We believe
that children are important and should be treated with the love and
care Jesus showed to all. We try to provide a nurturing environment
that will not only care for your child effectively, but will begin
to lay the foundation for your child's future faith and life; thus,
one of our main goals is to help you lead your child to God!
The
Nursery Ministry is a service provided to families with little ones.
Children (one month to two years old) are welcome to join us during
the 9 & 11:15 a.m. assemblies, and during the 10:15 a.m. Willowbrook
U hour. Loving and caring adults and teenage volunteers staff the
nursery. The room is equipped with a changing table, port-a-crib,
two rocking chairs, and a wide variety of safe, fun,
age-appropriate toys.
The Toddler Room provides children (two to four years old) a place
to play during the 11:15 a.m. assembly. Loving and caring adults and
teenage volunteers staff the toddler room. This room has a wide
variety of safe, age-appropriate toys that promote interactive play.
The staff encourages each child to participate in various activities
such as drawing, coloring, making
things out of play dough, and interacting with each other.
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Children's Ministry
Looking for a fun way to do church for kids?
Willowbrook Children's Ministry, Connecting Children
with Jesus
Every
Sunday morning at 11:15 a.m., Kidz Quest is offered
for children kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a fun-filled
one hour adventure focusing on how to live life based on biblical
principles. Through interactive lessons, games, and crafts, children
discover God's truth in a nurturing environment.
Kidz
Klub is an hour and a half of great fun. Each week we split
up into two groups, Pathfinders (for kindergarten through second
graders), and Junior Youth Group (for third through fifth graders).
This enables us to do cool age-appropriate activities including
games, crafts, snacks, and lessons. Each evening is focused around a
theme that teaches Christian values and how to live life together.
Kidz Klub is every Tuesday night that the children are
in school, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the church building.
Any Special Events?
Each
month during the school year we host special events for children.
This past year we took a road trip to a sister church's Fall
Festival, we had a magician and the Fishers' Fire Department visit
us, we had a Carnival night, movie and music nights, and a Family
Feast Night (where kids, parents, and guests enjoyed a delicious
pass-the-dish dinner and entertainment).
What About Summer?
Each summer
we offer various activities for the children. This past summer we
hosted a week long, originally designed, Vacation Bible School
program and had "Kids' Summer Fun" days where the children had an
opportunity to use up some energy and learn a little bit more about
how God wants us to live.
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Filew
(Phileo)
Junior High. (The years when
your life goes from mostly carefree to really tough.)
High School. (The years when
choices are made and habits are formed that impact the entire course
of your life.)
Our
goal for the Willowbrook Christian Church Youth Group is to provide
students with the skills and the support they need to go through
these years – and not just to survive these difficult years, but to
thrive in them – to be kids who can make a difference in their
schools, who can show their peers and their teachers what somebody
can do when Jesus helps!
To
accomplish that, we are targeting 4 areas of emphasis this year:
(1)
improving Biblical literacy of kids who
are in our youth group.
(2)
creating a sense of unity among our
students,
(3)
fostering a deep appreciation for the
joy of serving others, and
(4)
strengthening the bond between parents
and kids.
When
given the chance to choose a name for this year’s group, Phileo was
the pick. It’s a Greek word that means “love” (for example,
Phila-delphia is the city of “brotherly love”), and our group
decided it represented best what we’re trying to do together!
We
meet on Sunday nights from 6:30 – 8:30. (That’s for both Junior
High and Senior High kids – altogether – which is great as they all
discover that there is much value in hanging out with kids who are
not in their grade!) Along with parents and young adults who are
willing to help, our Sunday night gatherings are made up of team
building stuff and studying the Bible, watching videos and eating,
we play volleyball and Scum, we talk about life and laugh and pray
together.
We
also have small groups that meet during the week so that
age-specific Bible applications can be part of students’ lives each
week.
We
also do service projects to give teenagers a chance to practice the
spiritual discipline of being great (“the greatest among you”, Jesus
said, “is the servant of all!”). We clean the church building
together. We ring bells for the Salvation Army. We help with
yardwork for those who can’t do that themselves. We participated
with a bunch of other youth groups in a week where serving the
disabled, the elderly, and the poor was the sole reason for coming
together.
And,
we do stuff just for the sake of enjoying time together. Recently,
we took a trip to Buffalo to be part of a Kutless concert, we spent
a night bowling together, we did team building at Camp Arrowhead one
afternoon, we drove to Syracuse to be part of a football tournament!
All of that because it’s fun to be together! And there is more in
store!
Youth
rallies, overnighters, trips to Christian colleges, summer camp,
mission trips, all part of what we do in order to show students the
best way to do life – with Jesus and others who are trying to be
like Him!
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