Children's and Youth
The Children's and Youth Church is a major part of Chudleigh Baptist Church as when we leave the congregations on a Sunday morning, there are lots of empty seats! Our aim is to help the children and young people grow in their knowledge and love of God and to learn about what the Bible says and how we can apply that to our lives. We have several groups that help us achieve this.
We have creche for the 0-3s where we play, sing songs, listen to Bible stories, do some craft as well as enjoy the odd snack! We might not manage to fit all these activiities into one morning, but we have a good go!
Once the children are eligible to start pre-school, they can join the 3-7s, which includes children up to the end of school year 2. Following that, there is a group of 7-11s which takes children in school years 3-6. In both these groups, the children might take part in music, quizzes, treasure hunts, learning about the Bible, eating sweets, prayer times, doing craft and more.
Finally for a Sunday morning, the 11-14s meet (school years 7-9) and enjoy chatting and discussing, praying and learning about what the Bible says and working out how we might apply it, as well as eating jelly babies.
Whilst we have a great time in groups with activities aimed at our age groups, it is great when we meet with the rest of church as we can join in with worship, playing musical instruments and learning about God together. We also look forward to the end of the service when grown ups might like to enjoy a cuppa and we can often be found by the biscuits tins!
Some of the highlights of our year are going on the church weekend away. In March 2010 we had an excellent time and James sorted some fantastic stuff for the 7-14s to do and Rhian led the 0-6s, both groups learning about how great God's creation is! The youth enjoy helping out on camps in various parts of the country in the summer, going to Soul Survivor as well as going along to FNX in Exeter.
The youth are also involved in ET (Everybody's Territory) which is run by the Teign Valley Youth Project. This meets weekly in term time on Sunday evenings at the Baptist Chapel.
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