Children at Ridgeway enjoy a wide variety of activities including music, art, drama, puzzles and games. Following a time in the main meeting on sunday mornings there is Sunday School for 4 to 11 year olds and a creche and nursery for younger children. Parents are actively involved in teaching the children and shaping the activities. The church also supports parents in teaching their own children at home through resources available in the Fountain Bookshop. During school term times parents and children are invited to Ridgeway Toddlers during the week.

Ridgeway Community Church is committed to following government and CCPAS guidelines on safeguarding and good working practice, including safe recruitment of workers. We work to a formal safeguarding policy and all teachers and helpers are CRB checked through CCPAS. The short Flash movie "Kids are safe here", embedded below will give you more details. You can also view this movie in Windows Media File format by clicking on the link to the right.

Quillon and Sandy Harpham,
Ridgeway Community Church Children's Ministry Leaders.

 

 

Ridgeway Bible Detectives

Ridgeway Bible Detectives is a Bible teaching programme for chilren aged 8-11. Seven year olds look forward to becoming Bible Detectives on their eighth birthday!

This page gives you all the resources you need to lead your own children through privately, or to use Bible Detectives with a Sunday school. The children are given secret missions to complete and as they work their way through them they attain promotions to higher Bible Detective ranks. No Bible knowledge or any pre-preparation is required.

Ridgeway Bible Detectives is easy to run and engaging for the children!
Follow these simple steps:

Step 1
Bible Detectives begin at rank "Constable". Print off the "Bible Detective Badges" pdf below and cut out the "Bible Detective Constable" badge. Issue this to each child.
Bible Detective Badges

Step 2
The Ridgeway Bible Detective missions are listed in the table below in order of difficulty. It is usually best to progress the children through the missions in the order they are given, but this is not required; they can be attempted in any order. Click on the title to view the pdf and print off a copy of your chosen mission for each child. Issue it to them in a secret brown envelope if you wish!

Step 3
They may require your help to complete the mission; once they have done so cut out the mission card for them to take. Once a child has collected three mission cards they can be promoted to the next rank and issued with the next badge. Take the opportunity to do this in your main church meeting. Feel free to develop your own badges or other rewards.

Ridgeway Bible Detective Missions
Mission Level
Mission 006 WTL
Mission 007 Micro-Writing
Mission 008 Question
Mission 104 What Is It?
Mission 105 OT
Mission 106 Witness
Mission 203 Honey
Mission 204 Internet
Mission 205 NT
Mission 301 Who Is It?
Mission 302 Where Is It?

Please let us know how you get on. If you have any ideas for Bible Detective Missions then we would be glad to add them to the list!

 

Ridgeway Children's Ministry Vision

Grow up into Jesus:
To lead the children into a relationship with Jesus, knowing him as their Lord, Saviour and friend.

Led by the Spirit:
To release the children into life and peace through the Holy Spirit, encouraging each one to enjoy all he has for them.

Pray Continually:
To pray for the children and their teachers and to teach the children to pray.

Living Word of God:
To teach the children the truth of God’s word and lead them into experiencing it.

Fellowship with One Another:
To nurture and encourage relationships amongst the children and between the children and the rest of the church.

 
Click here for the Church Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS) website.
Click here to view a Windows Media File (wmv) copy of the "Kids are safe here" video.
Ridgeway Community Church uses "Children's Ministry" lesson material. Click here for their website.

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