Kids & Youth
At Gateway Community Church, we know our kids and youth are precious members of God’s covenant family! The aim of our kids and youth ministries is to partner with Christian parents in the task of building young disciples.
We confidently believe that the responsibility for a child’s discipleship lies firstly with their own Christian family. It’s our hope that faithful Dads and Mums and Carers will model the Christian life for these children by building Christian rhythms into daily life. Rhythms like speaking openly about faith; reading the Bible or a bible devotional around the dinner table; praying together as family; and dealing with the joys and struggles of this life in ways that demonstrates genuine trust in God and love for His people. That is, it is a Christ-centred home life that positively shape the lives of children more than any well-polished church program or faithful Christian school could ever do (Deuteronomy 6:4–9).
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All that being said, “it takes a village to raise a child!” God has assembled this body (the local church) to work together in proclaiming the gospel and building disciples. You’re not in it alone! We’re here to help! God has given us each other to each other! Every part of the church body is cherished by Christ, and each part must be cared for by the rest of the body.
This is why we have specifically targeted ministries for our young people. Our programs aim to help parents help their kids meet Jesus and know what it means to love and follow Him! We want them to know they belong here, and that they are valued children of Jesus. We also want to obey Jesus by letting the little children come to him.
All our Youth & Kids volunteers undergo vetting (Working with Children Check and Character references) and training (ChildSafe Training Modules) according to our denomination’s ChildSafe Policy.
There are two main categories of Youth and Children’s ministry at Gateway: those that happen on a Sunday during the church service, and those that happen during the week at other times.