Ruislip Baptist Church
Children's groups and events
This section provides information on the range of groups and activities offered for children and youth at the church. These include groups on Sunday mornings, during the week, and more occasional one-off events.
If you would like more information on any of these groups or activities, or can’t find what you’re looking for, please contact the Church Office on 01895 631239 or by email.
We operate all the groups and activities in line with 'Safe to Grow', a recognised child protection policy. You can view our policy statement here. As part of this we aim to have all leaders and helpers CRB checked. We also ask parents and those who are responsible for the care of children who attend regularly to complete a 'General information and consent form', a copy of which can be downloaded here or can be obtained from one of our leaders.
Children
Sunday mornings - Creche, Tweenies, Starters, Followers, Xtreme
Weekday activities - Little Angels, Toddler Club, Preschool
Uniformed Organisations - Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Rangers
Events - Holiday Club, Shine Party
Youth
Events and groups for the older age range are now on a separate page here.
Fuse - aged 11-13 / school years 7 & 8
BLAZE - aged 14-18 / school years 9-13
Sunday mornings
On a Sunday morning we run a range of groups for children, which visitors are very welcome to involve their children in. The children leave the main worship service after the first 15-20 minutes and go into their groups.
Crèche
A supervised crèche for children aged 0 – 2 ½. Age appropriate toys, with singing and craft activities for the slightly older children. There is a TV in the creche relaying the service. We also have a screen projecting the service in the vestibule area for those parents who wish to stay close to their child.
Sunday morning from 11.20am – 12.15pm in the Main Hall at RBC.
Contact: Helen Yarrow
Tweenies
A Bible based group for children aged 2 ½ - 3 ½. Group singing and story time followed by play and craft. A chance for young children to be introduced to Bible teaching from an early age in a friendly, age appropriate manner.
Sunday morning from 11.20am – 12.15pm in the Platform Room at RBC.
Contact: Helen Yarrow (Tweenies leadership currently shared on a rota)
Starters
A Bible based group for children aged 3 ½ - 5. Using the Scripture Union ‘Bubbles’ teaching material, the children enjoy learning about and experiencing God’s greatness and his love for them by sharing time together, reading Bible stories, playing games, colouring and sticking.
Sunday morning from 11.20am – 12.15pm in the Small Hall at RBC.
Followers
A Bible based group for children aged 5 – 7. The aim of the group is to tell the good news of Jesus in a simple, easy way through discussion, drama, games, singing, story telling and craft. The children are also encouraged to pray and learn verses from the Bible in a fun way through games.
Sunday morning from 11.20am – 12.15pm in the Main Hall at RBC.
Contacts: David and Gillian Rose
Weekday activities
Little Angels
An informal and friendly group for mums with babies (up to about 1 year old). Every Friday, 11am – 12 noon in the Sidewalk at RBC (entrance on
Co-ordinator: Nadine Averkiou
Toddler Club
This very popular group provides a safe and friendly environment for toddlers to explore and learn through play and an opportunity for their carers to meet and chat in a relaxed setting.
Wednesday to Friday (term time), from 1 – 2.30pm in the Church Hall at RBC.
Cost: £1 per family, per session.
There is presently a considerable waiting list - we review this regularly and are working hard to find a solution. Please contact the Church Office for further information.
Pre-school
An opportunity for children to learn through play before beginning their compulsory education. We offer places to children between 2 years 6 months and 5 years old.
Monday – Friday from 9.15 – 11.05am in the main hall at RBC (with outdoor play area), during school term-time.
Cost: £5.00 per session.
For further information and details of the waiting list please contact the Pre-school on 07919 206502.
Uniformed Organisations
"GirlGuiding
- Rainbows: 5-7yrs
- Brownies 7-10 yrs
- Guides 10-14yrs
- Senior Section: 14-25yrs
Rainbows
Rainbows are aged between 5 and 7 and meet every Thursday during term time from 4.30 to 5.30pm in the main hall at RBC. We have loads of fun including craft activities, cooking and playing games plus lots more!
For more information or to put your name on our waiting list, please contact the Rainbow leaders, Jan Wood or Lisa Donoghue via the church office.
Brownies
We are the 5th Ruislip Windmill Brownies and we meet every Wednesday during term time from 5.30 - 6.45pm in the main hall at RBC. We have great fun, we play games, make lots of craft and do cooking. We try to play outside games in the summer and go on weekend breaks. There are about 25 girls age between 7 and 10 years.
Our leaders are Consey Demeester (Brown owl) and Anne Bawden (contact by phone or email via church office). Please contact us if you want to go on our waiting list.
Guides
5th Ruislip Windmill Guides meets on Fridays in term time from 7 - 8.45pm in the main hall at RBC. We have a very varied programme to achieve the aim of enabling “girls and young women to develop their potential and to make a difference to the world" (GGUK 2007). With a maximum of 36 girls at any time they work together both in small groups and as a unit. Weekly meetings can be at the unit meeting place or at other venues and can include: swimming, climbing, craft, cooking, camping, canoeing, fund raising and games.
We are an open unit and welcome girls from any background and denomination. If you would like further details about the unit please contact one of the leaders through the church office who will pass your details on. Our leaders are: Sally Pople, Sandra Ruddick,
Rangers
2nd Ruislip Windmill Rangers meet on a Monday evening, 7 - 9pm in the Sidewalk at RBC. Rangers plan there own programmes with a little guidance from the leaders. Some of the things that we have done recently include street dance, archery, craft, team building activities, low ropes course, sponsored silence and much more! In the summer term we have joint events with the other Ranger Group in the District.
If you would like to know more please contact Sarah Brooks via the church office.
Events
For children aged 7 – 11, Holiday Club runs during the first full week of the
This year this will be on Monday 28th July - Friday 1st August, 10.00am – 12.15pm and 6.30 – 7.45pm at RBC.
The separate webpage for the Holiday Club is here.
Organiser:
Shine Party
For children aged 7 – 11, the Shine Party event runs on or near October 31st as a fun and healthy alternative to Halloween, from a Bible perspective. This gives the children the opportunity to enjoy themselves with singing, team games, craft, a talk, lots of noise and activity and fun.
Annually, 31st October.
Office Address:
122 Manor Way
Ruislip
Middlesex
HA4 8HR