Tilehouse Street
Baptist Church, Hitchin Tilehouse Street
Baptist Church, Hitchin
Our children and young people can learn about God and Jesus at their own level. The children usually leave for their own meeting after the first 20 minutes or so worshipping with everyone in the morning service.
Praise Bees meet in the Lunch Club room. This group is especially for our babies and younger children (ages 0-3) who enjoy praising God by singing, wiggling, playing together, dancing, making things and hearing stories from the Bible. The Praise Bee leaders are Liz Turner (01462 456665) and Nessa Rackham (07554 946298). Mums and dads are welcome to stay during our sessions but please feel free to return to the service once your child is settled.
Leapfrog (Let’s Explore And Pray, Fully Relying On God) meets in the Pre-School room. This group is for our older children (ages 4+) who enjoy worshipping and learning about God through Bible stories, drama, art and craft, creative prayer, music and much, much more! The Leapfrog leaders are Gill Matthews (01462 453740) and Angie Sheriff (01462 441311).
All members of the "Praise Bees" and "Leapfrog" staff teams have current CRB clearance, two of whom are on duty each week in each group.
Praise Bees and Leapfrog meet together four times a year, on the 5th Sunday of the month, for a "Praise Party".
Once a month, all ages (adults and children) meet and engage in worship together in the church for the entire service.
Fun for families with children up to 8 years old:
Pull a Cracker – Christmas crafts and an opportunity to join in the Christmas story (takes place in mid-December)For parents who have young children, there is a chance to meet together with other parents on the first Thursday of every month at 2 p.m. - and you can bring the children along too!
Tilehouse Street also runs a Pre-School during school term times. Further details are available on the Pre-School Web site.
Other ActivitiesAs well as the Praise Bees, Leapfrog and the youth groups, we have other occasional activities arranged for our youngsters. For example, some years we have taken a group on a weekend away at the Chellington Centre.
Tilehouse Street Baptist Church operates a "Safe to Grow" policy, whereby we recognise that it is the resonsibility of each one of us to prevent the physical, sexual and emotional abuse of children and young people and to report any abuse discovered or suspected to our advisors. The Safe to Grow policy follows the Home Office Code of Practice "Safe from Harm".
The Church has recruited a part-time Family Worker to support and develop our ministry to families.
Tilehouse Street Baptist Church is a member of the Hitchin Youth & Children's Forum (HYCF), which is part of Churches Together in Hitchin.
The Central Baptist Association has a Youth Development Worker whose role is to help resource and equip youth work across the Association.
