Community Bible Church offers a variety of children's ministries, including nursery, children's church, and AWANA. Our children's ministries not only offer an opportunity for parents to enjoy Sunday morning services and Community Groups, but also are coordinated with mom's ministries such as Out & About.
Nursery: Newborn through 2 years old
Children's Church: 3 year olds through 6th grade
AWANA: 3 years old through 8th grade
Out & About: For mommies and their children who just need to get out and about with other moms for a while!
Our Purpose:
We exist to assist families as they teach their children the Word of God, to instill in the children a life lived by faith in Jesus Christ, and to focus their energies on worshiping God in His glory.
Our Vision:
The vision of CBC’s children’s ministry is to see the children established with a God-centered worldview, committed to the body of Christ, and equipped to share their faith in Jesus as they embrace the glory of God.
Our Core Values:
To make our vision a reality and to accomplish the purpose of CBC’s childrens ministry, we value:
* Parental involvement, as it is primarily the parents’ responsibility to teach, discipline and model faith for their children.
* Christ-like character in the lives of the teachers who model faith for the children.
* God-centered teaching of the Word of God as He is the main character of the Scriptures.
* Memorization of the Word of God to allow the children to meditate on Him throughout the week.
* Prayer as a major practice, demonstrating dependence on God.
* Active worship, including singing, testimonies, giving, and the reading of Scripture, reflecting the honor of God.
For more information regarding our Children's Church Ministry, contact Nathan Croston.
For more information regarding Family and Children's Ministries, contact Steve Hicks.
Out of the Mouths of Babes
I try, like all Christian parents should, to look for opportunities in our daily lives to teach my son Biblical principles in unique, creative, and tangible ways. One such opportunity arose one morning while baking brownies with my son. We were getting ready to mix the eggs into the batter. Before cracking the egg, I decided to use the old-time classic egg example of the Trinity. I said the three parts of the egg, (shell, white, and yolk), could be symbolic of the three parts of the Trinity, (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.) While all three parts are distinctive and can be separate, they are all part of the whole; and all three parts of the egg are still "in full essence, 100% egg"--just like the three parts of the Trinity are all unique and personal, yet in essence are all 100% fully God. I thought I was making good progress in transporting some doctrinal wisdom to my then-two-year-old son, Malachi, but realized I had either failed completely or he was assuredly not ready for such big concepts when he replied,..."Ok, Mommy, let's stir up Jesus (the eggs) and bake Jesus in the oven!" Oh well,...at least I attempted.
I figured maybe I could make up our learning deficit when reading Bible stories prior to bedtime. When reading the story of Adam and Eve and the fall of man, I thought I had done a pretty good job of explaining that they had sinned when they disobeyed God and ate the fruit from the one tree He had forbade them not to eat. When our story had ended, in review I asked him," Now what is it called when Adam and Eve disobeyed God?" When anticipating his correct response of "Sin," he instead replied, "Mommy, that is called that their tummies were hungry." (Strike Two)
In his small pictorial Bible, after the fall of man, Adam and Eve's banishment from the garden was immediately followed by the picture and story of Noah's ark. My son (who loves boats) didn't miss a beat when he promptly proclaimed, "God must have kicked them out of the garden, and they must have jumped into their boat (ark) and cranked the key and sped away."
Although I obviously have quite a journey ahead of me in accurately teaching my son about the ways of the Lord, I am sure God smiles at my son's responses, just the way I do. In closing, below is an email Malachi recently wanted me to send to God. (He spoke while I typed exactly what he said). Malachi was in awe when he found out that God doesn't even need a computer to receive his message-he can talk or think, and his thoughts go directly to God!
Malachi's Prayer:
"Dear Jesus,
Thank you for this day, we want to go to heaven, and hurry up and come to earth. Thank you that we have lots of toys. I love you. We are going to come to heaven one day and we will wait for marsh-mallows.
