Families with Children

Redeemer Community Church meets in the fellowship hall of the Presbyterian Church of Needham. We enter the church through the side door in the back nearest to the Newman School parking lot. Upon your arrival to Redeemer Community Church, you will be greeted in the vestibule. Please feel free to ask these folks about nursery care, comfortable nursing options (if you are nursing mother), and the flow of the service. Your child(ren) will join you for the first portion of the service – a few worship songs, the readings, and a children's sermon, for which they will be invited to move to the altar in order to participate in this interactive/child-friendly portion of the service. At the end of the children's sermon, the children will be invited to join their teachers as they move downstairs to the Sunday School classrooms. The children will re-join you for communion.
Regarding this sacrament, you have several options. Your child is welcome to receive communion, if you have discussed this with them at home and/or with one of the pastors. They can receive the bread only and/or they will be offered either wine or grape juice. Or you may also choose simply to have your child prayed over by one of the pastors. Please feel free to make your preference known or to ask one of the leaders.
(For more information see the children's pages under Ways to Grow)