Children’s Ministry –
We provide childrens ministry on Sunday morning for ages 2-11. The age breakdown for the 3 classes are as follows: preschool (2-4), young children (5-7), and older children (8-11). The children stay in service for worship and are released during the offering. Children are more than welcome to remain in service if the parents prefer to keep them in service. There are also seasonal events for children.
We appreciate the advantages of family integrated worship and therefore keep children in service every first Sunday of the month for the entire service. This is also due to the fact that many of our children are baptized members of the church and should rightly participate in the Lord’s Supper. To receive the Lord’s Supper without the entire Body of Christ fully assembled would actually undermine the symbolic meaning of the church’s unity, not to mention deprive believing children of the means of grace in the holy meal. Just to be clear, only believing members should receive the meal in active participation through faith in Christ. The other Sundays are left to the decision of parents. We don’t view the preference of parents as a litmus test for Godly parenting. We emphasize and resource our parents to conduct discipleship in the home.
We use Children Desiring God curriculum, make use of the Baptist Catechism, and emphasize weekly Bible memorization through Fighter Verses.
For more information on the resources we use, please visit the following sites:
Children Desiring God - http://www.childrendesiringgod.org
Baptist Catechism (revised by John Piper) - http://www.desiringgod.org/about/our-distinctives/our-beliefs/a-baptist-catechism
Fighter Verses - http://www.fighterverses.com