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Helping Kids and Families to Know and Grow in God's Story

Community Kids is a place where kids can experience unconditional love, community with other kids and the significance of the truths God's Word and the reality of God's Story creatively. From our infants to 6th Graders, our goal is to create environments that engage each age group at their developmental level, while helping them discover and experience who God is and how to join God in His Story through His Son, Jesus.

We desire and pray for transformation to occur in the life of a child at CF and then at home. We are convinced that ministry to children is best accomplished by encouraging and offering practical training and tools based in scripture to parents. We know that Parents have a much greater influence over the course of time in their child’s life than we will ever have as a church. George Barna says, "It is the parent whom God will hold accountable for the spiritual maturation of their children." So our goal is to relationally partner with parents to raise children and families who know and grow in God's Story as fully engaged disciples of Jesus Christ.

We are committed to families in three ways:
  1. To guide and equip parents with tools and resources to help them be the primary spiritual influencers in their homes. 
  2. To teach God’s Word to kids through the significance of God's Story in the Bible, music, small group discussions, age-appropriate and creative activities.
  3. To maintain a safe and secure environment for kids. All volunteers and leaders are carefully screened and a stringent security process is in place for all kids and families.
Ultimately:
  • Children need parents who will help them advance in their relationship with God.  No one has more potential to influence, observe and guide a child’s relationship with God than parents!
  • Parents need the church to help them know how to be the spiritual leaders at home. Perhaps the greatest gift the we can give parents is the confidence and courage to do what God has created and commanded them to do! 
    • Deuteronomy 6:5-7 (ESV)
      You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.

  • Churches need leaders to do more for Men, Women, Parents and Families who hold the power of lifelong relational influence spiritually in the lives of their children!

Family Worship:
Every 5th Sunday of the month and during the Summer, we encourage families to participate in worship together during the services. Often these 5th Sundays will give you opportunity to witness water baptisms and child dedications. On these Sundays, there is no Community Kids for children 4 years old - 6th Grade.

Upcoming Events
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Children's Ministry Pastor
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Early Childhood Coordinator
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Late Childhood Coordinator
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