Riverside is a church that loves young people. We earnestly desire that they come to know and experience God’s love and truth from an early age. We have various programmes and facilities available on Sundays aimed at meeting the needs of parents and their children starting with babies and reaching up to grade 5.
Children’s Church Values at Riverside Community.
Children-targeted: We are reaching children not adults therefore we will do what is best for the children.
Safe: Provide an environment where children are physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually safe.
Relevant: Show children how the Bible is a book filled with the wisdom of God thereby helping them understand and live life in today’s world.
Relational: To build a real community for children where they can “know and be known, love and be loved, serve and be served”.
Creative: To apply creativity to teaching the Bible so that children ‘get it’ rather than ‘endure it.’
Fun: To build an environment where kids can learn to enjoy God and the things of Go
The Baby Room is at the back of the church hall and is for changing and feeding purposes as well as for settling niggling babies (0-6 months). The facility is equipped with an audio feed from the hall so that parents can still enjoy the service.
The PlayRoom is out the doors on the right of the hall and is for parents with active infants and toddlers (6-12 months). Buddies Babies: This group meets in the Toddler Room on the right of the hall and is for children ages 12-24 months. This ministry allows for parents to enjoy the main service while their little ones are cared for by a group of loving and capable volunteers. At the same time these little ones are exposed to who God is by enjoying age appropriate activities that reinforce the message of the morning.