Thank you Mrs Mussman for encouraging those of us who endeavor to disciple our children in the gifts God gives us in Divine Service. We are one of the only families in our small urban congregation who faithfully bring our children & have then participate & contribute as much as they are able. It often gets very lonely for both us & our children. By God’s grace we saw the value of teaching them the faith at hone through memorization of Luther’s Small Catechism (thanks to CPH Sing the Faith CD!), liturgy (thanks to LCMS.org for providing free downloadable audio mp3s!) & real “adult” hymns from LSB (thanks to those posting LSB hymns online for is to learn from)! Some people have called us crazy for skipping over the “This Little Light of Mine” VBS songs, but we now have a 15 year old who is playing most of the D.S. settings & hymns for ours & other local rural LCMS congregations since he was 13 yrs old. We have younger kids who play hymns as ear tunes for their violin teacher & for special music at church services. And we are learning that our oldest son is not alone in learning the organ at an early age (& ability to play entire services for congregations) among families who catechize & disciple their children at home during the week. P.S. We didn’t do even Cheerios—too much work! We believed in the discipline of fasting during a one hour service! Hand lotion, lip balm & essential oils help to keep senses alert & hands busy as well as allowing simple pencil drawing & impromptu word searches in printed out bulletins.