Ministry Schedule
9:00- 10:15 AM
Kids Street Connect (Sunday School Classes)
Wiggle Worship (starts at 9:10 AM)
10:30- 11:45 AM
Kids Street Worship (All ages "Kids Church")
5:00- 6:30 PM
AWANA Clubs
September-November; January-May
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Our Ministry Philosophy
As a preface, the concept of “partnering with parents” is so vital in our approach to children’s ministry. Some believe that the influence of the church is first and foremost in the lives of the children in our ministry, but the honest truth is that we will never eclipse the importance of the influence of their families, namely, their parents. Working off of this truth, we will strive to enhance this partnership by fostering parent communication, parent involvement, and even parent education. Our goal is certainly not to compete with the family influence, so we instead aim to utilize parents as valuable members of our ministry to children. We hope to be a strong supplement, working alongside each family, in the spiritual growth and personal development of our children.
To really conceptualize the primary elements of our vision statement, one must recognize three basic elements of direction: Up, In, and Out.
As a child begins to develop, our first intention is to create a working knowledge of God, His creation, His love, and His plan for us. These foundational truths from scripture are taught as absolute facts as each child is taught to look “Up” and learn these truths.
Basically, before a child can reach the developmental stage of understanding and even exercising faith, he or she must have a working knowledge about the object of our faith, God.
As the child continues to learn and develop in all phases of life (physically, mentally, emotionally, etc.), he or she is challenged to make application of these Biblical truths into a personal walk with Christ. Our part in this process is to guide each toward this personal relationship with Christ, while allowing the Holy Spirit to convict. We can plant the seed and water, but only God can give the increase!
After salvation, it is not only critical that children be given opportunity to further learn biblical truth and its application, but that they also be taught and have a chance to exercise their faith in God. We feel that each young Christian must be provided ample opportunity to exercise their heart of faith in service and ministry. In essence, after being must come doing, which is the road to God’s perfect will for us as His children.