Children’s Ministry
Meet our Interim Staff Team Leaders
Susan Owenby
Interim Preschool Coordinator (Sundays)
Lauren Robinson
Interim Elementary & Special Events Coordinator
Whitney Milici
Interim Wednesday Missions Coordinator
Upcoming Events
Worship Care Volunteers Needed
Volunteer Sign Up Form here.
Summer Events
SportsFest
August 5 – 9, 2024
Music & Worship Arts Camp
July 15-19
Give & Go Summer Camps
Week 1, June 24 – 28, 2024
Week 2, July 15 – 19, 2024
Weekly Schedule
Wednesdays
Beginning Sept. 6
10:00-10:45 a.m.*WEE Praise(Children Two Years and Under with an Adult) in Room 248
5:00-5:45: *WEE Praise (Children Two Years and Under with an Adult) in Room 248
5:00-5:30: Children’s Chimes/Bells
1st-2nd Grade-Room 246
3rd-5th Grade Handbell Room
6:00-6:45: *WEE Praise (Children Two Years and Under with an Adult) in Room 248
PreK Music & Missions in Children’s Ministry Building
6:00-7:00: Music and Missions
(Kindergarten through 5th Grade) in Children’s Ministry Building
Sunday
9:00-10:00 AM Worship Care
Infants through Pre-K
10:00-10:50 AM Sunday School
All Ages
11AM-noon Worship Care
Infants through Pre-K
Sunday School
Classes for children, infants through grade 5, are led by committed, trained teachers who are passionate about nurturing your child’s loving relationship with God as they move towards a transformational relationship with Jesus Christ. They are eager to partner with parents to help children discover their place in God’s Story.
2BC Kids are a valued part of God’s Kingdom!
We desire to train children according to God’s word, as we rise in the morning, share experiences during the day, and go to bed at night.
NEW DIRECTION BAPTIST CHURCH seeks to provide an inviting, comfortable, and exciting atmosphere for families to raise their children together within the family that makes up the church, the body of Christ.
God is alive and active in families today, just as He was in families found in the stories we read in the Bible. Through these stories we learn that God loves us, desires a relationship with us, and has a plan and purpose for our lives.
Come and share the love of Christ, in fellowship with one another!
Wednesday Night Family Dinner
Join the 2BC Family for Dinner! Throughout the school year, join us for a weekly dinner in our Family Life Center. The New Direction Baptist loving community grows stronger as families fellowship and share a delicious meal before they head off to Choirs, Missions and Adult Bible Studies. Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. $8 for adults (9 or older) $4 for children age 3-8. Kids under 3 are free (served in the kitchen). Click here for more information and to order dinner.
Music on Wednesday Nights
Through Wee Praise, birth through age 2 with an adult, learn to become life-long worshipers of God and to develop their musical talents to the Glory of God (10:00am, 5:00 pm, and 6:00 pm in Room 248). For children, preschool through grade five, music takes place at 6:00pm. Pre-K Aged Music & Missions will conclude at 6:45pm. Kindergarten through 5th grade Music & Missions concludes at 7:00pm.
Worship Care
Loving childcare is provided for infants through Pre-K children during our 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. services on Sunday mornings.
We will have combined Worship Care classes during Worship hours (9:00a.m. & 11:00 a.m.).
Worship Care Volunteers
Everyone seeking to work with preschoolers, children, or youth must be involved in Safe at Second, the protection process of NEW DIRECTION BAPTIST CHURCH. Each individual must complete the Safe at Second Protection Process form. If you would like to sign up to serve in weekly worship care, click here to connect with the staff.
Special Events
Family Dedication
The commitment of parents to partner with God and with the church in raising their children in a Christian home is a time for celebration. Our Family Dedication Service is an opportunity for parents to publicly promise to seek God’s will for their children and to instruct them in the ways of the Lord, to teach them His Word, and to talk with them about faith in Jesus as Savior when they reach an age of spiritual understanding. Family Dedication is not only a spiritual dedication of the family to grow the child within the ways of the Lord; it is also a commitment of the Family of Faith at New Direction Baptist to become lifelong partners with each family dedicated. We commit to provide prayer support, assistance in Bible teaching and opportunities, facilities and people through which children can enter into a fullness of Christian faith.
Missions Education
Through Mission Friends, children learn that God loves all people and that our church is at work in the world to help people with physical and spiritual needs. Hands on experiences help them learn that at any age they are able to serve God and to share the love of Jesus with others.
- Mission Friends, Pre-K & Kindergarten
Children’s Music
Wee Praise
For children as early as infants, NEW DIRECTION BAPTIST CHURCH provides a place for them to begin their musical training in Wee Praise. Wee Praise meets on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. , 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. in Room 248.
Children’s Choirs
For children, preschool through grade five, that opportunity takes place on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 through 7:00 p.m.
Handbells
Handbell training is available beginning with the Chime Choir and continues with Children’s Handbell Choir. Contact Taylor Vancil, Minister of Music and Worship, for more information.