At NRCC, the thing we want most for our children when they grow up and walk away from their time with us, is for them to have experienced God’s love.
Our thought is that if our children have a deep internal sense of God’s approval, acceptance, and affection, they’ll be set up for a lifetime of spiritual hunger. Teaching content comes only after this. Our primary concern is to create an environment in which they have deep, visceral experiences of affection, goodness, mercy, love and fun – the things we believe to be at the heart of God.
We’ve worked hard to make our children’s ministry emotionally safe, physically safe, and spiritually safe. We help our children form loving relationships with one another, with their teachers and counselors, and with people of our larger community.
And again, we’ve tried to make sure church is fun.
It has been our experience that deep, primal impressions of love, acceptance, and safety set the course for the rest of their lives. If their impression of church, God, and the spiritual journey are associated with fun, friendships, and love, this points them toward a lifetime quest for God.
Children’s Ministry Team
Our children’s ministry team loves kids! They are teachers, counselors, games and craft leaders, music folks, etc. They care for our children each Sunday and pray for them through the week.
With stories, songs, visual images, games, and activities, they teach our kids to look for the God-Wind as it blows through their lives. They help our children discover their own unique talents and gifts, and create opportunities for them to contribute their gifts to others. Above all, their intent is to lead our children to listen for the Inner Voice of God, to heed that Voice, and to walk the path of Light and Life God sets before us.