article from Barna, 2024), our calling became clear – equip families to love and apply Scripture together, not just individually. - Old practices need new forms.
We weren’t trying to replicate Sunday school digitally. We would need to reimagine it – rethinking how classic church tools/practices could be reshaped for a digital environment. - Family ministry must be rooted in the whole church.
This wasn’t a niche project to us. Our kids ministry had to align with Lux’s greater mission and vision. It needed to be a core message. We’d have to talk about it from the “stage” and throughout all of our communications.
All of that eventually led to our answer: a box.
Not just any box – the Lux Kids Box. A subscription-style, hands-on resource shipped straight to families’ homes (or downloaded for free). The box aka our curriculum would be fun, faith-filled, and designed to make at-home discipleship easy and engaging for parents.
In total, it took three months of dreaming alongside Mark, our lead pastor, and four more months of building and testing with our team. But by God’s grace and provision, it launched. Our first set of boxes are in the hands of families in nine states and two countries! We believe this is just the beginning!
Today, the Lux Kids curriculum is available in two formats:
- Free digital download (in our Discord community)
- Physical box (small cost for materials & shipping)
Here’s What’s Inside Each Month:
- Weekly activities + worship & video devotionals
- Family table talks + daily prayer guides
- A custom parent podcast (“Called to Parent”)3
- Online community space for parents to connect
We communicate this simple conviction based on our four core:
Parents can do this – and we can help.
From singles to seniors, our church has rallied behind this mission. As of July 26, 2025, we’re actively planning October’s box and dreaming up the next 12 months of global family ministry – one box at a time.
But this isn’t a sales pitch. It’s a humble challenge.
One of my favorite parts of our curriculum is the “Why” at the bottom of every activity – reminding parents why this matters and how it helps their family draw closer to Jesus.
So here’s the “Why” behind this article:
As we chase digital impact and talk about reaching “the ends of the earth,” we must pause and ask the same question I was asked:
“What about the kids?”
That one question could change your church forever.
Whether your model is digital, hybrid, or traditional – what are you doing to help parents disciple their kids at home, not just during church hours?
Our solution wasn’t in the budget. It wasn’t a planned initiative. But when God reveals a need, He will supply the creativity and means to meet it.
Maybe it’s including curriculum sheets online and sharing those with your streams or *insert platform* members. Maybe it’s encouraging your families at home to think more deeply about the missions your church supports. That’s something we are doing to get our families involved more deeply at Lux. Our kids in September’s curriculum will be writing letters and coloring cards to be shipped to our digital missionaries and partners all over the world! It doesn’t need to be big and crazy, but what’s something small you can do this week to love and serve your families not just in person but online this week. That’s my challenge.
Final Thought:
To quote the late Dr. Michael Catt of Sherwood Baptist Church:
“Whoever wants the next generation the most, will get them.”
Don’t be afraid to think outside the box – or through it. Your families are worth it.
Resources:
- Tripp, P. D. (2016). Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family. Crossway.
- Barna, G. (2024, May). Explaining America’s 40-year drop in biblical worldview and how to reverse that decline. George Barna. https://georgebarna.com/2024/05/explaining-americas-40-year-drop-in-biblical-worldview-and-how-to-reverse-that-decline/
- Lux Digital Church. (n.d.). Called to Parent [Podcast]. Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/show/1AfpG2OVXtjSeRkfBhTulq
- Lux Digital Church. (n.d.). Lux Kids. https://luxdigitalchurch.com/luxkids
