4. Help them dream big. Each quarter, we have a dinner with all the pastors, their spouses, and every PK is invited. I started a tradition where, during that dinner, I give each PK a coin from somewhere I've been around the world. They think it's so cool!

I do it because I want to open up conversations about what exists beyond our country. I want them to start dreaming of the places they could go, of the countries God could call them to.

5. Show them they're valued. As a kid, especially the kid of a pastor, it's easy to feel like you don't matter. It's easy to feel like you're in the way, or shoved to the side, or just there because your parents were invited.

I try to get to know our PKs individually and to make each one of them feel special.

For every one of their birthdays, I write them a handwritten card that includes a gift card to Target. They can take that gift card and pick out their very own toy. I want them to know their birthday matters to me, and that I notice them. I want them to feel like an important member of our church body. Because they are!

Growing up as a pastor's kid isn't easy. It's full of unique challenges and struggles those kids didn't choose for themselves. With so many pastors' kids leaving the church as they grow older, it's so important that we take the time to see them and minister to them directly.

How can you serve your church's PKs this week?

Rob Ketterling is the lead pastor of River Valley Church, an ARC church based out of Minnesota's Twin Cities south metro area.

For the original article, visit justinlathrop.com.

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