{"id":12281,"date":"2025-12-18T08:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/?p=12281"},"modified":"2025-12-18T08:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:19:45","slug":"teaching-kids-to-pray-a-webinar-with-roger-owens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/2025\/12\/teaching-kids-to-pray-a-webinar-with-roger-owens\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Us for Praying Their Way: Exploring New Ways to Introduce Middle-Grade Kids to Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Children have a natural curiosity about God and an innate draw towards mystery. As they grow, kids ask bigger, more complex spiritual questions, and they need guides to help them explore their budding faith lives. Frustratingly, many of us lack the confidence or skills to talk to kids about prayer. 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Some can be adapted for the youngest children, and many offer strong entry points for teens and adults seeking fresh ways to connect with God.<br><br>Whether you work directly with kids or want to better equip those in your pews who do, join us for this engaging webinar on how to teach children to pray.<br><strong><br>What You\u2019ll Gain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explore why talking with kids about prayer can be so hard for adults<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Identify foundational principles about prayer worth talking about with kids<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Try out new ways of praying with kids and experience them firsthand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gain confidence in equipping adults to lead kids in prayer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recognize specific forms of prayer that connect with middle-grade kids and can be adapted for younger children, teens, and adults<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><br>About the Presenter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1225\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/12\/IMG_7811-2-1225x1440.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12211\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:20px;border-top-right-radius:20px;border-bottom-left-radius:20px;border-bottom-right-radius:20px;aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/12\/IMG_7811-2-1225x1440.jpg 1225w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/12\/IMG_7811-2-612x720.jpg 612w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/12\/IMG_7811-2-768x903.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/12\/IMG_7811-2-1306x1536.jpg 1306w, https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/12\/IMG_7811-2-1742x2048.jpg 1742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1225px) 100vw, 1225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Roger Owens<\/strong>\u00a0(PhD, Duke) teaches Christian spirituality and ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, where he holds the Hugh Thomson Kerr Chair in Pastoral Theology. 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