First Baptist Church Chickamauga

Pathways: During our Sunday morning worship service, boys and girls ages three through five spend time together in Pathways, our preschool children's church, where they enjoy age-appropriate songs, Bible stories. snacks, and free play in various centers, including kitchen, blocks, and puzzles and books. They also get to enjoy our great playground! Our goal for Pathways is to set young children on course to know that God's Word truly is a light for their paths!

Trailblazers: After they are set on a path for God, our Kindergarten – 3rd Grade children become Trailblazers. During Sunday morning worship, these boys and girls begin to discover the principles behind the Bible stories that they become familiar with in Pathways. Learning is enhanced by games and activities. In addition, boys and girls in Trailblazers are provided daily devotion Bible reading to take home every Sunday. When they read and return their devotion pages, they are rewarded with prizes from The Treasure Chest!

Notebook Rewards: Children in grades 4 and 5 attend 11:00 Worship Service with their families. They are provided cool pens and notebooks to use for sermon notes. Points are given for sermon notes and Scripture memory. When they reach certain point levels, the boys and girls are rewarded with special actitivites with Mrs. Susan. Past activities include trips to SnoBiz for sno-cones and Mr. T's in St. Elmo for pizza and ice cream! At 1,000 points, an extra-special trip, such as the American Girl Doll store in Alpharetta (because we had only girls in that group!) or Lake Winnie, is the reward!

Sunday School: Children enjoy learning Bible verses, stories and a variety of songs.

Just4Fun: FBC children and their guests love the monthly Just4Fun activities. Children (and their parents if they like) have a time of just plain fun with activities like Winter Wonderland, Icky Art Day and an overnight Lock-In!

Story ‘n Song: The 2nd Tuesday of each month finds us with area preschoolers in our Pathways room where we read books, sing songs, have an art or craft activity, and play outside--all while and sharing the story of Jesus.

Wednesday evenings at 6:00 PM, FBC children have the opportunity to join their voices in praise to God in song with the Joyful Noise Choir for preschoolers and HeartSounds for elementary students. In addition, they learn about missions and interesting Bible stories, pray for family, friends and missionaries, and have crafts, game time, and other enrichment activities! Our children's choirs sing in church several times throughout the year and have a Sunday morning Christmas program. The 2010 program is scheduled for November 28.

The purpose of FBC Children's Ministries is to work with parents and church leaders to win boys and girls to Jesus Christ and help them grow in Him.

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