Children's Ministry

Kidz World is a children's ministry designed to teach elementary age children the good news of Jesus Christ through Bible lessons, crafts, and other activities. It is geared toward children who are Kindergarten age through the 6th. grade and is available every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. during bible study hour.

At 11:00 a.m., we bring children who are Kindergarten age and up into worship with us. This is a great setting for you to worship God together as a family.

George Barna, who has done excellent statistical research in the area of church life, has shown that children who are taught to worship with their families throughout their time living at home are far more likely to continue in the faith during their adult years. This simply reveals that no ministry or program can take the place of parents who love God and who teach their children to worship God through a living example.

Childcare is provided during both hours for children infant age through Pre-K.

When you arrive on Sunday morning, simply come to our children’s table to register your child, and one of our children's workers will be there to greet you.

Music Ministry: A Note from our Worship Leaders:

Worship and praise are often terms we use today when we speak of music in the church. But in reality music is a way we as God's children respond to His mercy and goodness. However, it is not the only means of praising and ascribing worth to our heavenly Father.

We have a good model of what true worship is from the narrative found in John 4:7-26.  Notice that in the last few verses of that passage Jesus tells us that worship is to be done in Spirit and in truth.  If you are like me, having grown up in a church where tradition superseded Scripture, you may have been led to believe that worshipping in Spirit and in truth was suppose to be a constraining and somber experience. However, I later discovered the Old Testament and came to find this idea to be the opposite of what Scripture actually teaches.  I found the song in Exodus 15 where God delivered Israel through the parted Red Sea. Next I came to the Psalms and a couple of other places where David danced before the Lord (2 Samuel 16).  I began to realize that God's people in the Bible rejoiced before the Lord in times of worship.  They never approached him with a stoic or somber spirit.  The evidence that we are worshipping in Spirit and in truth is to be found in the joyful response to the knowledge of God; His character and His faithfulness.

If you live in the North Jacksonville area, I'd love to meet you this Sunday. Stop on by and say hello. As far as our music ministry goes, if you play drums, bass, keyboards, or percussion, Grant and I would enjoy getting to hear your sound.

Yours in Christ,
Erick Galenko & Grant Sutton
Worship Team Leaders