Ministries
Barrie First CRC is strongly committed to providing members of all ages relevant and challenging ministries.
Adult Ministries
Coffee Break
Barrie First CRC is mindful of women who are needing a specific place to call their own. On a weekly basis, a group is offered for women (inside and outside the church) to meet and fellowship over food, friends and study times. Child care is available for infants and story hour is offered for toddlers. Coffee Break meets Wednesday mornings from 9:15 to 11:00 am.
Small Groups
Small groups have proven themselves to create greater levels of support, encouragement and fellowship and Barrie First CRC recognizes the importance of community on a variety of levels. Small group ministry is available for anyone to join and become a part of. There are many options that will meet the needs of people in terms of times, duration, frequency, location and content of meetings. For more information or to join a small group, contact the church office.
Supported Ministries
Barrie First CRC has long been involved with a variety of missionary efforts that exist outside the walls of the Barrie First community. It has supported the Back To God radio program, the Vision TV television ministry as well as other media focuses for spreading the good news of Jesus Christ.
Denominational Ministries such as Christian Reformed World Relief Committee have played a significant role in the humanitarian aid effort throughout the globe on behalf of the Christian Reformed Church
Faith Education
Barrie First CRC recognizes that many people are in different places in the journey of their faith. Thus there are a variety of opportunities for them to seek truth, ask questions and apply answers of discovery. Pre-confession class is for anyone wanting to learn more about the Reformed faith and life.
For additional information on any program at Barrie First CRC, please feel free to contact us.
Children Ministries
Barrie First CRC believes in a God who forms a covenant with His people from the earliest stages of life. Children are capable of growing in faith and applying faith to life at a very early age. Thus infants, toddlers and young children are important to Barrie First CRC and various ministries are offered for them.
Cadets
Boys Grade 3-6
Every Tuesday from 6:45 - 8:15pm in the church
The Cadets program is geared towards boys aged 7-14, providing opportunities for children to become more involved in the life and work of the church. The Cadets ministry focuses upon the reality that these young people are growing and that this growth can be aided and assisted. In addition there is a strong belief that the youth play a strong part of their own growth and development.
Dedicated to bringing boys into a living relationship with their Lord and Savior, holding onto the promise that the Lord will bless the prayers, example, and instruction of Christian men - His vessels in His kingdom.
The cadeting ministry encourages learning the skills of and participating in the activities of the outdoorsman. Experiencing the presence of the Lord in His glorious creation builds a boy’s character, and being a faithful steward of His world is an important lesson to be learned.
The program is largely focused upon a badge system where Cadets earn badges upon the completion of a wide variety of activities and programs that measure their growth. There is growth spiritually through Bible studies, intellectually through craft creation, socially through recreation activities, as well as intergroup gatherings.
Visit the official Calvinist Cadets Corp website for more information.
GEMS
Girls Grade 3-6
Every Tuesday from 6:45 - 8:15pm in the church
GEMS Girls’ Clubs is a relationship building, club program created especially for girls and offered through local churches. Girls in first through eighth or ninth grades are eligible for membership in a club. Games, crafts, singing, learning important life skills through badge work, discussing Bible stories and learning how to apply these teachings to life, as well as discovering solutions to many of the challenges that face girls today, are all a part of the club experience.
The purpose of GEMS Girls’ Clubs is to bring girls into a living relationship with Jesus Christ. To foster this all-important relationship between each girl and Christ, additional relationships are nurtured as well � between the girl and her counselor (leader) and the girl and other club members. All of these relationships are effectively established and strengthened in clubs through the use of caring, supportive, and fun small groups.
The name GEMS Girls’ Clubs is an acronym which stands for Girls Everywhere Meeting the Savior. It very clearly identifies the purpose for which the ministry was created.
Visit the official GEMS website for more information.
Church School
Children Age 3-8
During the morning worship service
All children ages 3 - 8 are invited to attend the church school program at Barrie First CRC.
Church school education is important to the learning and forming of our identity as God’s children. Through stories, songs, crafts and drama the children are encouraged to learn more about God’s love for us.
Children’s church school occurs each Sunday morning throughout the school year during the church service. Come and see what we’re about!