Children’s Ministries
Mancelona Baptist Church provides safe, clean, and fun child care during all of our regular service times. Through our nursery services, Junior Church, Patch and PeeWee club, homeschool meetings, and our summertime Vacation Bible School, we teach and care for the children in our church.
Nursery
A clean, safe, nicely equipped, and well-staffed nursery is available for all public services of the church. The nursery is available for infants and toddlers through three years of age. The church nursery is located in the front of the church, lower level.
Junior Church
During the morning worship service, our children aged four years old through the Sixth Grade meet in the lower level for their own worship service. It is a service of singing, Bible study, and worship that is especially designed for the maturity level of the children.
Patch the Pirate and PeeWee Ministries
Pastor’s wife currently heads up our Patch the Pirate Clubs. She is the Patch Sailor’s “Captain.” Praise the Lord for Children! Patch is a children’s program that each month emphasizes a new godly character lesson taught through wholesome Christian songs, thought provoking stories, Bible lessons, music lessons, activity pages, daily devotions, and live performances before the church body.
Patch the Pirate (2nd grade – 6th grade) and Pee Wee (PK-1st grade) are godly activities provided to help our children to be molded into the image of our Savior Jesus Christ. Bring your child to our Patch program here at Mancelona Baptist Church, every Wednesday night at 6:45pm and it will become a weekly must for them! Scripture teaches us to, “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6.
Below are some pictures from a recent Patch & Pee Wee Clubs party! There was candy hid in the hay bails and the children had to find it! Wow…it was fun, messy and everyone was tired out afterwards!
Homeschoolers
The return of our Lord is drawing near. We appreciate those parents who take a major role in the education of their children and Home School them. We cooperate with our homeschooler’s and encourage their desire to teach their children the Christian life and necessary secular education from the home front. Our homeschooler’s group meets regularly to encourage one another, help and learn social and educational values that are common to our group. The pictures below were taken from a recent report board night where each student, who was prepared, shared their research before the entire Home School group. Learn more about Homeschooling by clicking our links tab above and select resources. You’ll find information at the bottom of the resource page. Enjoy!
Vacation Bible School
Vacation Bible School (VBS) is one of our most exciting children’s outreach ministries. Psalm 127:1 says, “Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD” and VBS provides us with the perfect opportunity to reach out to the children in our community. Every summer our church hosts a VBS program, and every year the Lord richly blesses this ministry.