Halton Baptists Youth Club- Hastings

Halton Baptist Youth Club aim to provide a safe setting where young people meet, socialise and have fun and through the friendships made encourage them to explore their faith.

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Alpha Course

Hundreds of thousands of people have participated in tens of thousands of Alpha courses around the world. It has become one of the most popular ways of discovering what Christianity really is.

During our course, we will explore who Jesus is, what he did, and what he can mean to you. We find out about encountering God personally, and what a normal Christian life is about. We also discover the value of prayer and the importance of the Bible.

All in a relaxed and informative way, using video and discussion; and often involving food. The course takes about 10 evenings and one full Saturday.

Our next course will begin soon.

Parent Talk

This is an 8 week course that will help you succeed as parent.

Topics covered include:

• How families work
• What our children need
• Where to set the boundaries
• What is our long-term aim?

The evenings are designed for parents with children up to the age of 12. The course, while based on Christian principles, is relevant and helpful for any parent with or without a Christian faith or church background. Each evening begins with supper. There is then a talk, followed by an opportunity to discuss issues raised in small groups. <Top>

Marriage Course

How to build a strong and healthy marriage that lasts a lifetime
The evenings are designed for any married couple wishing to build a strong and lasting relationship.

• Topics covered include: Recognising each other’s needs
• The art of communication
• Resolving conflict
• Relating to parents and in-laws
• Good sex
• Having fun together

Each couple’s privacy is respected as there is no group discussion. The course, while based on Christian principles, is very helpful for any couple with or without a Christian faith or church background. <Top>

Boys Brigade

The Boys' Brigade (BB) is a Christian youth organisation, with over half a million members world-wide. The BB offers a wide range of activities including Games, Crafts, Sports, Christian Teaching, Music and holidays.

Anchor Boys (Boys aged 5 - 7 years)

Come and join in the fun! This is the start of fun and friendships. (The start of learning to play together and indeed for many, the start of their time in The Boys' Brigade).

With a year of school behind them, these boys are still very much individuals excited by each new discovery.

The programme in the Anchor Boys offers them so much. A time packed with games and songs, crafts and stories expressly designed for their age.
But there is more than they realise. They will find more because Anchor Boys offer many the first chance to work together, to co-operate in a joint activity, to work (or play) as a team.

Have fun and begin to learn some important life skills.

Junior Section (Boys aged 8 - 11 years)

The eight year old is an established individual, looking to try new adventures and activities. He is usually one of a group of friends, although many still like to explore some interests on their own.

The Junior Section offers a lot of support and encouragement. The programme is a full and varied one, typically lasting one and a half hours with a few (if any) individual activities lasting more than ten minutes.

There is certainly plenty of variety and little chance of becoming bored! Lots of Physical activities, music, crafts, games and competitions usually undertaken in groups rather than on an individual level to avoid exposing any lack of skill in an individual.

There are awards - a huge variety of some 2000 subjects catering for just about every possible interest of a member and at the same time encouraging him to explore other new activities and occupations.

The award programme in the Junior Section is specifically designed to encourage a boy to look beyond himself. Many are interested in one type of activity - perhaps sports, or natural history. Our special programme provides such interest and at the same time gently urges them to try others of a different type.

The young boy has a world to discover, and early concentration on one small aspect can mean that much is missed in life. This is the time for a balanced all round programme - which includes spiritual and social input, as well as physical and adventure activities.

Generally our staffing ratio is about one adult to every six boys - so there is opportunity for someone to chat and develop ideas with the quieter lad.

Company Section (Boys aged 11+ years)

Boys in their early teens are usually looking to define themselves as individuals - and this in a world that often tries to force them into a mould. For many this is a key age where habits and life styles are formed; these can be ones that are socially acceptable or those that can lead to major problems in later life.

Early teen years are difficult. How can you be an individual with your own interests, likes and personality while keeping up in today's ever changing fashions and retaining an identity with the group? It is a conflict which often leads to the confusions associated with adolescence.

Essentially, it is the job of officers and staff working in this section to give boys a secure base, and to recognise them as valuable individuals. This is something that they may not get elsewhere in family, school or society.

The Company Section allows individuals to take part in the activities and the decisions. A chance to make ones own point, a chance also to remain one of a group. A chance to build friendships, a chance to make mistakes that will not be thrown back at them, where skilled staff support can present challenges fitted to the individual. Successfully achieving one challenge is great practice for the next.

Brigade awards provide incentive and ensure progression at a rate suitable to age and growing physical strength; there are leadership opportunities to release abundant energies in purposeful ways. <Top>

Toddlers Group

A great time to meet friends and for children to play in safety.
Our Toddler Group provides a great opportunity for children and a social opportunity for parents to meet in an informal atmosphere at a reasonable cost. An ideal place to meet other families with Pre-school children.

Parent and toddler groups fall outside the regulation of Ofsted, but for adults it is a chance to talk with others about the joys and anxieties of bringing up children. The group is run by church members on a voluntary basis.

Amongst other things children learn songs, how to share toys and how to socialise with others. <Top>

Puppet Group

Puppets provide a captivating method of bringing the bible message to kids ages 0 to 99.

Performing the message
The bible message is presented in the Halton services regularly.
These presentations take many forms:

• Puppets mime to well known songs and hymns
• Projection techniques to create ‘shadow’ puppets
• Drama sketches
• Comedy sketches
• Ventriloquism
• Special events combining dance, drama and puppetry <Top>
  

Small Groups

Our Small groups have five main aims:

1. Worship: Learning to worship and pray together.

2. Pastoral Care: learning to love and support one another - learning to be real with one another.

3. Discipleship: learning from the Bible, and from each other about how to follow Jesus, (we often learn more in a small, interactive study, where there is the opportunity to question and discuss, than we do from a sermon).

4. Ministry/Service: learning how to serve and help one another, and others.

5. Mission: supporting one another in our witness and outreach.

Our small groups are a lot like church, and they are - but on a smaller scale, and therefore at a deeper level.

Real fellowship is difficult in a crowd, so it's in our small groups that we often experience best what it means to belong to the family of the church.

Obviously we also need the fellowship of the wider church family too, which is why we all meet together on a Sunday. <For more info click here>
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Short Mat Bowls

Short Mat Bowls, with characteristics all of its own, has a really big following all over Britain and Ireland. Short Mat Bowls is really a miniaturised version of the outdoor game to enable it to be played more easily indoors. It is played on a mat measuring 40-45 x 6 feet with full-size bowls, the mat being easily rolled up and put away for convenience. There is a ditch but this is simply an area marked at the end of the mat and to compensate for the shorter distance an intimidating block is placed in the centre of the mat. This makes it impossible for a bowler to aim a fast straight bowl at the jack area - all bowls must use the bias to curl around the block on their target.

For More info talk to Dave Smart. <Top>

Treasure Seekers - Halton Baptist Church Girls Club

We are pleased to welcome you to Treasure Seekers. We meet on Tuesday during term time and the group is open to all school girls aged 5-8 years. We start at 4.15 and finish at 5.30. Subs is 7-p. A programme of our activities can be made available if you would like to see it.

We're would love for you to come and join us.

Contact: Christina Carter for more information 01424 424520 <Top>

Fitness Class

Every Monday evening for an hour. Come and limber up and then wind down the stresses and strains of the day.<Top>