Family devotions: A new trend for a new school year

Family 15® is going to revolutionize the way parents invest in the spiritual lives of their kids. By taking all of the focus and pressure off of mom and dad to prepare a weekly devotional for their family, Family 15® is an un-intimidating way for parents to offer a short, meaningful lesson on Gods love--presented in an entertaining DVD format that is relevant and hip, engaging even the most finicky teen. Plus, its full of helpful tools and resources to encourage spiritual growth in kids, teens, and adults, as well as a family prayer journal, interactive CD-ROM just for teens, and a practical leaders guide.

Nashville, TN (PRWEB) August 11, 2004 -- Does your family have devotions? If the answer is no", what is stopping you? Nelson Reference & Electronic proudly announces the release of Family 15® (Nelson Reference & Electronic, ISBN 0785251774, $29.99, August 2004)-an innovative multi-media devotional series for families.

The only product of its kind, Family 15® and is going to revolutionize the way parents invest in the spiritual lives of their kids. By taking all of the focus and pressure off of mom and dad to prepare a weekly devotional for their family, Family 15® is an un-intimidating way for parents to offer a short, meaningful lesson on Gods love--presented in an entertaining DVD format that is relevant and hip, engaging even the most finicky teen. Plus, its full of helpful tools and resources to encourage spiritual growth in kids, teens, and adults, as well as a family prayer journal, interactive CD-ROM just for teens, and a practical leaders guide.

Youve never seen family devotions like these!

The eight-week program offers todays active families more than just a biblical talking head". Cutting-edge graphics and interactive features engage a generation of children who have been raised on multi-media toys and video games, and the devotional subjects are relevant and impacting for contemporary families of all levels of spiritual development.

Family 15 equips parents with every possible resource they need to lead family devotions, minimizing their chance of failure. The resources are relevant, high-quality, and they meet the needs of parents and kids of all ages," Family 15® creator, Chad Williams said.

The idea for Family 15® began nearly three years ago. One Sunday morning, Williams Sunday school teacher asked aloud, How many of you do family devotions?" Williams remembers lowering his head, trying to avoid eye contact with others, including his wife. He quickly realized he was not the only parent in the room who admitted failure in that area. As the group began to explore the reasons for not leading their families in devotions, one by one, excuses began to circulate. Our family is too busy." I feel inadequate as a spiritual leader for my family." I cant find time to do devotions on my own much less with my kids." Im scared to fail in front of my spouse and children."

Nearly three years into development, and after much prayer, counsel and plenty of divine intervention, Family 15® was born. The complete Family 15® kit provides five distinct resources that will enable parents to lead successful family devotions, while relieving them of the fear of failure.

Its okay to be scared to death--we all are. Failing in front of your family is the darkest thing in the world," Williams said. Im just an accountant, a father...and have felt inadequate, really. But Family 15 creates a safe, non-threatening way for you to begin leading your family into this important routine."

The variety of resources included in the Family 15® kit, insures the messages taught in the devotionals will continue to create an impact for more than one night-for more than 15 minutes.

As the leading Christian publisher of electronic products, we know that people are studying their Bible differently these days, and we are developing products with that in mind," said Wayne Kinde, Vice-President and Publisher for Nelson Reference & Electronic. The Family 15 product was developed for busy families on the go, utilizing the latest technology in DVD and CD-ROM development."

Although the product officially releases this month, several churches from across the country partnered with Thomas Nelson this spring to use Family 15® as an outreach tool in their Easter and Fathers Day morning services--offering free copies to visiting families.

To request a review copy of Family 15®, or to schedule an interview with Chad Williams, please contact Paige Harvey at paige@psmediarelations.com, or call 615.579.4515. For complete press materials, visit www.psmediarelations.com.

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