Children’s Ministry

Helping parents make (young) disciples.

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Our mission is to partner with parents to call, equip and send disciples for the glory of God within the 0 to 13-year life stage.

Our vision is to see children come into a saving relationship with Jesus, grow in their relationship with him and help others to do the same.

We hope to achieve this by creating irresistible large group and safe small group environments where children can be reached with the gospel, impacted through meaningful, redemptive relationships and equipped through gospel-centred, biblical teaching.

Online Kids Programmes

Follow our YouTube Channel for weekly kids video programmes

We are committed to the following values:

Partnership With Parents

We believe that parents / guardians are primarily responsible for the discipleship of their children (Deut 6:5-7) and that they have the greatest influence in children’s lives. We want to come alongside parents / guardians, equip them and encourage them in their role as disciple-makers.

Age Appropriateness

We recognise that children have specific needs at each stage of their development. We want to ensure our various environments and programs reach and meet the needs of children in each age group.

Relational Discipleship

We believe that children will be reached and impacted to know, love, and follow Jesus through significant relationships, rather than programs.

Gospel Centred & Biblical Teaching

We believe in teaching the full counsel of God (2 Tim 3:16-17) and that the gospel should be central to everything we do and teach. Through our teaching, we want to help children form a biblical worldview, and live grounded in truth (3 John 1:4) and a Christ-centred identity.

Equipped Teams

We can only achieve our mission with healthy, growing Children’s Ministry Teams. We seek to equip each member of our team for their ministry (Eph 4:12) and intentionally develop leaders so that our ministry is sustainable and effective.

Dependence on God

We recognise that we are instruments in God’s hands and that he alone has the power to rescue children and change their hearts. We also acknowledge that all our gifts and skills are given to us by God – our Maker– to be used for his glory and that we can only achieve our mission through prayer and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Meet the Team

Ansuné Schoeman

Children’s Ministry Director

Arielle Katombela

Children’s Ministry Assistant

Nomalanga Qongo

Children’s Ministry Administrator

8:00am & 10:00am
Little Lambs operates during both morning services. The cry room is available for all services.
Where?
The Little Lambs crèche facility is located in the main church complex at the back left entrance into the auditorium.
The Cry Room is located behind the one-way glass at the back of the auditorium

Ages 0 – 2

Babies (0 – 6 months)

Parents with babies under 6 months of age are welcome to participate in the service from the baby room (located behind the one-way glass at the back of the auditorium). A toilet, changing facilities and a dedicated feeding room are available.

Little Lambs (6 months – 24 months)

Little Lambs exists to partner with parents in discipling children who are between six and 24 months old. We run a program on Sunday mornings during both morning services.

Little Lambs is all about creating a safe and fun place for toddlers to experience God’s love. We seek to lay a biblical foundation through Bible-stories, songs, fun activities and crafts. We also aim to show Jesus’ character and love through the way we interact with children.

We want each little one to know that:

God made them;
God loves them, and that;
Jesus wants to be their friend forever.

We also want each child to feel like they are special members of our church family.

That said, Little Lambs is also about loving, supporting and partnering with parents who have children in this age group. We do this by:

Giving parents the confidence that their children and safe and cared for, so that they can enjoy corporate worship with the rest of the church family;
Providing opportunities for parents to find significant community. Being a parent with young children can be challenging and lonely. So, in addition to loving children, we seek to love, care for and encourage parent;
Allowing parents room for flexibility. If parents prefer to stay with their child in Little Lambs, they are able to view the service on our screen.

8:00am & 10:00am
During both morning worship services
The XChange Centre
At the back of the church campus (green building on the campus map)

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Ages 2 – 5

Bible Adventure Club

Bible Adventure Club exists to partner with parents in discipling children who are between two and five years old. We run a program on Sunday mornings during both morning services.

Bible Adventure Club is all about adventuring through God’s big Book, exploring who God is and what He has done for us. We sing songs, read stories, play games and have lots of fun learning about our Forever-friend and King, Jesus Christ. We also seek to encourage and equip parents so that they can play an active role in discipling their children.

Through this we hope to see our little adventurers:

Love God’s Word;
Know Jesus personally (in addition to knowing about God), treasure him and trust in him;
Know who they are because of Jesus;
Feel loved, safe, valued, and cared for as special members of the Rosebank Union Church family;
Have their hearts are transformed by the gospel and as a result demonstrate Jesus’ love in the way they relate to their parents, family, friends, neighbours and teachers; and
Boldly tell others about Jesus and what he has done for us.

Little adventurers’ and our dedicated team of teachers and helpers follow this routine each Sunday:

Check-in and supervised free-play outside or inside with playdough, toys and puzzles
Worship songs
Introductory activity or discussion linked to the key point
Bible story and gospel-connection
Time for prayer
Game to further illustrate the key point
Short discussion time
Memory verse taught through games, songs, and actions (one verse learned over a term)
Craft activity linked to the key point

8:00am & 10:00am
During both morning worship services
The XChange Centre
At the back of the church campus (green building on the campus map)

Grades 0-5

Kids Bible School

Kids’ Bible School exists to partner with parents in discipling Grade 0-5 children. We run a program on Sunday mornings during both morning services.

Kids’ Bible School is all about creating a fun, safe environment where kids can:

Be reached with the gospel;
Be equipped through relevant, engaging, biblical teaching to follow Jesus;
Belong to a significant community;
Worship God with others;
Be equipped to share the gospel and be salt and light where they live, learn and play; and
Learn how to use their gifts to serve others and participate in the Great Commission.

We also seek to encourage and equip parents so that they can play an active role in discipling their children.

Grade 0-5s and our dedicated team of teachers and small group leaders follow this routine each Sunday:

Supervised free-play upon arrival and check-in
Welcome and prayer
Ice-breaker (linked to the key point)
Large group Bible teaching
Small group time (Including discussion, a game, a memory verse, prayer, and a craft)
Large group worship

6:30pm - 8:00pm
During both morning worship services
The XChange Centre
At the back of the church campus (green building on the campus map)

Junior Youth (Grades 0-7)

Spark (Grades 0-4)

Our vision is to see the hearts of primary school children set on fire for God. We want them to come to a saving relationship with Jesus, to continue to grow in it and to help others do the same.

We seek to do this by providing an irresistibly fun environment where children can learn about Jesus and build community. We are dedicated to providing a safe space to ask questions and receive gospel-centred teaching. And, we want to partner with parents so they can help to keep kids’ fire for God burning.

We meet on Friday evenings from 18h00 – 19h30 during the GDE school term and host a Family Friday where parents can join once a term.

Squad 1:16 (Gr 5-7)

We recognise that 11-13 year olds are in a unique stage of life and have unique needs. They are no longer little children, but also not yet teenagers. As Dan Scott writes in ‘Caught In Between: Engage Your Preteens Before They Check Out’, preteens are ‘a bundle of paradoxes: complex and simple; curious and naïve; abstract and concrete; physically maturing and acting immature’.

We seek to create environments for our preteens where we can reach them where they are while, at the same time, partnering with parents in preparing preteens to navigate the next phase they are growing into. We seek to help our preteens to be rooted in truth – God’s Word – and their identity in Jesus, so they can build their lives on him and grow strong in their faith (Colossians 2:7).

We meet on Friday evenings from 17h30 – 19h00 during the GDE school term, spaces are limited so please register before!