WESTERN AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH....For GOD so loved......

Children's Worship    Youth Groups   Mission Friends       GA's        RA's VBS                       One Touch Ministry

Children's Worship

Children's Worship is Sunday mornings during AM Worship  and Sunday evenings during PM Worship with Bible Study, action songs, and craft projects on occasion.  This ministry is especially designed for children K-6th grade.

Youth Groups

The Wednesday Night Youth Class focuses on getting the youth to have a "treat others as you want to be treated" mindset in their everyday lives of home, school, church, and community.  Group activities and outreach projects are tools we use for encouragement.

Sunday evening Bible studies have included discussion topics "What/Who is the Church?", "What is Love", and "What are Spiritual Disciplines?".  We often use Christian resources, but always come back to the Bible for God's direction and plan.  The goal is for the students to explore what God thinks about the topic and let Him be our starting point for understanding.

Mission Friends

The Preschoolers and Kindergarteners Mission Group!

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Girls In Action (GA's)

Girls in Action is an organization for elementary age girls to:

Learn what missionaries do

Pray for missionaries and their work

Discover how they can help other people

Save and give money to help tell other people about Jesus

Learn about people around the world

Have fun with friends!


GA Scripture Verse:

"Give thanks to the lord. Worship him. Tell the nations what he has done.   Announce how honored he is" (Isaiah 12:4)

GA Pledge:

"As a GA, I will do my best to live a missions lifestyle that honors God by learning about mission, praying for missions, giving to missions, doing missions and participating in the work of the church."

GA LifestyleVerse:

" The Lord has shown you what is good. he has told you what he requires of you. You must treat people fairly.  You must love others faithfully. And you must be very carefull to live the way your God wants you to." (Micah 6:8)

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Royal Ambassadors (RA's)

 R.A.D. B.O.Y.S

Royal Ambassador Dudes Believing On Your Son

Dear Friend,

This is the name of the group of boys that is learning about God. We came up with this name to represents several thing. First the 100 year old organization known as Royal Ambassadors. It is a boys mission group for boys that are in grades 1st through 6th. 

Dudes - because they are boys that need to feel "cool"!  The "Believing on Your Son" phrase is a play on words. It stands for two things.

  • First thing is that we believe on (in) Jesus Christ. (Your Son/God's Son) 
  • Second thing the phrase stands for is a note to the parents of these boys. We believe on (in) Your (their) son(s). We want the boys and their parents to know that we are there for them and their sons. We want them to feel loved. 

Our Goals:

As Royal Ambassadors we have (3) goals:

Our Main Goal is to teach them the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Our second goal is to teach them Christian virtues so that they will grow up knowing, understanding, and living the following:

           Loyalty       Friendship        Courage     Responsibility

           Honesty     Faith    Compassion        Perseverance

           Teamwork                 Self-disciple

Our Third Goal is to have fun reaching goals one and two!

OUR PLEDGE:

As a Royal Ambassador I will do my best:

to become a well-informed, responsible follower of Christ;

to have a Christ-like concern for all people;

to learn how to carry the message of Christ around the world;

to work with others in sharing Christ; and

to keep myself clean and healthy in mind and body.


OUR MOTTO:

"We are Ambassadors for Christ!"

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ; certain that God is appealing through us, we plead on Christ's behalf, 'Be reconciled to God.'" (2 Cor. 5:17-20, HCSB)

We try to make it fun at the same time. Fun is not the focus, but it sure doesn't hurt if everyone enjoys themselves while they learn.

                      Rick Rose "Mr. Rick"

                      R.A.D. B.O.Y.S. Director

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Vacation Bible School


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One Touch Ministry

One Touch Changes Everything is teaming with local church congregations and organizations to provide homework help and tutoring to students in grades 1-6.  This service is free to all who attend.

Even if the students do not have homework on a session night they can still come and get tutoring on basic math facts and reading comprehension.  This will improve their classroom performance.  These sessions are from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm every Wednesday at the church.