Ministries
We are a multigenerational, friendly, caring Christian congregation striving to live out our call from God to serve those in need. We reach out to our community through children and youth programs, to a neighbourhood school with Breakfast Club, through dinners for international students, and through donations to The Inn of the Good Shepherd and other community charities.
We reach our nation through Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec and we help those beyond our borders through Canadian Baptist Ministries.
Ministries
Learning & Growth
Nursery
is available during the Sunday morning service for babies from newborn to 3 years of age
Kids’ Konnection Sunday School
is a Bible based program for children from kindergarten to grade 8 with kindergarten to grade 5 in one class and grades 6 to grade 8 in another.
Jr.Youth Group
is a group for kids from grade 5 to 8, running once a month on Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 8 PM
Bible Studies
are run at different times during the week for various periods of time depending on what book or video series is being studied.
Worship
Worship Team
a group of musicians and singers who lead praise music during the service Sunday morning. They presently meet Tuesday afternoons at 2:30 to practice.
Choir
is a group of singers who occasionally present special music at the Sunday morning service.
Bells
a group of people who play handbells together at church services and occasionally out in the community. New members are welcome if they can read music.
Video
including clips, song and hymn, words, scripture and announcements are shown each week.
Sound System
microphones for the praise team and any speakers are used for each service and therefore require trained folk to operate them.
Community Outreach
Breakfast Club
we have people who go into our neighbourhood school each day school is in session to serve breakfast to the children.
International Student Dinners
Dinners are held on the last Saturday of each month for international students from Lambton College.
Kids Konnection Reading Program
Our reading support program pairs children in Grades 1 to 6 with an adult volunteer mentor. Children have the opportunity to read with their mentor weekly for 30-minute, one-on-one sessions. They are also encouraged to read 15/minutes each day at home. Kids Konnection Reading Program provides the encouragement and support children need as they learn to read. It especially benefits the many children whose reading progress was impacted by the challenges of the pandemic.
For more information, contact Marg Johnson, Central Baptist Church Program Coordinator kidskonnectionsarnia@gmail.com