Christ Church Kids
The Christ Church Children's Ministry seeks to help every generation shepherd every child toward a growing faith in Jesus Christ by equipping each child and family to express their faith and see each day as a gift of grace lived out for His purpose and truth.
Our Values as a Children’s Ministry:
1. Gospel-Centered
The Gospel of Jesus Christ teaches that real, lasting change in a child’s life happens from the inside-out, not from the outside-in. For that reason, our goal is to shepherd the hearts of our children, not merely to manage their behavior. Only Jesus Christ can satisfy the deepest longings of a child’s heart.
2. Family-Nurtured
Scripture teaches that parents are the primary teachers and disciplers in a child’s life (Deut. 6:4-9). Therefore, Christ Church East seeks to partner with parents in the spiritual development and training of their kids in two ways. First, we seek to provide parents with material that will help them disciple their kids. Second, we help parents mature in their faith so that kids grow up seeing parents who model the Gospel.
3. Community-Based
First, we believe it takes a community to raise a child, so we seek to make the growth of our children a responsibility that is shared by all who are in our church. Second, we want to integrate our children into the body to help them prepare to be healthy church members. We believe that children will best learn how to enjoy and participate in worship by joining the adults in corporate worship.
4. Others-Oriented
We believe that the Gospel transforms our children to become other-centered givers, rather than spiritual consumers. Therefore, we seek to help them identify and employ their gifts at a young age so that they can engage their world through word and deed ministry.
