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Children's Ministry at Walmer

A mother and father walked into the doors of Walmer.  They met the pastors for the first time, asking if their baby could be dedicated to God that morning.  Pastors Steve and Buff Cox, just returning from a long trip, hadn't been in Toronto to meet with this young family in the previous weeks.  That morning, the new baby was prayed for by the Walmer congregation.

We present our children to God in multiple ways at Walmer.  Mothers, desiring to set a spiritual example for their children, surveyed the Old Testament this last year at their weekly Moms Wednesday Morning Study.  Several women in the neighbourhood have learned about this opportunity for spiritual growth and have begun coming regularly. Our congregation also hosted a first-ever Easter morning Egg Hunt, inviting children that use the Walmer Centre facilities to join in the fun.

Just as baby dedications acknowledge the need for believers of all ages to support each other, worship at Walmer is intergenerational.  Last week, children who had run through the "Red Sea" led the congregation in worship, singing the old gospel spiritual "Go Down, Moses".  As we bless our children, we honour the ways that their child-like expressions of faith lead us to enter the kingdom of God more fully.

Susan Kroeker is the Director of Child, Youth and Family Ministries at Walmer Road Baptist Church in Toronto. This ministry is supported in part by a CBOQ grant.

2010-06-29