children’s ministries
LEADING Children to Jesus with love and intention
Preschool: Sundays at 9AM, 10AM, AND 11AM | Kids K-5: Sundays at 10AM
Route 45/TWEENS (4th and 5th Grade) - Sundays 6PM - 8PM
we’re here to help
Your role as a parent isn’t always easy, but here’s what we want you to know: WE’RE HERE TO HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN. Our goal is to come alongside our families with support by helping your family to connect with other families, giving resources and information, providing healthy mentors for your children, helping your children develop strong friendships, and of course developing their faith into an ongoing growing relationship with Christ.
programming
Our weekly programs are designed to help kids grow by spending more time with God, spend time with others, use their gifts, and share their story. Our programs help kids take steps towards owning their own faith.
small Group
Our 10am Sunday school hour is one of the most important times in the life of your child. During this time we connect kids with a consistent trustworthy adult and a community of their peers. We find kids learn best when they have a relationship with their leader.
retreats & day trips
Day Trips happen during school breaks. We go to a wide variety of places but for a very specific reason, connection. Day trips help our kids grow closer together while exploring God’s beautiful world
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How we minister to children
What are we teaching your children?
It’s hard sometimes to know when you’re winning in children’s ministry. We question if what we are teaching is sinking in, are kids growing in their faith? That is why we define our big win for our ministry like this: OWNING THEIR FAITH What does it look like for a kid to own their faith? Well, we believe there are four things that both lead to, and are a result of, spiritual growth. We call these four things our spiritual habits. We count it as a win whenever a kid takes a steip toward owning their faith by practicing one, or maybe even all four of these spiritual habits.
SPEND TIME WITH GOD.
USE THEIR GIFTS.
SPEND TIME WITH OTHERS.
SHARE THEIR STORY.
Safety Guidelines
The safety of your child is a priority for our ministry, so we wanted to get you in the loop on how we plan to care for and protect them. We are a Safe Gathering Congregation, which means all our volunteers are trained and screened through safe gatherings.
WE SCREEN VOLUNTEERS
Before any volunteer is permitted to serve with us, they undergo an interview, training, testing, reference check, and a background check. This process is reviewed yearly and redone every 3 years.
illness policy
To help keep kids safe and healthy, kids will not be allowed to enter the children’s ministry if they have any of the following: fever of 100 or greater (and fever free without medication for 24 hours), vomiting, diarrhea, chills, sore throat, excessive runny nose, bad cough, rash, pink eye, or lice.
WE Set boundaries
We have set a number of guidelines for our children’s ministry staff and volunteers. As a parent, you can help us make sure your child is well-cared for by helping us maintain these boundaries. No adult may ever be alone with kids. Adults may never be in the bathroom alone with kids. All rooms will have the proper ratio of trained adult volunteers. All staff members and volunteers must maintain appropriate physical boundaries with kids at all times. Volunteers are trained in appropriate touch.