FBC KIDS MINISTRY

FBC Kids covers a lot of ground! From Sunday Groups to FBC Kids Worship to AWANA to Camp to Vacation Bible School to lots more...we want to help kids connect with God.

On Sunday mornings, we offer Kids Worship at 9:00 and Kids Sunday Groups at 10:30. During the school year, FBC Kids offers AWANA on Wednesdays at 6:30.

Our leaders use interactive lessons & activities to reach children where they are emotionally, developmentally, and of course spiritually. Our goal is not to be the ultimate spiritual authority in a child’s life, but to partner with and equip a kid’s best spiritual asset – their family.

Safety and security are vitally important to us. All of our volunteers are background checked and trained in our Policies and Procedures. Families can quickly and easily check in on Sundays where a custom security tag will be printed for their child.

For a super-easy way to keep up with week to week stuff for your kids, just like our FBC Kids Facebook page at facebook.com/fbcrhkids or follow us on our FBC Kids Instagram. You can also contact Gina Vogel, FBC Kids Director, with any questions you may have at Gina@RichmondHill.org.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

"Breaker Rock Beach: God's Rock-Solid Truth in a World of Shifting Sands" is this year's VBS theme! VBS here at FBC Richmond Hill is for those Kids who have completed Grades K-5th! Happening June 3-7!

(If you are on the VBS Serve Team, you can register your PreK and Under Kid through the link given on your confirmation. PreK and Under is only offered for those on our VBS Serve Team. Middle schoolers are welcome to serve but must have a parent serving with them.)

Kids will be challenged as they discover that God’s truth never changes, everyone needs Jesus, and learn to speak the truth in love. Adventure awaits each day as kids explore tide pools, spot orcas, fly kites, and watch the mighty waves crash up against the immovable Breaker Rock! In today's culture, it is important for kids to know that God's truth never changes! Join us this summer as kids are challenged to recognize the difference between the half-truths of the world and God's unchanging truth.

CENTRIKID SUMMER CAMP

July 1 - July 5, 2024, at Brewton Parker College, GA.

Registration ends April 14, 2024.
Total Cost: $400 -> $365 per camper + $35 camper package

$265 per camper non-refundable deposits are required when you sign up. Guaranteed a camper package to be ordered for your child if you SIGN UP BY April 14, 2024.

This package includes:

OMC Shirt
Backpack
Water Bottle
Eyeblack
Sunglasses
Luggage Tag

Parents, please visit the website for more details - https://centrikid.com/info/parents/

If you are needing to talk with Gina Vogel about a partial payment plans, click other on the payments. Please contact gina@richmondhill.org ASAP to follow up with her.

AWANA REGISTRATION

AWANA - "Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" is taken from 2 Timothy 2:15. We are to do our best to present ourselves to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

We will be hosting our AWANA club on Wednesdays during the school year 6:30pm-8pm.

This Scripture-based program is for kids ages:

Cubbies — Preschool 3’s and 4’s (by September 1)
Sparks — Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2
T&T (Truth in Training) — Grades 3, 4, and 5

Please use this registration link to sign up your children for AWANA for this coming year (2024-2025). This link is also for those who are interested in serving on our AWANA team.

PARENT & CHILD DEDICATION

WE WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO GROW AND DEVELOP THEIR OWN AUTHENTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.

Child Dedication service is a special time for families to publicly covenant with their church family to raise their children to love The Lord. It’s a simple yet very special occasion not to be confused with baptism, which takes place after a person has received Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

Parents, commit to doing all that you can to set your children up to win in this area!

God made 2 institutions – The Family and The Church, both to bring Him Glory. The church is very important to help shine the light of God so kids can see Jesus, but we recognize no one will have more influence over your child than YOU do. And the most powerful thing you can do to help your kids have an authentic relationship with Jesus one day is for your children to see a real relationship with Jesus through your life.

It’s easier for kids to see God as a loving parent when they live in a home with a loving parent. God is a big, big God and He can redeem even the worst situation – but it makes it easier for them to make those connections when they see a living example.

*Not perfection or “church answers”

Real-life flesh and blood struggles with stuff that’s hard, because stuff is hard. But we fundamentally believe that God is good even when stuff is hard.
No great examples of overwhelmingly godly parents in scripture, but the Bible is full of stories where people blew it but those people kept running back to God and God was merciful.

“If we are faithless, He remains faithful, because he can’t deny Himself.” 2 Timothy 2:13

Pray for your children and pray with them.
Read the Bible to them.
Talk about God and acknowledge Him in front of them.
Listen to Christ-based music.
Bring them to church and let them make connections with other believers who will pour love and bibical truth into them.
Model what forgiveness looks like. When you blow it, apologize and ask for forgiveness. And when your child blows it have them to do the same, because they will. We all do!

He / She may start asking questions first about baptism.
If your child has received Christ at a young age, they are still learning about what that all means.
Their relationship with Christ will change as they grow (Parents your teens are very different than when they were preschoolers. I’m still mom and still in their life, but how we relate is different.)

PRAY FOR YOUR CHILDREN! IT’S THE MOST POWERFUL THING YOU CAN DO!

Isaiah 44:24 (NIV) This is what the LORD says — your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, the Maker of all things, who stretches out the heavens, who spreads out the earth by myself.

Psalm 127:3-5 (NIV) Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.

Psalm 139:13-14 (NIV) For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

3 John 1:4 (NIV) I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Proverbs 22:6 (NIV) Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV) “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

*A Parent Meeting prior to Child Dedication

We invite all parents to a Parent Meeting on a Sunday after the morning services (12:00pm) in the fellowship hall. Childcare is available for this day. Please sign up to let us know you need childcare.

*What to expect the morning of your child’s dedication.

We will meet in the FBC Kids Director’s office 15 minutes before the service starts to sign your child’s certificate.
There will be a seat reserved for you down towards the front of the church.
The dedication usually takes place after the first song.

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OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE

JOIN OUR FBC KIDS SERVE TEAM

We are looking for people with a heart for serving the Lord through our FBC Kids ministry. There are many ways you can serve, including Sundays, Wednesdays, or both!

Click on the blue button to Sign Up to begin the process of joining our FBC Kids Serve Team today!

APPLY TO OUR PAID CHILDCARE TEAM

Be a blessing to both parents and children during various church ministry events by joining our paid childcare team. Events include, but not limited to, Bible Studies, Membership Classes, and other events as needed.

Background check and in-person interview required.

Apply here online or call the Church Office for more information: (912) 756-2196.

APPLY HERE