We believe that kids learn what worship is by worshipping together with their families. We love seeing kids wave flags, dance in the aisles, and use their gifts in worship and so have kindergarten through 5th graders worship in the sanctuary for the first part of the worship service.

During the offering, all kids who are registered will be brought into the multiple purpose room to hear an age appropriate message that fits with the sermon. We love seeing families leave church talking about the same text and themes but from the various perspectives of what the kids learned in children’s church and what the adults learned in the sermon.

After the message, children are split up into groups and go up to various classrooms for a time of review and application, listening to God through journaling, and praying for one another.

We are an inclusive ministry. Children of all abilities are welcome in children’s church and we delight in celebrating the various gifts each child brings as well as in seeing children help one another with their areas of weakness.

At the end of Kid’s church, children can be picked up in the classrooms surrounding the multipurpose room. Classrooms are assigned by grade and will be the same each week.

Finally, because we value kids as important members or the body of Christ, we develop leaders in Children’s Church and frequently invite kids to use their gifts by asking kids to pray for the offering, read scripture, sing, or dance in the worship service as well as lead a special Christmas worship service each year.

Children’s Church meets most weeks of the year but we are off for Thanksgiving break, Christmas break, Spring break, Labor Day weekend, Memorial day weekend, and sometimes on 5th Sundays knowing that these are busy time for our volunteers (many of whom are also parents of young children) and because we believe it is good for kids to get use to being in the worship service as well. Our goal is not to be a totally separate program, but instead to prepare kids to be able to engage in worship serving throughout their whole life and to come to church expecting to hear from God each Sunday morning.

All of our children’s ministry leaders are background checked and we are also always careful to have multiple leaders in each classroom.

WHEN Every Sunday at each service
LOCATION Registration kiosk in main lobby, Multipurpose room and classrooms surrounding it, to the right of the lobby when coming in the front doors and up the stairs
CONTACT Kristi at klewis@madisonsquarechurch.org