THE CHILDREN’S WORSHIP CENTRE is open on some Sundays, while other Sundays children are encouraged to stay in worship with their parents. On the Sundays when the Worship Centre is open, the children stay with their parents in worship until after the children’s time. After the children’s time, they go upstairs to the worship centre. The worship centre is a sacred space for our children. They sing together, hear the word of God together, and have the opportunity to respond with stories, art and prayer.
ACTIVITY BAGS for children are provided at the back of the sanctuary for all age groups. Children and parents are invited to choose a bag and take it with them to their pews for the first part of the church service. Parents are asked to please return the bags to the back at the end of the service, so that they can be replenished for next Sunday. We have 2 separate spaces for families with young children in the sanctuary, so that even with COVID restrictions, families have space to move around.
The Children’s Arts Club is a Thursday after-school program is professionally run by our alto section lead, Ramona Gilmour-Darling, who is trained in children’s choral music and drama and a qualified assistant who has training and/or experience in children’s theatre and music. Ramona is incredibly well educated, experienced and gifted in working with children and the arts.
The children who attend love the program and look forward to it every week. They have often given enthusiastic endorsements of the program. The children prepare music to sing in worship about once a month. We are looking forward to having them lead in worship over Christmas and in the time to come.
This fun and engaging program is full of opportunities for children ages 5-12 to gain confidence, learn music, tell and embody stories, enjoy various arts and crafts, drama and movement, engage in meaningful conversation about themes such as honesty, wonder, courage, love, kindness and belonging, and to get to know one another better as Christian friends.