Kids Clubs
Bethel Kids Club
This a program for children in grades 1-6. It runs on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, from September to April. BKC is a safe and fun place to explore our faith together and to build community. The Bethel Kids Club program aims to bring kids within our church and neighbourhood together, as well as giving parents a possibility to connect. We do things like crafts, games, scavenger hunts, play sardines and much more. Everybody is welcome to come! There is no cost to any of our programs. See attached newsletter for upcoming events, bring a completed registration form to your first event.
Bethel Youth Club
This a program for children in grades 6-9. It runs on Wednesday evenings from 7 to 8:30 pm. At Bethel Youth Club we do all the things that we have come to love including: floor hockey, bowling, crafts, egg toss, sardines, games, you get the picture. BYC is a place for youth to find new friends and connect with the old ones in a safe and loving community of mentors that live out the life of Christian values. Bethel Youth Club aims to create a safe place for connections and relationship between the kids of the church and the community.
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Rules and Expectations for BKC and BYC
We ask that parents/guardians go over these with their children to know what we expect of them.
Hopes and Expectations
Our hope is to provide an enjoyable environment where children can come and play together. To that end we ask that every child and leader:
Respect all people which means…
Be kind to everyone
Help each other out
Say “Sorry”
Be polite to everyone
No bullying, name calling or putdowns
No swearing
Respect the leaders which means…
Listening to the leaders and doing what they ask
Being quiet and listening when leaders are talking
Letting leaders know where you are
Listening to the rules
Respect the building which means…
No playing with water, paint, glue and other things that damage the church
No kicking or damaging the building
Cleaning up after yourselves
History
Bethel Kids Club (originally Neighbourhood Club) began about 20 years ago when some Bethel men joined local Jr. and Sr. High School boys playing ball hockey on our newly paved parking lot. When winter came they began to play in the church Dining Hall. Soon the program expended into a all genders, included crafts, games, outings and activities. “Talk Time”, a short devotion led by one of the leaders was added. Roughly eight years ago Bethel’s Boys and Girls Club merged with the Neighbourhood Club to form the Bethel Kids Club. Over the years, the program has moved from a Jr./Sr. High program to one that includes children from the church and neighbourhood in grades 1 to 6;
Then
In 2011 Floor Hockey nights were revived and began meeting every Wednesday. This has morphed into Bethel Sports Club where kids played Indoor Soccer and Floor Hockey; Now transformed into Bethel Youth Club
In 2012 we created a position for a Mennonite Voluntary service worker to help co-ordinate the planning and organization of these programs;
In 2015, we began an after-school program, 330, that serves grades 6 to 8 children of the neighbourhood. After-school on Wednesdays, they hangout with each other, play games, ping pong/fussball and share a healthy snack together. Currently this program transformed into Bethel Youth Club.
Now
The Bethel Kidz Club (for children grades 1-6) meets every Tuesday nights while Bethel Youth Club (grades 7-12) meets on Wednesday nights.
All these programs seek to provide a safe and accepting place for kids of the Bethel faith community and its neighbourhood where they can have fun, make friends, witness good adult role models and learn about God;
In fall of 2021 BKC averaged 27 kids/night, BYC averaged 12 kids/night
