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The Sidewalk

This is a facility for the youth work at Ruislip Baptist Church. It provides a venue for a variety of Christian Youth Work opportunites to take place. Pray for us as we seek to provide a fun, lively environment for young people to encounter God and to grow in their faith.

The entrance is located on Manor Way and its blue!

Please scroll down this page and see all the groups we put on and why not visit us and see what we do (No Pressure to come again).

Children (0-11 Years)

Sunday mornings - Creche, Tweenies, Starters, Followers, Xtreme

Weekday Activities - Little Angels, Toddler Club, Preschool

Uniformed Organisations - Rainbows, Brownies, Guides

Events - Holiday Club, Shine Party

Youth (11-18 years)

IGNITE has now finished. To read the 2007 closing report click here.

FUSE is the New Name For R:Age as of September 2008.

FUSE – Aged 11-13 / School Years 7 & 8

BLAZE – Aged 14-18 / School Years 9 – 13

FUSE (New R:Age) meets on a Sunday and Thursday.

Aim: To provide young people the chance to explore Christianity, and to see how it can shape their lives. It aims to be relevant to where the young people are at and to empower them to explore their own faith. It also prepares them for going into BLAZE.

To read the R:Age 2007 Report click here.

Sundays

11.00am – 12.30pm in the Upper Room at RBC.

Aim: To be a fun, lively, interactive and relevant environment where young people can explore Christianity, faith, the Bible, and ask the questions they have.

This group follows the Youth for Christ material RS2. Recently we have looked at: School, music, happiness, and what it means to be a teenager.

Breakfast Dates for this term are: Sunday 18th May & Sunday 20th July.

Main contact: Ignus Bornman

Thursdays (during term-time - Including Half-Term)

7.30pm - 9pm, in the Sidewalk at RBC.

Open to all young people in school years 7 and 8 (aged 11 to 13 years) and not just those who attend church.

Aim: the objective of the evening is to give the young people of Ruislip and the surrounding area a place to go. It seeks to be a positive environment which gives the members a chance to meet new friends, to relax and have fun.

There is a ‘God Slot’ which is a short "light" talk on a theme related to faith, God or the Bible which aims to share the ‘Good News’ of Jesus Christ with the young people attending and is a focused part of the evening.

The activities offered include football, basketball, carpet golf, table tennis, table football, pool and access to DVD’s and games consoles. We also have at least one social a term i.e. bowling.

This group runs for the duration of the school terms including Half-Term.

We are also currently looking at other ideas, such as a, Youth Day, Summer Activities, house party (weekend away), and other socials.

Main contact: Graham Sumbler

For more details contact the church office.

BLAZE meets on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

Aim: BLAZE offers young people Bible-based teaching that encourages a sophisticated relationship with God. Blaze seeks to engage with the faith of the young people in a way that encourages them to grow closer to God. Looking at questions the young people themselves are asking we seek to be relevant to their needs.

We aim to help young people become mature Christians and to follow Jesus for themselves.

To read the 2007 BLAZE Report click here.

To print off a copy of the BLAZE Autumn Calendar click here

To download a BLAZE registration consent form Click here.

To download a BLAZE short Consent form click here

(if you have already filled out registration consent form).

BLAZE Prayer and Questions Blog. (New)

Sundays

Mornings

11.00am - 12.30pm in the Sidewalk at RBC.

Aim: To be a lively, interactive and relevant enviroment where young people

can explore the Christian faith, the Bible, and ask the questions they have.

The group uses Youth for Christ's teaching material Mettle.

Breakfast Dates for this term are:

Sunday 28th September & Sunday 30th November.

Squashin

8.00pm - 10.00pm in The Sidewalk or BLAZE members' homes.

Aim: To get the young people to attend church and to give them some

free time after the evening service where they can socialise and pray together.

For more details please contact the church office or Graham Sumbler.

Main Contact: Graham Sumbler

Tuesdays

BLAZE (Main Night)

8.00pm - 10.00pm in the Sidewalk.

SIGN UP NOW FOR THE HOUSE PARTY!

Aim: A youth group to offer support and Christian Teaching to encourage and teach Christians and to introduce young people to Jesus. The evening consists of an hour of games, activities, and teaching from 8:30-9:30. The rest of the time is to socialise with each other and there is also a table football, pool table, and games consoles (ps2, game cube). The program also has a number of socials throughout the year.

We have recently introduced a regular slot to answer the hard questions young people have. We have looked at topics such as Dinosaurs, is it ok to sin?, what happened after Adam and Eve? We are going to look at some more questions over the next few months.

This group runs for the duration of the school terms including half-term.

Special events on a Tuesday Night

28th October - Chip Survey - Where are the best chips in Ruislip Manor?

4th November - Hot Dogs & Sparklers

11th November - Prayer Labyrinth

16th December - Christmas Party

Main Contact: Graham Sumbler.

For other events see the events section at the bootom of this page.

To print off a copy of the BLAZE Autumn Calendar click here.

Thursdays

BLAZE BIBLE STUDY

8.00pm – 10.00pm Every Two Weeks

In the Upper Room at RBC

Aim: To study and apply the Bible, discovering God’s will for our lives.

This term (Autumn 2008) the group are Studying a book called Storylines by Andrew Croft and Mike Pilivachi. It looks at big themes from the bible such as grace and looks at how they are in the bible from Genesis to Revelation.

To download a copy of the Autumn Term's weekly topics Click Here.

In the autumn term we looked at the book of Acts.

Overview of Acts

Acts is an exciting book that follows the story of how the church was started by God through Jesus' 12 disciples/Apostles. It follows on from the Gospel of Luke (Luke wrote Acts too) and starts just after Jesus' resurrection. In the opening three chapters we see Jesus being taken up into heaven, the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, and three thousand new believers following Peter's first preach! We then see the church grow rapidly through the region of Jerusalem and the reaction of the Jew's to what would become Christianity.

The church in Acts has its problems, its heroes, but with no doubt we see God at work in the lives of many believers through the power of His Holy Spirit. We then meet Paul, a persecutor of believers, and a Jew, meet God on the road to Damascus in a life changing moment. From there we follow Paul on his mission to preach the gospel to the Gentiles (non Jews) and his ministry that takes him and his brothers (other belivers) to many different cities, starting public debate about the risen Saviour of the world (Jesus), planting churches, and encouraging believers as he travels.

We meet many interesting characters (male and female) as we read through Acts and the challenge to us in the 21st Century is to live a life with the same passion for Jesus Christ as we see the people in this amazing book have.

The church in Acts looks very different to the one we have today. They had no church buildings, no rock bands, no New Testament (it hadn't been written then!) just the life of Jesus to inspire them to live like Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Go on read it and be inspired.

Pray: Father God as I read the story of the early church let it teach me how to live a life for you where I step out in faith knowing I can rely on you for my every need. Amen

Click here for the Acts Challenge

Main Contacts: Sarah Bell.

Worship Event

8.00 – 10.00 pm. A worship event for the 14+ age group

Aim: It gives the young people the chance to have their own space to worship God in a contemporary style. It also gives the young people the chance to use and develop the gifts God has given them in a safe environment. The BLAZE Band lead our worship time.