Children

During our Sunday gatherings at 9:00am and 10:45am, we offer nursery for ages birth through 23 months old. We offer Sunday school during both gatherings for toddlers through 6^th grade, with 5^th and 6^th graders only meeting at 9:00am. We are using the Answers in Genesis curriculum for all classes – toddler and older. Check-in is done in room 104 before children go to classes. On the last Sunday of each month, the children join the adults in the main auditorium for singing and then are dismissed for the remainder of the morning to the Kids of Faith classes.

Your child’s safety is very important to us. All classrooms have at least two volunteers and one must be over the age of 18.  All adult volunteers have completed the children’s ministry training and screening procedures, which includes a criminal background check.

At Faith Bible Church, we enjoy celebrating child dedication with you and your family. The dedication ceremony takes place before the congregation from the stage on a Sunday morning. Before going through the child dedication process, it’s important to understand what child dedication is, as well as how it functions within the church.

Child dedication is not a sacrament/ordinance like baptism or communion—you won’t find instructions for it anywhere in the New Testament. There’s nothing magical about it—it doesn’t save your child or guarantee that they will eventually come to trust Jesus as Savior and Lord. However, child dedication can serve as a powerful moment, for both family and our church body, as both parties commit to working together to raise the child in a way that honors God.

This is a time for parents to acknowledge their child as a gift from God (Psalm 127:3-5). It is also a time for parents to publicly commit to raise their child in the instruction and discipline of the Lord, giving opportunities to know God and establish a personal relationship with Jesus Christ (Deut. 6:4-9; Ephesians 6:4).

Parenting is hard. Everyone needs help, and you do not have to do it alone. The body of Christ—including the local church—is designed to help one another grow, bear one another’s burdens, and love and encourage one another. Not only can others in the church community provide wisdom, support, and guidance to you as you raise your children, but your experiences may also present you with an opportunity to do the same for others.

“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”  – Hebrews 10:24-25

Participants do not need to be church members, but need to be able to answer “I do” to the following questions:

1. Do you acknowledge your child as a gift from God?
2. Do you seek to model the love of Christ in your life and present a living example of Him to your child and others?
3. Do you commit yourself to give your child an opportunity to hear the gospel so that he or she might be able to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?
4. Do you commit to raise your child in the instruction and discipline of the Lord?

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

Kids represent the greatest opportunity to make a long-term impact on our world for Christ. Awana establishes welcoming, supportive environments where kids, from every background and cultural setting, learn how a personal relationship with Christ affects their everyday lives. Kids preschool age and older are invited to attend Sunday afternoons from 4-6 pm. Contact Awana Commander Susan for more information. susancary314@gmail.com