Here at Augusta Road Baptist Church we consider it a blessing and a privilege to provide educational activities and worship experiences for children from birth through fifth grade. The bedrock for Christian Education is Sunday School for every age group.  We also have a staffed nursery for Sunday School and Worship on Sunday mornings as well as “Extended Session” for toddlers and three year olds who are not quite ready for sanctuary worship.  We encourage children who are in four and five-year-kindergarten to come to worship with their parents and stay for about fifteen minutes until Children’s Church reconvenes in their own “sanctuary.”  Children in Grades 1-5 attend regular worship and have a special “Children’s Sermon” that is geared toward their understanding.

In addition, ARBC is happy to have an active children’s choir program and we are fortunate to have regular “leadership” in worship from our youngest singers. Also on Wednesday Nights our children learn about discipleship and missions in Lamplighters (for girls) and Ambassadors (for boys).  This is a challenging program that presses children for learning the basics of Christian belief and practice.

During the calendar year our children are invited to participate in Vacation Bible School and Day Camp as well as special activities like overnight camp experiences which emphasize the budding faith of each young disciple.  Children receive materials that help them to experience Advent and Lent at their own level as the church celebrates these seasons prior to Christmas and Easter.  And of course, Children’s programming could not be complete without Easter egg hunts, swimming parties and cookouts.